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B. T. Ranadive

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Patrick Cockburn

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Michael E. Tigar

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Howard Zinn

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Antonio A. Santucci

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Amit Bhaduri

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Eric Toussaint

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Narendra Dabholkar

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Vivek Chibber

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Staughton Lynd

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Rai Mohan Pal

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Romila Thapar

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Rosy Thomas

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Tom Brass

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Rostislav A. Ulyanovsky

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Prabir Purkayastha

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Arundhati Roy

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Rakhshanda Jalil

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Martin Hart-Landsberg

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Bhairabi Prasad Sahu

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