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Because of the outflow of finance from elsewhere in the world to the US, all major currencies are weakening against the dollar, including the euro and the pound-sterling. This article is about the weakening of third world currencies, of which the rupee is a prime example.
If the so-called ‘educated’, urban, modern world is to have any hope of making peace with the earth, it has to listen to the cosmologies and ways of life of indigenous cultures. It has to at least respect, if not re-learn, how to view itself as a part of nature.
The socio-legal system is currently designed to fail victims of domestic abuse, thanks to dilution of laws like section 498A IPC, patriarchal and misogynistic application of the law, judicial denial of the seriousness of domestic violence, crimes against women, and low employment among women.
In the hinterlands of Madhya Pradesh, untouchability thrives, as younger generations of Dalits, OBCs, and Adivasis accept it as a way of life. While enjoying the fruits of their hard work and labour, upper castes and even OBCs avoid physical contact with Dalits.
Joao Pedro Stedile of the Landless Rural Workers’ Movement (MST) talks about the implications of Lula’s victory for Brazil and the world, and the challenges he will have to surpass in order to fulfill his election promises.
On 7 October the US made a declaration of war when it announced stringent controls on the export of key technologies to China, most importantly semiconductors.
The seeds of peace lie in choices that are made. Looking back, indeed, Russia’s decision to vacate the occupation of Kherson on the western bank of the Dnieper River was a masterstroke. Also: Russia Strategises with Iran for the Long Haul in Ukraine.
Four companies dominate the global grain trade and at least 70% of the market. They are reporting record profits. As food prices skyrocket and hunger rises, and with the prospect of still more supply shortages, such profiteering is clearly unjust and a sign of abject market failure.
Globally, the richest 10% of people now possess nearly 76% of the world’s wealth. Meanwhile, the bottom 50% own just 2%, according to the 2022 World Inequality Report, which analyses data and the work of more than 100 researchers and inequality experts.
The hunger strike of Egypt’s Alaa Abd El Fattah overshadows Sisi’s attempt to whitewash his regime’s human rights record at COP27.
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