Killer Prince
The Saudi offer of a ceasefire in Yemen on 22 March was an acknowledgement by Riyadh and its backers in Washington that they had lost the war.
Fascism | Online Blog | USA | World Politics
Erdoğan Starts a Political Earthquake in Turkey
Significant developments are underway in Turkey. Most ominously, the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) has moved toward the banning of one of the country’s main opposition parties, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP).
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.
A Time For Commitment to Ideals and Aims of Bhagat Singh and His Comrades
On Shahid Diwas, we need to ponder over the extent to which the ruling regime and society have moved away from Bhagat Singh’s ideals of equality and justice, communal harmony, respecting and advancing the rights of workers and farmers, resisting imperialism at all levels.
When Universities Become Objects of Counterinsurgency
Academics and students in India have been facing an immediate, sharp and existential threat since 2014.
Capitalism | China | Climate Change | COVID19 | Online Blog
Planet Farm
As industrial agriculture encroaches into the last wild places of the Earth, it’s unleashing dangerous pathogens. We need to take urgent steps to heal the metabolic rift between ecology and economy.
Being ‘Hindu’ and Being ‘Secular’: Tamil ‘Secularism’ and Caste Politics
The Hindu right has not been able to take over much of Tamil Nadu’s political space, due to the long-standing propaganda by parties such as the DMK against the caste-based discrimination within Hinduism, which also led to a positive representation of Islam and Muslims.
Budget 2021–22: Proposal for an Alternate, Pro-People Budget
India’s social sector expenditures are amongst the lowest among all major economies of the world. In this concluding part of our budget analysis of Union Budget 2021-22, we present proposals on how the Centre can more than double its social sector expenditures.
Editors Guild Expresses Shock at Centre’s ‘Draconian Attitude’ in GoM Report on Media
The suggestions from the GoM report hint at increased surveillance and targeting of writers and journalists who depart from the government’s narrative, the editors’ body said.
To Prevent Future Pandemics, We Must Stop Destroying Forests
COVID-19, SARS and Ebola—three diseases that spread across national borders since 2002—share one thing in common: they were transmitted to humans from wild animals living in tropical forests, which are losing more than 100 trees per second due to rampant, unsustainable deforestation.