How the New Free Grain Scheme Will End up Increasing Poverty
Now, concessional grain being given would no longer be available and the poor will be forced to buy 64% of their foodgrain requirement from the market at a high price.
Open Veins of Africa Bleeding Heavily
The ongoing plunder of Africa’s natural resources drained by capital flight is holding it back yet again. More African nations face protracted recessions amid mounting debt distress, rubbing salt into deep wounds from the past.
Why the Private Sector Is Immune to the Constitutional Goal of Social Justice
There is a growing need to discuss the constitutional immunity to reservations that the private sector has enjoyed, even as it has deepened caste cleavages in India.
Long Forgotten: India’s Pretrial and Undertrial Prisoners
The country’s jails teem with poor and marginalised people detained without justification.
Seeking Relief from Oppression, Peruvians Resist Castillo Removal and Wait
Peru’s rightwing-dominated Congress has removed President Castillo from office. He has been arrested and is now in prison. Ordinary Peruvians have mobilized throughout Peru, blockaded over 100 highways, occupied five airports, and held rallies in various cities, protesting against his removal.
I Witnessed the Truth about Nicaragua
The author went on a 10 day journey, and witnessed the reality of modern agriculture in Nicaragua and also celebrations commemorating the 43rd anniversary of their revolution. She writes about her experience.
Civil Society Members Write to MPs Regarding Concerns with Proposed Data Protection Bill; Also: Is Bill a Charter of Surveillance Capitalism?
The 2019 version of the bill was flawed. But in 2022, the government has gone all-out to protect the interests of Big Data, Big Capital, and the powers of the State at the cost of citizens’ privacy. Several civil society members have written a letter to MPs about their concerns with the proposed bill.
How the UGC Creates Consensus for the Ruling Regime
Our universities are now turning into narrow and closed systems. There is little possibility in such a situation for fresh ideas to emerge. And by promoting a narrow Hindutva-based communal vision, universities are also becoming alienating spaces for non-Hindus.
How British Colonialism Killed More than 100 Million Indians in 40 Years
A scholarly study found that British colonialism caused approximately 165 million deaths in India from 1880 to 1920, while stealing trillions of dollars of wealth. The global capitalist system was founded on European imperial genocides, which inspired Adolf Hitler and led to fascism.
Violence Against Women and Girls Is Not Cultural but Criminal
Violence against women and girls remains the most pervasive human rights violation around the world. Explicit and implicit cultural legitimation for violence against women has to end if we are to deliver on the promise of a socially just and ecologically sustainable world order for everyone.