The Price of Stone: Children at Risk of Silicosis in Rajasthan’s Quarries
Children are pushed into working at stone quarries when their parents contract silicosis, an incurable disease, caused by silica dust in the mines.
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Muslim Women Counterpublics: Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will
Muslim women respond to political trauma by exercising their citizenship and care work beyond the family. Their activism is not driven by patriarchal indoctrination, but by a belief that one cannot lose hope in the possibility of justice.
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The Masterly Use of Universalism: Revisiting Satyajit Ray’s Cinema in 2023
His films are about the human condition and the ‘dailiness’ or undramatic aspects of life with no simple winners or losers.
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Meet the Extraordinary Intellectual Tho Pa, Who Awakened Tamils to the Richness of Their Culture
An introduction to Tho Paramasivan, the author of ‘Ariyappadaatha Tamizhagam’, translated into English as ‘The Sweet Salt of Tamil’.
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Online Blog | Russia | Ukraine | USA
Alexander Mercouris: “Something Big Is on the Way”
The war in Ukraine is not going to end in a negotiated settlement. The Russians have already made it clear that they don’t trust the United States. The Russians are going to obliterate the Ukrainian Army, and force the political leadership to comply with their security demands
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U.S. Lawfare and the Destabilization of Latin America
Lawfare is the weaponized use of the law to annihilate a political or business enemy. The US piloted the use of Lawfare in the USA before rolling it out in Latin America.
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France, UK Brought to Standstill by Huge Workers Demonstrations – 2 Articles
Millions of French workers took to the streets in protest as the country was brought to a standstill in a “citizens’ insurrection” over the government’s attack on pension schemes. On February 1, the UK came the closest it has come in a generation to a general strike.
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Protests Continue in Peru; Also: Interview with a Leader of the Protests
Government of Dina Boluarte presents a bill to hold general elections in October 2023, a central demand of protesters. Also: Interview with Lourdes Huanca Atencio, President of the Federation of Peasant, Artisan, Indigenous, Native and Salaried Women of Peru.
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Writing About a Joy That Invades Jenin
Israel calls its latest military campaign ‘Operation Break the Wave’, a lyrical description of a brutal reality. This is the 75th year after the Nakba, the catastrophe of 1948 when Israeli troops illegally removed Palestinians from their homes and tried to erase Palestine from the map.
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Africa | Online Blog | USA | World Politics
‘The Cry Is “Lumumba Lives”—His Ideas, His Principles’
An interview with Friends of the Congo’s Maurice Carney about the assassination of Patrice Lumumba.
