In India, workers are being sucked into a game of death
India

In India, workers are being sucked into a game of death

Earnings are gone, jobs are gone, hunger is met by handouts and the Modi government is using the pandemic lockdown to push through more oppressive conditions on workers to please India Inc.

Subodh Varma
April 26, 2020
India workers strike
India

Jan 8 Strike: With 73 million jobless in India, it’s a fight for survival

Workers are striking for more jobs while the Narendra Modi government is busy implementing the far-right wing agenda, refusing to see the huge army of unemployed

Subodh Varma
January 6, 2020
As CAA/NRC protests rage, India’s PM Modi talks about $5 trillion economy
India

As CAA/NRC protests rage, India’s PM Modi talks about $5 trillion economy

This display of hubris shows how far the ruling far-right wing Bharatiya Janata Party and its leadership has become disconnected from the people

Subodh Varma
December 22, 2019
RSS Hitler
India

India’s citizenship bill and lessons from Nazi Germany

The recent discriminatory Citizenship Amendment Bill passed by the Indian parliament and the National Register of Citizens associated with it are part of the Hindu nationalist agenda whose proponents have always admired Nazi Germany for its racist policies

Subodh Varma
December 12, 2019
India industral code
India

India’s new industrial relations law: a farewell to job security

The new Industrial Relations Code changes forever the security of having a job. Now employees will be at the mercy of employers

Subodh Varma
December 1, 2019
Coal workers strike in India
India

Half a million coal workers in India ready for total strike on Sept 24

They are opposing Indian government’s decision to allow foreign companies’ entry into the sector

Subodh Varma
September 23, 2019
Indian elections: failure on jobs front will sink Modi government
India

Indian elections: failure on jobs front will sink Modi government

All the hype about Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s schemes and ‘nationalism’ will not wash away the pain of joblessness

Subodh Varma
March 17, 2019
The Truth Behind Crackdown on Human Rights Activists
India

The Truth Behind Crackdown on Human Rights Activists

It is an attempt to divert attention from the mounting evidence of terrorist activities by Hindutva supporting Sanathan Sanstha and its associates, and also shielding those behind the Bhima Koregaon violence.

Subodh Varma
August 29, 2018