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.
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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.
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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.
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The Imprint of an Insurrectional Past: a Conversation with Iraida Vargas and Mario Sanoja
Two eminent anthropologists talk about the historical and cultural roots of the communes that Venezuelans are building today.
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What Today’s Farm Protests Share with Vallabhbhai Patel’s Bardoli Satyagraha
Of Patel’s numerous contributions to India’s freedom struggle, it is Patel as a Sardar (leader) of the kisans which seems most relevant to us today when, for more than a year now, peasants in northern India have sustained a satyagraha against the Narendra Modi government.
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SKM Promises Rail Roko, Nationwide Stir If No Action Taken Against MoS Mishra, Son
In the background of the Lakhimpur Kheri incident, the farmers’ umbrella body announces that it would observe ‘Shaheed Kisan Diwas’ on Oct 12, Rail Roko on Oct 18 and Lucknow Mahapanchayat on Oct 26.
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The Charade of a ‘Bad’ Bank
The entire exercise seems to be motivated by the desire to clean up the balance sheets of public sector banks so that these are dressed up for sale to private entities
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Unpacking the Pandora Papers Revelations
The Pandora Papers show how several rich and powerful Indians form offshore trusts and companies by exploiting loopholes in our tax laws, park their money and buy assets in tax sanctuaries while the ordinary citizen shudders at the prospect of missing the deadline for filing tax returns.
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Reservation in Faculty Recruitment: A Necessity for Merit, Not a ‘Premium for Mediocrity’
Invoking ‘merit’ to deny affirmative action has a long history in India. But it is not supported by any empirical evidence.
