Ola, Uber and Zomato: India's gig workers see hope in new state law
The western state of Rajasthan passed a landmark law that aims to provide platform-based gig workers social security benefits - a right they have been demanding for a long time - among other provisions.
THACKER PASS AND THE UGLY TRADITION OF EXTRACTION WITHOUT INDIGENOUS PERMISSION
By Tokata Iron Eyes
Peehee mu'huh (or #ThackerPass, as it’s known in English), a sensitive wilderness area located in what is now called #HumboldtCounty, #Nevada, sits on the ancestral homelands of the #Paiute and #Shoshone peoples. Right now, these lands are threatened by a #lithium mining project being developed by a company called #LithiumNevada, a subsidiary of #LithiumAmericasCorp .
As we continue to create and imagine solutions to the ongoing #ClimateCrisis, we must ensure that extractive #industry isn’t allowed to continue harming #Indigenous and #FrontlineCommunities in that process. Native territories have always been seen by #colonists and #capitalists as expendable virgin lands, there for the taking and exploiting. But recognize that the remaining undisrupted, undisturbed #ecosystems
Hi! My #introduction. I’m a #PhD with dual wet-lab & dry-lab skills in biochemistry and bioinformatics/genomics, currently in #SanDiego. I’m coming up on the end of my #postdoc in 6 months and am deeply considering my next steps. Am open to any career advice & informal chats, especially on the classic #industry vs #academia dilemma, and the less classic #wetware (#laboratory) vs #software dilemma. Feel free to reply, DM, or email at tfallon@ucsd.edu , or of course, toot @photocyte !
Brief visit today and wish it could have been longer. Great museum! Very insightful as to the life of a worker in the pottery factories. If you think, 'Well, that doesn't sound very interesting,' go to the museum, where your mind will be changed. Going back when I have more time!
In this Our Changing Climate video essay, I look at the validity of vegan and plant-based diets as a solution to climate change. I dive into the human and planetary toll of the meat industry, looking at the massive emissions toll of beef production as well as the exploitative conditions in meat processing plants. Ultimately, I...
Today, Dalton, Georgia is less known for its commercial prowess than for the far-right former CrossFit instructor who represents the area in Congress, Marjorie Taylor Greene. But it’s also playing host to an early test of the Biden administration’s national experiment in industrial policy.
From the Bhopal gas tragedy to Facebook and Bloomsbury, a history of corporate culpability
What ties Warren Anderson, the CEO of Union Carbide when the Bhopal Gas Tragedy occurred, to Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, and Nigel Newton, the CEO of Bloomsbury? It is the belief that they need not follow the same standards for their business in India that they do in Western democracies, writes Hartosh Singh Bal.
Anti-Pollution Norms & State Policies Cripple UP’s Leather Industry, Pushing Muslim Livelihoods To The Brink
With de facto and de jure marginalisation of Uttar Pradesh’s Muslims after 2014, when chief minister Yogi Adityanath of the BJP came to power, one result has been the industrial decline of predominantly Muslim-owned and employed businesses across the state. One such important business hub is the leather industry, concentrated in the city of Kanpur and nearby Unnao. In the second of a two-part series, Article14 analyses the socio-economic consequences of anti-cow slaughter laws and discriminatory policies against the leather industry in India’s most populous state.
This abandoned factory produced hand-blown hollowed glass, initially producing glass used to make petroleum lanterns. The huge contraption that dominates these photos is a ring furnace.
Close to Half of Adani's Rs 34,000 Crore Mundra PVC Project To Be Funded By SBI-Led Consortium
The project will be undertaken by an Adani subsidiary called Mundra Petrochem. Work on the project was halted in March following Hindenburg Research's scathing attack on the conglomerate.
How the Dravidian Model of Development Succeeded in Tamil Nadu
In prioritising the counter hegemonic articulations of the plebes against the exploitative Brahminical social order, Dravidianism evolved a new common sense of equity as the bedrock of popular, electoral democracy.
El Niños are becoming stronger. The collective impacts of these changes on agricultural production can compromise food and water security in india. We need to dissect how escalating extreme weather events and future changes in climate will combine to affect India’s monsoon in the coming years.
Gautam Adani: the Indian billionaire vs the short seller
In 2022 the Indian businessman was the third richest man in the world but a short report at the start of 2023 saw the value of his listed companies fall by over $100bn. The fallout has spread beyond the markets and into politics as the story of Adani has become inextricably linked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of the new India.
An impressive 50m tall dodecahedral tower built in the 1930s. The gasworks nearby converted coal into fuel gas for use in gas-fuelled lighting systems. The tower acted as short-term storage between production and consumption.
“It’s incredible that this has gone under the radar for so long, as these #lobbyists help the #fossilfuel#industry wield extraordinary #power,” said James Browning, a former Common Cause lobbyist who put together the database for a new venture called F Minus. “Many of these cities and counties face severe costs from #climatechange and yet elected officials are selling their residents out.”
Kratom Company and Owner Plead Guilty to Illegal Importation and Money Laundering (www.justice.gov)
Found via: California Kratom Crook busted! Scam Ripoff Money Laundering 😮 - Double M Herbals...
[Video] Is Veganism Really the Answer? (www.youtube.com)
In this Our Changing Climate video essay, I look at the validity of vegan and plant-based diets as a solution to climate change. I dive into the human and planetary toll of the meat industry, looking at the massive emissions toll of beef production as well as the exploitative conditions in meat processing plants. Ultimately, I...
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