Unprecedented Inequality in the ‘Billionaire Raj’

IT is the time when Instagram feeds will be flooded with photos and reels of the mega fortnight marriage event of the Ambanis and the eye balls of average Indians would be rolling to follow the spectacle of wealth, offering glaring evidence of the billionaire raj that India could produce at the end of three decades of neoliberal reforms. According to the latest study of the World Inequality Lab, India’s inequality levels have reached unprecedented levels, highest ever since 1922.

TN: Lawyers Rally against New Criminal Laws

LAWYERS across the country are mobilising demanding the central NDA government to suspend the implementation of three new criminal laws. In Tamil Nadu, state-level Advocates Associations and the Bar Association have united to form a Joint Action Council. On July 8, they organised a rally and demonstration in Tiruchi, where leaders of several political parties voiced their support for the lawyers' cause.On July 10, advocates responded to the Joint Action Council's call by organising protests at railway stations and boycotted court until July 12.

Halting the March of Fascism in Europe

THE coming to power of governments led by fascists is either a reality or a threat today over large parts of the world. In Europe at present there are several countries where fascists are leading governments; France was on the verge of being added to this list, in which case it would have been the second major European power, after Italy, to have a fascist government.

The British People Voted Against Austerity

IT is impossible for a political party committed to policies of austerity to remain in office forever. Austerity policies cannibalise social life, cutting everything that makes it possible for humans to live in the modern world. When the Conservative Party’s David Cameron became the prime minister in 2010, after thirteen years of New Labour rule which had already pursued an austerity strategy, he pushed an ultra-austerity budget that cut investments in health and transportation, in education and community life.

Scrap 3 New ‘Dangerous’ Criminal Laws, Demand Central TUs, Independent Federations

In a joint statement, the Platform of Central Trade Unions said “now any gathering of people and the leaders of the gatherings can be declared terrorists.

French Elections – Left Success in Halting the Far Right

PEOPLE of France have voted against the far-right in the parliamentary elections. Contrary to many opinion polls, the National Rally of Le Pen could win only 143 seats and stood third. The newly formed Left coalition, New Popular Front achieved a victory by emerging as the largest bloc with182 seats, while President Macron’s group Ensemble won 163 seats. As a result of this fractured mandate, no single party or Front secured an outright majority. For a majority, one needs to win 289 in the 577-seat National Assembly. The New Popular Front fell short of majority by over 100 seats.

Media Organisations Condemn UP Police FIR against Two Journalists

DIGIPUB, PCI, IWPC, said registering of FIR by UP Police against Zakir Ali Tyagi and Wasim Akram Tyagi was “perturbing and “misuse of new criminal laws”.MEDIA organisations, such as DIGIPUB, Press Club of India and the Indian Women’s Press Corp have condemned the FIR registered by the Uttar Pradesh Police against five persons, including two journalists, for their posts on the alleged lynching of a Muslim man in Shamli district.DIGIPUB, a collective of over 90 digital news outfits and independent journalists, said the FIR against journalist Zakir Ali Tyagi and Wasim Akram Tyagi and

Boeing Pleads Guilty to Criminal Fraud: The Continuing 737 Max Saga

BOEING has agreed to plead guilty to a criminal fraud charge regarding the two crashes of 737 Max aeroplanes that caused the death of 346 passengers on two flights: a Lions Air flight out of Indonesia in October 2018 and an Ethiopian Airlines flight in March 2019.

MP: Fact-Finding Committee Demands Justice for Mandla Victims

On June 15, Ramnarayan Kuraria, CPI(M) Madhya Pradesh state secretariat member, and Anil Sallam, Seoni district secretary, visited Bhainswahi village in Mandla district. Their investigation revealed the mistreatment of minority groups under the pretext of cow slaughter allegations.Bhainswahi village is predominantly inhabited by adivasis, dalits and minority communities, who primarily depend on agriculture and construction work in urban areas for their livelihoods.

Lancet Letter Estimates as Many as 186,00 Deaths in Gaza

A letter published in one of the world’s most prestigious medical journal renews accusations of genocide and claims that current death toll estimates of people who have been killed in Gaza since October 7 are far below the real number.“IT is not implausible to estimate that up to 186,000 or even more deaths could be attributable to the current conflict in Gaza,” reads a letter published in The Lancet, penned by Rasha Khatib, Martin McKee, and Salim Yusuf on July 5.

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