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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
A massive anti-imperialist movement has returned to US campuses, after decades of absence. In just 2 weeks, thousands of students from at least 140 colleges and universities joined in solidarity with the pro-Palestinian encampments, in the biggest anti-war student movement since Vietnam.
The Alliance of Sahel States is presently at the forefront of Africa’s struggle against imperialism. What began as a national liberation struggle in each member state has rapidly consolidated into a Pan-African union for the complete emancipation of Africa.
Education subsidy funding changes has sparked mass protests in Paraguay. A weeks-long occupation of Paraguay’s largest university forced the right-wing government to the table.
Beyers Naudé was an outspoken Christian minister in South Africa, Shridharpant Tilak was an anti-caste activist in Maharashtra. In this current moment, when hate and bigotry of all forms seem to be on the rise across the world, their examples are worth revisiting today.
Cuba has endured a criminal U.S. blockade for over six decades, while Venezuela is nearing a decade of life under sanctions. In this interview, Llanisca Lugo explores the consequences of the imperialist blockade as well as the strategies available to counteract it.
There is a sense of hope among Guatemala’s small labor movement of better days ahead following the election of President Bernardo Arévalo in 2023. While workers continue to face a dire situation, there is hope as the Arévalo administration is taking steps to improve working conditions in the country.
Argentina’s primary trade union federation on Thursday held another nationwide general strike, the second called since President Javier Milei, a far-right economist, took office in December and began pursuing sweeping austerity and deregulation.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that the idea behind the Nyay Yatra is to provide justice to people and the party will present a five-point blueprint of ‘nyay’ that will also help strengthen the country.
Last year, 2023, marked the 125th birth anniversary of epoch-defining German playwright and practitioner Bertolt Brecht. His words carry a sense of immediacy for us, so striking are the parallels between Nazi Germany and present-day India.
The general strike against the austerity measures and the Omnibus Law was strongly felt throughout Argentina yesterday. Although the mobilization had its epicenter in the capital, in the main cities of the interior, there were massive protests as well. A million and a half people filled the streets of the country.
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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