PM Modi consecrates controversial Ram temple in Ayodhya, declares “new era” for India
32 years after the Babri mosque was demolished by Hindu right-wing mobs, a temple dedicated to the Hindu deity, Ram, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 22
Decoding India’s Economy | With Prof. Prabhat Patnaik
Senior journalist Aunindyo Chakravarty and noted economist Prabhat Patnaik discuss the economic structure of India, the support base of the current dispensation, questions around capitalism and socialism, and what gives us hope in these difficult times
When communists stood in the way of the right wing’s bulldozer in India
On April 20, communist activists in India physically prevented the demolition of shops in a Muslim-dominated area in New Delhi. The demolition drive had been continuing despite a court order staying it
Controversial Hijab ban in India a form of “religious apartheid”
Many fear that the headscarf ban in educational institutions will intensify persecution of minority groups by far-right Hindu nationalists forces within the country
The life of a great marxist: Aijaz Ahmad (1941-2022)
Aijaz Ahmad (1941-2022) died at home on March 9, surrounded by his books and papers, and by the warmth of his children and his friends.
Right-wing hate speech runs rampant in India’s elections
The upcoming elections in three Indian states will be a contest between the BJP’s polarizing, violent, Islamaphobic messages and efforts to create a more plural, more democratic India
Why Modi govt. looked the other way on giving cash relief during pandemic
Timidity vis-à-vis international finance capital, callousness toward people, and cynicism in manipulating the electorate and legislators, have made the Modi government one of the most ultra-Right governments in the world
India’s move toward a de facto unitary state
India is being pushed toward a de facto unitary state, with States being kept totally out of the loop in decision-making, as seen in the new agricultural laws, goods and services tax compensation, Jammu and Kashmir bifurcation and new National Education Policy.
India’s Independence Day 2020 – distressed people, indifferent rulers
Never before has India been so besieged by crises – the pandemic, devastated economy, an eroded constitutional system. But the resistance is swelling up
COVID-19 in Palestine: solidarity and steadfastness amid multiple crises
Maren Mantovani of the Stop the Wall campaign talks about Israel’s corona-racism, the deployment of surveillance technology in the name of tracking the pandemic, and the continuing atrocities on the people of Palestine
The stranglehold of finance versus people in the era of pandemic
Intensification of the conflict between interests of finance capital and that of people in the days to come will sound the death-knell of financial globalization
Pandemic and socialism
As COVID-19 grips the world, in country after country, there is socialization of healthcare and of production of some essential goods, which markedly departs from the capitalist norm
- Google employees lead sit-ins protesting company’s complicity in genocide
- Israeli tourists attack vigil in Cusco in support of Palestine
- During Red April, Brazil’s MST restates the importance of agrarian reform
- German authorities’ crackdown on Palestine Conference sparks widespread outrage
- As elections approach, India’s farmers count government’s broken promises
