No, Modi has Not ‘Enhanced the Value’ of Indian Passport, as Amit Shah Claims
Two global indexes on the world’s most powerful passports show that the country has toppled down several ranks recently.
Behind the Modi Government’s Doublespeak on Ladakh, a Refusal to Acknowledge Reality
The Chinese know where they are and what they did. The government of India and the Army, too, are, hopefully, wiser after the event. The only ones who do not yet clearly know what transpired are the people of India.
Distress and Danger in Kashmir
Until the recent killings of minorities, there was an unusual silence in Kashmir valley. Kashmir’s situation reveals the tell-tale signs of a region pushed into a vortex of irrecoverable misery, thanks to monumental official blunders.
US Intervention and Capitalism Have Created a Monster in Honduras
The US government has fully backed the repression unleashed by Hernández led Honduran government on its people, including providing training, supplies, and funding for Honduras’s police and military – as Hernandez has allowed US corporations to freely enter and plunder the country.
Abandoning Yemen?
For four years, actions of the Saudi-led coalition waging war against Yemen had been examined and reported on by the UN Group of Experts. Now, under intense lobbying by Saudi Arabia and its allies, the Group is being closed down.
Bayer Loses Plot As Mexican Government Enforces Ban on GMO Imports
Mexico, the birthplace of modern corn, is no longer a welcome place for GMO corn – thanks to a presidential decree issued on December 31 that phases out the use of the “probably” carcinogenic herbicide glyphosate and bans the cultivation and importation of genetically modified (GM) corn.
China: Not so Evergrande
An analysis of the consequences of the Evergrande crisis and Chinese debt.
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Roots and Resistance: The Bartolina Sisa Women’s Movement in Bolivia
The work of this Bolivian women’s group illustrates the long arc of Indigenous resistance to colonialism.
The South African Pandemic of Racial Capitalism
South Africa’s COVID-19 pandemic is one of racial capitalism, entangled with histories of imperial state formation, settler colonialism, and a hierarchical, global-neoliberal public policy architecture.
When Will Britain Face Up to its Crimes Against Humanity?
After the abolition of slavery, Britain paid millions in compensation – but every penny of it went to slave owners, and nothing to those they enslaved. We must stop overlooking the brutality of British history.