Remembering the science and activism of Richard Levins in the time of corona The resurgence of infectious disease is but one manifestation of a more general crisis: the eco-social distress syndrome—the pervasive multilevel crisis of dysfunctional relations within our species and between it and the rest of nature…It is both a generic crisis of the human species and a specific[Read More…]
The brutal killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis has thrust the issue of police brutality on the consciousness of the whole world. There have been expressions of protests throughout the world, including in places like Syria and Greece. Police brutality has a long history in the United States. In southern, cotton-producing US, a lot of the early policing was linked[Read More…]
Innocent brothers and sisters it’s time to wake up, wake up, wake up Brothers and sisters it’s time to say something, do something, make ’em Mmm I wonder, how many Blacks lives, how many Black lives How many heartbeats turned into flatlines – “How Many” by Miguel Just when the news about the way African-Americans were being disproportionately affected by the[Read More…]
About a month ago, when, as it seems now, the covid-19 world was still young and economy reopenings were still few, Mike Davis, the American labor organizer, wrote an ominous piece titled, Reopening the Economy Will Send Us to Hell. It almost seemed contrary to the common wisdom that the world needed to reopen as it was choking because of[Read More…]
How should ordinary citizens understand the nature of responsibility in the case of the recurring deaths of migrant workers that they are witnessing? So many have died on the road, absolutely needlessly, in the process of trying to escape death by hunger which the Indian Covid-19 lockdown was making a reality. India has a very large number of (internal) migrant[Read More…]
The world watches in stupefaction as the numbers of those infected and dead in the US has continued to grow at an alarming rate. The superpower is on its knees. A pandemic that has cost it millions of jobs and unheard of breadlines that stretch for miles. The first world wonder that spearheaded the world’s green revolution, whose farmers “feed[Read More…]
When the lockdown extension was announced, to continue till May 3, a lot of the “twitterati” jumped on the opportunity to show off their Star Wars meme familiarity. In a reference to a long tradition of greeting the date, 4th of May, of “May the 4th (also called Star Wars Day)” each year with the pun on a popular line[Read More…]
Climate Change Wows the Polls 
The Rise of NATO in Africa 
Paradigm for peace applied to Russia, Ukraine and the US: Proposal for a peaceful pathway forward 
School Education During Transition Times 
Onslaught of the Oily Authoritarians 
Memorials, Not Celebrations! 
Increasing Polarization is Harming India’s Economic Prospects 
Without Stopping War, Extreme Hunger Will Continue to Increase 
‘That’s not the devil. That’s America.’, a Washington Post headline 
IAS officer punished for throwing out athletes from stadium 
Imprudent for govt to divest its residual equity share of 29.5% in HZL 
Digitizing to Dystopia – Wanted: Enlightened leadership 
Geopolitical Update: U.S. to leverage Russia-Ukraine Bloc Against China, Says Blinken 
Survival of Homo Sapiens on Planet Earth 
Fatal Flaw and Fatal Folly 
The People’s Summit for Democracy Offers a Progressive Vision to Counter U.S. Dominance in the Region 
War Photos Exhibited to Promote Peace 
Biden in Asia: Further Steps Toward War with China 
African Union at 20: Challenges ahead 
People are the Fifth Pillar of Democracy 
“Embracing Solidarities through Sharing Stories of Struggles to Resist Empires” 
End political instability in Sri Lanka 
Hunger Strikes by Two Political Prisoners Draw Attention to Violation of Their Human Rights 
Enforced Disappearances in Sri Lanka 
Relevance of Nehru’s Legacy of Democracy, Secularism, Socialism, Peace and Non-Alignment Has Increased Further 
Dalit agricultural Community in Sangrur protests for land rights 
Supreme Court upholds fundamental rights of sex workers to be treated with dignity and respect 
Tracing Panchayati Raj’s role in deepening democracy and decolonising governance over 30 years 
Bahujan politics needs a new radical alternative 
Ukraine Update: Ukraine Must Give Russia Territory, Says Henry Kissinger Immediately resolve the hunger strike Demands of Dr. G.N. Saibaba and save his life in the jail 
The Ukraine War’s Collateral Damage 
Constantly on the Verge of Collapse: How Palestinians Became a Factor in Israeli Politics 
The Solidarity Youth Movement launched its second state-level conference on the title theme ‘The tradition of liberation and the proud testimony of faith’ 
The Economy of Tolerable Massacres: The Uvalde Shootings 
Weep not just for Uvalde but for the hatred that consumes America and the world 
Candlelight Vigil for Shireen 
Long Marginalized, the ‘Right of Return’ is Once More a Palestinian Priority 
Ghetto America 
Fast-Track to NATO Expansion Hits a Speed Bump 
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