Mozilla recently announced that they would be dismissing 250 people. That’s a quarter of their workforce so there are some deep cuts to their work … Firefox usage is down 85% despite Mozilla’s top exec pay going up 400%Read more
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Posted inHistory / India / ToMl
How and Why Gilgit Baltistan Defied Maharaja Hari Singh and Joined Pakistan
In the first part of this article, we have argued that India’s desire to recover Gilgit Baltistan from Pakistan would amount to “expansionism”. We have … How and Why Gilgit Baltistan Defied Maharaja Hari Singh and Joined PakistanRead more
Posted inIndia / ToMl / Worker
Pandemic Highlights India’s Class Divide
In India, 1.3 billion people have been locked down for more than a week to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The country reports nearly … Pandemic Highlights India’s Class DivideRead more
Posted inHospital / Immigrant / ToMl / USA Empire / Violence / Women
A Hospital Sterilized Chicana Patients
In Georgia, immigration authorities have stopped sending immigrant female detainees held in the Irwin County Detention Center to a gynecologist accused of sterilizing the women … A Hospital Sterilized Chicana PatientsRead more
Posted inToMl / USA Empire
Tenants Demand Rent Relief & Organize Strikes as Unemployment Surges Due to COVID-19
Today is April 1, and millions across the country don’t have the money to pay rent. But despite eviction moratoriums and relief on mortgage payments … Tenants Demand Rent Relief & Organize Strikes as Unemployment Surges Due to COVID-19Read more
Posted inToMl / USA Empire / Worker
UPS Not Prioritizing Safety as Workers Test Positive
The White House is now estimating 100,000 to a quarter of a million people could die from the coronavirus pandemic. Some of those most concerned … UPS Not Prioritizing Safety as Workers Test PositiveRead more
Posted inToMl / USA Empire / Yemen
Yemen A Crisis Made in America
More than nine months into the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations is warning millions in Yemen, South Sudan, northeast Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of … Yemen A Crisis Made in AmericaRead more
Posted inPolitics / Racism / ToMl / USA Empire
American Environmentalism’s Racist Roots Have Shaped Global Thinking About Conservation
The United States is having a long-overdue national reckoning with racism. From criminal justice to pro sports to pop culture, Americans increasingly are recognizing how … American Environmentalism’s Racist Roots Have Shaped Global Thinking About ConservationRead more
Posted inHindutva / India / Language / ToMl
Was Hindi Really Created by India’s British Colonial Rulers?
https://cdn.thewire.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/13120658/de-Tours-Characters.jpg Hindustani characters of the Grammatica Linguæ Indianæ Vulgaris (1703) of Francois-Marie de Tours. As a person who studies early modern vernaculars, I often hear … Was Hindi Really Created by India’s British Colonial Rulers?Read more
Posted inHindutva / India / Language / ToMl
Hindi was devised by a Scottish linguist of The East India Company
If the Anglophone Indians are derided as ‘Macaulay’s children’, then the Hindi speaking Indians can also be called ‘Gilchrist’s children’. My late maternal grandmother – … Hindi was devised by a Scottish linguist of The East India CompanyRead more