An Old Story Again: Capitalism vs. Health and Safety
Capitalism has always sacrificed the safety and health of the employees to boost profits of the employers.
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The Modi Sarkar’s Project for India’s Informal Economy
From demonetisation to GST and now the lockdown, the government’s policies towards the ‘unorganised sector’ has spelt nothing but rack and ruin.
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Arrests Mark a Nationwide Protest Day Observed by Central Trade Unions
On May 22, Central Trade Unions protested the draconian new policies that have stripped workers across the country of a number of basic rights.
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Cease Harassment of Journalists for Reporting on Pandemic, Demand Unions
Journalist bodies condemn FIRs against journalists for their critical reporting regarding mismanagement in official handling of Covid.
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Students, Activists Demand: Stop Using the Pandemic to Target Anti-CAA Protesters
The BJP-led Centre has turned the pandemic into an opportunity for “targeting” the anti-CAA protesters by framing them under false charges.
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Members of PM’s COVID-19 Task Force Say Lockdown Failed Due to Unscientific Implementation
The government is thinking that lockdown is a measure of controlling the spread of the pandemic, which it isn’t.
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The Murderous Pseudoscience of “Herd Immunity”
Containing the pandemic requires an investment in social infrastructure that the capitalist class is not willing to make. And so its idealogues are arguing in favour of letting the disease spread …
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The Mendacity of Modi Govt’s ‘Rescue Package’
Which other government would have passed off a slew of concessions to foreign and domestic monopolists as a “rescue package” for the people of the country?
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Feel a Little Shame for the Lost Soul of the Nation
I am ashamed of my social milieu which lauds the leader for dismissing the cataclysmic sufferings of almost 5% of our population as “tapasya”, as if they had a choice.
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Science and Politics
An interview with two of the principal founders of the British Society for Social Responsibility in Science – on their call for a moratorium on collaborations with scientists backed by the Israeli
