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The Tears of Our Children
A study came out in December that made me cry. Written in a clinical style, nothing about the language should have impacted me in the way that it did. Put simply, the study said: every single child in Gaza feels that they are going to die. What more needs to be said? But there is more to say.
Genocide: The New Normal
Israel and the U.S. government will continue the genocide in Gaza for many months until the Palestinians are annihilated or driven from their homeland and Greater Israel is consolidated.
This Once Great Country Has Lost Its Soul
Like the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell’s macabre novel 1984, PM Modi’s regime has waged war on truth, doctoring statistics and other indices of performance; even going to the extent of lobbying international agencies to bump up India’s position in the global rankings.
A New Union of Maruti Suzuki Workers Emerges After Years of Solidarity, Struggle
Formed with the backing of employees dismissed in 2012, the Maruti Suzuki Non-permanent Workers Sangh will seek job security and better pay.
The Steady Immiseration of Labour
By the end of the 1990s, both capital and a willing state had eviscerated the labour movement. The death blow will be dealt in the 2020s.
Farm Laws Reborn: Toxic Platter for India’s Farmers and Consumers
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), a coalition of 40+ farmers’ unions, contends that the Centre is proposing to undermine the federal rights of state governments by surrendering India’s food security and compromising its national sovereignty under the slogan ‘One Nation, One Market’.
Indians Being Deprived of their Right to Education?
The Central Government recently decided to abolish the “no-detention” policy for students in classes 5 and 8 in schools under its jurisdiction. The recent amendment, it is feared, may deprive a considerable section from poor and rural sections of a “Right” they seemed to be making all efforts to making maximum use of.
Not All That’s Green Is a Forest
An analysis of the India State of Forest Report 2023 – which faced a year-long delay with no official explanation.
The Curious Case of Strengthening Dollar, Falling Rupee
The primary cause of the rupee’s depreciation is the preference of the Indian rich to hold their wealth in the form of U.S. dollars rather than in Indian rupees. This gives rise to a persistent shift from rupees to dollars causing the rupee’s depreciation.
US-India: Diamonds Are Not Forever
There is a saying that our dreams ought to be what define our individuality. As the English poet and philosopher William Blake put it in sharper focus, ‘No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings’. But the Modi Government’s diplomacy leaps out of Kautilya’s Arthashastra.
Not Just Popcorn: Bizarre GST Rates Are Eating Into Middle Class’ Savings
As the curtains fell on 2024, FM Nirmala Sitharaman reminded Indians that after the feast comes the reckoning.
Why a Town in MP is Resisting the Plan to Treat Toxic Waste from Bhopal’s Union Carbide Plant
Protests have broken out in Pithampur over fears that the treatment of refuse from the 1984 industrial disaster may pollute the environment.
Women, Domestic Violence and the Dangerous Narrative Of ‘Misuse’
In a recent ruling, Justices B. Nagarathna and Kotiswar Singh of the Supreme Court stated that there is a “growing tendency” for women to misuse Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) — their observations risk perpetuating harmful stereotypes about women misusing the legal system.
Goals Behind Trump’s Tariffs: Cut Taxes on Rich & Escalate New Cold War on China
Trump will use tariffs to one, justify cutting taxes even further on the rich; and two, to escalate the new cold war on China, which is a bipartisan gift to the Military-Industrial Complex that will only distract from the domestic problems caused by the U.S. ruling class and externalize the blame.
Assassination of the United Healthcare CEO – Two Articles
The murder of the United Healthcare CEO, as horrendous as it was, forced us to confront the injustices we’ve been taught to tolerate. This moment must unite us against the true enemies of the American dream: unchecked greed and exploitation of the many for the benefit of the few.
Jean-Marie Le Pen: A Lifelong Nazi – Two Articles
The death of Jean-Marie Le Pen, former leader of the party once known as the National Front, occurs at a time when the mainstreaming of far-right politics in France seems almost complete.
Yoon’s Plans to Dismantle Korea’s Sovereignty – Two Articles
Since South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s failed attempt to impose martial law on December 3, a steady stream of revelations has emerged from reporters and investigators, painting an increasingly disturbing picture of events.
Presidential Elections in Lebanon: A Battle for Sovereignty or Foreign Control?
Lebanon’s presidential elections reveal a troubling yet familiar reality. While leaders speak of sovereignty, foreign powers control the presidency, with ambassadors and threats dictating the outcome – leaving the Lebanese people to bear the consequences.
The Los Angeles Inferno: A Crime of Capitalism; 15 Such Wildfires in Past Decade – 2 Articles
California is facing what could be its most devastating wildfire in history, a consequence of the climate crisis.
U.S. Corporate Land Grab in Ukraine Underlies War with Russia
In early November, Barbara Bonte, a Belgian member of the European Union (EU) parliament, raised concern about the sell-off of Ukrainian land on a massive scale to U.S. private equity firms along with some Saudi agro-industrial and investment businesses.
The Sahel States Alliance and the Fears of Pro-Western Agents
The countries of the Alliance-Confederation of Sahel States continue to strengthen their sovereignty and their alignment with Pan-African values and a multipolar world. This development has deeply unsettled Western regimes and their agents on the African continent.
Petro Government in Colombia Confronts Lawfare, Alvaro Uribe and US Intervention
President Gustavo Petro’s Historic Pact government, in power since 2022, is a first in Colombia’s history. No other party ever aspired to serve all Colombians. Its existence depends on push-back against Colombia’s peculiar mix of corporations, big landowners, financial moguls, and narco-traffickers. Difficulties are cropping up now that call for sharpened resistance.
Intolerable Opinions in the Time of Genocide
Facing methods of torture and imprisonment that would unnerve an inmate of Guantanamo, Lilburne never surrendered to defeatism. His writing remains infused with radical purpose, a radiant call from across the centuries for collective resistance. As you steel yourself to confront the new imperialists, ask what Lilburne would do.
The Enduring Legacy of Tiruvalluvar
On January 1, 2025, the iconic statue of the late saint-poet Tiruvalluvar in Kanyakumari, which stands majestically at the southern tip of Tamil Nadu, celebrated its 25th anniversary. The statue has become a symbol of Tamil Nadu’s cultural identity – just as timeless as the revered text authored by Tiruvalluvar himself.
Remembering Madhu Limaye, the Socialist Stalwart
Madhu Limaye (1st May 1922-8th January 1995) was a committed socialist, a distinguished parliamentarian, champion of civil liberties, a prolific writer and dedicated to the cause of the common man of the country. He played a pivotal role in the freedom movement and later in the liberation of Goa from the Portuguese.
Amiya Kumar Bagchi, 1936-2024
Amiya Kumar Bagchi left behind, not merely a set of writings, but a coherent, powerful body of work that constitutes a major challenge to the ‘received version’ of economic history issued from the centres of western academia.
Mark Twain (1835-1910), Anti-Imperialist Thinker for All Time
Well, we just missed his birthday, but what the hell. Born as Samuel Langhorne Clemens on November 30, 1835, Mark Twain is a universal genius both for the value of his literary work and for his articles and thoughts, in which his humor and combat are unsurpassed.
Union Budgets 2014 to 2024 – Article 1: India’s GDP Claims
Ever since the Modi Government came to power in 2014, it has been claiming that its economic policies have made India one of the fastest growing large economies in the world. India is expected to become a 5 trillion dollar economy by 2027-28. This article attempts to analyse these projections.
Union Budgets 2014 to 2024 – Article 2: India’s Unemployment Crisis
In this second article of our budget analysis of the past 10 years of the Modi Government, we critically analyse the unemployment data given in official documents that claim that unemployment in the country has fallen to historic lows.
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