Articles for Direct Action

In History: Suffragettes speak about direct action and their brutal treatment
9 months, 2 weeks ago

In History: Suffragettes speak about direct action and their brutal treatment

BBC  

In History: Suffragettes speak about direct action and their brutal treatment Getty Images "The object was to create an absolutely impossible condition of affairs in the country." In exclusive archive BBC interviews, two activists look back at their turbulent time fighting for women's rights – from window-smashing and arson to hunger strikes and force feeding. I don't like talking about …

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Play on Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha leader Prof. M.D. Nanjundaswamy leader wows audience
11 months ago

Play on Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha leader Prof. M.D. Nanjundaswamy leader wows audience

The Hindu  

Direct Action, Dr. Nataraj Huliyar’s play based on the life and struggles of Prof. M.D. The play opens with reference to the year-long farmers’ protest in Delhi against the anti-farmers’ laws, and the role of MDN in organising farmers in Karnataka. At the end of the play, farmers paid respects to late MDN and the actors, director Kabaddi Narendra Babu …

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UK warns willing to take 'direct action' over Red Sea attacks
11 months, 3 weeks ago

UK warns willing to take 'direct action' over Red Sea attacks

Firstpost  

Defense Secretary Grant Shapps announced on Monday that the United Kingdom is prepared to take direct action against Huthi rebels in Yemen, who are allegedly backed by Iran and have been involved in multiple attacks on vessels in the Red Sea. The Huthi rebels, who captured Yemen’s capital Sanaa in 2014 and control a significant portion of the country, including …

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‘Victory over Kafirs’: Read about Islamic leaflets spread before Direct Action Day, the treachery of MK Gandhi and a forced apology by HS Suhrawardy
1 year, 4 months ago

‘Victory over Kafirs’: Read about Islamic leaflets spread before Direct Action Day, the treachery of MK Gandhi and a forced apology by HS Suhrawardy

Op India  

In the last article of the series about Direct Action Day, we discussed how Muslim leaders decoded the resolution of the Direct Action Day before the common Muslims, inciting them to violence against innocent Hindus by providing declared and undeclared agenda for the Direct Action Day. This will be direct Action Day and will be the signal for the beginning …

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Their fight made history, but Franklin blockade activists say their tactics wouldn't work today
1 year, 6 months ago

Their fight made history, but Franklin blockade activists say their tactics wouldn't work today

ABC  

Activists involved in the protest that saved the Franklin River say the environmental win would not have been possible under today's tightened protest laws. For David Mejia-Canales, a senior lawyer in the Democratic Freedoms team at the Human Rights Law Centre, the laws are part of a "worrying trend" over the past decade in Australia. 'Wreaking havoc' After introducing the …

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The surprising science of climate protests
1 year, 8 months ago

The surprising science of climate protests

BBC  

The surprising science of climate protests Getty Images The actions of some environmental groups have been roundly criticised – do direct actions have the intended effect? Getty Images Environmental activism comes in many forms, from peaceful mass protests, to direct actions and many others Fisher also notes that dislike of the protestors themselves or their tactics doesn't appear to result …

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Priyanka Gandhi, India’s Independence was anything but non-violent, please be honest at least to yourself
1 year, 8 months ago

Priyanka Gandhi, India’s Independence was anything but non-violent, please be honest at least to yourself

Op India  

On Tuesday, April 11, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi while addressing a public meeting organized by the United Democratic Front workers in Kerala’s Wayanad made several assertions regarding India’s freedom struggle, one such being that India was built on the foundation of ‘non-violence’. pic.twitter.com/O1hfmeyYEn — Priyanka Gandhi Vadra April 12, 2023 Contrary to the Congress leader’s assertions, the foundation of independent …

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Direct Action Day Show of Muslim League Power, Hindu Radicals Ran Arya Samaj: Pak Book - News18
1 year, 9 months ago

Direct Action Day Show of Muslim League Power, Hindu Radicals Ran Arya Samaj: Pak Book - News18

News 18  

From celebrating Direct Action Day as “Muslims League’s street power”, labelling Hindus as “extremists” and blaming them for driving Muslims away, to accusations of bias: the class 11 and 12 history books in Pakistan are full of anti-Hindu references and distorted historical facts. This feeling served as a strong motive force behind the Muslim demand for Pakistan, and for the …

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Kiese Laymon on book bans, white supremacy and the US South
2 years ago

Kiese Laymon on book bans, white supremacy and the US South

Al Jazeera  

The best-selling author of Heavy: An American Memoir talks to Marc Lamont Hill about the factors that shape Black identity. “We’ve always done direct action, and that direct action was predicated on doing what the state did not want us to do, which is to look back with accuracy, with acuity, and then make a direct action based on what …

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Bengal man who witnessed the Direct Action Day remembers the brutality inflicted on Hindu women by Islamists
2 years, 4 months ago

Bengal man who witnessed the Direct Action Day remembers the brutality inflicted on Hindu women by Islamists

