Wages of Casual Workers and Self-Employed Workers in India
An article in two parts, that examines the trends in real wages of casual workers and self-employed workers in rural and urban India, before the pandemic, during the pandemic and after.
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Rajasthan’s Right to Health Law Advances Socialised Medicine
Rajasthan’s Right to Health Act shows transformative potential by guaranteeing access to health for all. Despite protests by some doctors, implementation of a rights-based framework would lead to appropriate allocation of resources and raise accountability.
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Weaponising History: The Hindutva Communal Project
Those who want a Hindu rashtra as a mirror image of Muslim Pakistan are now imitating how history is taught in Pakistan.
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No Country For Menstruating Girls and Women
In Uttarakhand’s Udham Singh Nagar district, women speak about the deep prejudices and hardships that are forced on them during menstruation and childbirth.
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‘Basic Structure’: Defence against Parliamentary Hegemony
The ‘basic structure’ ensures that some constitutional features remain unamendable by Parliament, a defence against parliamentary hegemony and Constitution rewriting.
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What is Lingayata? A Brief Look Into the Evolution of a Term Favoured by Media But Grasped by Few
The current day ‘Lingayatism’ has a past that is rich in literary output and unique in its philosophical teachings.
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Civil War in Sudan – Two Articles
Bombing Khartoum: CIA’s Latest Attempted Coup in Africa; and – Gunshots in Khartoum => Two articles from two different perspectives on the ongoing civil war in Sudan.
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In Teeth of US Protests, Mexico Moves Towards Energy and Mining Reforms – Two Articles
As US and Canada Threaten to Sue Mexico Over Energy Policies, Mexico “Nationalises” Sizable Chunk of Electrical Grid; Mining Corporations Are Up in Arms Over Mexican Government’s Potentially Game-Changing Mining Reform Proposals.
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If the U.S. Can’t Boss the World, It Will Spitefully Destroy It
Monthly Review has published an important new book, Washington’s New Cold War: A Socialist Perspective, that helps place Washington’s increasingly dangerous and reckless foreign policies in historical context.
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Why the Saudis Have Called Off Their Israeli Wedding
The latest Saudi moves and their implications for the United States and its client Israel can only be understood in the context of epochal geopolitical changes. Namely, the rise of China as a world power, its deepening alliance with Russia and the erosion of American power.
