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As we await with horror a possible Supreme Court-ordered end to the Roe v. Wade era, Rebecca Gordon reposted this piece in which, almost half a century later, she movingly comes to grips with her own abortion experience.
When used in the diaspora, ‘Kala Pani’ refers to the large-scale migration out of India in the 1830s when hundreds of thousands of Indians left the subcontinent to work in the sugar colonies as indentured labourers, or ‘bound coolies’.
Over 20 progressive news outlets, including TeleSUR TV and Pan African TV, have signed a statement condemning the assassination of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.
In India, the farmers organised the world’s largest strike in history; at Amazon, the workers are fiercely resisting its exploitation; in Latin America, the people are rallying to support progressive political leaders. But it’s not enough to just resist. We have to build a new world brimming with life, and powered by popular sovereignty.
Russia is practising a warfare that the West is not used to — where wars aren’t won anymore. It is highly unlikely that there will be a ceremonial occasion bringing the Ukraine war to an end.
As we face the very real danger of losing our democracy, it is important for us to believe that we can and will pull ourselves back from calamity.
Not only does hydro power fail to prevent catastrophic climate change, but it also renders countries more vulnerable to climate change while emitting significant amounts of methane.
India needs to urgently take measures to improve fertiliser availability in the short and long term. The absence of major investments since the 1990s, and now the Ukraine war and the Chinese ban on exports, have created a difficult situation amidst a global imbalance.
The current unprecedented coal crisis has caused widespread power cuts across the country, imposing far reaching economic costs. The Centre has been trying to put the blame entirely on the States, whereas it is the Central agencies which are squarely responsible for this crisis.
India’s once-thriving public vaccine manufacturers were absent during the pandemic. This was not due to a lack of capability. The problem has been active neglect by the government.
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