Due to Record Price Hike, India’s Poor Give Up Refilling LPG Cylinders
Modi government’s flagship Ujjwala scheme continues to hand out new gas connections, but an increasing number of India’s poor have stopped refilling them due to high gas prices.
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India Downgraded From ‘Free’ to ‘Partly Free’ by US Think Tank; Centre’s Reply; Activists Counter Centre’s Rebuttal – Three Articles
Democracy watchdog Freedom House, in a new report, has demoted India from “free” to “partly free”, flagging sustained erosion of civil liberties in the country; Centre rebuts report, calls it ‘Misleading, Incorrect, Misplaced’; Experts say the Centre’s rebuttal belies ground reality.
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Inside India’s War to Silence the Free Press
Since 2020, attacks on independent media have surged, with arrests, terror and sedition cases, even as a right-wing ecosystem issues rape and death threats and discredits any narrative against official interests.
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Letter from Feminists Calling Upon Chief Justice of India to Step Down for Asking Rapist to Marry Victim
Deeply distressed by the regressive statements of the CJI asking a rapist to marry the victim and condoning marital rape in court on 01 March 2021, over 4000+ concerned citizens issued an open letter to the CJI demanding an apology demanding that he down.
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What Delhi Tells Us about Neoliberalism
In India, the transformation of Delhi Ridge from a site of working-class politics to a site of breezy recreation shows how a world-class megacity is made under the spell of neoliberalism. Workers are pushed to the side in order to make way for the affluent classes.
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Digital Colonialism: The Evolution of American Empire
American “Big Tech” corporations are gaining massive profits through their control over business, labor, social media and entertainment in the Global South.
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Pandemics: The Perils of Agribusiness Profits
The multiple pandemics of the past decades can be linked to the expansion of agribusinesses into the global South. The consequent deforestation and unregulated industrial farming of animals have produced hotspots for pathogens to cross into humans.
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‘Engaging the World’: The ‘Fascinating Story’ of Hamas’s Political Evolution
An interview with Dr. Daud Abdullah, author of ‘Engaging the World: The Making of Hamas’s Foreign Policy’. In this book, Hamas is viewed as a political actor, whose armed resistance is only a component in a complex and far-reaching strategy.
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Pakistan Caught in Debt Trap
Pakistan’s external debt and debt service burden continue to rise. The reason why the country is managing to stay afloat is because it is a strategic partner that cannot be dropped by the U.S. or China, occasional irritants and periodic disagreements notwithstanding.
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Eight Years Without President Chávez
Transcript of a talk on the 8th anniversary of the untimely death of Hugo Chavez. “If Hugo Chávez were here he would see that the love for his people bore fruit in Venezuela’s rebellion against injustice, inequality and imperialism, defiantly proclaiming its sovereignty.”
