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There is a pervasive view that growth under capitalism, though it may worsen poverty, even absolute poverty, to start with, eventually leads to a lowering of poverty. The experience of the English Industrial Revolution is invoked in this context. This entire view however is a myth.
Did Karl Marx have a theory of race and capitalism? Not exactly, but he theorized on these issues for over four decades and much of what he wrote still speaks to us today. At a time of global and U.S. struggles for liberation in the face of a deeply racialized fascist threat, these writings are worth revisiting.
In this interview, world-renowned public intellectual Noam Chomsky delves into the phenomenon of irrational political panics in the U.S., with an emphasis on current developments on the foreign policy front — and the dangers of seeking to maintain global hegemony in a multipolar world.
A new draft agreement between Argentina and the International Monetary Fund has eschewed austerity. It will allow the Argentine economy to grow while the government continues its efforts to reduce poverty and gradually bring down inflation.
Three scientists associated with the IPCC are discouraged and are criticizing governments for not doing enough about climate change. We propose that scientists studying natural phenomena and processes are ripe for collaborative relations with social scientists, including socialist investigators.
First published in 1944, ‘Capitalism and Slavery’ is an investigation of the notorious relationship between the Atlantic slave trade and the emergence of European industrial capitalism from the 16th through the 19th centuries.
The anti–Vietnam War movement cut across the civilian-military divide, with active-duty soldiers abroad and stateside defying their commanders and refusing to fight. Those soldiers played a key role in bringing the brutal war to an end.
This submission comes at a crucial juncture in Pakistan’s socio-economic history. The Imran Khan government was elected on the manifesto to fight corruption and debt burden. However, it has miserably failed to arrest the galloping public debt and its adverse impacts on the working classes.
Jeremy Corbyn, the former leader of the British Labour Party, was subjected to a concerted propaganda campaign by the British right-wing military-industrial establishment, which regarded him as a threat to its interests. This article dissects various aspects of this campaign.
In capitalism, environmental destruction, global warming, and our collective ecocide are inextricably linked to a key institution of capital: the Corporation. Be it the 2008 Global Financial Crisis or the corona pandemic or the environmental crisis, corporate capitalism has played a key role.
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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