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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg spoke on Nov. 8 at a rally of 100,000 in Glasgow: “The question we must now ask ourselves is: What is it that we are fighting for? Are we fighting to save ourselves and the living planet, or are we fighting to maintain business as usual?”
On 7 November, during the COP26 Coalition People’s Summit, the jury of ‘The People’s Tribunal: People and Nature vs the UNFCCC’ delivered this verdict on its failure to address a range of issues.
The Struggle now is not only to save the rights and livelihoods of people but also save the country’s economy and the entire democratic system and society from the destruction being engineered by the governing authoritarian forces with the active support of domestic and foreign private corporates.
In this interview, economist Dipa Sinha, who is actively involved with the Right to Food Campaign, explains why hunger is not an isolated concern but the result of a confluence of missteps.
The past week has seen two stalwarts of the Narendra Modi regime – National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat – make up new theories on the hoof to justify violations of the rule of law in the name of the greater good of the nation.
Indian Muslims and Christians have been forced into psychological and political isolation. Hate against minorities is part of the BJP’s ideology, but what about our police, our civil administration, our judiciary? Do they exist to facilitate the politics and project of the BJP?
Trying to erase Nehru’s imprint on the country is a tall order because he is part of modern India’s DNA. Throw Nehru out of the equation and you end up undermining India.
Public awareness that these social media platforms are more than just meant for sharing family photographs, holiday experiences and for remembering birthdays, must grow. More users must realise that there are dark, ugly, evil, and venal aspects to these giant monopolies.
On November 7, most Nicaraguans voted to continue with the amazing advances they have enjoyed since 2007, building a country that has become a very good example for others—despite the ongoing U.S. bullying and war through sanctions.
There are two reasons why Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela pose such an existential threat to the U.S.: first, they set an example that it is possible to build a society that centers the material needs and interests of the people over those of capital; second, the class warfare politics of the U.S. state.
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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