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Speaking at a gathering of scholars in Hyderabad, the author raised the issue of reforms within the Indian Muslim community. He asked: ‘Are you, India’s Muslim intellectuals and theologians, prepared to reform personal laws, particularly on the caste and gender justice fronts?’
“American Dream, Global Nightmare: On the Origins of the Iraq War” – this piece was written in 2003, it still stands up fairly well. Also: “20 Years Later, the Stain of Corporate Media’s Role in Promoting Iraq War Remains”.
The U.S. government printed $300 billion in a week to save collapsing banks and bail out Silicon Valley oligarchs and venture capital firms, paying them all of their uninsured deposits. Also: “Credit Suisse and the Power of Money”.
New research shows that companies are shifting record amounts to tax havens, despite a global effort to crack down on the practice.
Fertilizers filled with the nutrient boosted our ability to feed the planet. Today, they’re creating vast and growing dead zones in our lakes and seas.
The twentieth anniversary of the murder of Amilcar Cabral is an opportune time to consider his achievements and the relevance of both his thought and practice – especially regarding events that are unfolding in Africa today.
The Cuban socialist healthcare system is internationally recognized as one of the best in the world. However, in spite of its extraordinary successes, the United States’ sixty-year long blockade has tremendously detrimental effects on Cuban life in general, and their healthcare system in particular.
With the US Supreme Court overturning the landmark ‘Roe v. Wade’ ruling that legalised abortion nationwide, campaigners for abortion rights from Africa to Latin America are warning of the potentially devastating consequences.
Although Jeffers is celebrated as one of the great environmental poets, he was as enchanted by the wonders of nature, for he understood better than any artist since Whitman that these are parts of a single and awesome reality, and we are part of it too — not as spectators, not as explorers, but as living stardust.
Narendra Modi had once said that Indians were ‘ashamed’ of being Indians before he took over as prime minister in 2014. So here’s a list of the reasons why we were proud of being Indian before his rule.
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