Five Ways in Which Narendra Modi Is Weakening Indian Federalism
Abolishing statehood for Jammu and Kashmir is the most savage attack on the federal principle ever undertaken by a prime minister.
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Implications of the New Labour Codes on the Working Class in India
The Centre recently came up with the idea of four Labour Codes on four broad categories: wages; industrial relations; social security; and occupational safety, health, and working conditions. This paper looks into the critical areas of the proposed Codes.
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The Political Economy of CPSE Disinvestment: Has National Wealth Been Put on a Distress Sale?
The sweeping disinvestment policy announced by the NDA government in December 2021 has put most of the national wealth on a distress sale. The few oligarchs who fund the political parties are waiting with their war chests of funds ready to buy the Central Public Sector Enterprises for a song.
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TekFog: BJP’s Cyber Weapon to Target Citizens
The TekFog investigations show that the ruling party employs highly sophisticated tools to engage in hate speech and misinformation and in silencing its critics through online trolling, abuse, and threats.
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Save Lives, Socialise Big Pharma
As the potential antibiotic crisis gets worse, the solution is a nationalized pharmaceutical industry fully under public control. Under such a system, money from profitable drugs could simply be channeled to less profitable things like vaccines, antibiotics, and neglected tropical diseases.
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Geringonça’s End
Following the collapse of the ruling coalition in Portugal, in the subsequent national election held on 30 January, the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) and Left Bloc (BE) lost half their elected positions, while the Socialist Party (PS) gained an absolute majority.
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China | Economy | Online Blog
A ‘Red’ New Deal for China?
A look at what lies behind China’s recent economic policy pronouncements – and to what extent they can be considered to be progressive.
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The Woman Who Lost Her Fear
A decade ago, a group of 20-year-old girls entered a Cathedral in Moscow to deliver a punk concert, imploring the Mother of God to rid the world of Putin. The group’s leaders were arrested and sent to a remote penal colony. An online interview with one of the leaders, Maria Alyokhina.
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The ‘Forever Prisoners’ of Guantanamo
The notorious prison camp in Cuba is 20 years old. Over the years, several plans to close it have been rejected. For the detainees, little has changed in the last two decades.
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What Drives Sea Level Rise?
Sea levels are rising, and that will bring profound flood risks to large parts of the Gulf and Atlantic coasts over the next three decades. A quick explanation of two main ways global warming is affecting ocean levels and their threat to the coasts.
