Fr. Stan Swamy Shares a Poem from Jail
Jesuit Priest Father Stan Swamy (83) writes he’s pained to see so many young inmates in Taloja Jail, shares a Christmas message of compassion.
India’s Farmers Provide an Object Lesson in Democratic Mass Action
Where mobs flail to a tune set into motion by some dog-whistle, refuse reasoned debate, take recourse to abuse, vilification, threat, and finally, the strong arm, democratic mass actions bank on the power of knowledge.
Where Is Justice? Most Farmers and Informal Workers have No Pension After Toiling All Their Life
At a time when highly dubious projects worth tens of thousands of crores have been cleared recklessly, the pension offered by the Union government to elderly citizens is just Rs. 200 per month, and this too only for about 27% of senior citizens who need this.
Why are People Going Hungry if India has Surplus Foodgrain Stocks?
A country that ranks 94 among 107 countries in the Global Hunger Index can’t be said to be self-sufficient in foodgrains. The surplus stocks are due to shortage of purchasing power in peoples’ hands.
Two Press Releases
NAPM condemns right-wing violence targeting Muslim community in MP; and also condemns the forced evictions in Sathyavani Muthu Nagar and Thangavel Street, Chennai in the midst of the pandemic.
Minority Places of Worship Were Attacked in India and Pakistan. Guess Which Country Took Action?
The comparison highlights just how far India has moved away from its ideals of secularism.
2020 Witnessed the Deliberate Destruction of Democratic Rights Organisations in India
The year 2020 has also been marked by the destruction of the democratic rights organizations of India, as part of a vicious plan of the BJP government to irreparably shrink the democratic space for a future that we can only tremble to think about.
Elsevier and Wiley Declare War on Research Community in India
Three academic publishers have asked the Court to block the websites Sci-Hub and Libgen in India, which provide free downloads of research publications and books. Without access to the journals available on these websites for free, it is almost impossible to do quality research..
Indigenous Movements and the Struggle for Defense of Land in 2020
On top of the existing violence and institutional impediments, this year was particularly taxing for the defenders of land and environment as they had to face double whammy of COVID-19 pandemic and the intensification of neoliberalism using the pandemic as an excuse.
Blows Against the Empire – 2020 In Memoriam
Not only did the imperialist system prove incapable of handling COVID-19 in a reasonable manner, it has also hastened the crumbling of the US empire. A chronology of 2020’s most salient events.