From Aadhaar to Aarogya Setu: How Surveillance Technology is Devaluing India’s Democratic Rights
The app could potentially allow the government to peer into aspects of the user’s private life that have nothing to do with Covid-19.
Modi Government Sees Migrant Workers as Mere Labour Resource, Not Human Beings: Some Articles
Even though the government has now allowed migrant workers to return home, it is clear that the government sees them as labour resources, not human beings and citizens with desires. A set of articles and interview with Jean Dreze, the famed economist.
Is Private Health ‘Industry’ a Big Hurdle to Contain COVID-19?
Given the urgency of the need to effectively combat COVID-19, the government quickly needs to bring the private healthcare sector under government control. This is also needed so that we can continue to combat other diseases like TB, which too kill tens of thousands of people every year
Finance Ministry Slams IRS Officers’ Proposal on Levying a COVID-19 Wealth Tax
The policy paper had also suggested raising income tax rates for those who earn over Rs 1 crore a year to raise resources needed to battle the economic damage done by a national lockdown.
COVID-19 Proves Workers, Not Bosses, are Essential
In the conditions created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the truth of Marx’s claim, that it’s the labour of workers, and not the supposed intelligence and entrepreneurial spirit of bosses, that keeps society running, has been brought into sharp relief.
Combating COVID-19 Through Solidarity
Despite international sanctions that have ravaged its health sector, Venezuela is demonstrating that prioritising lives is possible in the battle against COVID-19.
Cuba: From AIDS, Dengue, and Ebola to COVID-19
The U.S. dawdled for months before reacting to the pandemic. Cuba’s preparation for COVID-19 began on January 1, 1959.
Why Coronavirus Could Spark a Capitalist Supernova
Capitalism now faces the deepest crisis in its several centuries of existence. Why is supernova–the explosion and death of a star–an apt metaphor for what could now be about to unfold?
As India Tackles COVID-19, a Curious Case of Missing Numbers Emerges
There are no known reasons as to why the disease’s rate of spread appears to be lower in India. It may be because of insufficient testing.
Even in Pandemic Times, the Rich Continue to Profit
Two articles on how the rich are seeking to make more money even in these pandemic times.