The Financialization of Environment Protection
Pollution markets and green finance are forms of profit accumulation, not practical tools for sustainable development.
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Ancient Men were Hunters and Women were Gatherers. Right? Wrong
Archaeological evidence from Peru disproves an old belief.
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From the Murder of Berta Cáceres to Dam Disaster in Uttarakhand
Five years ago, Berta Cáceres, who opposed the Agua Zarca dam in Honduras, was murdered. This year, many people died in the Tehri Dam disaster in Uttarakhand, India. Both incidents together speak volumes about the consequences of the insatiable greed of capitalism for more energy.
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The Political Economy of Covid-19 Vaccines
The production and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines has intensified global inequality, for three reasons: blatant vaccine grab by rich countries; protection of patent rights by advanced countries; and the use of vaccine distribution to promote both nationalism and diplomatic ‘soft power’.
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Massive Response to AP Statewide Bandh Against Vizag Steel Plant Privatisation
Trade unions, non-BJP parties, and people’s organisations held a massive rally as part of the statewide bandh in Andhra Pradesh against the privatisation of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd.
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2020: Change – Interrupted
The year 2020 triggered off several movements which continue in 2021. But all are resistance movements. Perhaps they also need to put forward a vision of a better, anti-capitalist, future.
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Farmers to Widen Protest; Join with Workers for Anti-Privatisation Day; Women Farmers Start Own Newsletter – Four Articles
Farmers decide to hold a ‘tractor march’ in 16 districts of UP and Uttarakhand, and simultaneously a padyatra too in UP; Central Trade Unions and farmers decide to observe anti-privatisation day on March 15; meanwhile, women farmers start their own newsletter at Delhi border.
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Recent Amazon Revelations: What Do They Tell Us about the Ongoing Farm Protests?
A brief analysis of the Amazon revelations, in the context of the long debate on e-commerce in India, followed by a discussion on why it is so important to link it with the on-going policy debates and protests across the country.
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Farmers’ Protest Once Again Brings to Fore the Power of Women in Mass Mobilisations
No movement in India’s history – including the movement for independence from British colonial rule – saw this degree of participation by women.
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Biden’s Rescue Package
Biden’s relief package comes to almost 10% of US GDP; this comes on top of a similar package announced by Trump earlier. It not only represents a jump in social expenditure, it is primarily being financed by taxing the rich. A sharp difference from what has been done by Modi in India.
