Full Text: ‘Damage to Indian Democracy Under Modi Is Lasting’
The noted academic and journalist says India has transformed into an illiberal, majoritarian and intolerant country with an authoritarian regime under Narendra Modi.
Imperialism and Super Exploitation
A review of John Smith’s Imperialism in the 21st Century. This “powerful and searing indictment of the exploitation of billions of people,” argues that “the huge low wage proletariat that has emerged in the last 30 years is the key to the profits of imperialism.”
Kerala Scheme Shows How to Create Work Opportunities While Caring for the Environment
The urban employment guarantee scheme is not without its problems, but it offers a template to help the poor earn and build greener, sustainable cities.
More Families Pushed to Surviving Without Jobs
Latest CMIE data shows that share of families with two members working has fallen drastically. This means people are surviving on much less income.
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After Years of Setbacks, US Labor Demonstrates Its Power
2021 marked a historic year in labor organizing for workers in the US, with tens of thousands of workers partaking in union votes and strike actions.
2021 Latin America and the Caribbean in Review: The Pink Tide Rises Again
The balance between the US drive to dominate its “backyard” and its counterpart, the Bolivarian cause of regional independence and integration, continued to tip portside in 2021 with major popular electoral victories in Chile, Honduras, and Peru.
Press Release: Thousands Protest Against Karnataka Anti-Conversion Bill In Bangalore
On 22 December, a broad coalition of more than 40 organisations vociferously demanded that the Bill be withdrawn as the Government of Karnataka is trampling upon the constitutionally guaranteed rights to freedom of religion, privacy and dignity.
As Uttar Pradesh Heads to Polls, How Does the Yogi Govt’s Economic Performance Hold Up?
Employment trends are dismal under the ‘double engine government’ of Modi and Adityanath. Several other claims made in ads do not appear to hold up.
BCCI’s Functioning Is But a Mirror to How the Country Is Being Run
Those who really run the BCCI are intimately connected to, if not proxies of, the political leadership running the country. The shenanigans in the running of the BCCI mirror the trickery and deceit at play in the running of the country. That is the real message from the Kohli saga.
Undermining the Idea of India
The text of the speech delivered by Justice G.S. Patel, Judge of the Bombay High Court, on the occasion of The Leaflet’s Constitution Day Talk on November 26. The judge emphasised saving constitutional values from being undermined.