Tag Archive: Asia/India

The World’s Biggest Trading Bloc Does Not Include the United States

Released for Syndication: 11/25/2020

On November 15, 15 Asian and Pacific countries signed an agreement known as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) that unites 30 percent of...

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How the Privatization of Medicine in India Is Accelerating Its COVID-19 Death Toll

Released for Syndication: 11/24/2020

Health care profiteering in COVID times.

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Why Biden Will Keep the U.S.-Imposed Cold War Rolling

Released for Syndication: 11/17/2020

Much will certainly change in the world of U.S. foreign policy when Joe Biden enters the White House. There will be a more measured...

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Why Google Is Facing Serious Accusations of Monopoly Practices

Released for Syndication: 11/05/2020

The tech monopolies are increasingly being acknowledged as a danger to people, other companies, and even to democracy. The regulatory worm seems to be turning in many countries, even in the U.S. where it had gone into hibernation.

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India’s Move Toward a De Facto Unitary State

Released for Syndication: 11/05/2020

India is being pushed toward a de facto unitary state, with states being kept totally out of the loop in decision-making, as seen in the new agricultural laws, goods and services tax compensation, Jammu and Kashmir bifurcation and new National Education Policy.

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Why 2020 Is the Year of Black Holes

Released for Syndication: 10/23/2020

The Nobel physics prize went to scientists who have broken the dam on our understanding of mysteries in the universe.

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How India’s Leader Modi Is Changing Laws to Help Imperialists Dominate the Country’s Agriculture

Released for Syndication: 10/13/2020

Foreign investors and multinational companies have been pushing countries like India to become food-import-dependent and divert land devoted to food grain toward crops that imperialist countries can’t grow.

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Why We’re on a Long Road to COVID-19 Immunity Even With Vaccines

Released for Syndication: 10/02/2020

As the pandemic continues to spread throughout the world, many countries seem to have given up the fight against COVID-19 and are now waiting...

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Why Modi’s Government Is Not Up to the Task

Released for Syndication: 09/23/2020

A striking aspect of the 24 percent decline in India’s GDP in the first quarter of 2020-21 compared to the previous year’s first quarter...

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Facebook’s Business Model Thrives on the Virality of Hate

Released for Syndication: 08/31/2020

The problem of hate news is built into the genes of big digital monopolies like Facebook. We need to break up these monopolies and regulate them as the new public utilities of the digital age.

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