AER 150: Kung Fu Yoga with Carl Zha on the new Trump Tariffs

Carl Zha joins for our occasional Kung Fu Yoga series where we talk about India and China. Trump’s slapped new tariffs on India and given China another break. We go back to the Independence era, talk about Import Substitution Industrialization vs Export-Led Growth, the Chip War, the short India-Pakistan war a few months ago, and more. Will India-China relations improve after Trump’s snub? Or will India go right back to Trump for more abuse?

AEP 100: Debriefing the Indian Farmers’ Victory with Navyug Gill

Debriefing the Indian Farmers’ Victory

I’m joined by Navyug Gill from William Paterson University to talk about the historic victory of the Indian Farmers who, after demonstrating for a whole year at the cost of 750 lives, succeeded in forcing the repeal of three laws that would have immiserated agriculture in India, done away with the government procurement system, and subjected the entire agricultural system to new levels of instability and volatility. Instead, the farmers stopped the seemingly unstoppable Modi juggernaut. We talk about how they did it and what might come next.

AEP 82: A briefing on India’s COVID crisis

A briefing about India’s COVID-19 crisis

A briefing about India’s COVID-19 crisis – its immediate causes in the premature declaration of victory, and its longer-term causes in the privatized and underfunded health system and the global system of vaccination production and distribution for private profit.