May Day: Worker’s Struggle Celebration Is Well-Deserved After a Momentous Year
A look at some of the most important labor struggles of this past year.
How the Corporate Interests and Political Elites Watered Down the World’s Most Important Climate Report
A summary of the most important changes between the version of the Summary for Policymakers—the third part of the IPCC’s 2021-2022 Sixth Assessment Report—leaked in August last year and the one finally published.
How Hindutva Is Changing History and Science Textbooks in Schools
An excerpt from ‘Modi’s India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy’.
Petrol/Diesel Prices: Who is Responsible for Back-breaking Hikes?
The central government has raked in over Rs. 18 lakh crore from excise duties compared to Rs. 14 lakh crore from taxes by all state governments over the past eight years.
India’s Flawed Plan to Rejuvenate 13 Rivers – Two Articles
India Wants to Spend Rs 19,300 Crore on Rejuvenating Yamuna and 12 Other Rivers Through Plantations; Ganga Still Suffers – But Govt Thinks ‘Successful’ Rejuvenation Is a Blueprint for Other Rivers: The proposal doesn’t address the real issues behind the degradation of rivers.
‘No Means No’: Himachal’s Tribal Villages Take Stand Against Rs 5,700 Crore Hydel Project
Two landslides in Kinnaur last summer which claimed 22 lives have made the local population more aware of the ecological dangers posed by hydropower projects, such as the proposed Jangi Thopan Powari project.
Caste Doesn’t Just Exist in India or in Hinduism – It Is Pervasive Across Many Religions in South Asia and the Diaspora
While the caste system originated in Hindu scriptures, it crystallized during British colonial rule and has stratified society in every South Asian religious community. In addition to India, it is present in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Bhutan.
Iran Makes Gains; Afghanistan Braces for a New War – Two Articles
Afghanistan Braces for New War; Iran Makes Gains as Israel, Turkey Test Moscow’s Limits on Ukraine.
The Political Economy of Systemic U.S. Militarism
The U.S. industrial-military-congressional complex is made up of the interdependent dynamics of military contractor corporations, military forces, intelligence agencies, and the civilian national security state, which take form as strategy, political-economy factors, and international affairs shift.
Washington Watches as China and Latin America Deepen Their Ties
The U.S. is getting increasingly worried about the increased connections between China and the Latin American region in trade, telecommunications and transportation networks.