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U.S House Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) recently introduced a bill in Congress to overhaul GDP, the nation’s most watched economic indicator. She introduced the Genuine Progress Indicator (“GPI”) Act. It would be a significant change for the trajectory of the socio-economic system.
27 years after the Zapatista uprising in Mexico, Indigenous land defenders are still fighting for justice and autonomy — even if it means risking their lives.
Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua have distinguished themselves as having excellent, though little-studied COVID-19 responses. Not only that, they are acting as global good Samaritans, rendering international assistance to other states in need. Also: Privatised Health Services Worsen Pandemic.
Revolutionary Venezuelan Women Collectives at Forefront; Workers Take Over a Kellogg Factory, Now Known as ‘Socialist Kellogg’
A new Balkan left is struggling against the post-socialist predicament, the disasters of capitalist restoration and the chronic crises that plague the European periphery.
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was not only a frontline nationalist leader but also one of the architects of modern India. He constantly strived as a minister and as an intellectual to synthesize the Islamic, Indian and the Western ideas into a coherent and single pattern for the newly independent nation.
A people led path of improving and increasing renewable energy is really needed in these times of climate change. In this context, the pioneering and sustained work of the Barefoot College in Tilonia in expanding this work to extremely remote villages appears like a ray of hope.
Casteism is at the core of this boxing drama, but the film is accomplished in all departments, with a few loud moments that jar.
One central finding of the new analysis is that the Paris accord’s goal of limiting global temperature rise to no more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels is in serious danger as policymakers fail to take the necessary steps to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
Not all humans are equally culpable in the ‘human-induced’ climate chaos outlined in Monday’s IPCC report – and acknowledging that is key to stopping further destruction.
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