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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
Why does the West, supposedly a global promoter of democracy, support Saudi Arabia, a monarchy? The answer lies in a historical process whereby Saudi Arabia was propped up by major powers as an outpost of imperialist interests and a bulwark against revolutionary ideologies.
One’s birthday cannot be ‘happy’ in prison; however, in wishing you – we celebrate your life, your mission and your message and above all, those whom you have so closely identified with all these years; so “Birthday Greetings to you, dear Fr. Stan!”
By enacting kangaroo courts and executions, Naxalites are legitimising the extra-judicial methods the state uses against them.
An attempt to view Dr Ambedkar’s work from a feminist perspective and understand his contribution to the discourse.
Piketty’s definition corresponds with those found in standard economic textbooks. However, they are wrong. Capital is a social relationship that enables a minority (the richest 1%), to get richer by exploiting the labour of others.
The author expresses the hope that we are celebrating Madhuji’s centenary year because his character, his ideas, his approach to problems & issues and his actions can be inspiring and have immediate relevance to the alarming situation that we, as people and as a nation, are facing today.
J. D. Bernal was one of the twentieth century’s great scientific minds, whose work nurtured the imagination of science-fiction writers. In a world where capitalist priorities distort scientific research, Bernal’s Marxist perspective on science is more relevant than ever.
Irrespective of the election results, Bengal, which once prided itself on its intellectual heritage and broadmindedness, has got mired in a vortex of narrow identity politics.
Janata Weekly is India’s oldest independent socialist weekly.
Ever since its founding in 1946, Janata has voiced its principled dissent against all conduct and practice that is detrimental to the cherished values of nationalism, democracy, secularism and socialism, while upholding the integrity and the ethical norms of healthy journalism. For more than seventy years now, week after week, it has continued to analyse the changes taking place in the country and the world from a socialist standpoint, and thus promote the spread of socialist ideology in the country.
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