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In this interview, scholar and activist Khury Petersen-Smith discusses how U.S. imperialism has undermined democracy, both home and abroad, with the wars abroad even being tied to police brutality at home.
An examination of the data used and the claims made in the World Bank report, Trading for Development in the Age of Global Value Chains. While the report portrays global value chains as contributing to poor countries’ development, its data shows the opposite.
The ‘double reduction’ policy of minimising financial pressure on parents and burden on children can be seen as the government’s affirmation that the minds and health of students and families come before the pockets of investors and billionaires.
The creation of the modern, interconnected world is generally credited to European pioneers. But Africa was the wellspring for almost everything they achieved – and African lives were the terrible cost.
Given India’s association with Persian, the BJP’s renaming spree, taken to its logical conclusion, will end up wiping away substantial portions of what Indians find familiar.
Increasing levels of Islamophobia, often manifesting itself in violent attacks, has left Muslim communities worldwide with deep mental health trauma about their belonging. However, fear of raising these issues has made the problem worse.
Historical record not only debunks Union defence minister Rajnath Singh’s claim that Savarkar filed mercy petitions at the behest of Mahatma Gandhi, it establishes that the two men had nothing in common.
What does it mean then to remember the ‘horror’ of partition at a time when identities are so polarised. Do we remember only what was done to us, leaving out all that we did to others and to our own?
The author reflects on his family’s memories of socialist Hungary, drawing comparisons between their experiences and the current Hungarian government’s anti-communist slander.
Based on more than three decades of research and activism, the author states that pornography and the other sexual-exploitation industries are an impediment to stable, decent human communities.
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