Development That Kills: The Political Economy of Workplace Deaths
Today, workplaces are truly turning into killing fields. As long as development means profit and workers are treated as fuel, these killing fields will continue to operate.
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Communalism | Fascism | India | Online Blog
RSS and Bhagat Singh: From Derision to Appropriation
The RSS, which consciously kept aloof from the glorious freedom struggle, finds itself in a peculiar bind: it has to brandish itself as the sole repository of nationalism, but it lacks an authentic icon of freedom to call its own. To rid itself of this embarrassing lacuna, it resorts to appropriating figures like Bhagat Singh, who had nothing whatsoever to do with the ideology the Sangh espouses.
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India, the Pharmacy of the World, Must Protect its Generic Medicine Industry
The country’s wavering stance on data exclusivity, which will allow corporations to hold a monopoly on drugs, risks global access to lifesaving medical care.
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India’s Lifeline the Ganga Is Drying Up Fast
The river basin sustained one of the world’s most densely populated regions for centuries. Now it is increasingly unable to replenish itself.
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Oxfam’s Latest Report, ‘Top 1% Own 43.8%’; Millionaires Call to Tax the Super-Rich – 2 Articles
‘Top 1% Own 43.8%: Oxfam’s Is the Latest of Global Reports That Link Inequality to Political Power Asymmetry’: Rise in authoritarianism globally, the Oxfam report notes, is tied directly to deepening income inequality. As the rich are getting richer, they’re also getting more politically powerful. Also: ‘“Tax Us. Tax the Super Rich,” Say Nearly 400 Millionaires and Billionaires’.
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Bangladesh’s Moment of Reckoning
Khaleda Zia’s death makes way for political realignment. Whether this will help break Bangladesh’s cycle of retributive violence is an open question.
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Capitalism | Imperialism | Online Blog | USA
Propaganda and Invasion: America and Israel Are the Real Threats to Iran’s People – 2 Articles
‘Propaganda as a Part of Invasion’: Even those waging outright wars of aggression are frequently at pains to justify their actions with falsehoods and distortions. Also: ‘The Biggest Threats the Iranian People Face Are America and Israel’.
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Capitalism | Economy | Imperialism | Online Blog | USA
The Empire Comes Home: Militarised Violence and Popular Resistance in the U.S. – 7 Articles
‘The Empire Comes Home’; ‘The Murderers Among Us’; ‘Undeterred by Freezing Temps, Statewide Minnesota Strikes Demand “ICE Out Now”’; ‘In the Twin Cities, A Massive Strike Against ICE’; ‘From Maine to Minnesota and Beyond, Tens of Thousands March to Demand “ICE Out!”’; ‘Students Join Nationwide Strike to Abolish ICE’; ‘Trump’s Tactical Retreat in Minneapolis: The Danger of Dictatorship Remains’.
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Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’: A Dangerous Power Play and a Warning to the World – 3 Articles
‘Every Nation in the World Should Reject Trump’s Absurd and Dangerous “Board of Peace”’; ‘Not a Trump Anomaly: The Board of Peace and America’s Crisis-Driven Power Plays’; ‘Is a Non-UN Conflict Resolution Framework Feasible, Desirable? Trump’s Board of Peace Is an Obstacle and Warning’.
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Capitalism | Economy | Online Blog | USA
U.S. Economy: Beneath the Bombast
U.S. President Trump made a series of boasts about the success of the U.S. economy in his Davos speech. This articles examines these claims.
