Greece: Privatisation and Safety Cuts Kill, But Also Spark Resistance
There was a General Strike in Greece on March 16 for rail safety. An activist in Athens explains why.
An Army of Women Is Building Venezuela’s Housing Revolution
In Caracas, an army of self-trained women are working to build their own homes while they transform the reality around them.
Every Right Defended Is the Rights Discourse Extended; Every Right Not Defended Is Allowing Tyranny to Spread
Amina S., a French entrepreneur and activist who had to leave France because of the discrimination she faced for wearing the hijab, discusses the intersection of secularism, democracy, cultural nationalism and individual liberty.
Women’s Work and Wages Continue at Abysmal Levels
The latest official labour force survey shows 20% to 50% gap between the earnings of men and women.
West African People’s Movements Call for Greater Unity as France Announces Military ‘Reorganization’
The West Africa Peoples Organisation has welcomed the proposal for greater collaboration between Burkina Faso, Mali, and Guinea, and has called for coordinating and planning production, trade, infrastructure, economic development, and defence.
‘Bofors Pales Into Insignificance’: Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and Ravi Nair
Interview with journalists Ravi Nair and Paranjoy Guha Thakurta on the much talked about Rafale deal, the many unanswered questions related to it, the scrapping of a previous deal, and the unilateral decision of the Prime Minister in this matter. Excerpts from their interview to Frontline.
Displacement in Delhi: In the Capital, This Is How Farmers are Treated
The vegetable fields of farmers living next to the Yamuna river, who ploughed the floodplains adjoining the Yamuna in Delhi for generations, are only the latest casualties in the effort to make Delhi a ‘world class’ city where the riverfront is real estate up for grabs.
Hindutva Development Model vs Dravidian Rights-Based Welfare: Looking Beyond the ‘Freebies’ Debate
Hindutva has reduced citizens to passive political subjects where people devote themselves to the leader’s ascribed duties towards the nation’s development.
An Ordinary Man in an Extraordinary Situation: Defying Hitler by Sebastian Haffner
Kamayani review’s Sebastian Haffner’s “Defying Hitler”, a memoir of a non Jew German in the Third Reich. While doing so, she makes a case for reading and learning from this book in relation to the present Indian context.
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The Solomon Islands and the US-China Pacific Balance of Power
The Solomon Islands, located east of Papua New Guinea and northeast of Australia, has become a battleground for Washington and its desire to maintain primacy over the Asia-Pacific region.