Instituting Menstrual Leave Is a Step Towards Equal Workplaces
It is not just about allowing or disallowing relief but also about ensuring a workplace atmosphere that recognises and accepts menstruation.
Despite Crucial Welfare Work, India’s ‘Scheme Workers’ Denied Dignified Employment Conditions
While there has been no shortage of awards, gratitude and plaudits to these workers, they have been denied dignified working conditions since the inception of their employment.
Britain Stole Their Land to Plant Tea. Now They Want it Back
A colonial-era land grab in Kenya saw Britain evict half a million people. Now survivors are confronting some of the UK’s most powerful institutions, from Unilever to King Charles, in a bid to reclaim their land.
Inside ‘Gujarat Model’: Why are So Many Children Undernourished?
On many counts, the state’s indicators are worse than India’s average.
Perils of the Gig Economy
The uncritical tone of the NITI Aayog’s recent report on the gig economy in India and its belief that platformisation will create an inclusive working environment is, at best, credulous, and, at worst, a deliberate attempt to ignore the erosion of workers’ rights, security and welfare.
Lessons from the Rise of Mussolini, 100 Years on
Perhaps the greatest lesson is that Mussolini could have been stopped. Had the workers’ movement been united to confront the fascists, as it did in Parma, one of the darkest and most brutal chapters of European history might have been avoided.
‘Nazi Billionaires’ by David de Jong: How Hitler’s Financiers are Still in Business
Book Review: David de Jong, ‘Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany’s Wealthiest Dynasties’. On the close association of Germany’s largest business houses with the Nazis; and how, after the war, they continued amassing wealth, and retained decisive influence in business and financial spheres.
British Prime Minister Liz Truss Resigns – a Revolutionary Crisis for British Imperialism
UK Prime Minister Liz Truss’s resignation after just 45 days in office, is the result of the enormous international and internal pressures on British imperialism, amid a war with Russia threatening to go nuclear and an unprecedented collapse in living standards.
What the Story of Two Families Says about the Unchanging Reality of Living on the Streets of Mumbai
Thousands of families have occupied pavements in the city for decades and continue to do so, despite knowing that their shelters can torn down any day.
Dangerous New COVID-19 Variants Threaten Massive Fall-Winter Surge
The next global wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has begun. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation estimates that 21 million people were infected globally on 19 October, up 23 percent from the most recent trough of 17 million infections on September 27.