The Kisans Are Right: Their Land Is at Stake – Part 3
The model the Modi Government is seeking to impose on Indian agriculture is similar to that imposed on Mexican agriculture since the onset of IMF-dictated ‘reforms’ in the 1980s.
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The BJP Government’s Goebbelsian Campaign Against the Farmers’ Agitation
The fighting spirit of the farmers has kept the agitation alive through the past two months. The farmers on the ground at the Delhi siege and those supporting them from the villages assert that this will see their struggle through all the machinations of the propagators of the “Big Lie”.
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The Shame of Fortress Delhi
The metaphoric Fortress Delhi crept up on us over years, but the physical Fortress Delhi has been achieved in days.
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Budget 2021 Hasn’t Done Enough to Fix India’s Employment Crisis, Say Experts
The budgetary allocation for 2021-’22 for the rural jobs programme is 35% lower than the 2020-’21 revised estimate.
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1984, 1989, 2002: Three Narratives of Injustice, and the Lessons for Democracy
Why is it that mass injustice in the face of mass communal crimes has become such an established pattern of state practice in modern India?
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As Munawar Faruqui Case Shows, Questioning BJP’s Hindutva Project While Being a Muslim Can Land You in Jail
Several young Muslims have been locked up because they had the temerity to assert their right to equal citizenship.
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In 12 Years, 11 States Changed Land Ceiling Laws in Favour of Industry Over Farmers
The draft National Land Reforms Policy recommended that states reduce land ceilings and distribute surplus agricultural land to the landless poor. However, several states have amended their land ceiling laws in favour of industry, six in the last three years alone.
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Understanding the Complicated Politics and Geopolitics of the Coup Myanmar
Washington has been trying to push out China from Myanmar; however, both the military and NLD are committed to the strategic link with China. But it does not help that this “new cold war” has deepened the instability that marks Myanmar’s history since 1962.
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The Fight for Belarus: An Interview with Nadezhda Sablina
In August 2020, following the Belarusian presidential election, the opposition has organised protests, calling for the resignation of President Alexander Lukashenko. Nadezhda, a Belarusian journalist, provides an anti-imperialist overview for what is taking place.
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Even the IMF Is Being Forced to Acknowledge the Value of Universal Vaccination
The IMF and the ICC, the self-avowed voice of big business, say that while the world economy is expected to recover in 2021, the rich countries could lose as much as $5 trillion if they don’t help vaccinate the rest of the world.
