Planning the Future
Covid-19 has shown once again that the market can’t rise to the challenges we face – we need to replace the market with a system of democratic planning.
The People’s Republic of Walmart
Irrespective of what the neoliberal ideology says, corporate managers know the pitfalls of the free market; all giant corporations are centralized to a level akin to the Soviet Union.
COVID-19, Marxism, and the Metabolic Rift
Marx’s groundbreaking work on the relationship between human society and nature can help us understand the destructive dynamics underlying the Covid pandemic.
European Climate Activists: Net Zero by 2050 is ‘Surrender’
Greta Thunberg and other climate activists have initiated an open letter to European Union and global leaders in July, calling on them to #FaceTheClimateEmergency.
Bolivia: Protests Paused, but Coup Regime on Notice – Two articles
On August 13, Bolivia’s legislature enacted a law to set October 18 as the absolute deadline for holding presidential elections, following which the social movements have temporarily halted their protests.
Students Lead New Wave of Democracy Protests in Thailand
On August 10, thousands of students rallied in Bangkok, in the largest of a string of mass student-led protests.
EIA Receives 2 Million Comments, Centre Directs its Own Agency to Vet
The draft EIA policy, facing opposition from many quarters, received a record 2 million comments as the deadline closed on Tuesday.
India Is Moving Towards a Form of Elected Autocracy – We Must Keep Speaking Up
Despite serious aberrations in the past, such as during the Emergency, the judiciary has always managed to restore the people’s faith in the institution. But, today, the judiciary appears once again to be failing us.
How Socialists Invented the Summer Holiday
In 1930s France, the labour movement made summer holidays a priority — and forced bosses to pay workers for time at the beach.
‘Green Economic Growth’ Is a Myth
There are ‘no realistic scenarios’ to make the economic growth demanded by capitalism compatible with a safe climate, researchers who advised the United Nations found.