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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
I would ask Dalits to not blindly extol and worship Ambedkar’s images, not to marginalise his thoughts by making him a deity. If you want to remain a slave, please do. The Indian constitution allows you be a slave willfully. But do not defile or kill Ambedkar.
The most crucial issue is, why do the common Muslims of today’s India have to pay for the sins of ‘Muslim’ rulers of the past who had friendly and cordial relations with higher caste Hindus? We also need to investigate whether ‘Hindu’ history was devoid of religious, social and political persecution.
Most arguments put forth by the government and its functionaries don’t hold water.
A new report by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister throws up sobering figures on the inequity levels in India.
When the Centre decided to sell HNL to private parties on a massive disinvestment drive, the Kerala government stepped in to take over the paper products manufacturer.
Leaders of over a dozen countries in the region have condemned the exclusion of Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela from the Summit; Also – Mexico Leads in Opposing the Cuba Blockade and US Imperialism.
Biden has reversed Donald Trump’s withdrawal of US forces from Somalia and will redeploy Special Operations Forces. It is just the latest move in a long history of destructive US-UK meddling in the Horn of Africa.
Slovenia’s parliamentary elections saw the defeat of the far-right and a surprise victory for Robert Golob’s Freedom Movement, which was set up less than a year ago by green and liberal forces. A discussion on the significance of the election result with Miha Kordiš from the left party, Levica.
The Marcos victory was largely a democratic outcome in the narrow electoral sense. The challenge for progressives is to understand why a runaway majority of the Philippine electorate voted to bring an unrepentant, thieving family back to power after 36 years.
The surging cost of living and the unavailability of basic goods are triggering mass protests around the world, including the Middle East and North Africa.
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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