Understanding the Economic Roots of Political Turbulence in Pakistan
Intra-elite struggles in the corridors of powers go on, as IMF debt piles up, the economy tanks, and people struggle against privatization.
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Brazil’s ‘Covaxingate’ Investigation Closes in on Bolsonaro and Bharat Biotech
As the vaccine scandal reached the doorstep of Jair Bolsonaro, a Brazil senate panel is considering unlocking the fiscal records of Madison Biotech, owned by Bharat Biotech.
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External Debt of Developing Countries – Part II:
During the period 2008 to 2018, external debt of the developing countries doubled. In this part, the authors analyse the different factors that have a direct influence on these countries’ capacity to carry on making debt repayments.
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Neoliberalism’s Bailout Problem
Mainstream economics ignores the massive government interventions that ‘free market’ capitalism requires.
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The Double Deformation
Economic exploitation is only one aspect of capitalism. The crisis of humanity and the crisis of the earth system are inseparable.
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Kashi ka Kabir: Reinterpreting a Poet’s Life and His Times
One cannot ‘read’ Kabir without ‘reading’ the genius of the indigenous mind on the one hand and the impact of colonial intervention on the other. The author says he realised this only gradually, during the long, painful and adventurous journey in search of his own relation with Kabir.
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Remember the Teenager Named Junaid Khan?
His lynching had sparked the #notinmyname campaign. However, four years later communal lynchings no longer seem to shock the public. A scary sign of the times.
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Climate Change: More Terrifying News – Two Articles
Terrifying UN Draft Climate Report Urges Total Transformation of Our Way of Life; Lethal Heat Hits the Planet.
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George Orwell’s Review of ‘Mein Kampf’ Tells Us as Much About Our Own Time as Hitler’s
On his birth anniversary, a look at a short essay by George Orwell which anticipated the clever narratives future dictators up until our times would weave assiduously.
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UN General Assembly Once More Denounces US Blockade of Cuba
The UN General Assembly on June 23 overwhelmingly approved a Cuban resolution condemning the U.S. economic, commercial, and financial blockade of Cuba, in place for 60 years; 184 nations approved; two opposed, Israel and the USA; and three abstained, Colombia, Ukraine, and Brazil.
