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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
Two months ago, Pakistan, the world’s fifth most populous country, negotiated a $3 billion emergency loan with the US-dominated IMF to stave off an imminent threat of default. The IMF-dictated austerity measures have led to huge increase in costs of essentials and sparked massive protests.
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the sections of the Federal Penal Code that criminalize women, pregnant persons, and healthcare professionals for abortion are unconstitutional, thereby decriminalising abortion at the national level.
“Japan’s Insane Immoral, Illegal Radioactive Dumping”. Also: “Is the Release of Radioactive Contaminated Water from the Fukushima Nuclear Site to the Sea Acceptable? Is it Safe?”
The strategists and proponents of drone warfare promised a kind of war that would leave the 3D—“dull, dirty, and dangerous”—aspects of combat to machines. Instead, they have brought us to a point where despair, destruction, and disorder have emerged as the most tangible outcomes.
The election of Colombia’s first leftist president marked a fundamental shift in the country’s political landscape. Has Petro’s administration fulfilled its pledges one year into office?
This short exchange between Isabel Crook and Harry Magdoff that took place in end-2002 reflects the complex ways in which dedicated socialists sought to address changes in China and the clarity of the ideas expressed.
“Breaking heat records has become the norm in 2023,” said one scientist. “Global warming continues because we have not stopped burning fossil fuels. It is that simple.” Also: an article on this year’s utterly unprecedented wildfire season in Canada.
Book Review: ‘!Brigadistas! An American Anti-Fascist in the Spanish Civil War’, by Miguel Ferguson. A graphic novel, that dramatically illuminates the courage and commitment of young Americans who put their lives on the line against fascism rising in Spain.
The inspired insights of the first materialists in antiquity laid the foundations of modern science.
The author’s latest book is an effort to challenge the Sangh Parivar’s depiction of the spiritual leader.
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