Four Months on, Farmers Intensify Their Protests: Eight Newsreports
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Four Months on, Farmers Intensify Their Protests: Eight Newsreports

Mitti Satyagraha and Kisan Shaheed Smarak; Farmers block Delhi-Meerut expressway and Kundli–Manesar–Palwal expressway in Haryana for a day; Farmers gherao offices of FCI; Tikait in Gujarat; How Punjab is organising to keep protests alive during harvesting season.

Haiti: ‘A Day in the Life’ Fighting Dictatorship and Neocolonialism
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Haiti: ‘A Day in the Life’ Fighting Dictatorship and Neocolonialism

Danny Shaw, a City University of New York (CUNY) academic, slept, ate and marched with militants from the Fort National neighbourhood’s popular organisation Mouvement de Liberté d’Égalité des Haitiens pour la Fraternité in late February and early March.

Nicaragua: Building ‘The Good Life’ Through Popular Revolution
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Nicaragua: Building ‘The Good Life’ Through Popular Revolution

Without political power, revolutionary programs will not have the required material resources. Without the participation of the people, revolutionary programs cannot be put into practice. Right now, Nicaraguans have both and they are making great progress in building a new society.

Repairing the Soil Carbon Rift: Enhancing Agriculture and Environment
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Repairing the Soil Carbon Rift: Enhancing Agriculture and Environment

The loss of soil organic matter and the corresponding massive carbon relocation to the atmosphere (as carbon dioxide) constitutes the soil carbon rift. It ultimately leads to severe degradation of soil. It is estimated that about one-third of the world’s soils have become significantly degraded.