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The Plight of Female Domestic Workers in India
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President Thomas Sankara: A Tribute
In death, Thomas Sankara continues to inspire Africans on what the continent can become if the people of Africa choose selflessness, commitment and passion for the continent and her people as the driving force behind their actions.
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Tokyo Olympics and Fukushima ‘Revival’
Japan’s bid for the 2020 Olympics was, from the beginning, an attempt to tell the world that all was normal in Fukushima now, the nuclear accident is well under control.
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How Racism is an Essential Tool for Maintaining the Capitalist Order
Systemic racism survived in the post-Civil War United States partly because it helped capitalism make the effects of its cyclical downturns socially tolerable.
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Trump’s Inaction on Climate Change Makes Him “the Worst Criminal in History, Undeniably”
Chomsky talks about the unprecedented scope and scale of the protests against the police murder of George Floyd, and why Donald Trump’s refusal to act to stop the impending catastrophe of climate change makes him “the worst criminal in human history.”
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Everything Affects and Is Affected by Every Other Thing
John Bellamy Foster [The following was published as part of roundtable in answer to the question: What is the main lesson that environmental movements should carry forward from the coronavirus pandemic? —Ed.] In his classic ecological work, The Part Played by Labour in the Transition from Ape to Man, Frederick Engels observed that “in nature…
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India’s Dependence on Imperialist China: “Make in India” Ends Up as “Made in China”
India’s dependence on imperialist China in the economic field is so complex and deep-rooted that the call for boycott of Chinese products is going to be well-nigh impossible to implement in the immediate future.
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Call for Revoking Auction of Coal Blocks, Investment in Sustainable Energy Sources: Two Statements
NAPM condems Centre’s announcement of auction of coal blocks for commercial mining, saying it will destroy bio-diverse rich, adivasi heartlands; UN Chief also calls upon countries to make investments in non-polluting energy sources.
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The Absurdity of Hiking Oil Prices: Two Articles
The sharp increase in oil prices in India is entirely a result of the Centre raising the tax rate on these products to garner larger revenue – this is the worst among all tax options.
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India’s Heatwaves Will Intensify Four-Fold by 2100, Says its First Climate Assessment Report
Extracts from the first-ever climate change assessment report by the Indian government.
