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(The following is an abridged version of remarks by TV newsman Bill Moyers, as prepared for delivery at the “Covering Climate Now” conference co-sponsored by The Nation and Columbia Journalism Review on April 30.) I have been asked to bring this gathering to a close by summing up how we can do better at covering…
Gandhi’s view on khadi present the key to his views on economics, or to what some scholars have called Gandhian Economics. He made it clear that his economic ideas were in some way the opposite of the views which were widely prevalent then. He wrote in 1934 : “In reorganising your khadi production you should…
On April 4, 1967, exactly one year before he was assassinated, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave a powerful speech at Riverside Church in New York City. This is the text of that historic speech.) I come to this magnificent house of worship tonight because my conscience leaves me no other choice. I join with…
The U.S. government is forcing hundreds of thousands of migrant and refugee people and their children into squalid, unsanitary, and unsafe prison camps. Haunting images are emerging of children staring through multiple layers of razor-wired fencing, people clustered under “space” blankets to escape the blistering heat, and desperate people huddled under pieces of tarp in…
Addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Independence Day, said that wealth creation is a national service and that wealth creators should not be viewed with suspicion. Furthermore, he added, only when wealth is created can it be distributed. These statements come at a time when the…
One of the major promises on which the 2014 elections were won was massive job creation. Even after its stunning victory in 2019, primarily fought on the national security plank, among the first things the new Narendra Modi government did was to set up a cabinet committee to create jobs. How successful has it been?…
Only a few weeks ago, the central government was talking grandly about India reaching a $5-trillion economy and refusing to recognise the severe slowdown India is going through. (This is not such a grand ambition when compared with China, which is often portrayed as India’s competitor, because by 2025, China’s economy is expected to achieve…
Several people around the world are confused about the protests going on in Hong Kong. Whenever the corporate media and politicians, especially people like Marco Rubio (US Republican senator), applaud a social movement, it is a red flag that the protests are not a progressive people’s movement, but serve other purposes. Is this really a…
15 years ago, when I was waiting for my class, a student came to me and congratulated me. “What is the occasion?”, I wondered aloud. It was not my birthday which in any case my students would not be aware of. Those were pre-Facebook days. That I was asking for the occasion was something my…
Activists of All Ages, Labour Groups, Faith Leaders, Businesses and More Join Youth-Led Climate Strikes in Intergenerational Demand for Climate Action: With two weeks to go until the September 20th climate strikes, there are over 2,500 strikes registered globally and over 500 strikes taking place across the US. In the US, the Youth Climate Strike…
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