Agro-Imperialism in the Time of Covid-19
The supply chains of the big food companies, which have always been dangerous places for workers, have now become hotspots for Covid-19 infections and transmission.
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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 …
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US Pharma Cos Profiteering from Covid Drugs: India Needs to Assert Right to Produce Drugs at Cheap Prices – 2 Articles
After his disastrous handling of the pandemic, Trump is trying to improve his waning electoral chances by reserving all of Gilead’s stock of remdesivir. India needs to break Gilead’s patent and issue compulsory licenses to manufacture the drug locally.
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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…
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India’s Dependence on Imperialist China: “Make in India” Ends Up as “Made in China”
India’s dependence on imperialist China in the economic field is so complex and deep-rooted that the call for boycott of Chinese products is going to be well-nigh impossible to implement in the immediate future.
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The Absurdity of Hiking Oil Prices: Two Articles
The sharp increase in oil prices in India is entirely a result of the Centre raising the tax rate on these products to garner larger revenue – this is the worst among all tax options.
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Covid as Geopolitical Opportunity: India as Player, or Pawn?
The US is using the emergence of Covid-19 crisis as a weapon against its perceived rival, China; and India is becoming an ally of the US in this game.
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COVID19 | USA | World Economy
“The Pandemic is Accelerating”, Warns WHO Chief; Yet Trump Opens Up US Economy
The head of the WHO warns that humanity is facing “a new and dangerous phase” of the coronavirus crisis.
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Iran’s Skyrocketing Stock Exchange Signals Historic Political Shift
The cash-starved Islamic Republic embarks on its boldest ever embrace of privatization of state-owned companies.
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Resetting the Economy – for Social Need Not Profit
Prince Charles has called for a resetting of the world economy after the COVID pandemic subsides – but any such resetting cannot be achieved by ‘returning to normal’.
