How Gandhi, Nehru and Ambedkar Envisioned Our Republic, Endangered by the Current Regime
We need to salvage this great republic. Only jana gana can do it, says the author.
As Climate Change Supercharges Disease, Trump Pulls US from WHO
This will effectively silo U.S. public health agencies from their international counterparts and sever the American public, health providers, and research hubs from information about infectious diseases, budding epidemics, and even outbreaks of foodborne and waterborne illnesses.
China | Online Blog | USA
Trump vs China – 2 Articles
“Trump’s Tariffs vs. China’s Long Game”: This latest salvo in the long-simmering trade spat between the world’s two largest economies raises eyebrows and questions in equal measure. Also: “The U.S. Sees China Through the Dark Mirror of its Own Unbridled Aggression”.
Capitalism | Imperialism | Online Blog | USA
World Bank and IMF — Keeping Pakistan in Shackles
The overall impact of World Bank and IMF policies has been very negative for the Pakistan economy and for the people’s economy. It has resulted in price hikes and inequalities. Unemployment is at a historic high.
Fractured Romania
The entire Romanian political scene remains committed to a ‘minimal state’, whose main role is to transfer wealth from working people to businesses and the security services. As long as this is the case, popular frustration will continue to simmer …
Capitalism | China | Online Blog | USA | World Politics
China’s DeepSeek Sends Shockwaves Through the Tech Community – 2 Articles
“DeepSeek’s Geopolitical Impacts”: DeepSeek’s open-source model will empower billions of people worldwide, accelerate global innovation, and challenge the existing technological and economic order. Also: “DeepSeek: How a Small Chinese AI Company is Shaking up US Tech Heavyweights”.
The Ocean Surface Is Warming Four Times Faster Than in the 1980s – 3 Articles
“The Ocean Surface Is Warming Four Times Faster Than in the 1980s”; “We Have Entered the Era of Global Boiling: Marine Wildlife, Ecosystems, and Economies Are Being Devastated”; and: “Killing The Great Barrier Reef”.
An Ecological Civilization Will Have to Be Socialist
Ian Angus talks about the ideas set out in his book ‘Facing the Anthropocene’ and explains the origin of his thought.
M.T. Vasudevan Nair (1933-2024): Kerala’s Literary Lodestar
For six decades, “MT” created characters and crises that became part of the psyche of the average Malayali reader and Kerala’s literary cognoscenti.
Union Budgets 2014 to 2024 – Article 3: The Budget and Poverty
Official economists have been making strenuous attempts to show that a huge reduction in poverty has taken place in the country during the past 10 years. In this article, we first critically analyse these claims, and then present several other datasets about the real state of poverty and hunger levels in the country.