‘We Must Reclaim Land as a Commons with Shared Use Rights for Both Men and Women’
The noted environmentalist offers candid takes on India’s agrarian crisis, sustainable agriculture, and gender equality in farming.
BNSS Introduces Handcuffs and In-Absentia Trials, Widens Preventive Detention and Police Custody
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Bill has introduced very few Sections to justify a new Bill instead of an amendment to the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973. While it indigenises labels, it also introduces certain new provisions that go against the grain of the Indian Constitution.
Engels and the Second Foundation of Marxism
Historical materialism, in the dominant twentieth-century narrative in the West, is understood as confined to social sciences and humanities. However, John Bellamy Foster writes, Marx and Engels did not have such a limited conception, instead engaging with the natural sciences, providing insight into the dialectics of nature.
As Our 76th Independence Day Approaches, Revisiting ‘Indian Ideas of Freedom’
In his landmark book, Dennis Dalton had originally examined the approaches of Vivekananda, Aurobindo, Gandhi, and Tagore.
Burkina Faso Condemns Imperialism; Together with Mali Vows to Defend Niger’s New Leadership with Force
“Burkina Faso’s New President Condemns Imperialism, Quotes Che Guevara, Allies with Nicaragua, Venezuela, Cuba”. Also: Burkina Faso and Mali have declared their willingness to defend Niger with armed force if France, Nigeria, or ECOWAS were to intervene in Niger.
An Abominable Business
“I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves – such an ethical basis I call more proper for a herd of swine”, writes the great scientist.
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They Lied About Afghanistan. They Lied About Iraq. And They are Lying About Ukraine
The proxy war in Ukraine is designed to serve U.S. interests. It enriches the weapons manufacturers, weakens the Russian military and isolates Russia from Europe. What happens to Ukraine is irrelevant.
“Hide Nothing from The Masses; Tell No Lies”—Some Lessons from Amilcar Cabral
Many of the political parties that led their countries towards the attainment of political independence in Africa have betrayed the principles that guided them. But, not all hope is lost. We can draw inspiration for a better future for Africa from the immortal revolutionary Amilcar Cabral.
Three Poems
‘A Poet Regrets’; ‘A Song from the Ruins’; ‘Migrants, COVID-19’.
Witch-Hunt Against Tejaswini Desai Highlights Dangers of Being a Teacher in India Today
What happened to Professor Tejaswini Desai of Kolhapur can happen to anyone in the teaching community. It tells you of the perils of being a teacher in India of our times