The Poor at the Crossroads
More than half a century after Martin Luther King, Jr.’s death, his message remains tragically relevant in our seemingly never-ending pandemic-ridden moment, still rife with racism, economic exploitation, and militarism.
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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
More than half a century after Martin Luther King, Jr.’s death, his message remains tragically relevant in our seemingly never-ending pandemic-ridden moment, still rife with racism, economic exploitation, and militarism.
May 5 marks the birth anniversary of Marx, whose life traversed through Trier, Berlin, Paris and London, chiselling his ideas that exposed capitalism’s ‘cunning transaction’ that defrauds the working class till today.
Two landslides in Kinnaur last summer which claimed 22 lives have made the local population more aware of the ecological dangers posed by hydropower projects, such as the proposed Jangi Thopan Powari project.
While the caste system originated in Hindu scriptures, it crystallized during British colonial rule and has stratified society in every South Asian religious community. In addition to India, it is present in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Bhutan.
Afghanistan Braces for New War; Iran Makes Gains as Israel, Turkey Test Moscow’s Limits on Ukraine.
In a fresh betrayal, Spain is once again denying the Sahrawi people’s right to self-determination. In a letter addressed to the Moroccan king in March this year, the Spanish government has made clear that it will not respect its historic obligation to support the self-determination of the Sahrawi people.
King writes: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” This letter became an important text for the civil rights movement in the United States. It has been described as “one of the most important historical documents penned by a modern political prisoner” and is considered a classic document of civil disobedience.
The Mumbai-based organisation has questioned the ‘complicity of the police’ in the communal clashes reported recently.
The Ukraine crisis naturally shows specific national features. But it is also the manifestation of an escalating U.S. international military policy which is created by the economic weakening of the U.S. while it continues to have military strength.
Key components of an alternate agriculture system should be diversification of production on agricultural lands, enhancing agrobiodiversity, integration of animal husbandry and multi-crop cultivation, crop rotation, and the protection and promotion of resilient local seed and plant varieties.
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