Nuclear Power and Other People’s Money
Nuclear power would never have existed without government handouts and ratepayer subsidies.
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What Needs to Be Done: A Socialist View
The article outlines an anti-capitalist framework for a humane society. It argues that because inequality and ecological destruction are inherent to capitalism, society must dismantle capitalist institutions and replace them with systems designed for human need and ecological sustainability.
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India’s Quasi-Alliance with Israel and UAE Won’t Have Happy Ending
Prudence demands that Delhi tread wearily, as variables are at work and we have no real reason to annoy the Saudi Kingdom, which hosts the single biggest concentration of NRIs in entire West Asia. Only fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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India’s Public Schools in Crisis: Closures, Dropouts, and Crumbling Infrastructure
‛School Closures, Student Deaths, Children Out of School: The State of Public Education’; ‛Niti Aayog Flags Poor Student Retention, Learning Outcomes in Report’; ‛Government Report Reveals Stark Infrastructure Gap in Indian Schools’; ‛57% Schools Have Functional Computers, 53% Have Internet Access: Education Ministry’.
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Caste | Economy | India | Online Blog
The Telangana Caste Survey: An Overview
Telangana’s census-scale caste survey reveals that SCs and STs are three times as backward as dominant castes, and that caste remains the principal determinant of poverty. The data challenges the basis of Economically Weaker Section reservation and makes a strong case for a nationwide caste census.
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Capitalism | China | Economy | Online Blog | USA
Trump’s Beijing Visit – 3 Articles
‛China-US “Constructive and Strategically Stable Relationship” Is Epoch-Making’; ‛A Strong Message from Beijing’; ‛Trump’s Failed China Trip Shows His Trade War Backfired, and US Corporations Are Desperate’.
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Whose Belts Will Be Tightened?
On May 10, the Prime Minister issued seven appeals to the nation – all of whose purpose was to save foreign exchange. The people are being told: prepare to tighten your belts. But it is not the common people who have created the present foreign exchange crisis.
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Capitalism | Economy | India | Indian Economy | Online Blog | Unemployment
Noida’s Labour Unrest: Criminal Charges, Confiscated Phones, and Defiant Workers – 3 Articles
‛How Indian States Are Using FIRs to Reframe Wage-Related Workers’ Disputes as Crimes’; ‛Money, ID, Only Link to Family: Noida Police Hold on to Phones Despite Workers Being Released’; ‛May Day Under Police Watch in Noida: Workers’ Resistance Persists’.
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Capitalism | Economy | India | Online Blog
16th Finance Commission: Continuity and Change
The 16th Finance Commission has avoided estimating the Vertical Fiscal Imbalance which would have given an idea of the gap in the States’ resources; elsewhere the Commission has made changes to the formula on distribution of tax revenue among States, not all of which are convincing.
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Noida: Workers Protest Against Low Wages, Poor Working Conditions – 4 Articles
‛Notes from Noida’; ‛The Workers Who Keep India’s Cities Running Have a Simple Message – Pay Us Living Wages’; ‛Noida: High Profits, Stagnant Wages, and a City on Edge’; ‛In India, Minimum Wages Exist Only on Paper’.
