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US government documents admit the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was not necessary to end WWII. Japan was on the verge of surrendering. The nuclear attack was the first strike in Washington’s Cold War on the Soviet Union.
The project of communal socialism that was emerging in Venezuela during Chavez’s time is precisely the kind of system change that could save the climate and the Earth System more generally. A look at some of the ecological aspects of Venezuela’s project of communal socialism today.
The problem with the war in Ukraine is that it has been all smoke and mirrors. Now, there are indications that the fog of war is lifting. The battle lines are becoming visible. At an authoritative level, a candid discussion is beginning as regards the endgame.
“The Return of Child Labor Is the Latest Sign of American Decline”; and: “To Hear the Wail of the Children: Hard Exploitative Times”. Concerted efforts are being made in the USA to weaken or repeal statutes that have inhibited or prevented the possibility of exploiting children.
Book Review: The author dubs the BJP’s efforts to connect with the Muslim community, especially the Pasmandas, through “Sneh Yatras” and other outreach initiatives, as tokenistic, part of BJP’s vote bank politics, and as efforts to pit Muslims against one another.
Protests against a refinery in Barsu have pitted the industrial complex against activists and villagers, putting the State government in a tangle.
A new mood of defiance in the Global South has generated bewilderment in the capitals of the Triad. Governments that had long been pliant to the Triad’s wishes, such as the administrations of Modi in India and Erdoğan in Türkiye (despite the toxicity of their own regimes), are no longer as reliable.
Due to the decreasing facilities in the relief camps, people deprived of their food and all household facilities are returning to their disaster-hit homes.
In 1979, Rodney spoke at symposium at the University of California. Rodney’s talk built on his classic study ‘How Europe Underdeveloped Africa’, musing on how theories of underdevelopment had developed, as it were, over the recent past. A transcript of his talk.
The importance of GDP growth as the gold standard, the ostensibly neutral measure of progress, reflects the interests of a ruling class. Challenging GDP should be a part of a broader project of psychological deprogramming and social deconstruction.
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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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