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Trading poverty in the market of Bhogvad
(1) There is contraction of meaning in the phrase capitalist consumerism. The correct expression for the view of life (Jivan-drishti) underlying the modern industrial capitalist civilization would be the phrase Punjivadi Bhogvad. The capitalist Bhogvad operates by incorporating feudal Bhogvad…
No Jobs, No Relief: Modi’s Legacy for Informal Workers
Ranchi, 20 April: Real wages have barely risen in India since 2014-15, despite rapid GDP growth. The country’s social security system has also stagnated in this period. The lives of informal workers remain extremely precarious, especially in states like Jharkhand where…
Iran-Israel Rivalry: Is it Ideology or Realpolitik?
Iran’s missile and drone attacks on Israeli territory this past week were unprecedented in many ways. Firstly, the direct attacks were a departure from Tehran’s decade-long shadow war, which saw the Shia state use proxies and non-state actors to target…
Delhi BJP to hold mega gathering of Hindu saints and seers at IGI stadium ahead of LS polls
Shri Rajiv Kumar Chief Election Commissioner Dear Shri Rajiv Kumar, I am sure the Election Commission is fully aware of the following report Delhi BJP to hold mega gathering of Hindu saints and seers at IGI stadium ahead of LS…
Philippines Court Decision Gives Great Hope to Efforts to Save Farmers and Consumers from GM Crops and Food
At a time when there is increasing concern that powerful GM crop lobbyists backed by enormous resources of giant multinational companies may be able to bulldoze food safety and environmental concerns while pushing GM crops, a new hope has appeared…
Telling the ‘Untold’ Stories of Palestinian Lives, Dreams, and Hopes—in Gaza and Beyond
The media collective Untold Palestine gathers the stories mainstream media doesn’t tell about Palestinians—videos, photographs, and written accounts from Palestinian people about their culture and daily life. After a decade of struggling with infertility and undergoing IVF procedures, 27-year-old Alaa…
Palestine Now, Palestine Tomorrow, Palestine Forever – Part I
For and in Memory of All Palestinian Children, Dead and Alive We focus on Gaza at this moment because a genocidal attack is taking place. Ten thousand dead and 4,000 precious children. And don't let anybody tell you that because…
Herbert Marcuse – New Left Revival?
World events serve as a stage of constant search for how best to construct and maintain society, which is an underlying theme of some decades ago found in the works of Herbert Marcuse, 1898–1979, German-American philosopher of prominent fame during…
Wars Are Causing Massive Distress, but for A Few These Mean High Profits
We all are aware of the enormous distress caused and the thousands of human lives lost in the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine, but there are a few who look at these wars in a very different way-- in terms…
Kansas At last Allows Removal of Racist Property Covenants
At long last, on April 5, the Kansas state legislature passed HB 2562 by a vote of 123 to 0. The bill includes a provision concerning racial covenants attached to property documents allowing property owners for a fee to “……
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