When Minimum is Interpreted as Maximum
On how MNREGA and RTE, which have the potential of being tools of social empowerment, are being diluted due to inept interpretations by the executive.
Oppose the Three Agriculture Related Ordinances!
The 3 agricultural ordinances will destroy our small farmers and arhtiyas, lead to speculation in foodgrain prices, and endanger the country’s food security.
75 Years After Trinity: The Human Cost of Nuclear Tests
Talk of new U.S. testing deeply concerns those who have first-hand knowledge of nuclear devastation.
Thawing Arctic Permafrost; Greta Thunberg and Others Release Letter Demanding Action on Climate Emergency – Two Articles
The letter cites recent United Nations scientific reports from which “even a child can see that the climate and ecological crisis cannot be solved within today’s system.”
Colombia’s Disappeared
Hundreds of thousands of people in Latin America have been disappeared, mostly by state security forces (lavishly funded by the US); Colombia accounts for a substantial number of these …
The Great American Firewall: On the Question of Censorship
It should not surprise anyone that China would take protective measures against the threat of U.S. imperialism in the realm of cyber technology.
U.S. and Israel Wage War of Sabotage Against Iran
The U.S.-Israeli strategy is “a series of short-of-war clandestine strikes.”
Can the Economic Lever Nudge China?
While the military and diplomatic stand-off would be difficult to resolve, using economic weapons to temper China’s stand is not going to be easy either.
Income Inequality Is Growing Fast in China and Making it Look More Like the US
Study provides the first systematic estimates of the level and structure of China’s national wealth since the beginning of market reform
Iran-China Sign Long-Term Trade Agreement: Two Articles
The deal is going to have enormous implications for the balance of power in the Middle East and beyond.