World Bank and IMF: 76 Years Is Enough! Abolition!
The author makes an assessment of the World Bank and its alter ego the IMF and proposes to abolish them as well as the WTO in order to replace them with other global and democratic institutions.
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Hamida Bi, the Voice of Bhopal Gas Tragedy Victims for Over 30 Years, Passes Away
With a deep understanding of the extent of loss brought by this man-made disaster, she crusaded all her life so survivors could receive compensation and medical care.
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A Month On, Farmers Movement Remains Resolute
A collection of articles and news snippets on the farmers’ movement against the three farm laws, that continues to spread and intensify across the country. The farmers have also given a call to boycott Ambani-Adani products.
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A Matter of Survival of the Peasantry
Till now there was an arrangement in the country under which, even though agriculture was crumbling under the impact of neo-liberalism, the peasantry was kept alive. The three laws brought in by the Modi government are meant to remove this life-line altogether.
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2020 was the Year India was Supposed to Become a Superpower?
Instead, it got left behind. To make matters worse, the government has failed to acknowledge the enormity of the crisis.
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Modi Government Dismantles Environmental Safeguards
The Modi government has launched an aggressive campaign to push his pro-business neoliberal agenda at the expense of environmental laws.
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Covid-19 Impact: Huge Decline in People Accessing Health Services
While Covid-19 affected all areas of life, it was access to healthcare where it had the maximum effect. Inpatient admissions, outpatient care and operations saw declines of up to 40%. Declines were also seen in deliveries, antenatal care and immunisation of children.
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Indian Workers Ambush iPhone Sweatshop to Protest Unpaid Wages
Workers in Bangalore stormed an iPhone manufacturing plant on Dec 12, breaking windows and turning over vehicles. They demand their unpaid wages, as well as better wages and working conditions.
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Latin American Left May Regain Momentum and Awaits for its New Wave
The ‘progressive wave’ in Latin America, which marked the first decade of this century, saw a downturn some years ago, but now in the agitated atmosphere of 2020 it regained its hopes with new electoral victories.
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Resisting Amazon Is Not Futile
Amazon represents the pinnacle challenge to union organizers and socialists throughout the country. Are we in a 1919 moment, still a generation of failures away from breakthrough success? Or closer to 1935, approaching the tipping point of winning real worker power?
