Athirappally Project: Lessons for Kerala from the Silent Valley Movement
Long before India understood the concept of ecology, a group of scientists and intellectuals saved a forest. Here’s how they did it and how it can be done again.
Nisarga: Nature’s Warning
The Nisarga cyclone that caused substantial damage to Raigad and Ratnagiri districts was nature’s warning that the currently operative warped development policies cannot continue forever.
Examining the Wreckage
The historic movements for Black lives against white supremacy have raised class consciousness to unprecedented levels. Why are race and white supremacy so central to class consciousness?
Coronavirus Surges in U.S.: Capitalism Is the Crisis
What we are now seeing in the USA are the perfectly predictable and preventable consequences of a system that prioritizes profits over people’s lives.
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.”
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…
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.
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.
Jaivik Bharat
Towards a atma nirbhar, seed sovereign, food sovereign India through regenerative agriculture (jaivik kheti) and local, circular, solidarity, economies.
The Final 100 Seconds
Never before this year 2020 has the world-famous Doomsday Clock registered only “100 seconds-to-midnight.”