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On the Anniversary of His Death, Theodore W. Allen’s Analysis Still Resonates
“White supremacy” wrote Allen, is “both the keystone and the Achilles heel of U.S. bourgeois democracy.”
As the Revolving Door Spins, Lobbyists Hired for Top Jobs in Congress Yet Again
The newly elected Congress is hiring a wave of corporate lobbyists to fill key staff roles.
Vaccines Alone Aren’t Enough to Eradicate a Virus – Lessons from History
Smallpox eradication teaches that high-tech vaccinations only work when they are effectively combined with low-tech public health strategies.
Iran’s 1979 Revolution: A Brief History
Iran’s Revolution is generally understood to have begun on January 7, 1978, and continued until the Shah fled the country on January 16, 1979. The revolution was brewing for decades though …
War Is Not Innate to Humanity
The historical anthropologist says that there is a growing argument for a human history that predates war altogether and further points out that war is not innate to human nature, but instead, is a social and cultural development that begins at certain points around the globe.
Sahir Ludhianvi: “The Magician” Whose Songs Live on Reverberating With Love and Life
Remembering Sahir Ludhianvi, one of India’s finest ever poet-lyricists, on his birth centenary.
Republic Day 2021 – Let Our Farmers Parade!
The present ruling dispensation is pitching the Jawan against the Kisan. This cannot be countenanced. A Jawan-Kisan Republic Day-2021 is possibly the best panacea! Let the farmers parade and celebrate!
Support the Struggle of the Farmers. It Is Our Struggle Too! – Part 3
The Modi Government is worried that if it is forced to withdraw the farm bills under pressure of the farmers’ movement, it may inspire people’s struggles against other elements of neoliberalism imposed on India by the World Bank – such as cut in education and health subsidies.
Modi’s Farm Produce Act was Authored 30 Years Ago, in Washington D.C.
Key provisions of the Modi Government’s farm bills, such as ending government procurement and winding up the FCI, were in fact spelled out in a World Bank document of August 1991.
War Heroes in New Battles for India’s Farmers
Standing with the sea of farmers at the gates of Delhi are veterans, decorated for their daring in the 1965 and 1971 wars with Pakistan.