After Abysmal Hunger Index Rank, Paper Points Out 3 of 4 Rural Indians Can’t Afford Nutritious Diet
India has ranked 94 among 107 nations in the Global Hunger Index 2020 and is in the ‘serious’ hunger category.
Terracide and the Terrarists: Destroying the Planet for Record Profit
“Terracide.” A new word – it’s meant to encompass the almost unimaginable – what the big energy companies are doing on and to our planet right now. Their execs are consciously destroying/melting it for profit and if that doesn’t make them terrorists – or terrarists, what does?
Marx, Engels and Metabolic Rift – Part One
In contrast to the misconception that Marx and Engels were only concerned about economics, the article (in 2 parts) highlights how they in fact had plenty to say about environmental degradation, focusing in particular on their notion of a metabolic rift.
World Is Facing Pandemic of Authoritarianism
In his speech accepting the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade on October 18, Sen emphasised the importance of dissent and debate.
No Excuses: Historic New Zealand Election Challenges Labor Movement
With the Labor Party’s landslide victory in the national election on October 17, the opportunity presents itself for the working class to push the government to implement progressive policies.
We Are That History That Is Discredited, but Which Reappears When You Least Expect It
It was the immense bravery of the Bolivian people that allowed the MAS to build up their forces and to triumph at the ballot box on 18 October.
Remembering Ashfaqullah Khan – Kakori Martyr, Poet, Dreamer and Revolutionary Intellectual
On his 120th birth anniversary, it is important to emphasise that he wasn’t just a ‘Muslim’ martyr of the Indian freedom struggle but also an evolving ideological thinker reflecting on the larger revolutionary movement.
Triple Crisis in the Anthropocene Ocean. Part Three: The Heat of 3.6 Billion Atom Bombs
Continuing Ian Angus’s examination of the ‘deadly trio’ of CO2-driven assaults on ocean life. Part three: ocean warming and permanent heatwaves.
Mauritian PM Labels UK and U.S. ‘Hypocrites’ Over Chagos Islands Dispute
The International Court of Justice passed a judgment in favor of Mauritius’ claim of ownership of the archipelago in February 2019, but Britain has refused to implement it.
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The U.S. Did Not Defeat Fascism in WWII, It Discretely Internationalized It
One of the founding myths of the contemporary Western world is that fascism was defeated in WWII by liberal democracies, and particularly by the United States. The material record suggests, however, a shockingly different reality.