Rising Farmer Suicides Leaves Families Adrift as Vidarbha Grapples With Multiple Crises
The crisis is well known and has been written about for decades now. Government intervention has taken place but little has changed.
IMF ‘Double Standard’ Displays Capitalism’s Inherent Inhumanity
Human lives in the periphery are worth less than human lives in the metropolis.
The Sanctioned: How Iran-Russia are Setting New Rules
While China, keen to ward off US sanctions as long as possible, is lagging, its RIC partners Iran and Russia are doing the legwork to break the west’s global financial grip.
War as Terrorism: Conflicts We Can’t Win, Suffering We Don’t See
Our ignorance of the costs of war is cultural and systemic. Our military certainly hasn’t proved eager to document civilian casualties in a reliable or consistent way. In fact, what the Pentagon has known about them was often actively suppressed.
Crisis of Sri Lankan Capitalism Provokes a Popular Uprising
The crisis is not going away any time soon. While this will mean even greater devastation for workers and students, it leaves open the possibility for this struggle to deepen its assault on Sri Lanka’s elites.
Formula Shortage: Monopoly Capitalism Is Starving American Babies
With store shelves stripped of baby formula, families across the USA are getting desperate. It is actually a problem of monopoly capitalism – the formula industry in the United States, like so many others, is highly concentrated. And one of these monopolies has shut down – due to a bacterial infection.
Decriminalized Marijuana Reinvents Racism and Poisoning
The change in marijuana laws across the US raises issues far beyond, “Hey, dude, we can blow a joint now without getting busted.” The burgeoning business of growing pot raises the specter of corporate agriculture with its threats to human health and natural ecosystems.
Is Bangladesh Heading Toward a Sri Lanka-like Crisis?
Like Colombo, Dhaka has also taken on massive foreign loans to embark on what critics call “white elephant” projects. The economic turmoil in Sri Lanka should serve as a cautionary tale, say experts.
Slovenia: After Far-Right Defeat in Elections, Radical Left Faces New Challenges
Slovenia’s parliamentary elections saw the defeat of the far-right and a surprise victory for Robert Golob’s Freedom Movement, which was set up less than a year ago by green and liberal forces. A discussion on the significance of the election result with Miha Kordiš from the left party, Levica.
Protests Against Hike in Food and Fuel Prices Across Middle East and North Africa
The surging cost of living and the unavailability of basic goods are triggering mass protests around the world, including the Middle East and North Africa.