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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
Neo-liberalism ends up getting enmeshed in stagnation and mass unemployment from which there is no exit. Because of this dead-end, it imposes a neo-fascist political regime upon the country. Overthrowing it is a difficult task; it can be accomplished only by the widest mobilisation of the working people.
Over the past three days, relentless Israeli airstrikes killed at least 45 Palestinians, including 16 children, and caused extensive devastation; Also: Events continue to demonstrate that Palestine cannot be made a marginal issue, however much Israel and the USA try.
Sri Lanka’s acute economic crisis and sovereign debt default, along with its people’s uprising in 2022, is described as the ‘canary in the coal mine’, that is, a harbinger of the likely future for other global south countries.
The recent exit of portfolio capital from emerging markets exposes the vulnerabilities of the cheap money policies followed by developed countries.
With no national force with the vision and power to offer an emancipatory alternative to the poisonous politics, sometimes with fascist elements, that turns neighbors against each other, the country is on a knife edge.
We live in a time when it’s become a boring cliché to say that democracy is under attack. It seems that things get bleaker every year, so much so that it can be difficult to have any hope at all. There is, however, at least one glimmer of hope for democracy: a renascent labor movement.
I find the best way to understand what happened in Xinjiang is to contrast it with Afghanistan. Why? Because they’re neighboring regions that faced very similar problems to which very different solutions were applied, with ultimately very different outcomes.
As we celebrate the birth centenary of Tukaram (Annabhau Sathe) we not only see the relevance of his writings at that time but even today.
Rachakonda Viswanatha Sastri (Raavi Sastri) (30 July 1922 – 10 November 1993), India’s Gorky, was a great Telugu writer whose birth centenary celebrations are presently going on in Telugu states. Reviewing the works of Ravisastri is like doing a social audit, said one judge.
While we celebrate our 75th anniversary of Independence Day, and remember and pay tributes to the heroic sacrifices made by our freedom fighters, this is also an occasion to take stock of the challenges facing our country.
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