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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
Transcript of a talk on the 8th anniversary of the untimely death of Hugo Chavez. “If Hugo Chávez were here he would see that the love for his people bore fruit in Venezuela’s rebellion against injustice, inequality and imperialism, defiantly proclaiming its sovereignty.”
Millions of workers took part in the general strike on February 24, according to the South African Federation of Trade Unions which called for the labour action.
Ahmedabad hosts a Sabarmati Gandhi Ashram, the iconic monument where values and foundation of Indian democracy evolved through decades of freedom movement. Now the city also hosts a five star Narendra Modi stadium, a new monument named after our seven star prime minister.
Tech giants like Google and Facebook appear to be aiding and abetting a vicious government campaign against activists like Disha Ravi.
In an interview, Gahela Cari, the first trans candidate for Congress in Peru, discusses the country’s political situation, the feminist struggle, and challenges facing the Left.
Unless we address Ecocide, the destruction of large areas of the natural environment as a consequence of human activity, life on earth is in danger; Global ice melt is taking place much faster than predicted; Scientists say freezing Texas linked to warming Arctic.
In mid-January 2021, nationwide protests against the government of Emanuel Macron in France entered their seventh continuous week. Lakhs of workers are out on the streets, opposing Macron’s plans to dismantle France’s substantial welfare state.
In Ecuador’s presidential election held on February 7, 2021, Andrés Arauz got the maximum number of votes, but not enough to win outright. The U.S., the OAS, and the various right-wing parties in Ecuador are conspiring to try and prevent Arauz from contesting the second round.
On February 15, 91-year-old Justice PB Sawant breathed his last. In an article written some days before his death, he wrote: In every “democracy” where there is capitalist economic system, there is no democracy at all.
Capitalism will not and cannot prevent climate disaster. A socialist response at governmental and societal level is an historic necessity.
Janata Weekly is India’s oldest independent socialist weekly.
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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