Over the Last 75 Years, Struggles of India’s Tribal Communities Have Multiplied
Instead of being recognised for their conservation efforts and relationship with nature, tribal communities are paying the price for ‘development’.
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Vulnerable and Marginalised at Receiving End of Climate Change
A recent study on impact of droughts catalysed by climate change on Dalits and the Adivasis of Marathwada region of Maharashtra points to the grim reality that it is the socially and economically vulnerable who are the worst sufferers of these weather-related natural disasters.
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In Hunger Hotspot, Aadhaar Is Depriving Adivasi Mothers of Crucial Assistance
Their health, and the health of their children, is put at risk because they lack the documents needed to obtain the biometric number.
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Myth of Organic Farming Being Low Yielding Busted in the Heart of Green Revolution Region
At a public hearing organised at Rohtak by Kudarti Kheti Abhiyaan on 12 Sept 2021, evidence was presented that comparable or even better yield has been achieved by organic farmers in Haryana without the use of conventional agro-chemicals and in fact even without external non-farm organic inputs.
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Ecological Civilization, Ecological Revolution
How are we to understand the origins and historic significance of the concept of ecological civilization? What is its relation to ecological Marxism? And how is this connected to the worldwide revolutionary struggle aimed at transcending our current planetary emergency and protecting what Karl Marx called “the chain of human generations,” together with life in general?
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“Giorgia on Our Minds”: Exploring “Alternatives” as the Ultra-Right Overtakes Italy
The rise of the far right in Italy and elsewhere in Europe needs to be understood in the context of the failure of the left parties and movements to further the interests of the working class as well as those on the margins of the society in their politics as well as policy frameworks.
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Optimism of the Will
One thing that gives me hope is that people are struggling hard under very severe circumstances, much more severe than we can imagine, all over the world to achieve rights and justice. They don’t give up hope, so we certainly can’t.
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Online Blog | Russia | Ukraine
Kharkov and Mobilization
The recapture of the Kharkov region at the beginning of September appears to be a success for Ukrainian forces. The Western media exulted and relayed Ukrainian propaganda to give us a picture that is not entirely accurate. A closer look at the operations might have prompted Ukraine to be more cautious.
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OPEC’s Body Blow to Biden Presidency
The Biden Administration is establishing a narrative that the recent OPEC decision to cut oil production by two million tonnes is a geopolitical “aligning” by Saudi Arabia and Russia. It deflects attention from the humiliating defeat of President Biden’s personal diplomacy with Saudi Arabia.
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Putting a Price on Water: Can Commodification Resolve a World Water Crisis?
As a result of this, the world’s sources of freshwater, representing one of the planetary boundaries designated by natural science, are being monopolized as natural capital by relatively few companies who will be able to charge market rents for the ecosystem services.
