Long Wait for Rehabilitation May Push Thousands Back into Manual Scavenging
Government departments’ apathy and lack of reliable data on manual scavengers is a hurdle to rehabilitation efforts, say stakeholders.
What Delhi Tells Us about Neoliberalism
In India, the transformation of Delhi Ridge from a site of working-class politics to a site of breezy recreation shows how a world-class megacity is made under the spell of neoliberalism. Workers are pushed to the side in order to make way for the affluent classes.
Digital Colonialism: The Evolution of American Empire
American “Big Tech” corporations are gaining massive profits through their control over business, labor, social media and entertainment in the Global South.
Budget 2021–22: What Is in it for the People? – Part 2
How the Modi Govt is undermining federalism by collecting more of its revenues as cesses and surcharges, which are not shared with the states; also, an analysis of the budget allocations for agriculture.
Stop The Sale of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant
Press statement in solidarity with the employees and workers of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant in their ongoing protests against the Central Government’s corporate-friendly decision to privatise the plant.
Human Nature Is No Barrier to Socialism
Human beings are not good or bad in any absolute sense. We are complex beings with the capacity for both selfishness and generosity, kindness and cruelty, and so on. The sort of society we live in makes a huge difference to how this potential is expressed.
Damming Rivers Is Terrible for Human Rights, Ecosystems and Food Security
Despite industry rhetoric, hydroelectricity is high-cost and high-risk. There are better options for a post-pandemic recovery and a renewable energy future.
Dismantling Public Sector and Subverting Welfare State
Paradoxically the prime minister who talks of Atmanirbhar Bharat is doing exactly the opposite in striking at its very root by privatising the public sector enterprises and pursuing neo- liberal policies which would make India critically dependent on international finance capital.
In 12 Years, 11 States Changed Land Ceiling Laws in Favour of Industry Over Farmers
The draft National Land Reforms Policy recommended that states reduce land ceilings and distribute surplus agricultural land to the landless poor. However, several states have amended their land ceiling laws in favour of industry, six in the last three years alone.
The US Money Tree: The Untold Story of American Aid to Israel
It is no secret that Israel is the world’s leading recipient of US aid since World War II. According to data provided by the US Congressional Research Service, Israel has received $146 billion of US taxpayers’ money as of November 2020.