The Future of Work
Three-part article on the future of work since the pandemic slump: Remote Working; Working Long and Hard; and Automation.
Inside Nicaragua’s Free Socialized Health-Care System
In the United States, medical debt cripples 41% of all adults and they scramble to pay outrageous bills. In Nicaragua, medical care is free – and of great quality, as the Nicaraguan government gives priority to providing free education and health to all its people.
Imperialism | Online Blog | Palestine | USA | World Politics
Gaza Slaughter; Without Palestine, There Is No Arab Unity – Two Articles
Over the past three days, relentless Israeli airstrikes killed at least 45 Palestinians, including 16 children, and caused extensive devastation; Also: Events continue to demonstrate that Palestine cannot be made a marginal issue, however much Israel and the USA try.
‘The Canary in the Coal Mine’: Sri Lanka’s Crisis Is a Chronicle Foretold
Sri Lanka’s acute economic crisis and sovereign debt default, along with its people’s uprising in 2022, is described as the ‘canary in the coal mine’, that is, a harbinger of the likely future for other global south countries.
The Making of the Modern Public Intellectual
Public intellectuals should be respected because they speak out against injustice wherever it occurs.
Letter from Anti-Vizhinjam Adani Port Struggle Front
Blinded and mesmerized by the Rs 7525 crore port project, all governments whether the UDF led one in 2015 when the contract was signed, or the subsequent two terms of the LDF, have taken special attention to provide land and resources to the Adani Vizhinjam Port Private Limited.
Why Workers’ Wages Will Always be Too Low
Karl Marx gets you. In the mid-19th century, he argued that the whole working class is exploited by the capitalist class. The entire point of capitalist enterprise is to accumulate more wealth by systematically stealing a portion of the value workers create. This process is called exploitation.
Online Blog | Russia | Ukraine | USA
Lavrov and Blinken Talk for the First Time Since the Ukraine War Began – Two Articles
A CNN report quoted an unnamed US official as saying Russia’s retaliation for western sanctions has put the West in “unchartered territory”. Suffice to say, Blinken’s call underscores the desperate urgency in Washington to open a line of communication to Moscow at the political level.
Capitalism’s Crimes Against Nature
To stop climate change, we must understand how capitalism generates destructive processes that put the Earth at risk.
Great Indian Power Crisis: Poor Planning, Slow Transition, Financial Mess, Climate Change
Almost the whole of India was caught in a serious power crisis from early May 2022. The Indian government even started pushing cash-strapped State government utilities for importing expensive coal. What are the factors that led to this country-wide mess?