Dispatches from India: Episode 4: Doctors struggle for equipment
In this episode, we take a look at the situation with regard to Personal Projection Equipment for health care workers, and attempts by the right wing to polarize the spread of the disease.
Amid COVID-19 crisis, India buys $116 million worth of guns from Israel
India plans to buy 16,479 Negev Light Machine Guns manufactured by Israeli Weapons Industries.
For India’s migrant workers, the flight from COVID-19 leads to starvation
The three week lockdown imposed by the Narendra Modi government has left these workers stranded in cities without jobs and on the verge of starvation
India’s failed lockdown: devastating the poor, weakening the fight against COVID-19
A large-scale migration of people during the lockdown will only spread infections rapidly across the country. Meanwhile, food and other supplies are drying up as supply chains are slowly coming apart under pressure.
Pandemic and socialism
As COVID-19 grips the world, in country after country, there is socialization of healthcare and of production of some essential goods, which markedly departs from the capitalist norm
As India locks down, the poor and migrant workers are shut out
With the hasty imposition of the world’s largest 21-day-lockdown by the Indian government led by Narendra Modi, fear, anxiety and desperation has gripped the entire country. The abrupt decision has been especially hard on the poor and daily wage earners
COVID-19: know it so that we can fight it
A successful fight against the COVID-19 pandemic needs to be fought by understanding the disease and uniting the people. This is the lesson that the divisive Modi government in India refuses to learn
How is Kerala tackling the Coronavirus pandemic?
The southern state in India is one of the few regions in the world which proactively responded to the COVID-19 threat.
An often overlooked region of India is a beacon to the world for taking on the Coronavirus
The Southern Indian state of Kerala has led the way in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic enacting key public health measures as well as economic and social measures to protect the population
Covid-19 Pandemic Poses Fundamental Challenges to all Societies
Quick and widespread testing and quarantine will help tackle the spread of Covid-19, not ultra-nationalism or hyper-capitalism.
Delhi riots: Survivors tell their stories
In this ground report, we spoke to families that were displaced due to the mob violence during the anti-Muslim riots in Delhi, India.
What sparked right-wing mob violence in Delhi?
The sectarian violence has been primarily targeted against Muslims who have been peacefully protesting against the discriminatory Citizenship (Amendment) Act since the past two months.
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