Stop The Sale of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant
Press statement in solidarity with the employees and workers of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant in their ongoing protests against the Central Government’s corporate-friendly decision to privatise the plant.
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Four Reasons to be Worried About India’s New IT Rules that are Supposed to Regulate Big Tech
Though the rules are framed as a check on internet giants, they actually give the government much more power over expression online.
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Drought Is Not Simply a Natural Calamity, it Is Also Driven by Commercial Greed
In his foreword to Kavitha Iyer’s book ‘Landscapes of Loss’, P. Sainath writes about the commodification of water and the thriving ‘thirst economy’ in the Marathwada region.
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Cuba’s Contributions in the Fight Against the COVID-19 Pandemic
More than 30,000 Cuban health professionals are currently in 66 nations, helping them in the fight against the pandemic. Another 30,000 doctors who have graduated from Cuba’s Latin American School of Medicine are also serving in countries around the world.
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Human Nature Is No Barrier to Socialism
Human beings are not good or bad in any absolute sense. We are complex beings with the capacity for both selfishness and generosity, kindness and cruelty, and so on. The sort of society we live in makes a huge difference to how this potential is expressed.
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Farmers’ Movement Spreads; Farmers Plan Ahead – Seven Newsreports
Reports from mahapanchayats at Lakhnaur (Saharanpur district), Munderwa (Basti district), Barabanki (eastern UP), and Barnala (Punjab). With harvesting season coming, focus shifts on youth and workers to keep Delhi morchas running.
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Myanmar Rises Up Against the Junta – Two Articles
For over two weeks, the Myanmarese people have been organizing militant protests against the military coup that ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. Also, an interview with Stephen Campbell, an expert on the labour movement in Myanmar and Thailand.
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Massive General Strike in South Africa Highlights Demand for Radical Policy Changes
Millions of workers took part in the general strike on February 24, according to the South African Federation of Trade Unions which called for the labour action.
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A Tale of Two Monuments
Ahmedabad hosts a Sabarmati Gandhi Ashram, the iconic monument where values and foundation of Indian democracy evolved through decades of freedom movement. Now the city also hosts a five star Narendra Modi stadium, a new monument named after our seven star prime minister.
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A Year on, No Sign of Let Up in Witch-Hunt’: Delhi Riots Victims, Activists Condemn Police Role
A year has passed since the Delhi riots, but victims still long for justice, as the state continues to launch a vilification campaign against activists.
