Will We Take the Path to a Livable Future or Will Rich Corporations Trash the Planet?
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Will We Take the Path to a Livable Future or Will Rich Corporations Trash the Planet?

The COP26 global climate summit marks a critical juncture in the struggle to avoid climate catastrophe. Prof Chomsky talks on the roots of our current dire predicament and on humanity’s prospects for emerging from this crisis into a livable future.

News from the Farmers’ Movement: ‘Asthi Kalash Yatra’ Draws Huge Crowds
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News from the Farmers’ Movement: ‘Asthi Kalash Yatra’ Draws Huge Crowds

The Kalash Yatras, which started from Lakhimpur Kheri on October 12, are in progress in several states of India. In response to rail roko call by SKM on Oct 18, thousands of farmers squat on rail tracks, affecting over 290 trains across states.

Revival or Continuing Depression in the Rural Areas? – Pt. I
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Revival or Continuing Depression in the Rural Areas? – Pt. I

While agricultural output is said to be doing well, that does not mean those who work in agriculture, i.e., peasants and agricultural labourers, are doing well. As a larger number of people desperately looked for ways to earn a living, the income per person working in agriculture actually declined.

Savarkar and Hindu Mahasabha Stayed Firmly Outside the Freedom Movement

Savarkar and Hindu Mahasabha Stayed Firmly Outside the Freedom Movement

Union defence minister Rajnath Singh recently claimed that Savarkar had written mercy pleas to the British government on Mahatma Gandhi’s advice. Rajmohan Gandhi, the well-known historian and the Mahatma’s grandson, sets the record straight on this claim. Full transcript of interview.

Electricity Amendment Act: Government Experiments with Physics of the Impossible
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Electricity Amendment Act: Government Experiments with Physics of the Impossible

Separating electricity from the wires that transmit is a crazy dream of a few market fundamentalists. The Modi government is attempting this failed policy again, and state-owned distribution companies and consumers will suffer.

Internal Papers Reveal Facebook Put Profits Before People, Wavered in Checking Hate Speech in India – Two Articles
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Internal Papers Reveal Facebook Put Profits Before People, Wavered in Checking Hate Speech in India – Two Articles

2 articles: Profits Before People: The Facebook Papers Expose Tech Giant Greed; and: Internal Documents Show Facebook Wavered in Checking Misinformation, Hate Speech in India: Report.