How Tipu Sultan and Haidar Ali Inspired America’s Founding Fathers in Their Quest for Freedom
While fighting for independence, the fledgling United States looked far away to the Kingdom of Mysore for inspiration.
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Remembering A People’s War Against Imperialism and Fascism
September 3, 2020 marks 75 years since the Japanese army formally surrendered to China. More than 25 million Chinese civilians and soldiers perished in their struggle against imperialism and fascism, accounting for a full one-third of global fatalities during the Second World War.
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A 70-Year War on ‘Propaganda’ Built by the CIA
Propaganda is vital in times of war because it is absolutely imperative that the people, who often need to make the greatest sacrifices and suffer the most, believe that such a war is justified; and that the “enemy” is sub-human.
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Wealth Inequality Rising in the World – As Marx had Foreseen Would Happen in Capitalism
A very small elite owns the means of production and finance and that is how they usurp the lion’s share and more of the wealth and income.
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A “New” Democracy?
We are witnessing the transformation of the regime of democracy, that had brought us the promise of liberté, egalité, fraternité political, social and economic, to its very opposite: the highest concentration of economic, political and therefore social powers ever in history.
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‘Illegal Mining’ Could Soon Become Legal. Modi Government Gives Just 10 Days for Public Feedback.
Mining companies stand to benefit from one of the amendments being pushed through without proper public consultation.
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Is Big Pharma More Interested in Profiteering Than Protecting Us From Coronavirus?
Big business and Big Pharma dominate our government and public health takes a back seat to the need for private profit.
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‘Collateral Murder’: Post Script
Before he killed himself, 30-year-old Iraq veteran Danny Holmes would often sit in front of his computer screen looking at photographs of the children killed by the US army during the Iraq war.
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Reservation as a Political Imperative
It is incumbent upon the state to act and remedy the pernicious influence of caste by eradicating its hierarchies and doing so requires looking at reservation as a component of political equality.
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Covid-19 has Disrupted India’s Routine Health Services; and Led to Shutdown of Anganwadis – Two Articles
Curtailment of health services has caused a fall in immunisations, maternal health interventions and treatments of conditions such as kidney failure and cancer; while shutdown of anganwadis is adversely affecting malnourished children, pregnant women and nursing mothers.
