External Debt of Developing Countries – Part I
In the first part of this three part article, the authors discuss the evolution of the external debt of developing countries between 2000 and 2018.
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Imperialism Is on Trial in Ben Roberts-Smith’s Case
Ben Roberts-Smith, an Australian veteran of the war in Afghanistan, has launched legal action against journalists for reporting that he murdered six Afghan prisoners of war in 2009 and 2012—and revelled in their killing. At the heart of the case is an attempt to whitewash and rehabilitate the very concept of imperialist war.
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Climate Activists Should Not Support Nuclear; US Nuke Sites Leaking Everywhere – Two Articles
10 reasons why nuclear power is still no solution for climate change; Radioactive tritium has leaked from three-quarters of U.S. commercial nuclear power sites, often into groundwater from corroded, buried piping.
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Culture | Online Blog | USA
A Letter to My Nephew
James Baldwin’s thoughts on his nephew’s future (in the USA)—in a country with a terrible history of racism— first appeared in The Progressive magazine in 1962. Over 50 years later his words are, sadly, more relevant than ever.
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Cuba’s COVID-19 Vaccines: A Journey of Collaboration and Revolutionary Solidarity
With its development of five COVID-19 vaccines and the promise of sharing know-how with developing countries, Cuba has remained faithful to Che Guevara’s values of international solidarity and people-oriented medicine.
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Volcano vs. Volcano
On the birth anniversary of Che Guevara, a recollection of the volcanic strength Ernesto Guevara carried within, already evident in the young man who met Fidel in Mexico.
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Caste | Culture | Online Blog
The Laughing Bard: In Memory of Siddalingaiah
Siddalingaiah, who passed away on June 11, was not only a poet, but also an activist and public intellectual all his life. A key figure in the Dalit movement of the 1970s and 1980s, he was one of the co-founders of the Dalit Sangharsha Samiti in Karnataka.
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Art World Remembers M F Husain 10 Years After the Artist Died in Forced Exile
With FIRs and persistent death threats from Hindutva forces, Husain was forced into self-exile. He died on June 9, 2011 at the age of 95, yearning to return to his country.
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Gujarati Writers, Readers Condemn Sahitya Akademi’s Vilification of Poem on Ganga Corpses; Sequel to Poem – Voice from Heaven
“This is beating the pen with the hammer, a death knell for the right to freedom of expression of Gujarati writers” – says the statement.
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Keeping Count: Two Poems
Keeping Count; Lost Home.
