Disaster Looms as Safety Norms are Ignored in Himalayan State
Authorities in Himachal Pradesh want to legalise unauthorised buildings in a highest quake-risk region.
West Papua: Rape The Women To Rape The Land
In West Papua, four out of ten women have been subjected to Indonesian state violence. And, since no kind of violence exists alone, it’s no accident that rape violence occurs in regions with “strategic” extractive industries like mining, oil palm plantations, aloe wood, and fishing.
The Politics of Science Fiction
The author analyses the utility of the genre for both reactionary and progressive politics.
An Invitation to Conscience
Conscience is the inner voice that sustains your humanity. The author wonders how the Indian legal system treats the Narmada Dam and atomic energy as examples of sustainability. Ethics in Law Schools is treated like a hobby. We need to revitalise the subject, he argues.
To Prevent Future Pandemics, We Must Stop Destroying Forests
COVID-19, SARS and Ebola—three diseases that spread across national borders since 2002—share one thing in common: they were transmitted to humans from wild animals living in tropical forests, which are losing more than 100 trees per second due to rampant, unsustainable deforestation.
Women from Latin America to Europe to Palestine, Celebrate International Women’s Day – Three Articles
From Argentina to Mexico, and from Poland to Germany, millions of women took to the streets to proclaim that they refuse to continue being marginalized, discriminated against, and murdered. From Palestine, the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network sends greetings to women in struggle everywhere.
Surprise on the Left
Surprise, surprise! Things worked out quite differently than expected at the congress of the LINKE, Germany’s left-wing party.
Tenth Anniversary of Fukushima: Two Articles
Japan is planning to host the Olympics, claiming that radiation leakages from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plants is under control. But recent studies contradict the country’s positive decontamination and human rights claims after 2011.
Lessons of Dandi March When on its 91st Anniversary, Celebration of 75th Anniversary of India’s Independence has Commenced
A reflection on the deeper dimensions of Dandi March, the significance of which endures beyond time and space.
The Financialization of Environment Protection
Pollution markets and green finance are forms of profit accumulation, not practical tools for sustainable development.