Misleading Narratives on Labour’s Defeat Have a Purpose
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Misleading Narratives on Labour’s Defeat Have a Purpose

Gawain Little   Last night, Labour suffered a stunning election defeat, losing seats in its traditional heartlands and handing a substantial majority to a hard-right Tory government.   Cue the multitude of voices clamouring for Jeremy Corbyn to resign, holding him solely responsible for the result, calling for a shift to the back to the…

We Will Continue to Work for a More Just and Sustainable World
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We Will Continue to Work for a More Just and Sustainable World

Jeremy Corbyn   We are living in highly volatile times. Two-and-a-half years ago, in the first general election I contested as Labour leader, our party increased its share of the popular vote by 10 percentage points. On Thursday, on a desperately disappointing night, we fell back eight points.   I have called for a period…

How Did Savarkar, a Staunch Supporter of British Colonialism, Come to Be Known as ‘Veer’?
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How Did Savarkar, a Staunch Supporter of British Colonialism, Come to Be Known as ‘Veer’?

Pavan Kulkarni   Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883–1966)—mythologised in popular imagination as ‘Veer Savarkar’—not only refrained from participating in the freedom struggle after the British released him from prison on account of his relentless pleas for mercy, but also actively collaborated with the English rulers to whom he had declared his loyalty.   At the time…

If a Private Player Can Revive a PSU, Why Can’t Govt?
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If a Private Player Can Revive a PSU, Why Can’t Govt?

Prabhat Patnaik   (This is the second part of an article on the perversity of the neo-liberal fiscal regime. The first part of this article was published in the previous issue of Janata.)   Apart from defrauding the states of their legitimate share of resources, the second way in which the Centre is attempting to…

Stand Up for the Constitution! Scrap CAA! No NRC!
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Stand Up for the Constitution! Scrap CAA! No NRC!

Citizens for Justice and Peace   We, the people of India, protest against the move to question our citizenship. We believe that this is an attempt to divide India on religious lines. Our citizenship has been granted to us by law and constitution and we will defend it till our last breath. Over the past…

The Spectre of Jamia: Violation of a Safe Space
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The Spectre of Jamia: Violation of a Safe Space

Ushosee Pal & Sanchari Basu Chaudhuri    Time and again, students have shown the way to dissent peacefully and demand change. And, Friday, the 13th of December, 2019, was no different.   Three to four teachers were giving a speech about NRC and CAB inside the campus while a number of students (around fifty) listened….

Partition Lies and Amit Shah’s Theatre of the Absurd
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Partition Lies and Amit Shah’s Theatre of the Absurd

Prem Shankar Jha   During the Lok Sabha debate on the Bill amending the Citizenship Act, Union home minister Amit Shah suddenly lost his temper and blurted: “Is desh ka vibhajan agar dharma ke aadhar par Congress na kari hoti to is Bill ka kaam nahin hota (Had the Congress not partitioned this country on…

Unite – To Fight the Nefarious Schemes of the Modi-Shah Government 
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Unite – To Fight the Nefarious Schemes of the Modi-Shah Government 

G.G. Parekh, Neeraj Jain Being a citizen is the supremest identity that a person has; in contrast, being declared non-citizen (or a foreigner) effectively means the person becomes stateless, which condemns him/her to civil death—a person becomes deprived of almost all his civil rights. The Indian Constitution granted citizenship by birth to all people; after…

‘Let’s Do This Everywhere’
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‘Let’s Do This Everywhere’

Julia Conley   Lawmakers in Kansas City, Missouri took a “visionary step” on December 5, 2019 by unanimously voting to make public transportation in the city free of charge, setting the stage for it to be the first major US city to have free public transit.   The Kansas City Council voted to direct the…