Class, Gender, Race & Colonialism: The ‘Intersectionality’ of Marx
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Class, Gender, Race & Colonialism: The ‘Intersectionality’ of Marx

Many people believe that Marx was obsessed only with class and had little appreciation of how issues of gender, racism and colonialism inter-related with class and the struggle for human emancipation. The author says that Marx’s writings have been misrepresented.

2021: A Crucial Year for Nicaragua
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2021: A Crucial Year for Nicaragua

2021 is a crucial year for Nicaragua, with national elections due in November. With Biden coming to power, will the US administration continue its attempts to sabotage the elections? And can Nicaragua once again defend its sovereignty against US and other foreign interference?

The Climate Crisis Keeps Getting Worse – And It Is Doing So at an Accelerating Rate: Four Articles
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The Climate Crisis Keeps Getting Worse – And It Is Doing So at an Accelerating Rate: Four Articles

Top scientists warn of ‘ghastly future of mass extinction’ and climate disruption; New study shows Earth now warmer than any time in last 12,000 years; Global ice melt accelerating at record rate; Florida professor predicts Amazon rainforest collapse by 2064.

When Multinational Grain Traders Told an Official Committee Why They Wanted the FCI to Be Wound Up
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When Multinational Grain Traders Told an Official Committee Why They Wanted the FCI to Be Wound Up

An official report prepared under the Vajpayee government in 2002 gives us a glimpse of some of the major lobbies pressing for restructuring of India’s agriculture and food economy.