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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
Swami Atmabodhanand, the young seer of Matri Sadan in Haridwar, is on an indefinite fast since August 18 demanding an immediate prohibition on rampant sand mining in Haridwar and ban on the four hydroelectric projects in Uttarakhand.
Two of Gandhi’s most basic philosophical impulses were the dignity and responsibility of the individual; and the sacredness of life.
Today’s climate of communal rhetoric that pervades India has led to a partition of the hearts and minds of citizens. There is an alternative politics waiting to be rediscovered; a politics that emphasises that we have obligations of solidarity to our fellow citizens. Let us look for it. Let us adopt it.
Can Modi Government Solve India’s Many Problems by Raiding Activists and Journalists?; Rights Activists, Academics Condemn ED Raids Against Harsh Mander; Income Tax “Surveys” at the Offices of News Websites NewsClick and Newslaundry
Modi government’s peculiar agenda is to turn everything into a commodity – from vaccines, to historic landmarks, to basic services. Nothing is sacrosanct, nothing is hallowed, nothing transcends the market; everything is for sale.
On how the women of the Muslim League and nuns are ushering in a new debate on issues of gender equality and making hope possible in a state of despair; Also, article: In Kerala, the Ruling CPM and an Islamophobic Bishop Make Strange Bedfellows.
The path to an ecological civilization is paved by reclaiming the commons—our common home, the Earth, and the commons of the Earth family, of which we are a part. Reclaiming the commons and creating an ecological civilization go hand in hand.
Brown University’s Costs of War Project released a new report Monday detailing post-9/11 spending by the Pentagon. The study found that of the over $14 trillion spent by the Pentagon since the start of the war in Afghanistan, one-third to one-half went to private military contractors.
“We must never forget” 9/11 when “America was attacked”; but we are not supposed to know or care about American crimes and atrocities within and beyond North America.
To legitimize slavery and its atrocities, western imperialism birthed racism, idea of superiority of Whites over Black people.
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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