Op India  

On the 16th of August, 1946, Mohammad Ali Jinnah gave a call to fellow Muslims across India for a “Direct Action Day” on the streets of Kolkata. Today on the 75th anniversary of horrific ‘Direct Action Day’ also known as the 1946 Calcutta Killings journalist Abhijit Majumder shared a series of videos wherein Rabindranath Dutta, a survivor of the Direct …

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To renew democracy, we need big dreams: Why utopian visions are necessary
2 years, 8 months ago

To renew democracy, we need big dreams: Why utopian visions are necessary

Salon  

How does the historically impossible become reality? As Wolcott notes, some in the civil rights movement "lived their utopian dreams, creating small communities that modeled Bellamy's vision." "But it is striking how little known utopian practices and ideas are in the civil rights movement's public image and in many scholarly works." You open with an anecdote about Coretta Scott giving …

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Right Word | The Great Calcutta Killings: Hindu genocide and the road to India’s Partition
2 years, 8 months ago

Right Word | The Great Calcutta Killings: Hindu genocide and the road to India’s Partition

Firstpost  

The unabated political violence in the state of West Bengal brings back the horrific memories of many such gory incidents spread over almost a century, one of the most prominent among them being ‘The Great Calcutta Killings’. The resolution passed on 23 March 1940 said, “…it is the considered view of this session of the All-India Muslim League that no …

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‘Khela Hobe Dibas’ on Calcutta Killings Date Triggers Row in Bengal, BJP Raise Concerns
3 years, 4 months ago

‘Khela Hobe Dibas’ on Calcutta Killings Date Triggers Row in Bengal, BJP Raise Concerns

News 18  

The Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, along with the followers of ‘Sanatan dharma’ has urged West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar to ‘persuade’ the ruling government to change ‘Khela Hobe Dibas’ celebration scheduled on August 16 because on this day the ‘Great Calcutta Killings’ happened, which as per them is against the sentiments of Bengalis. …

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Hindu Monks Meet Bengal Guv, Express Reservations Over Khela Hobe Divas' Date
3 years, 4 months ago

Hindu Monks Meet Bengal Guv, Express Reservations Over Khela Hobe Divas' Date

News 18  

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday said representatives of various Hindu organisations met him and expressed reservations over the TMC government’s decision to observe August 16 as ‘Khela Hobe divas’, stating that the Muslim League had proclaimed Direct Action Day on this date in 1946, which led to large-scale violence and bloodshed. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said her government …

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British aircraft carrier in first direct action against Isis
3 years, 6 months ago

British aircraft carrier in first direct action against Isis

The Independent  

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Let the Record Show: ACT UP’s secret was ignoring consensus.
54 years, 11 months ago

Let the Record Show: ACT UP’s secret was ignoring consensus.

Slate  

This post is part of Outward, Slate’s home for coverage of LGBTQ life, thought, and culture. It was during that period, from 1987 to 1993 specifically, that the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power fought against profound governmental and societal hostility toward queers and others living under the shadow of AIDS through its now-iconic protest actions: storming the FDA headquarters; unfurling …

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Is this the tipping point for football fan power?
3 years, 7 months ago

Is this the tipping point for football fan power?

Al Jazeera  

England’s Premier League is to bring in a new “owners’ charter”, forcing owners of football clubs to commit to its “core principles”, it was revealed on Monday. Many are hopeful the review will recommend new legislation to guarantee a form of fans’ ownership, such as the “German model” known as 50+1 – that is, 50 percent plus one share, must …

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Railways asks officials to ensure smooth operations amid workers’ union warnings
4 years, 2 months ago

Railways asks officials to ensure smooth operations amid workers’ union warnings

Live Mint  

The Railway Board on Monday issued orders that "stringent steps" be taken to ensure smooth operations of trains amidst calls of direct action by workers unions over delayed payment of bonuses. The workers unions have threatened the national transporter with “direct action” if their productivity-linked bonus, usually paid before the onset of Durga Puja, is not released by October 20. …

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Railway union calls for ‘direct action’ if productivity linked bonus not paid by October 20
4 years, 2 months ago

Railway union calls for ‘direct action’ if productivity linked bonus not paid by October 20

The Hindu  

The Railway workers union has threatened of ‘direct action’ if their productivity linked bonus, which is usually paid before the onset of Durga Puja, is not released by October 20. AIRF general secretary Shiv Gopal Mishra said railwaymen worked 24X7 during the COVID-19 pandemic but the government was ignoring this “legitimate” demand of the railway employees. “It was decided in …

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Direct Action Day and the betrayal of Hindus by the Communists
4 years, 4 months ago

Direct Action Day and the betrayal of Hindus by the Communists

Op India  

The movement for India’s independence was a protracted struggle that encapsulated varying ideologies and walks working towards attaining total deliverance from British rule. In this article, we shall revisit the nefarious role played by the Communist Party in the Pakistan movement which culminated in the horrific Direct Action Day of 1946, also known as ‘The Bengali Hindu Holocaust’. Supporting Jinnah’s …

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