From Harvard to Karl-Marx-Allee: The Experiences and Reflections of an American Communist in East Germany
Victor Grossman talks about his experiences of life in the GDR and why it collapsed, and on Germany today.
The Dialectics of Constituted and Communal Power: A Conversation with Ángel Prado
The main spokesperson of El Maizal Commune in Venezuela is trying to put institutional power at the service of the commune.
Why Burma was Separated from British India
Colonial administrators in Burma were largely in favour of removing the province from the rest of India and administering it as a separate colony.
Will We Ever Wake Up to the Realities of World War II and See Where They Have Long Been Leading?
“My military experiences turned me eternally against the monstrosity of war and militarism and propelled me on a quest to understand the wars of America. This article is a basic summary of the U.S-Japanese War after a lifelong inquiry into the realities of American entry into World War II.”
Journalists Unions Express Concern over Broadcasting Bill 2023; Also: Interview with RSF Head Célia Mercier
The NAJ, DUJ, and APWJF express their concern that the proposed bill represents a significant step towards expanding undeclared censorship. Also: “Liberticidal Laws Have Tightened Government Control Over the Media Narrative in India” – RSF’s Célia Mercier.
Netaji Stood Against the Values That Hindutva Propagates – 2 Articles
‘Replug: Netaji Wasn’t a Friend of Hindutva, But its Adversary’: The appropriation of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose by BJP-RSS erases the historical reality that Netaji, throughout his life, stood against the values that Hindutva propagates. Also: ‘Ram Temple Consecration Stands in Sharp Contrast to Netaji’s Vision of Secular India’.
‘We the People’: A Call to Remember What the Indian Constitution Stands For
The constitution that the people of India gave to themselves was a product of mass struggle, political compromises, idealism and commitment to every citizen.
The Chief Justice, the Father of the Nation and Saffron ‘Dhwaja’ – 3 Articles
‘The Chief Justice and the Father of the Nation’: What would Gandhi have thought of a serving chief justice making public visits to temples and giving interviews about it? Also: ‘Why CJI Chandrachud’s Statement on the “Saffron Dhwaja as a Unifying Symbol” Raises Red Flags’; and: ‘Must Justice Have a Colour?’.
NITI Aayog’s Unbelievable Poverty Statistics – 4 Articles
‘Everything Wrong with NITI Aayog’s Claim of 24.8 Crore Emerging Out of Poverty in 9 Years’; ‘Niti Aayog “Poverty” Stats: Serious Theoretical, Methodological, Empirical Questions’; ‘Three Charts: What the Modi Government Wants Us to Forget Before the 2024 Lok Sabha Polls’; ‘Hunger, Undernutrition Stalking India; Placed Worse Than Least Developed Nations’.
Jawaharlal Nehru: A Guiding Force in Our Past, Present, and Future – Part II
Second part of Aditya Mukherjee’s presidential address at the 82nd session of Indian History Congress (IHC), conducted from December 28-30, 2023, at Kakatiya University, in Warangal, Telangana.