Ayyankali: The First Revolutionary Voice against the Upper Castes in Kerala
Ayyankali, a forgotten hero, was a social reformer in the state of Kerala. Mahatma Gandhi called him ‘Pulaya Raja’.
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Tokyo Olympics and Fukushima ‘Revival’
Japan’s bid for the 2020 Olympics was, from the beginning, an attempt to tell the world that all was normal in Fukushima now, the nuclear accident is well under control.
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Israeli Atrocities on the Rise
Two recent UN reports reveal the extent to which the Israeli regime has intensified systematic violence against Palestinians while it pushes forward with the ‘Annexation Plan’.
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Progressive Wave Sweeps NY Primary
Two years after Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won New York-14, the grassroots progressive movement has spread to surrounding congressional districts in New York.
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Feeding the People in Times of Pandemic: The Food Sovereignty Approach in Nicaragua
While an array of UN agencies is predicting a global hunger pandemic triggered by COVID-19 lockdowns, in Nicaragua there are no hunger flags flying.
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Coronavirus: How Spain Left Its Elderly to Die
Newly released emails from Madrid’s right-wing government show how authorities instructed care homes not to take elderly coronavirus patients to hospitals.
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Billions of Children are Being Punished by the Pandemic
There are immense casualties from this Great Lockdown; among its many victims are the children – who are often less remarked upon.
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Do the Dalit Lives Matter In India? Reflecting on Condition of Dalits and Apathy
The situation of Dalits in India is akin to the African-Americans in the US in a number of ways; however there are no protests in India similar to the outrage witnessed there.
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Rising Authoritarianism in Philippines and Shrinking Spaces for Democracy
The Corona Pandemic and subsequent lockdown in Philippines have been used by the President Duterte to push for passage of Anti Terrorism Bill, to intimidate civil society and curb any resistance – very similar to what the NDA is doing in India.
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How Racism is an Essential Tool for Maintaining the Capitalist Order
Systemic racism survived in the post-Civil War United States partly because it helped capitalism make the effects of its cyclical downturns socially tolerable.
