Patriarchy and the Pandemic: Disentangling the Web of Oppression
A discussion with Renata Porto Bugni to understand the impact of the pandemic on women and the LGBTQIA+ community.
The Contagion of Capital: Financialized Capitalism, COVID-19, and the Great Divide
Comprehending the basic parameters of today’s financialized capitalist system is the key to understanding the economic stagnation plaguing the production system as well as the accumulation of wealth by a few.
Covid, Brexit and Dreadnought: UK Slides into Economic and Social Turmoil
Britain, led by a poseur whose self-esteem is akin to that of the equally repellent Trump, is in a parlous economic condition, and is suffering from social rupture of a viciousness unknown in recent history.
2020 was the Year India was Supposed to Become a Superpower?
Instead, it got left behind. To make matters worse, the government has failed to acknowledge the enormity of the crisis.
Covid-19 Impact: Huge Decline in People Accessing Health Services
While Covid-19 affected all areas of life, it was access to healthcare where it had the maximum effect. Inpatient admissions, outpatient care and operations saw declines of up to 40%. Declines were also seen in deliveries, antenatal care and immunisation of children.
Resisting Amazon Is Not Futile
Amazon represents the pinnacle challenge to union organizers and socialists throughout the country. Are we in a 1919 moment, still a generation of failures away from breakthrough success? Or closer to 1935, approaching the tipping point of winning real worker power?
Making Sense of the Present Moment of ‘Onlinisation’ of Teaching
In these Covid times, when online teaching has become rampant, we are being told that this development opens up new possibilities and realms for education. A critical examination of it, against our basic conception of education.
Illicit Financial Flows: Africa Is the World’s Main Creditor
In its latest report on Illicit Financial Flows in Africa, UNCTAD discloses that $88.6 billion from the continent go up in smoke every year. Not only must we ask questions about the size of these amounts, we must also wonder how this is at all possible.
Farewell Shamsur Rahman Faruqi: The Sun That Set in the Earth
Faruqi (1935-2020) was simultaneously a high-quality writer, competent critic, respected poet, high-ranking short-story writer, authentic researcher, and expert of prosody and grammar.
Health and Wealth in India – Farmers’ Lives Matter
To appreciate what is happening to agriculture and farmers in India, we must first understand how globalisation has subverted the development paradigm.