From Aadhaar to Aarogya Setu: How Surveillance Technology Is Devaluing India’s Democratic Rights
The app could potentially allow the government to peer into aspects of the user’s private life that have nothing to do with Covid-19.
Nationwide Protest against Centre’s Anti-Worker Policies; Privatisation of Coal Mining is Anti-National: Two Articles
On July 3, protests were held across the country against privatisation and draconian changes in labour laws and supported by the working class of India. Coal trade unions also organised a three day strike from July 2 to 4 against privatisation of the coal sector.
Sound and Fury: PM Modi’s Sixth Address to Nation Furthers BJP’s Political Agenda Alone
The prime minister’s speech was less an address to a nation with several questions and more an attempt to present policy decisions as doles.
Withdrawal from Galwan Valley Puts Indian Troops Further from LAC
Details of the mutual troop disengagement in the contested Galwan River valley illustrate that the Line of Actual Control (LAC) — the de facto border — has been effectively shifted by a kilometre into India.
Examining the Wreckage
The historic movements for Black lives against white supremacy have raised class consciousness to unprecedented levels. Why are race and white supremacy so central to class consciousness?
Coronavirus Surges in U.S.: Capitalism Is the Crisis
What we are now seeing in the USA are the perfectly predictable and preventable consequences of a system that prioritizes profits over people’s lives.
As Cases and Deaths Surge, WHO and US Health Officials Warn Worst Is Yet to Come: 4 Articles
Six months since the coronavirus outbreak, while the death toll has surpassed 500,000 and the number of confirmed infections topped 10 million worldwide, the WHO warns that “the worst is yet to come.”
Backstory: ‘Emergency’ by Any Other Name Cuts as Deep
It’s the death of irony when those who are taking state repression to a whole new level, passionately condemn state repression during the Emergency.
A Reminder That People Do Not Dissolve, Governments Do: Three Articles
The govt is trying to dissolve that very section of the people who are asserting their citizenship rights. But people do not dissolve except in moments of poetic irony, governments do. Two articles. And a statement by concerned civil servants on assault on Article 19 of the Constitution.
मॅल्कम एक्स: एका मानवाधिकार कार्यकर्त्याची समाजवादाकडे वाटचाल
ग्लोरिया वर्डीयू कोविड – १९ महामारी नसती तर, १९ May मे २०२० रोजी आपण मॅल्कम एक्सचा ९५ वा वाढदिवस साजरा करीत असतानाच, शेकडो आणि हजारो लोक “अहमाऊड आर्बेरी आणि ब्रेओना टेलर ला न्याय हवा!” अशा घोषणा देत रस्त्यावर उतरले असते. जसे आम्ही उतरलो होतो २००६ मध्ये सीन बेल साठी; २००९ मध्ये ऑस्कर ग्रॅण्ट साठी; २०१२…