UP Urban Bodies’ Elections: BJP Faltering in Small Towns
59% of Nagar Palika Parishad members and 67% of Nagar Panchayat members are independents.
Online Blog | Racism | USA
Grand Theft Capital: The Increasing Exploitation and Robbery of the U.S. Working Class
While outright expropriation, or robbery, is always present in capitalism, as an external basis of its existence, the inner dynamic of the system arises from the exploitation of labor power, a more hidden form of robbery.
Capitalism | China | Economy | Online Blog
Why China Can’t Pull the World Out of a New Great Depression
The prospect of the Chinese economy being a growth locomotive to lift the rest of the world from looming depression is virtually nil at this point. The massive BRI is mired in massive loans to countries unable to service the debt. Attempts to boost domestic China growth by relying on a consumer boom are also presently doomed.
Budget 2023–24: What Is in it for the People? Part 5: Hike in Capital Expenditure
While the budget outlay is stagnant in real terms, the FM has announced a hike in capital expenditure — of a whopping 37.4%. This is the third year in succession that she has announced a big hike in capex. She claims this “enhance growth potential and job creation”. Will it?
My Kerala Story: Finding Liberation in Malabar
The city of Calicut, or Kozhikode, has been a bastion of Hindu-Muslim unity for centuries where a syncretic Malayali identity trumps religious divisions.
The Monroe Doctrine: Two Hundred Years Too Long
In December 2023, the infamous Monroe Doctrine will be 200 years old. For some people, the name refers simply to a long and complex foreign policy document with constitutional status, but it is far more than that.
Breaking the Logjam in the South African Left
South Africa is in serious trouble. Inequality is worse than under apartheid, and unemployment is at over 40%. On the face of it things could hardly be more propitious for a left challenge. But as the hegemony of the ANC crumbles, the left is not a player in electoral politics.
Wages of Casual Workers and Self-Employed Workers in India
An article in two parts, that examines the trends in real wages of casual workers and self-employed workers in rural and urban India, before the pandemic, during the pandemic and after.
Political Radicalism of Ambedkar’s Spirituality
We need to pay close attention to B R Ambedkar’s relentless life-long search for a spiritual path and a spiritual homeground for society, which went way beyond his efforts at transforming India.
IPCC Report Fails on Equity and Urgency
The report claims that, to maintain a 50:50 chance of warming not exceeding 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, CO₂ emissions must be cut to “net-zero” by the “early 2050s.” However, a more rigorous analysis of the report’s data gives a zero CO₂ date of 2040.