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The author argues that capitalism could not have thrived without colonialism. He contends that industrial, global capitalism was inextricably linked to, and dependent on, the super-exploitation, racialised expropriation, and structural plunder of colonial territories.
‘Tactical Retreats: Why Venezuela’s Revolution Still Stands’: Just as the false claims of betrayal on January 3 are now easily disproved, so too are the claims of betrayal in the two months since. Also: ‘Venezuela: Defense of Nicolás and Cilia’.
‘Regime Change in the Iran War, But Which One?’; ‘Iran Prepared for an Existential War. How Much Are Trump and Israel Willing to Gamble?’; ‘Iran Attacked by the US and Israel When Peace Was Within Reach’; ‘The US/Israeli Attack Was to Prevent Peace Not Advance It’; ‘Mass Movement Mobilizes Against Trump’s War on Iran’.
What are the implications for India of the US-Israel attack on Iran? To understand this, we need to place this development in the context of the present world situation, and India’s political economy within that.
‘The Modi Magic Lies Dismantled’: While the swagger is gone, Modi is now unwittingly parading his failures before the nation. Also: ‘Prime Minister Modi Humiliated India During His Visit to Israel’; and: ‘Cowards Then and Cowards Now’.
The assault on Gaza shows how a population can be subjugated while maintaining international legitimacy. Hindutva’s interest in Israel is to learn this method.
‘Delay and Deference in India’s Courts and Other Institutions Have Normalised the Government’s Disregard of Laws and Constitutional Guarantees’; ‘The Communal, Criminal Injustice of the Stories of Bilkis Bano and Maya Kodnani’.
By keeping cess and surcharge outside the divisible pool and ending State-specific grants, the Finance Commission sided with the Centre’s Machiavellian moves, tightening fiscal federalism in ways that may weaken the Union.
‘The Adivasi Imprint on the Constitution and the Republic’s Amnesia’: Has the Constitution failed India’s aboriginals, or was the faith of their forefathers tragically misplaced? Also: ‘Why Self-Rule Still Matters in India’s Tribal Homelands’: The tribals continue to push for fundamentally different forms of democracy and governance through the scheduling provisions under Article 244.
‘The Global War Over Seeds’: How corporations privatise the seeds of the Global South, including India, through patents, destroying biodiversity and trampling farmers’ rights. Also: ‘Farmers in India Reject the Seeds Bill and the Corporate Enclosure of Seeds’.
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