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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
July 19 is a day of celebration in Nicaragua: the anniversary of the overthrow of the Somoza dictatorship. Ignoring the remarkable transformation that has taken place in the lives of the Nicaraguans under the Sandinista government, the international media continue to dish out lies.
The political economy of the tax is particularly worrisome for two reasons. First, the tax threatens the foundational values of federalism. However, a less appreciated aspect of the tax has been the manner in which it has significantly skewed the pitch against smaller businesses.
Anecdotal evidence and data from the latest Periodic Labour Force Survey indicate that economic distress is driving women to take on any sort of work at very low salaries.
Sri Lanka’s citizens’ movement known as the Janatha Aragalaya (Peoples’ Struggle), notched its most significant victory yet, when Gotabaya Rajapaksa announced that he would quit on 13 July. The Rajapaksas have tumbled. The system that spawned them has not.
The recent and rapid depreciation of the rupee vis-à-vis the dollar does give cause for concern. The drivers of the depreciation are not all short term. If the depreciation persists, it may attract the attention of speculators who will resort to measures that accelerate the currency’s decline.
Under capitalism, corporate dishonesty has become so commonplace that most of us take it for granted. In doing so, however, we’ve allowed ourselves to become numb to the breathtaking scale and bottomless arrogance of corporate deception.
A new report: ‘No Reprieve for Life and Territory: COVID-19 and Resistance to the Mining Pandemic’, looks at how governments and mining companies took advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to push ahead with destructive mining projects, and the resistance mounted by people.
Non-vegetarian food consumers have increased in India, including in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled states like Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, as per data released by the recent National Family Health Survey-5 (NFHS-5).
Slovenia’s parliamentary elections saw the defeat of the far-right and a surprise victory for Robert Golob’s Freedom Movement, which was set up less than a year ago by green and liberal forces. A discussion on the significance of the election result with Miha Kordiš from the left party, Levica.
The surging cost of living and the unavailability of basic goods are triggering mass protests around the world, including the Middle East and North Africa.
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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