Twitter Targets Accounts of News Outlets Covering Unrest in Bolivia
MintPress News, along with a number of independent Bolivian news outlets and journalists covering the unrest there, were all targeted for suspension at the same time.
US Pharma Cos Profiteering from Covid Drugs: India Needs to Assert Right to Produce Drugs at Cheap Prices – 2 Articles
After his disastrous handling of the pandemic, Trump is trying to improve his waning electoral chances by reserving all of Gilead’s stock of remdesivir. India needs to break Gilead’s patent and issue compulsory licenses to manufacture the drug locally.
Latin America under CoronaShock: Social Crisis, Neoliberal Failure, and the People’s Alternatives
In Latin America, the pandemic has furthered – sometimes dramatically – a series of economic and social processes that were already underway before the virus emerged.
Why Deaths Occur in Police Custody Everyday in India?
Our police is very cruel, authoritarian and law breaking: there are 5 deaths every day in custody in India.
Trump’s Inaction on Climate Change Makes Him “the Worst Criminal in History, Undeniably”
Chomsky talks about the unprecedented scope and scale of the protests against the police murder of George Floyd, and why Donald Trump’s refusal to act to stop the impending catastrophe of climate change makes him “the worst criminal in human history.”
Call for Revoking Auction of Coal Blocks, Investment in Sustainable Energy Sources: Two Statements
NAPM condems Centre’s announcement of auction of coal blocks for commercial mining, saying it will destroy bio-diverse rich, adivasi heartlands; UN Chief also calls upon countries to make investments in non-polluting energy sources.
With Honeyed Words, PM Modi Sells Another Repackaged Programme
The Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan is nothing but existing schemes from 12 ministries/departments with a new name, and with Bihar Assembly elections as BJP’s next goal.
Two Press Releases
Implement PESA and Forest Rights Act in its letter and spirit; SP(I) condemns issue of notice to its UP President
Covid as Geopolitical Opportunity: India as Player, or Pawn?
The US is using the emergence of Covid-19 crisis as a weapon against its perceived rival, China; and India is becoming an ally of the US in this game.
Iran’s Skyrocketing Stock Exchange Signals Historic Political Shift
The cash-starved Islamic Republic embarks on its boldest ever embrace of privatization of state-owned companies.