India

The right-wing Modi government raided the offices and arrested the Editor-in-Chief of Newsclick, a major progressive news outlet, last October. Now, they’re preparing an over 8,000-page document of false accusations saying the outlet is controlled by the Chinese government, and responsible for everything from the farmers’ protests to unrest in...

In the early morning of October 3, the homes of over 100 journalists, contractors, and former employees associated with the progressive news outlets NewsClick and Peoples Dispatch, as well as Tricontinental Research Service, were raided by Indian authorities. Zoe Alexandra the co-editor of Peoples Dispatch, discusses the sweeping crackdown on...

The BRICS alliance of emerging major economies – Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa –  concluded its 15th Summit in Johannesburg with a major announcement. Six new countries have been invited into BRICS membership: Argentina, Ethiopia, Iran, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Saudi Arabia.  With three major oil-exporting nations set...

Thousands of Indian farmers, who had been marching in the state of Maharashtra led by a Communist-led farmers’ organization (AIKS), concluded their protest on March 18 with the government accepting their demands. Vikas Rawal, Professor of Economics at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning at Jawaharalal Nehru University, discusses...

Tucker Carlson declared that the British Empire was a “benign” force that brought civilization and beauty to India, while asserting the country had produced nothing of comparable value since independence. Indian journalist Prasanth R. of NewsClick and People’s Dispatch reacts, explaining just how wrong Carlson is. This kind of full-throated...

The following is a lightly edited transcription from The Punch Out with Eugene Puryear, a daily news podcast that comes out Monday through Friday, 5pm ET. Subscribe here. On Monday, Indian farmers and their supporters engaged in a “bharat bandh” — akin to a general strike — with a range...

From tribal communities in the forests to daily wage workers in the metros, hunger afflicted millions of Indians throughout the last year. Meanwhile, the central government had massive stocks of grain Newsclick The Covid-19 pandemic and the government’s ill-conceived and heartless response have left the people of India devastated. The...

India has been rocked by a historic strike of farmers since November 27th and people around the world have risen up in solidarity. The farmers are demanding the withdrawal of three agricultural reform laws, which they say will plummet their earnings and allow the nation’s wealthiest corporations to take over...

You probably didn’t hear this in the mainstream media: 250 MILLION people took part in a strike across India last Thursday. Workers at COVID-stricken Chicago nursing homes enter their second week of striking for better safety protections. Unless Congress renews the relief bill, half of American workers are at risk...

What do the U.S, India and Brazil have in common that are driving up COVID deaths worldwide? We speak with Prasanth R from People’s Dispatch about how the Modi government is cracking down on dissent as confirmed cases surge.