India’s New Fisheries Policy Will Increase Private Control Over Open Access Water Bodies
It will be a huge blow to small-time fishers’ livelihoods and traditional knowledge.
It’s the Economy, Stupid! Or Is it the Stupid Economy?
The pandemic, for all its tragedy, has offered the Left a moment. What we decide to do now is all-important.
“Equilibra”: A Blueprint for Avoiding Extinction
Dr. Oquist talks about the current threats menacing humanity as a result of environmental destruction, its roots in capitalism, the multi-polar world that is emerging, the role of countries like Nicaragua …
Cuba in the Last Stretch of the Pandemic
In spite of Cuba’s small size and population, and its lack of material resources, it has been one of the most successful countries in the world in dealing with the pandemic.
A Jubilee Moment in Pandemic America?
These are times of staggering danger, but also enormous possibility. In a world distinctly stacked against us, we must believe that we can succeed.
Still Waiting for Chandrashekhar’s ‘Azad’ Vision After All These Years
The dispensation’s indifference to the freedom fighter can be seen by its acts, big and small, including the entrance fee it levies on people paying tribute to him at the iconic Azad Park in Allahabad.
‘Optimism of the Will’: Palestinian Freedom is Possible Now
While logical analysis of a situation may lead the intellect to despair, the potential for social and political revolutions and transformations must keep us all motivated to keep the struggle going, no matter the odds.
‘Garm Hava’ Gave Space for Indian Muslims in Mainstream Films
The legendary director speaks to Sidharth Bhatia about his early career as an art director and how ‘Garm Hava’ came to be made.
The Poet in the Republic
Plato had banished poets from his utopian republic, fearing their lies. India is doing the opposite.
The Forgotten History of the Jewish, Anti-Zionist Left
A conversation with scholar Benjamin Balthaser about Jewish, working-class anti-Zionism in the 1930s and ’40s.