The Racist Underpinnings of the American Way of War
The deadly interplay of racism, genocide, and denial at the heart of American white society has been reproduced in the country’s wars. A look at US wars in Philippines, Korea, Vietnam …
Akhil Gogoi: A Peasant Leader Jailed for Supporting the Poor and Oppressed
Akhil Gogoi – a peasant leader from Assam – has been in jail since December 2019 for exercising his fundamental right of speech and expression by protesting against the CAA.
From Aadhaar to Aarogya Setu: How Surveillance Technology Is Devaluing India’s Democratic Rights
The app could potentially allow the government to peer into aspects of the user’s private life that have nothing to do with Covid-19.
A Reminder That People Do Not Dissolve, Governments Do: Three Articles
The govt is trying to dissolve that very section of the people who are asserting their citizenship rights. But people do not dissolve except in moments of poetic irony, governments do. Two articles. And a statement by concerned civil servants on assault on Article 19 of the Constitution.
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’.
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.
Trump’s Inaction on Climate Change Makes Him “the Worst Criminal in History, Undeniably”
Chomsky talks about the unprecedented scope and scale of the protests against the police murder of George Floyd, and why Donald Trump’s refusal to act to stop the impending catastrophe of climate change makes him “the worst criminal in human history.”
Call for Revoking Auction of Coal Blocks, Investment in Sustainable Energy Sources: Two Statements
NAPM condems Centre’s announcement of auction of coal blocks for commercial mining, saying it will destroy bio-diverse rich, adivasi heartlands; UN Chief also calls upon countries to make investments in non-polluting energy sources.
The Absurdity of Hiking Oil Prices: Two Articles
The sharp increase in oil prices in India is entirely a result of the Centre raising the tax rate on these products to garner larger revenue – this is the worst among all tax options.
Rise Up Against a `Situation Worse than the Emergency’!!
25 June, 2020 marks the 45th year of the Emergency Declaration of Indira Gandhi; PUCL calls upon the people of India to stand up for the Indian Constitution, rule of law and democracy.