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.
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.
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.
Everything Affects and Is Affected by Every Other Thing
John Bellamy Foster [The following was published as part of roundtable in answer to the question: What is the main lesson that environmental movements should carry forward from the coronavirus pandemic? —Ed.] In his classic ecological work, The Part Played by Labour in the Transition from Ape to Man, Frederick Engels observed that “in nature…
Open Letter of AIFRTE to the Prime Minister of India Against GoI’s Move to Surrender School Education to the World Bank Under the STARS Program
It poses a grave threat to the fundamental right to quality education for all India’s children that is guaranteed by the Constitution.
India’s Dependence on Imperialist China: “Make in India” Ends Up as “Made in China”
India’s dependence on imperialist China in the economic field is so complex and deep-rooted that the call for boycott of Chinese products is going to be well-nigh impossible to implement in the immediate future.
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.
India’s Heatwaves Will Intensify Four-Fold by 2100, Says its First Climate Assessment Report
Extracts from the first-ever climate change assessment report by the Indian government.
UN Experts Call on India to Release Anti-CAA Activists
UN experts call on India to immediately release human rights activists who were arrested for protesting against the CAA; NAPM also demands the immediate release of KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi and withdrawal of all ill-conceived charges foisted against him.
Whitewashing Capitalism
There is a deafening silence in mainstream economics about the relationships among capitalism, racism and racial inequality.