Why We Focus on Africa
Africa can’t demonstrate independence and power because the entire continent has a giant U.S. military boot on its neck.
The Political Economy of Intellectual Property
The dramatic expansion of intellectual property rights represents a new stage in commodification that threatens to make virtually everything bad about capitalism even worse.
New Labour Codes Dilute Workers Rights and Collective Bargaining
In this Monsoon Session, the Parliament passed three critical pieces of legislation amidst a walkout by the opposition. The Acts have undone years of jurisprudential developments in workers rights in the unequal relationship between employers and employees.
When Confronted by Us Hungry Bellies, the Imperialists Reach for Their Guns
Many seeds are being planted by our movements. We need to water them, to tend to them, to make sure that they bloom…. Only when it is dark enough can you see the stars. It is now dark enough.
Julian Assange’s Extradition Hearing: The Only Just Outcome Is His Freedom
Assange is being targeted and tortured for doing what every honest journalist and publisher does – reporting the truth and informing the public about what is being done by their governments and corporations.
China 2020
All signs are that the 21st century will see a struggle for hegemony over the world economy between the US and China. This may be different from similar struggles in the past, due to the uniqueness of China, which is neither entirely capitalist nor entirely socialist.
Big Data and the Science of Manipulating the Masses
“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society.”
Indian Government vs International Capital: The Vodafone Case – Two Articles
Though the Indian state pretends to be very powerful when it comes to hapless citizens and acts most arbitrarily against them, it has little leverage against international capital. And yet the Indian government is handing over control of almost all the strategic sectors to international capital.
The World Bank: An ABC
A new form of decolonization is urgently required to get out of the predicament in which the World Bank has entrapped the world in general.
Hong Kong in Revolt
Hong Kong leftist intellectual Au Loong-Yu retraces the development of the protest movement in his place of birth over the past two decades, setting them within the context of broader political trends in mainland China and beyond.