2023

The eco-feminism of Maria Mies stands at the crossroads of the feminist, ecological and colonial liberation movements. Mies attempts to bring Marxian theory face to face with the newly emerging political crises of the late twentieth century. This has involved a heuristic reading of Marx’s text in the light of modern anthropology and what she calls “object-relations”. But Mies is as much an activist as an academic sociologist. Her concerns range from prescriptive essays on methodology in (…)

by Bethan Juliet Oake *
Earlier this year the non-binary singer-songwriter, Sam Smith, performed their song Unholy, at the Grammys. Dressed in a red devil-horned top hat and latex costume, the performance drew upon popular occult and gothic aesthetics. And it attracted a huge amount of criticism for the supposed promotion of satanic imagery that the performance was, in fact, a real, satanic ritual orchestrated by an elite cult of Hollywood satanists. Its supposed aim? To morally subvert (…)

Bhumi Adhikar Andolan
Press Statement
Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023 Undermines PESA Act 1996, FRA 2006, Forest Conservation Act 1980, LARR 2013 and National Forest Policy 1988…
New Delhi
30.05.2023
Bhumi Adhikar Andolan first appreciates the Joint Parliament Committee (JPC) for inviting public in general and NGOs/ experts/ stakeholders/ Institutions in particular to give comments/ suggestions on the proposed Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023.
Given the (…)

Open Statement by Concerned Citizens 31.5.2023
Sub: Condemning the intimidation of academic by ED under PMLA
We, the undersigned, strongly condemn the recent interrogation and intimidation, without any specific charges, of Dr. Navsharan Singh by the Enforcement Directorate under the PMLA.
Dr. Singh is a scholar of the highest integrity. She is a well-known researcher in the fields of agriculture, women’s rights, farmers, and peace. She has written extensively on informal sector (…)

Statement on the G7 Hiroshima Summit
We Protest against G7 Leaders for Turning their Backs on the Call of the Hibakusha and the People
Seeking the Prohibition and Abolition of Nuclear Weapons
May 21, 2023
Yasui Masakazu, Secretary General
Japan Council against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs (Gensuikyo)
1. The G7 Summit Meeting of major economies, held from May 19 to 21 in the A-bombed city Hiroshima, ended, issuing a joint statement. During the Summit, the G7 leaders had an (…)

BOOK REVIEW
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Interpreting the World to Change It: Essays for Prabhat Patnaik C.P Chandrashekhar and Jayati Ghosh (editors)
Tulika Books, New Delhi 2018 ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9382381937 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9382381938 __0__
Interpreting the World to Change it: Essays for Prabhat Patnaik is a collection of essays celebrating the life of the stellar Marxist economist Professor Prabhat Patnaik. The contributors include Ashok Mitra, Irfan Habib, Amiya Kumar Bagchi, Akeel Bilgrami, Prakash (…)

BOOK REVIEW Reviewed by Leo Chu (Cambridge University)
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The Globalization of Wheat: A Critical History of the Green Revolution by Marci Baranski INTERSECTIONS: Histories of Environment. University of Pittsburgh Press
2022. 256 pp. (cloth) ISBN 978-0-8229-4734-9.
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When discussing my research with someone from a different field, the term “Green Revolution” does not always ring a bell—people often think it means transition to renewable energy. Among historians, in (…)

BOOK REVIEW
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A White Trail: A Journey into the Heart of Pakistan’s Religious Minorities
by Haroon Khalid
Vintage/Penguin Random House Pages: xxi + 334; Price: Rs 399 (PP) ISBN: 9780143460770
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How do religious minorities cope up in overwhelmingly Islamic Pakistan? Pakistan is not just a country founded by and for Muslims but it has taken great pains to educate entire generations to look down upon the "other" (read minorities), particularly since General Zia ul-Haq (…)

* The Siddaramaiah Phenomenon in Karnataka Politics | P. S. Jayaramu
* History Is Calling Us! Unite In Struggle To Defend The Values Of The Freedom Struggle | Manoranjan Mohanty
* M N Roy Memorial Lecture 2023
* Tribute: Sheetla Singh | Bharat Dogra
* Two ways to fight land subsidence | TamilSalvi Mari

by P. S. Jayaramu
(23th May 2023)
Siddaramaiah was recently sworn in as the Chief Minister of Karnataka for the second time. He is a pan-Karnataka mass leader from the kuruba, OBC community. He and the KPCC President D. K. Shiva Kumar led the Congress Party in an intense electoral battle with the BJP and registered an emphatic victory bagging 135 seats, with 43 percent vote share. The ruling BJP faced a humiliating defeat securing only 66 seats though its vote share remained intact at 36 (…)