How Vietnam Managed to Keep its Coronavirus Death Toll at Zero
This country of 97 million people has not reported a single coronavirus-related death.
Words from Prison – Human Rights Defender Gautam Navlakha Speaks!
Recently, the documentary film maker Anand Patwardhan received a letter describing Gautam Navlakha’s situation in jail, from his partner Sahba Husain.
The Migrant and the Moral Economy of the Elite
The lockdown has revealed the brutality of India’s chronic disregard for the rights of migrant labourers.
Covid as Geopolitical Opportunity: India as Player, or Pawn?
The US is using the emergence of Covid-19 crisis as a weapon against its perceived rival, China; and India is becoming an ally of the US in this game.
The Final 100 Seconds
Never before this year 2020 has the world-famous Doomsday Clock registered only “100 seconds-to-midnight.”
Top Global Experts Say Humanity Must ‘Heal Our Broken Relationship With Nature’ to Prevent Future Pandemics
We must curb the high risk trade and consumption of wildlife, halt deforestation and land conversion, as well as manage food production sustainably.
COVID19 | USA | World Economy
“The Pandemic is Accelerating”, Warns WHO Chief; Yet Trump Opens Up US Economy
The head of the WHO warns that humanity is facing “a new and dangerous phase” of the coronavirus crisis.
Gandhi’s Last March: A Parable for Today
It is difficult not to imagine Gandhi in the time of COVID-19. For him, there was no consideration that could permit any compromise with truth and concern for the poor.
कोरोना च्या संकटापासून लोकशाही वाचू शकेल का?
सोनाली कोल्हटकर कोरोना च्या संकटामुळे जगभरातील नेत्यांसमोर एक यक्ष प्रश्न उभा राहिला आहे: पब्लिक हेल्थ आणि वैयक्तिक स्वातंत्र्य यांचा समतोल कसा राखायचा? या विषाणूला कसलीच बंधने माहित नाहीत. त्याला हे माहिती नाही की एखाद्या राज्यात लोकशाही आहे की हुकूमशाही. लोकशाही राज्यांनी या रोगाचे निमित्त सांगून आत्तापासूनच लोकांच्या स्वातंत्र्यावर नियंत्रण ठेवायला सुरुवात केली आहे आणि ज्या…
Marx, Ecology and Industrial Agriculture
On why the fight against climate change must be a fight for system change and for socialism.