Superbugs in the Anthropocene: A Profit-Driven Plague

Superbugs in the Anthropocene: A Profit-Driven Plague

Ian Angus   While I was writing this article, the press reported:   A maternity hospital in Romania shut down because thirty-nine newborns were infected by a drug-resistant superbug. Eleven staff members were found to be carriers. In Gaza, the wounds of thousands of Palestinians shot by Israeli soldiers are infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and…

Fact-Checking Amit Shah’s Response to Rahul Bajaj
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Fact-Checking Amit Shah’s Response to Rahul Bajaj

Courtesy: The Wire Staff   Bajaj Group chairman Rahul Bajaj on Saturday, November 30, raised concerns over the ability of the Narendra Modi government to accept criticism, its lack of action against mob lynchings and BJP MP  Pragya Thakur’s recent remarks on Nathuram Godse to a crowded room of India Inc elite and top ministers…

The Spectre Haunting Hindutva: An Assertive Dalit Woman
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The Spectre Haunting Hindutva: An Assertive Dalit Woman

Prabhir Vishnu Poruthiyil   The assault on Dalit gender equality activist Bindu Ammini, by a fervent Ayyappa devotee, reveals the fragility of the Hindu nationalist male ego and a deals a chink to the Hindutva armour.   Like other nativist and anti-pluralist projects, Hindutva is premised upon the restoration of a primeval order that involves…

Have We Really Done Away with Our Constitution?
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Have We Really Done Away with Our Constitution?

Fr. Cedric Prakash     Exactly, seventy years ago on November 26, 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India adopted and gave to “we, the people” a landmark Constitution. ‘The Constitution of India’ is the sacred book of every Indian citizen; it is a bulwark of fundamental rights and directive principles, which are a prerequisite for any…

Colombian National Strike Continues
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Colombian National Strike Continues

Tanya Wadhwa   The resistance of the Colombian people, against the right-wing government of President Iván Duque and his policies of neoliberalism, war and violence, continues.   On November 27, under the banner of ”Against Duque’s neoliberal package, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the International Monetary (IMF) and the World Bank. For…

The Rising Fight Against Neo-Liberalism in Chile
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The Rising Fight Against Neo-Liberalism in Chile

Alison Bodine   Chile despertó! (Chile Has Woken Up!) Piñera, renuncia! (Piñera Resign!) These are some the powerful chants that have echoed throughout the streets of cities small and large in Chile during mass protests that began in October 2019. Poor, working and oppressed people and students have united to demand dignity and human rights…

Ambedkar For Our Times!

Ambedkar For Our Times!

Subhash Gatade    (Presentation made at Dept of Social Work, Delhi University, during their programme centred around 1st Ambedkar Memorial Lecture.)   “If Hindu Raj does become a fact, it will no doubt, be the greatest calamity for this country. No matter what the Hindus say, Hinduism is a menace to liberty, equality and fraternity….

 Argentina’s President-Elect Alberto Fernandez Rejects Remaining IMF Money
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 Argentina’s President-Elect Alberto Fernandez Rejects Remaining IMF Money

Countercurrents Collective   Argentina’s leftist president-elect Alberto Fernandez said Tuesday that he would renounce the remaining $11 billion tranche of the country’s International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan as soon as he takes office next month.   Outgoing center-right President Mauricio Macri agreed a massive $57 billion loan package last year, but the austerity measures he…

Global Climate Disaster: Science is Screaming
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Global Climate Disaster: Science is Screaming

Jake Johnson   An alarming United Nations report released this week said global temperatures are on track to rise as much as 3.2°C by the end of the century, meaning only drastic and unprecedented emissions reductions can stave off the most devastating consequences of the climate crisis.   The annual Emissions Gap report from the…