Songs of Our Native Daughters “An artist's duty is to reflect the times”. So said the celebrated African-American singer, pianist, and freedom fighter Nina Simone. Today, Our Native Daughters, a quartet of distinguished and versatile women [...]
By Dipanjanah Dasgupta, PV correspondent in India The recent 7-day strike by junior doctors (medical students) in West Bengal evoked a huge outrage against the state government. The strike not only exposed India's poor healthcare system, but also [...]
As the U.S. administration’s threats against Iran escalate, everyone knows the potential consequences of this deadly strategy. The clique of warmongers preparing to bomb Iran is almost completely isolated on the international stage. Even the foreign [...]
"Accumulate, accumulate! That is Moses and the prophets!" The words are those of Karl Marx in Das Kapital and describe the fundamental character of capital which is to expand itself, bringing ever larger spheres of human activity and the natural [...]
Three years ago, after years of threats, the B.C. Liberal government fired the entire Vancouver School Board just as the trustees were about to meet to fulfill their legal requirement to adopt a balanced budget for the 2016-17 school term. The real [...]
