250 Million People Participate in Countrywide Strike in India
On November 26, India witnessed the biggest organized strike in human history, against the recent neoliberal reforms pushed through by the Narendra Modi government.
A Day to Mourn, Not Celebrate, What’s Become of the Constitution
The real disappointment for citizens facing an unprecedented assault on their basic democratic rights is not that the Modi regime is behaving the way it is. The disappointment is with the Supreme Court.
Farmers’ Stir Lays Bare Unjust Economic Policy
The continuing drought in framing farmer-friendly policies has to end. The farmers’ march should be seen as a wake-up call to make appropriate policy corrections to set the historic imbalances right, and thereby bring back the pride in farming.
Agrarian Crisis Is a Social Crisis Now
The founder-editor of the People’s Archive of Rural India discusses the demands that should be discussed in the special session of Parliament the farmers are demanding.
Dispossession and Imperialism Repackaged as ‘Feeding the World’
In their quest for making more profits, global agribusiness giants are destroying farmer livelihoods, environment and health under the bogus claim of ‘feeding the world’. Also: a report on shocking levels of land inequality in the world.
Covid-19: A Frightening Future Looms
Such pandemics can only be prevented, ultimately, by a completely different relationship between human beings and nature than exists at the present time. It means putting a sustainable planet at the heart of everything we do.
Declaration: On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
On this day – November 25 – working class women across the world raise their voices against patriarchal violence, exploitation and oppression.
Years Ago, Two Urdu Poets Had Spoken on the Dishonour of Honour Killings
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, translations offer a glimpse into two women Urdu poets, Kishwar Naheed and Zehra Nigah’s protests against the practice.
Narendra Modi Threatens to Turn India into a One-Party State
The international weekly newspaper recently carried an article on this increasingly dominant prime minister and the ongoing erosion of checks and balances.
Maradona: The Bolivarian Soccer Genius
Maradona was for the people of South America what Mohamed Ali was for Black America. He never wavered in his commitments to elevating the voices of the poor and defending the underdog.