On 26 June 2021, tens of thousands of Indian farmers will gather in front of the government offices in India’s twenty-eight states.
Subjects Archives: Movements
From G7 to NATO meetings, imperialist powers turn more aggressive towards China
In both the crucial summits of global north nations, political leaders led by U.S. president Joe Biden, made sweeping and unsubstantiated charges against China.
Walter Rodney’s death records to be amended and children’s books placed in schools
The martyred revolutionary’s assassination has finally been acknowledged by the Guyana state, and his works will become part of the educational curriculum.
America’s soup-brained president says the U.S. never interferes in other countries’ elections
The U.S. is far and away the single most egregious offender in the world on this front, which is largely why it is perceived around the world as a greater threat to democracy than any other government.
Grenfell Anniversary: Activist rapper Lowkey takes aim at Boris Johnson and UK neoliberalism
Four years after the Grenfell Tower fire, rapper and activist Lowkey revisits the tragic fire that tore through the North Kensington tower block on June 14, 2017—killing 72 low-income residents of housing owned by real-estate moguls.
Breaking the Stasis: The Left writes a new chapter in Peru
On June 10, 2021, the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) published the results of the second round of elections to elect the new president of Peru, with the winner being Pedro Castillo, the candidate for the leftist party Peru Libre (PL).
China fantasizes about a ‘low-desire’ life
Tired of the urban grind, young Chinese are rejecting consumerism and decamping to the countryside. That’s not the same thing as fighting back.
The WPA’s Federal Theatre: Creating jobs and creative achievement
A brief but spectacular achievement, the New Deal’s Federal Theatre Project (FTP) (1936-1939) provided jobs for some 13,000 destitute people at its height and created and produced 63,600 performances of 1,200 major theatrical works.
The coup that is taking place in Peru
While by all accounts, Pedro Castillo won the second round presidential elections, his adversary has refused to concede, and many fear that tensions could escalate with the help of Peru’s loyal right and the newly appointed U.S. ambassador.
Remembering Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara on his 93rd birth anniversary
‘A man who acted as he thought best and who has been absolutely faithful to his convictions.’
Know your enemy: How to defeat capitalism
In a capitalist society, there is always a good explanation for your poverty, your meaningless job (if you have a job), your difficulties and your general unhappiness. You are to blame.
Powerful states push tax race to the bottom
Last week, the largest rich countries, home to most major transnational corporations (TNCs), agreed to a global minimum corporate income tax (GMCIT) rate. But the low rate proposed and other features will deprive developing countries of their just due yet again.
Outrage as COVAX reports blocked vaccine payments, U.S. sanctions blamed
Venezuela’s efforts at the Copa America football tournament have also been derailed after 15 players and staffers caught the virus, prompting calls for an investigation.
Dossier no. 41: The farmers’ revolt in India
India’s big capital, in close cahoots with the political class, took advantage of privatisation policies to seize public resources (including profitable public sector assets), acquire vast tracts of land by displacing village and forest communities, control the nation’s mineral resources, and undermine public sector banks through a cascading set of fraud and non-payment schemes.
Latin America: in a permanent state of coup
In Latin America, coups d’état are always underway. When a government goes beyond being merely procedurally democratic and advances towards social justice, the always latent coup mechanisms are accelerated.
Secretary general: NATO won’t “mirror” Russia, will exponentially outspend, surround it with battle groups
Just hours ahead of the NATO summit in Brussels on June 14, the military bloc’s secretary general, Norway’s Jens Stoltenberg, told CNBC’s Hadley Gamble that NATO will continue to expand its military capabilities but will not “mirror” its arch-adversary Russia.
Learning from history: community-run child-care centers during World War II
We face many big challenges. And we will need strong, bold policies to meaningfully address them. Solving our child-care crisis is one of those challenges, and a study of World War II government efforts to ensure accessible and affordable high-quality child care points the way to the kind of bold action we need.
In workplace rights debate, who’s looking out for China’s interns?
Fueled by pandemic restrictions and a glut of qualified applicants, competition for internship slots is growing fiercer all the time.
Pedro Castillo wins presidential elections in Peru, Keiko Fujimori rejects the results
With 99.998% of the ballots counted, left-wing candidate Pedro Castillo has secured 50.204% of the votes, while far-right Keiko Fujimori has obtained 49.796% of the votes. Yesterday, Fujimori requested the election authorities to annul the results from 802 polling stations nationwide
China’s crypto crackdown spreads to Qinghai and Xinjiang
Last month, the two regions were warned about missing energy intensity reduction targets.
