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The rulers of “Naya Bharat” have introduced an imbalance in the civil-military equation. And if the politicians seek acceptability on the back of the soldiers’ sacrifice, the generals in turn will aspire to a louder voice in shaping the republic’s collective destiny.
Press Release: The Shaheen Bagh movement never ended, it continues to inspire us in our ongoing struggles to defend democratic rights and assert equal citizenship. On its 2nd anniversary, let us remember this powerful struggle, and organise solidarity actions across the country on 16 Dec 2021.
A recent report by International IDEA, an inter-governmental think tank, finds that “70% of the global population now live either in non-democratic regimes or in democratically backsliding countries”. The report cites Brazil, India and the United States as the biggest backsliders globally.
The government of PM Modi is increasingly bypassing Parliament through executive fiat by promulgating an average of 11 ordinances a year. Legislative scrutiny is at its lowest point: from 70% of bills referred to committees in the previous Lok Sabha to 11% during the current.
United States President Joe Biden has suborned 111 countries to attend his Summit for Democracy on December 9–10, ending on Human Rights Day. In the name of democracy, the U.S. government is pushing its own agenda to consolidate power and further its national interests.
The last night at Singhu; Tikri Border: The day the farmers’ protest ended; Police brutality, FIRs and a hostile Khattar govt: what Haryana farmers overcame; As farmers head back home, they’re taking unity and a renewed faith in democracy with them; Six major phases that defined the farmers’ movement.
Not only these three statements, but several other actions by the highest in the land as also by the political leaders need to be put under the scanner. They go against the fundamental principles of our constitution.
Comedians are feared because they ridicule, mock, taunt and, through that, point to the sheer absurdity of Hindutva. Also: Seen as Variant of Virus Now’ Says Kunal Kamra, as Comedian’s Bengaluru Shows Cancelled
Unlike in the Lok Sabha where the BJP enjoys a comfortable majority, stalling proceedings in the Rajya Sabha are in the prime minister’s best interests. But dismantling the upper house and painting opposition MPs as villains may serve to unite the opposition against the ruling dispensation.
The programme director of the Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society has championed various causes in conflict-ridden Kashmir for decades, with a nuanced understanding of ground-level complexities and sensitivity.
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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