Many have described the controversial farm legislations as a major step towards introducing a free market in agriculture. The government, too, has contributed to this … Why Do Farmers Feel the Deck Is Stacked Against Them?Read more
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Posted inHindutva / India / Protest / ToMl
What Farmers Who Have Done Contract Farming Say About the Law
Rajesh Kumar, a resident of Khanpur Jatan village in Thanesar Tehsil of Haryana’s Kurukshetra district, had taken up contract farming till last year. His entire … What Farmers Who Have Done Contract Farming Say About the LawRead more
Posted inScience / ToMl
Ancient DNA continues to rewrite corn’s 9,000-year society-shaping history
Some 9,000 years ago, corn as it is known today did not exist. Ancient peoples in southwestern Mexico encountered a wild grass called teosinte that … Ancient DNA continues to rewrite corn’s 9,000-year society-shaping historyRead more
Posted inPalestine / ToMl
Reparations for Jews but not Palestinians
https://jfjfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Arab-refugees-from-Haifa-disembarking-at-Port-Said-Egypt-3-May-1948-300×174.png Arab refugees from Haifa disembarking at Port Said, Egypt, 3 May 1948 What suckers the Germans are. Had they passed an Absentees’ Property Law … Reparations for Jews but not PalestiniansRead more
Posted inImperialism / Military / Somalia / ToMl / USA Empire
Troop repositioning, for the US war in Somalia
Abby Martin Empire Update [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC1mLxc4BYw&rel=0&feature=relmfu] Our next update is a new development we reported last week regarding Trump’s misreported troop “withdrawal”, or more accurately, … Troop repositioning, for the US war in SomaliaRead more
Posted inCO2 / ToMl / Tree
Land ecosystems are becoming less efficient at absorbing CO2
Land ecosystems currently play a key role in mitigating climate change. The more carbon dioxide (CO2) plants and trees absorb during photosynthesis, the process they … Land ecosystems are becoming less efficient at absorbing CO2Read more
Posted inMedicine / ToMl / USA Empire
One Woman Prevented a Pharmaceutical Disaster
In the fall of 1960, Richardson-Merrell had ten million thalidomide pills manufactured and ready to release onto the U.S. market. All its executives had to … One Woman Prevented a Pharmaceutical DisasterRead more
Posted inSlavery / ToMl
The shadow of slavery hangs over the gilded life of Richard Drax
Drive into Dorset on the A31 and you roll past a high brick wall butted up tight to the road that seems to go on … The shadow of slavery hangs over the gilded life of Richard DraxRead more
Posted inPolitics / Russia / ToMl
Shock Without the Therapy
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky7yi1cgY0c&rel=0&feature=relmfu] RAI with A. Buzgalin (6/12) ALEXANDER BUZGALIN: Yeah. Really, when officially, Communist Party was forbidden, and Soviet Union disappeared, I must stress that … Shock Without the TherapyRead more
Posted inToMl / Transportation / USA Empire / Worker
New Wave of Anti-Worker Laws Pushed by Big Tech
Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft scored a major victory with the passage of Proposition 22 in California, and worker rights advocates fear they will push … New Wave of Anti-Worker Laws Pushed by Big TechRead more