The Prime Minister’s ‘Self-Reliance’ Speech, and Its Real Implications
The strenuous emphasis on ‘self-reliance’ in the Prime Minister’s speech may actually usher in the opposite – greater foreign dependence.
Analysing the Fiscal Cost of Modi’s Rs 20 Lakh Crore Package: Three Articles
If there is no additional borrowing, there can be no additional expenditure and, logically, no fiscal stimulus. Direct fiscal stimulus from the Centre will only be a little over 1% of India’s GDP, not 10% as projected by PM Modi. Three articles.
José Martí and Spirituality
The human being has two dimensions, the material and the spiritual- emphasised the Apostle of Cuba, José Martí.
Manufacturing Epidemics
India’s Covid-19 crisis is one effect of a decades-long process that has produced impoverishment, hunger, and ill-health, all at once.
The Economic Crash is Already Ravaging Africa
The continent thus far has been less affected by the pandemic than other parts of the world. But the impact of the global economic crisis is already enormous.
France and COVID-19: Incompetence and Conceit
The very large number of coronavirus cases and deaths in France is due to gross negligence on the part of President Macron and the French authorities to the threat posed by the virus.
The COVID-19 Catastrophe in Bangladesh
The virus risks plunging Bangladesh into social, economic, and political turmoil — not to mention the public health crisis.
America’s Super-Rich See Their Wealth Rise by $282 Billion in Three Weeks of Pandemic
America’s billionaires have accrued more wealth in the past three weeks alone than they made in total prior to 1980.
We Need Solidarity and Socialism to Confront This Disaster
The crisis is proof that we need to get rid of the capitalist system and usher in a society based on human need, not corporate profits, in which public health is put above “the economy”.
How have Asian Governments Responded to the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Class and social privilege, race/ethnicity, gender, occupation and age determine who are most vulnerable to the virus and disease in countries across Asia.