No Country For Menstruating Girls and Women
In Uttarakhand’s Udham Singh Nagar district, women speak about the deep prejudices and hardships that are forced on them during menstruation and childbirth.
Between Elite Infighting and State Violence, Kenyan Masses Forge Their Own Struggle
Thousands of people took to the streets in Nairobi again this week to protest the government of President William Ruto. The protests have been called for by opposition leader Raila Odinga, who has tapped into public anger against rising costs of living.
The Intertwined Food and Climate Emergencies: Culpability
Contrasting images come to mind when it comes to hunger and climate: a world in which a child under age ten dies of hunger every five seconds and the oligarchs of agri-food and finance decide every day who on this planet will die and who will live. This article is about loss of both morality and of thinking.
Budget 2023–24: What Is in it for the People? Part 1: The External Sector
The first article in our budget analysis series for this year. We begin our discussion of the Union Budget 2023–24 with a brief discussion of India’s external accounts situation. Amazingly, the budget speech does not contain a single line as regards the country’s external accounts situation.
MGNREGA Flounders in Fund Crunch and Tech Trap Squeeze
Mandatory digital attendance has led to 10% decline in work. Also: Press Release by the NREGA Sangharsh Morcha.
Phosphorus Saved Our Way of Life—and Now Threatens to End It
Fertilizers filled with the nutrient boosted our ability to feed the planet. Today, they’re creating vast and growing dead zones in our lakes and seas.
Who Does a Good Crop Benefit? Not Farmers. Two Articles.
A good harvest is no longer good for farmers. It benefits traders, hoarders, middlemen, and corporations more. Without government safeguards through MSP and public procurement, the “free-market” system is rigged against farmers.
Marginalized Indian Rural Economy: Its Challenges
This marginalization of the rural economy is a result of the policymakers’ focus being on the organized part. No wonder the agriculture sector which provides the most important item of consumption — food — has been marginalized.
Remembering Ken Saro-Wiwa: The Power of Resistance
Article in memory of Nigerian writer and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, president of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), who was murdered 27 years ago by the military dictatorship in Nigeria in complicity with Shell oil company.
Raisi in Beijing: Iran-China Strategic Plans Go Full Throttle
Raisi’s visit to Beijing, the first for an Iranian president in 20 years, represents Tehran’s wholesale ‘Pivot to the East’ and China’s recognition of Iran’s centrality to its BRI plans.