Tag Archives : middle class

The swine is in the news these days thanks to the swine flu which is spreading fast globally across various countries. The Swine flu getting attention in developed countries is understandable. Not many killer diseases or killing living conditions stalk people there. But it getting attention in developing nations and even under developed countries is [...]

Slavery and colonialism did not leave the African continent even during the age of post-colonial Africa. The establishment of an African bourgeoisie did not help the traditionalist view any. This African middle class has viewed their native languages as “shameful,” “inelegant,” and “incapable of expressing scientific or [...]

Mahasweta Devi’s ‘The Hunt’ is a story of gender roles and their reversal as a form of seeking justice to gender inequality and oppression. It is also a story of one woman’s triumph over her vulnerability in a patriarchal system and male-dominated society. At the most, it is a critical response to a macho culture. The oppression of woman in [...]

The democratic system works in that a ‘black’ man is now U.S. president, but the real proof for the system to show that it is, indeed, working depends on what the ‘black’ president can and will do in terms of correcting the racial, gender, and class inequalities in American society. The election of a ‘center-left’ African-American president [...]

An ILO report warned that the total number of unemployed could reach 230 million, and that 45 percent of these workers are below the poverty line. As a direct consequence of the global economic crisis, 2009 could add 50 million new unemployed worldwide. In 2007, nearly 180 million people were without work. According to the ILO, the estimate for 2009 [...]