In Ukraine, Diplomacy Has Been Ruled Out
The remarkable 93-year-old Noam Chomsky puts the Ukraine War in the largest and most devastating context possible, in a recent interview entitled “Chronicles of Dissent”.
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The Crisis of Neoliberalism and the Progressive Alternative
The current crisis in Sri Lanka is not only a political crisis; it is also a structural breakdown of the way in which neoliberalism has sought to legitimise its own regime of accumulation. This presents an opportunity to propose radical solutions that could reconstruct the State on more egalitarian grounds.
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Why Are Global Wheat Prices Rising So Much?
The global food crisis is being blamed on the war in Ukraine. Certainly, this war has been a catalyst for the recent spikes in food prices—but seeing that as the only cause is not just simplistic; it risks policy inaction to address some of the other factors, that can be controlled.
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Cuba Lives, Breathes, Resists – May Day, COVID, Guantánamo, & the Summit of the Americas
May Day 2022 was a chance for Cuba to welcome tens of thousands of international guests to uphold the vision of International Workers’ Day and demonstrate that global solidarity with Cuba lives. The author too visited Cuba. Her inspiring report.
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China | Economy | Online Blog
How China Strengthened Food Security and Fought Poverty with State-Funded Cooperatives
Beijing is showing the world how to strengthen food sovereignty, and simultaneously fight poverty, with a multi-pronged approach that combines state-funded agricultural cooperatives, stockpiling of nonperishable staples, a crackdown on waste, and government investment in new technologies.
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RSS and Gandhi: Sangh Parivar’s Belated Attempts to Appropriate National Heroes in Quest for Legitimacy
The Hindu right wing has been trying to appropriate the legacy of Gandhi, Ambedkar and Subhas Chandra Bose in a bid to acquire legitimacy. All of them despised the Sangh Parivar.
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‘Ingenious Farmers and Ignoble Experts’: Case of the Supreme Court Appointed Committee on Farm Laws
The experience of the committee on farm laws is a story of ingenious farmers beating the state and its experts in their own game. The committee tried to depict a distorted picture about the farm laws by pushing the agenda of the state. However, the sagacious farmers forced it to bite the dust.
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India’s Welfare Programmes are Suffering Because of the Delay in Census by Modi Government
ThE delay is impacting government schemes, and results in unreliable estimates from other surveys on consumption, health and employment, which depend on census data to determine policy and welfare measures. For example, probably 10 crore people are likely being excluded from the PDS.
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A Mess Called India’s Health Sector
India’s health sector is beset with too many problems most of which can be traced to inadequate funding. Poor funding has led to poor capacity and poor quality of healthcare.
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Plotting a Hindu Rashtra: Inside the Hate-Filled world of India’s Trads
A three month investigation by Scroll.in of Trad groups on Twitter, Clubhouse, Reddit and Instagram. It isn’t just fascist Italy from which they seek inspiration. They also draw upon the world of the American Alt-Right to give expression to their violent fantasies of subjugating Muslims, Dalits, women and sexual minorities.
