The New Labour Codes Push India Back to the British-Era
The legislations take India back to the British era when slavery was a norm, workers organisations said in a note given to MPs before the bills were tabled in the House in September.
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Immiserisation Behind the Recovery
While the economy is climbing out of the abyss, since the recovery is occurring despite an absolute worsening of the conditions of the working people relative to GDP, it will get aborted before long.
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India Needs More of Love and Not Hatred: The Falsehood of ‘Love Jihad’
We are hurtling towards a morbid claustrophobic talibanized society, the ruins of which are too grave to be redeemed. Let us hope we soon realize that what this country needs in these times of heightened religious polarization is more of love and not hatred.
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Nationwide General Strike on 26 November to See Participation of 25 Crore Workers and Farmers
The general strike of November 26 may not only be one of the biggest and most effective strikes to have taken place in the last several years; the farmers’ march to Delhi, planned to coincide with the strike, would take this protest into hitherto uncharted territory.
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COVID 2021: More Calamity Ahead?
The pandemic infection rate shows no sign of even slowing. In the North, employment levels are still down and real incomes are set to fall, especially for the lower paid. For the billions in the South, the spectre of poverty, illness and exploitation will be realised.
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The COVID-19 Pandemic Exposes Fatal Health Inequities
The Alma-Ata declaration affirmed health as a human right, and sanctioned government provision of universally accessible health care. Yet, during the corona pandemic, even the wealthiest countries are faced with a shortage of both human and material health resources. Why?
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Facing the Anthropocene: An Update
The very future of civilisation is in peril – the intervention time left for mankind is rapidly shrinking.
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Release of Fukushima’s Radioactive Water into Sea will Harm Entire Asia’s Coasts
The contaminants of the massive quantities of nuclear water include radioactive isotopes such as cesium, tritium, cobalt and carbon-12 and may take from 12 to 30 years to decay.
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How Venezuela has Held Back COVID-19 in spite of the US Sanctions Stranglehold on its Economy
Despite the pressure from the United States and its allies, the people of Venezuela remain committed to the democratic project set in motion by Hugo Chávez. It is their participation in every aspect of the fight against the pandemic that has kept it in check.
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Standing by a Radical Chávez
Rafael Uzcátegui, a historical figure in Venezuela’s popular movements, who was key to the forming of the Popular Revolutionary Alternative [APR], talks about the APR’s revolutionary project, while analyzing the government’s “neoliberal” turn.
