Our Food System Is the Bullseye for Solving the World’s Climate Challenges
The industrialized food system is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions.
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Online Blog | Racism | USA
Commemorating March on Washington; Black Inequality Persists – Two Articles
In this year’s march, commemorating the March on Washington 60 years ago, apart from voting rights and police reform, other issues that the marchers are raising are increased antisemitic hate crimes, and attacks on Asian American communities. Also: “60 Years After the March on Washington, Black Economic Inequality Persists”.
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Black Resistance and Afro-Venezuelan Feminism
Merlyn Pirela is a Venezuelan Afrofeminist activist and organizer. In Part I of this two-part interview, Pirela explores the historical forms of oppression and domination, and the Afro-Venezuelan struggle for emancipation. Part II addresses both the advances and the pending tasks of the movement in the context of the Bolivarian Process.
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Rojava: A Beacon of Solidarity, Cooperation and Progress
In one corner of Syria — the northern border regions known to the Kurds as Rojava — hope for a better world lives on. Bordered on all sides by hostile reactionary forces, Rojava stands defiantly as a beacon for human solidarity, cooperation, and progress.
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Remembering Thomas Sankara – Two Articles
“Thomas Sankara Remains a Global Icon”; Also: “Speech by Thomas Sankara: ‘Imperialism Is the Arsonist of Our Forests and Savannas’”.
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Independence Day Speech, 1957
“We have completed one journey of consolidating our freedom, the foundations of which were laid a hundred years ago by our people with their blood, sweat and tears… We have today to remember the lessons of unity, religious tolerance and fellow feeling taught by Mahatma Gandhi and other great sons of India and go forward in a united and determined manner.”
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Rahul Gandhi’s Speech: An Alliance Leader Steering the Ideological Beliefs of INDIA
The Congress leader not only laid down how INDIA parties considered ‘Bharat’ as a union of diverse and equal voices but also how the Modi government’s decisions have been largely controlled by corporate interests. Also: Rahul Gandhi’s criticism of PM Modi’s reply to no-confidence motion.
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The Hollowness of the Modi Government’s Tall Claims and Self-Praise on Economy
The BJP and Prime Minister Modi use official data to buttress their tall claims on growth, inflation and other issues. The ground reality is at variance from the rosy depiction by the government.
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Has the Constitution Failed Us or Have We Failed the Constitution?
The rhetorical question posed by former President KR Narayanan saved the Constitution from a previous assault. We need to raise it to ourselves and the State once again.
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The NRI and Corporate Houses Behind the Farm Laws
A BJP-friendly NRI businessman’s proposal to Niti Aayog paved the way for the creation of a task force that authored a report pushing for corporatisation of agriculture as a way to double farmers’ income. Subsequently, the Adani Group lobbied to remove curbs on hoarding. Farm laws did just that.
