Pandemic: How Big Banks and Big AG Share Blame
Trump blaming the pandemic solely on China is not only misleading, but hypocritical – as US agri-business corporations are equally responsible.
Essential Workers & Billionaires: A Tale of Two Pandemics
We are all weathering the same storm, but we are not all in the same boat.
Why is the Government Underestimating GDP Loss Due to the Lockdown?
While the government is trying to play down the economic loss due to the pandemic, it is certain that the economy will shrink sizeably in 2020-21.
The Modi Sarkar’s Project for India’s Informal Economy
From demonetisation to GST and now the lockdown, the government’s policies towards the ‘unorganised sector’ has spelt nothing but rack and ruin.
Arrests Mark a Nationwide Protest Day Observed by Central Trade Unions
On May 22, Central Trade Unions protested the draconian new policies that have stripped workers across the country of a number of basic rights.
Cease Harassment of Journalists for Reporting on Pandemic, Demand Unions
Journalist bodies condemn FIRs against journalists for their critical reporting regarding mismanagement in official handling of Covid.
Students, Activists Demand: Stop Using the Pandemic to Target Anti-CAA Protesters
The BJP-led Centre has turned the pandemic into an opportunity for “targeting” the anti-CAA protesters by framing them under false charges.
Members of PM’s COVID-19 Task Force Say Lockdown Failed Due to Unscientific Implementation
The government is thinking that lockdown is a measure of controlling the spread of the pandemic, which it isn’t.
The Murderous Pseudoscience of “Herd Immunity”
Containing the pandemic requires an investment in social infrastructure that the capitalist class is not willing to make. And so its idealogues are arguing in favour of letting the disease spread …
For Palestinians Under Occupation, Every Day is Nakba
May 15 is Nakba Day, which marks the death of thousands of Palestinians and the forced exile of many more during the formation of Israeli in 1948. To this day, the Palestinians living under occupation continue to resist the apartheid policies of Israel.