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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
A bizarre drama is unfolding in front of our eyes. The Modi government which has been giving away hundreds of thousands of crores of rupees as tax concessions to the monopolists, has expressed its opposition to what it calls “freebies”, that is, subsidies to other segments of the population.
Nehru was a moderniser rooted in Indian tradition and was firmly against the ideological vision of Hindutva. No one knows this better than Hindutva ideologues.
A scientific vision of development for all Indians informed the quest for independence. The present regime deploys superstition and politics based on fear to aid just a select few.
The Jalore tragedy represents our failure to reform. Discrimination and exclusion persist in their most severe forms, which cannot happen without institutional neglect, even condonation.
Growth, expressed in percentages is misleading, particularly in a period when underlying statistics are in the grip of volatility, as seen in the pandemic years.
According to the 2021 NCRB report, the daily wage earner remained the largest group (profession-wise) among the total number of suicide victims in 2021. Also: NCRB report reveals grim situation of female suicides; atrocities on Dalits and Adivasis also on the rise.
Most sub-Saharan African French colonies got formal independence in the 1960s. But their economies have progressed little, leaving most people in poverty, because of post-colonial monetary arrangements imposed on these countries by France, which have allowed for their continual exploitation by France.
A look at the direction of Jean-Luc Mélenchon and the new French left after their electoral breakthrough earlier in the year.
Capitalism cannot solve the climate crisis since capitalism is the principal cause of the crisis. One hundred of the world’s largest corporations are responsible for 71% of global industrial greenhouse gases; but these corporations are not prepared to accelerate the energy transition.
Progressive forces in Sri Lanka know that it is the lack of real political organization that held them back. They have been consistently speaking out and continue to reorganize the struggle in an attempt to build new leadership.
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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