Gigs, Scams, Ghost Work: India Tech Sector’s Dark Side
With few jobs, India’s youth are turning to the gig economy, scam call centres and AI microwork – for low wages and few protections.
Former RBI Dy Governor Says Pricing Power of ‘Big 5’ Driving Core Inflation
Industrial concentration by these top private players has allowed them to charge much higher product prices than their competitors, the former deputy RBI governor said.
Deal-or-Default: Is it the Endgame for Pakistan?
The IMF mission is once again in Pakistan after the government finally yielded to IMF demands. Pakistan secured a $6 billion IMF bailout in 2019, which was topped up with another $1 billion last year, but the lender of last resort then stalled disbursements in November 2022 due to Pakistan’s slow progress on so-called economic reforms.
Five Corporate Strategies to Manipulate Science
Ever since the rise of capitalism and corporations, the manipulation of science has been at the centre of the endeavours of big companies and corporations – like those related to tobacco, asbestos, chemicals, fast food, and oil and gas. This is a threat to human existence as well as planet earth.
The ‘Old-Yet-New’: Past and Present Intermingle at the Hugo Chávez and Alí Primera Communes
The Alí Primera and Hugo Chávez communards of Venezuela tell the story of their struggle for land and its deep historical roots.
Nicaragua is Run by Women with a Revolutionary Feminism
Jill Clark-Gollub recently returned from a delegation to Nicaragua that focused on conditions for women. She describes the country as “run by women” who connect their feminism to the struggles against capitalism, colonialism and patriarchy.
Modi Claims 2004 to 2014 Was India’s ‘Lost Decade’. Is That True?; Also: Rising Suicides Among Poor
The number of poor fell sharply during this earlier period, and has risen in recent years. Also: “Daily Wage Earners, Housewives Among Largest Categories of People to Die by Suicide in 2019-21.”
Meet the Extraordinary Intellectual Tho Pa, Who Awakened Tamils to the Richness of Their Culture
An introduction to Tho Paramasivan, the author of ‘Ariyappadaatha Tamizhagam’, translated into English as ‘The Sweet Salt of Tamil’.
U.S. Lawfare and the Destabilization of Latin America
Lawfare is the weaponized use of the law to annihilate a political or business enemy. The US piloted the use of Lawfare in the USA before rolling it out in Latin America.
The World’s Torrid Future Is Etched in the Crippled Kidneys of Nepali Workers
One-third of transplant patients at a centre near Kathmandu have been young men who worked abroad in extreme heat.