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Jayaprakash Narayan or JP was widely known as Lok Nayak or peoples hero. His JP Movement, launched in the 1960s, made him an outspoken voice for justice in Independent India too. Seven little-known stories from JPs life, and two obituaries in Western papers that talk about his ideology and closeness with Mahatma Gandhi.

Politicians who sympathize with the plight of their Jewish constituents are examining legal means to stem the flow of antisemitic tropes.The post War, antisemitism and free speech: A critical dilemma

A paper of Marxist polemic and Marxist unity

Swiss neutrality began half a millennium ago, after the Battle of Marignano, which ended in a thumping by the French. The humiliation was enough to put then off ever going to war with an external enemy again. That policy has long been the butt of British jokes – but they may soon be the ones laughing at us. If war comes tomorrow, the Swiss will be surprisingly well prepared, whereas we may struggle to muster enough volunteers to fight.

The ANC-led government is not a totalitarian regime and our constitutional democracy is healthy, but some people are still more equal than others

For a city break that truly ticks all the travel boxes, head to Vienna

It’s easy to decry right-wing scaremongering in the abstract, far more difficult to give advice to real people who have to make decisions that could cost them their careers. 

Today marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov in the Russian city of Simbirsk on April 22, 1870. Known in history under the name of Lenin, he was the founder of the Bolshevik Party, leader of the 1917 October Revolution and, undoubtedly, a towering figure in the political and intellectual history of the twentieth century.

Gary Saul Morson on “Lenin Walked on the Moon: The Mad History of Russian Cosmism,” by Michel Eltchaninioff.

After eight years of populist chaos, Donald Tusk must rebuild trust in the state and resist the urge to simply turn the tables, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash