Modi Government’s Criminal Mishandling of Pandemic – Two Articles
Lancet Editorial Slams Modi Government for Ignoring Second Wave Warnings; Maha Kumbh ‘Single Largest Super Spreader Event’ Raising Virus Footprint Across India.
Indian Govt Failed to Act Even When Data Showed Rise in COVID Cases – Two Articles
Ashish Jha, professor and dean of Brown University School of Public Health, speaks to Karan Thapar on various aspects relating to India’s handling of the pandemic, emergence of new variants, among others. Also: Key COVID Indicators Surged from Feb 2021 But Govts Failed to Act.
Bill Gates, the White Man’s Burden and Modi Government’s Vaccine Debacle
An incompetent, vainglorious leadership, combined with the RSS belief in magical capitalism, has led to the disaster that we are now facing. Also: India’s Covid Vaccine Price in Private Sector Ranges from Rs 700-Rs 1500, Among World’s Costliest.
COVID-19: Ensure Free Treatment and Uniform Price for Vaccines, JSA Says in Statement
The Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA) has listed out seven demands and asked the Union Government to face up to what has gone wrong so far.
States Battle Covid…. Without Much Help From Modi Govt
The state governments were, and continue to be, severely handicapped by shortage of funds. According to RBI’s analysis of state government budgets, revenue receipts (income) of state governments fell by a whopping 21% in 2020-21 compared with the previous year.
Additional 230 Million Indians Fell Below Poverty Line Due to the Pandemic: Study
A report prepared by the Centre for Sustainable Employment at Azim Premji University has highlighted how employment and income had not recovered to pre-pandemic levels even in late 2020 and the latest surge in cases would only add to the devastation and distress.
Colombia on the Brink
The defeat of the regressive tax bill is an unprecedented triumph for the youth, the urban poor, and the unions of teachers and health care workers who promoted the uprising.
‘We are Witnessing a Crime Against Humanity’
It’s hard to convey the full depth and range of the trauma, the chaos and the indignity that people are being subjected to. Meanwhile, Modi and his allies are telling us not to complain.
A Made-in-India Shock Doctrine, with a Little Help from Latin America
In The Shock Doctrine, Naomi Klein presents a searing account of how disasters were used as cover to steamroll market fundamentalism by authoritarian regimes in Chile and Argentina, among others. A parallel – with some variants – of this can be seen in what the Modi regime is doing in India.
May Day 2021 – Working Class Fights for Defence Against Deadly Pandemic
Besides thousands of lives lost, working people are faced with a dark future as earnings dwindle and a hostile government tries to crush their voices. Also: Press Statement by Joint Platform of India’s Trade Unions – Covid 19 Crises & Govt’s Anti-People Policies.