The Politics of Science Fiction
The author analyses the utility of the genre for both reactionary and progressive politics.
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On Sahir Ludhianvi’s 100th Birth Anniversary: Reading the Political in the Poetic Imagination of Sahir Ludhianvi
Sahir Ludhianvi is one of the most cherished progressive poetic geniuses in the galaxy of Indian literary and culture firmament.
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Lula’s Right to Run for President of Brazil Restored in Major Victory for People’s Movement
In a major victory for the left and progressive forces, all of the criminal convictions against Brazil’s former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva have been struck down by the Supreme Federal Tribunal, Brazil’s highest court.
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Tenth Anniversary of Fukushima: Two Articles
Japan is planning to host the Olympics, claiming that radiation leakages from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plants is under control. But recent studies contradict the country’s positive decontamination and human rights claims after 2011.
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Long Wait for Rehabilitation May Push Thousands Back into Manual Scavenging
Government departments’ apathy and lack of reliable data on manual scavengers is a hurdle to rehabilitation efforts, say stakeholders.
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The Financialization of Environment Protection
Pollution markets and green finance are forms of profit accumulation, not practical tools for sustainable development.
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Recent Amazon Revelations: What Do They Tell Us about the Ongoing Farm Protests?
A brief analysis of the Amazon revelations, in the context of the long debate on e-commerce in India, followed by a discussion on why it is so important to link it with the on-going policy debates and protests across the country.
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Biden’s Rescue Package
Biden’s relief package comes to almost 10% of US GDP; this comes on top of a similar package announced by Trump earlier. It not only represents a jump in social expenditure, it is primarily being financed by taxing the rich. A sharp difference from what has been done by Modi in India.
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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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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.
