Phosphorus Saved Our Way of Life—and Now Threatens to End It
Fertilizers filled with the nutrient boosted our ability to feed the planet. Today, they’re creating vast and growing dead zones in our lakes and seas.
Demystifying the Halo Around ‘Naatu Naatu’ and ‘RRR’
In the midst of all the hullabaloo around the award to the musical score ‘Naatu Naatu’ at the Oscars Academy Awards ceremony, let us spare a few moments to see the song and its film in a wider context – which is both cultural, historical and political.
Authoritarian Macron on the Back Foot: Could France Explode?
President Emmanuel Macron has impose his pensions bill by decree, thus avoiding a parliamentary vote he would have lost. It has led to spontaneous demonstrations across France. The lower house of the Parliament is also set to vote on a motion of no confidence in the government.
International Women’s Day Has a Radical History Rooted in Socialism
International Women’s Day has a very long progressive history that’s often not well known.
The Unifying Project of Constitutional Nationalism, or What Does it Mean to Really Belong?
All of India’s diversities exist because of multilingualism and multiculturalism, and arguably, what binds all of us is “Indianness”, which is the outcome of our allegiance to the Indian Constitution.
Women’s Movement in Bakur and Rojava has Made Historic Advances for the Rights of Women
PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan’s words, “without freedom of women, society cannot be free”, further a deeper understanding of what a true revolution must entail. This can be seen in Rojava, where one can see the enormous beauty of a society in which women are empowered to rule their own lives.
From Lebanon to Sri Lanka through Latin America and Egypt: Public Debt Today and in the History of Capitalism
This interview helps to understand the part played by debt and its mechanisms in the extraction of resources of the South by the North at an international level, and in the transfers of wealth from the poor to the rich within each society.
On 75 Years of the Nakba and the New Israeli Protest Movement
Renowned Israeli historian Ilan Pappe talks about 75 years of the Nakba, the new Israeli protest movement, its prospects for Palestine.
What Indian Media Didn’t Tell Us About Faiz Festival in Lahore
While Javed Akhtar’s remarks at the event are significant, much more significant is the progressive environment the fair provides.
The Homeland or Death: Accomplishments of the Traoré Government in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso cheered and celebrated at the news of Kyélem de Tambèla’s appointment to office as prime minister on October 21, 2022. Kyélem de Tambèla has rightfully earned the title of Sankarist as demonstrated by his own background. And he immediately began implementing revolutionary policies …