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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
There is an all-round realisation amongst the key protagonists – China, Uzbekistan and Pakistan –that regional connectivity and long-term peace and stability in Afghanistan are interlinked.
For those living in the United States who wish to wage a struggle against capitalism and Western economic supremacy, it is important to understand the history of Southern slavery – as the origins of capitalism lie in it.
As part of the Vietnam War, US military sprayed more than 20 million gallons of herbicide on Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia – the campaign destroyed five millions acres of forest and untold millions of acres of crops (including rice). It continues to impact these countries till today.
It has become fashionable to dismiss peaceful forms of resistance to injustice – but the evidence suggests they should be taken seriously. A response to some of the myths often repeated on the Left about non-violent struggle.
Wall Street investors have hit the jackpot. Soon they’ll be able to buy, own, and dictate The Commons, public lands, the world of Mother Nature.
In this interview, scholar and activist Khury Petersen-Smith discusses how U.S. imperialism has undermined democracy, both home and abroad, with the wars abroad even being tied to police brutality at home.
An examination of the data used and the claims made in the World Bank report, Trading for Development in the Age of Global Value Chains. While the report portrays global value chains as contributing to poor countries’ development, its data shows the opposite.
The ‘double reduction’ policy of minimising financial pressure on parents and burden on children can be seen as the government’s affirmation that the minds and health of students and families come before the pockets of investors and billionaires.
The creation of the modern, interconnected world is generally credited to European pioneers. But Africa was the wellspring for almost everything they achieved – and African lives were the terrible cost.
Julian Assange is a truth-teller who has committed no crime but revealed government crimes and lies on a vast scale and so performed one of the great public services of my lifetime. Do we need to be reminded that justice for one is justice for all?
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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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