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THE END OF AUTHORITARIANISM IN THE ARAB WORLD?

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 16, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Mubarak’s Ignominious Departure and the Fear Factor by rahnuma ahmed Mubarak is gone! Egypt is free! Equally true is the fact that power has been assumed by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. That the 30 … Continue reading →

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PART I THE END OF AUTHORITARIANISM IN THE ARAB WORLD?

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 7, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews `Go, Mubarak go!’  USA’s tottering user-friendly tyrants… By Rahnuma Ahmed Having grown up amidst popular uprisings, such as the Civil Disobedience movement in 1969, and much later, having participated in mass uprisings, foremost among them, the one … Continue reading →

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Shiv Viswanathan’s Letter to the PM

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 4, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews POSTED AT DECEMBER 30, 2010 // ARTICLES The email id to send messages to Dr. Binayak Sen on his birthday on 4th January 2011 is drkkgupta61@yahoo.com. The fax number to send him his birthday messages is 92- … Continue reading →

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Statement on the Binayak Sen Judgement

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 31, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Posted by Radical Notes December 31, 2010 at 8:44 am in India Sanhati We are deeply anguished by the convictions and sentences of Dr. Binayak Sen, Piyush Guha, and Narayan Sanyal by the additional district and sessions … Continue reading →

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Imprisoned, or dead. Reflections on Victory Day, 2010

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 20, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Rahnuma Ahmed My heart was heavy on Victory Day. On Dec 12, four people, including a rickshaw driver aged 35, were killed in Chittagong EPZ as garment workers clashed with police because the new wage structure … Continue reading →

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URGENT. Release Garment Workers Leader Moshrefa Mishu immediately, arrested on fabricated charges

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 14, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Please circulate this message as widely as possible, and do everything you can think of. Rahnuma Ahmed. Officers of the Detective Branch of police picked up labour leader Moshrefa Mishu, president of Garments Workers Unity Forum, from … Continue reading →

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Drik: Photo power

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 28, 2010

By Satish Sharma The shutting-down of two photographic exhibitions in Dhaka’s Drik Gallery in just the last few months proves that Bangladesh’s censors, unlike lightning, can strike at the same place more than once – especially where Drik’s photographic practices … Continue reading →

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