International

China since 1989 Tiananmen Incident

Parimal Maya Sudhakar writes on developments in China since the Tiananmen Incident of 1989.

A Critique of the UNSC Resolution on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and disarmament

If the nuclear weapon state (NWS)-parties to the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty are at all serious about implementing Article – VI, at the 2010 NPT Review Conference they would have given binding unqualified negative security assurance to Non-NWS, consent to a no-first-use pledge between the NWS, agree to de-alert all deployed nuclear weapons, and take necessary steps to begin preparations for holding a nuclear weapons convention. Without these binding commitments, every other step would merely amount to an exercise in futility.

Of Cars and Corn: The ominous redistribution of grains between man and machine

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 Arindam Banerjee writes on the phenomenon of Biofuels - generated from grains that could otherwise serve as food. 

Sixty-Five Years After the Defeat of Fascism

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"History no doubt does not repeat itself with any predictable monotony, but it would be a mistake not to see certain chilling similarities between the 1930s and now".Eminent economist Prabhat Patnaik writes. Article courtesy: www.networkideas.org

Basic Adversities Faced by Women in the World of Work

Sona Mitra writes a short note on labour and gender inequality globally. 

May Day Pledge

1st May another May day. But this year it has greater significance as the basic premise of the ideological attacks on the forces of socialism led by the working class stands exposed . The financial meltdown has shown that the slogan of 'Capitalism the end of History' has shrunk . The forces wedded to a better humane society have the opportunity once again to lead a frontal attack against imperialism. Pragoti places below a may day pledge released by the CITU.
 

Health reform in the United States

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Commandante Fidel Castro continues his reflections on Barack Obama, the United States, its new healthcare system and other assorted issues. Article, courtesy Granma International. 

Empire and its Double Standards

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\Maidul Islam, Research Scholar at Oxford University writes on the David Headley affair.

The Long March in Latin America - The future of Bolivarianism

Latin America Left Turn

 Vijay Prashad provides a succinct exposition of the role of "Guerilla warfare" in Latin America today, in the context of the success of the Bolivarian project in the continent. Article courtesy Counterpunch and Students' Struggle.