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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
Review of: “The Jakarta Method: Washington’s Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World “ by Vincent Bevins: A riveting and quite disturbing book about the military coup that took place in Indonesia in 1965 and its aftermath that spread to 23 different countries.
A 2 percent wealth tax is like shaving off a fraction of a spire from a large cathedral, says economist Nancy Folbre.
Review of: “Slavery in the British Empire and its Legacy in the Modern World”, by Steve Cushion: The book provides a brisk, highly readable discussion of the central role of slavery in the creation of the Industrial Revolution and of capitalism more generally.
The authors elucidate the history of China’s People’s Communes as told through the lens of three present-day rural villages. In these villages, they observe the effects of the project’s dismantling and diminishing collective ownership and land management, with the conclusion that a return to collectivism is vital for carrying forward the socialist project.
The Alliance of Sahel States has taken a decisive step toward regional self defense after officially launching a joint military force aimed at combating Islamist insurgency and terrorism across the Sahel.
Imagine a climate strike in which 40,000 industrial workers, climate activists, pacifists and other non-politically active people are brought together. In their speeches, they denounce the shutdown of an automotive supply factory.
“Why Socialism Always Comes Back”; “Why Young Voters Are Embracing Democratic Socialism”; “2025 Saw the Most Significant Political Shift Toward Palestinian Rights in U.S. History”: It’s not easy to change American policy that has been entrenched over the course of decades, but the day of that change is finally drawing closer.
G.G., as he was endearingly known, was a student at St. Xavier’s College, then Bombay. Thereafter, he joined G.S. Medical College, Parel and graduated to be a medical doctor in 1950. The motto of St. Xavier’s college: “Provocans ad volandum,” translates to “inspire to fly.” This tribute seeks to answer: How was G.G. inspired to fly while at Xavier’s?
‘Bodies as Barricades’; ‘UK Medical Professionals Warn Palestine Action Hunger Strikers “Will Die in Prison”’; ‘Greta Thunberg Arrested in UK for Supporting Palestine Action and Opposing Gaza Genocide’; ‘Is the Labour Government Willing to Let Palestine Activists on Hunger Strike Die?’.
‘Rebranding Genocide’: Israel has tossed the ceasefire agreement—brokered by the Trump administration without Palestinian participation—into the bonfire with all the other agreements and peace accords concerning Palestinians. Also: ‘Rachel Corrie’s Parents, and 25,000 Hind Rajabs Await Justice in Gaza’; ‘Israeli Soldiers are Committing Suicide in Droves Because of Gaza’.
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