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September 19th was Paulo Freire’s birthday. He was a revolutionary whose passion for justice and resistance was matched by his hatred of neoliberal capitalism and loathing for authoritarians of all political stripes. Put simply, he was not merely a public intellectual but also a freedom fighter.
Sukirtharani (b. 1973) is a poet and social activist known for her sharp critique of the caste system and the oppression of women. Last month, the Oversight Committee of the Delhi University removed two of Sukirtharani’s poems from the English Honours syllabus.
A meeting of a committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China recently held a discussion on “common prosperity”, namely how to produce growth with equity. The focus of the discussion was on the need to generate welfare for all citizens.
In commemorating Black August, we commemorate the struggle of those who have fought before us and faced violent repercussions from the state. When I think of political prisoners, and when I think of those who have committed themselves to Black Liberation, I always think of Assata Shakur.
We can now say with great confidence that our species, anatomically modern humans, does not have biological races. We know this in large part due to the contributions of Richard C. Lewontin.
Article by Albert Einstein, the world-famous physicist, originally published in the inaugural issue of the renowned US socialist magazine, ‘Monthly Review’ (May 1949), in which he expresses his views on the subject of socialism.
Repressive rule, whether through monarchs, armed force or economics, is not forever. Nothing of human creation is forever. Capitalism isn’t an exception and will be history when enough people decide to make it so. Organize!
Report from Nicaragua on the 42nd anniversary of the Sandinista revolution. Nicaraguans discuss their improved quality of life. President Ortega condemns the dictatorial US “empire that wants to dominate all countries”.
The Dalit feminist writer, Urmila Pawar, sums things up in her foreword by saying, “The more we see him (Dr. Ambedkar) in the round, the richer we become,” a point that can be made about no leader alive today.
José Pedro Castillo, a 51-year-old teacher of a rural school, assumed the charge of the presidency of Peru on July 28. This is the first time that Peru will be ruled by a peasant, a person who belongs to a sector that has been oppressed for so many centuries.
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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