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Me Too Creator Tarana Burke Reminds Us This Is About Black and Brown Survivors
There’s another “me too” story, about a movement that began a decade before it was a hashtag.
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“Karl Marx:” A Biography by Engels
Karl Marx was born 205 years ago today, on May 05, 1818. Friedrich Engels published this biography of Marx in 1869, while Marx was still alive.
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Michael Lebowitz, Presente! (1937–2023)
Marxist economist Michael A Lebowitz passed away at home on April 19. With his death, the international left has lost one of its most insightful and original thinkers, whose contributions to reviving Karl Marx’s vision of socialism are essential reading for activists.
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The Condition of the Indian Working Class
A broad analysis of the living and working conditions of India’s large and diverse working class.
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Why Julian Assange Is at the Vanguard for World Press Freedom
We celebrate World Press Freedom Day in May as a reminder that the role of news organizations is to speak truth to power. It’s an occasion to remember three people who exemplify the need to speak the truth: Daniel Ellsberg of Pentagon Papers fame, Julian Assange of WikiLeaks; and Chelsea Manning.
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Budget 2023–24: What Is in it for the People? Part 4: Analysis of Budget Outlay
The Indian economy is in stagflation. Further, the people are facing a colossal unemployment, poverty and hunger crisis. For the economy to have a sustained recovery, it is important that the government greatly increases its expenditure. Has the Budget 2023 done anything towards this?
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The Unknown Ambedkar: India’s First Labour Minister
B.R. Ambedkar was not only the most important Dalit icon and a hero for aspirational classes to adore and emulate in post-independence India, but also contributed immensely to the labour movement in the country.
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How Maruti Suzuki Tried to Turn Men into Machines at Manesar
On International Workers’ Day, an alternative account of how Maruti Suzuki’s small car revolution was not the unmitigated success it was touted to be – for the workers.
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Equal Marriage Rights: A Review of Arguments by Those For and Those Against
The ludicrous opposition by the Union government, BCI and retired judges all reek of homophobia, aimed at upholding the heteronormative hegemony existing in Indian society.
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Explainer: Why Is Manipur Burning?
What has led to the violence that has claimed many lives and reportedly displaced over 9,000 people in the North-Eastern state?
