Inside the Hellfires of India’s Brick Industry
Brick kiln workers already work under extreme conditions. Heat waves are pushing them to the brink.
The US Military Industrial Complex Is Alive and Well – Two Articles
The military-industrial complex that President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned Americans about more than 60 years ago is still alive and well. In fact, it’s consuming many more tax dollars and feeding far larger weapons producers than when Ike raised the alarm. Also: “US Makes Up c 40% of Global Military Spending, 10x Russia, 3x China”.
Lula’s Return and the Legacy of Destruction
Even if the Lula Government succeeds in undoing most of the measures implemented by the last government and confronting the structural problems within the economy, with its extreme inequality and privileges, the contradictions made explicit by the class struggle will remain, hindering the adoption of more progressive measures.
Chile: The Pinochet Tsunami
The opposition to Gabriel Boric’s government will control more than 3/5 of the members of the next 51-member Constitutional Council, which will be in charge of defining a new Magna Carta after the failure of the previous attempt hegemonised by the centre-left.
Hunger Profiteers, Granny Killers and Skin-Deep Morality
From farm to fork the food system is littered with scams and what should be scandals.
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Me Too Creator Tarana Burke Reminds Us This Is About Black and Brown Survivors
There’s another “me too” story, about a movement that began a decade before it was a hashtag.
“Karl Marx:” A Biography by Engels
Karl Marx was born 205 years ago today, on May 05, 1818. Friedrich Engels published this biography of Marx in 1869, while Marx was still alive.
Michael Lebowitz, Presente! (1937–2023)
Marxist economist Michael A Lebowitz passed away at home on April 19. With his death, the international left has lost one of its most insightful and original thinkers, whose contributions to reviving Karl Marx’s vision of socialism are essential reading for activists.
The Condition of the Indian Working Class
A broad analysis of the living and working conditions of India’s large and diverse working class.
Indulging in Bluster with China, the Modi Government Is Overplaying its Foreign Policy Hand
Believing its own rhetoric of major power status, and hence China’s peer competitor, India thought it could, like the US, combat, compete and cooperate on its own terms with China. But is that true?