How True Is the Claim That Bihar Caste Survey Is ‘Promoting Casteism’?
Professor Satish Deshpande argues that the survey is a significant step towards understanding the social and economic realities of the state.
Conflating Hinduism with Vedic Religion Is a Dangerous Distortion
It will wipe out internal debate and reformist tendencies within the tradition.
Venezuela’s Critical Conjunctures: A Conversation with Steve Ellner
A historian with four decades of life and work in Venezuela reflects on the Bolivarian Process and the events leading up to the revolution.
Caste Census Will Expose The Culprits: Anand Teltumbde
Anand Teltumbde talks about the history of caste discrimination in India in the context of the caste census debates and how political parties have historically used backward castes for their political gains. He believes that the emancipation of the lower classes will not be possible through reservation alone.
The Polish Continuum
The Polish parliamentary elections on 15 October have created a period of political uncertainty. The Guardian is triumphantly announcing that a KO-led government will ‘bring radical change to Poland’. Yet things may not be so simple.
The Case for Caste Census in India; Liberal Intelligentsia’s Opposition Is Misplaced – 2 Articles
Is there a relation between caste, religion, poverty and discrimination? What do the social, economic indicators show? Also: “Caste Census: Why the Liberal Intelligentsia’s Opposition Is Misplaced”.
Caste Census: A Controversy Since 1910
Counting Dalits among Hindus in the census has been contentious in the past. While dominant caste Hindus did not want the caste column in the questionnaire, Muslims opposed counting Dalits as Hindus.
On the Biggest Crackdown on the Indian Press by the Indian State – Articles and Statements of Condemnation
October 3, 2023 will go down in history for the biggest crackdown on Indian journalism by the Indian state. Also: Journalists Organisations Express Outrage; Journalists, Artists and Academics Worldwide Slam NewsClick Raids; ‘NewsClick: Lessons from the Kashmir Template’; ‘NewsClick Case: If Modi Govt is Really Serious About ‘Terror Financing’, Why Hasn’t It Rung the US, China and FATF?’; NewsClick Case: ‘Never Received Funds From a Foreign Govt’, Says Neville Roy Singham’s Company.
Bihar Caste Survey: Nine Reasons Why the BJP Is Jittery and INDIA Bloc Upbeat – 3 Articles
Data from the study bolsters the demands to remove the cap on 50% caste quota and conduct a similar exercise at a national level; BJP not only unnerved but also confused about how to respond to the issue; “Nine Reasons Why Numbers Revealed by Bihar Caste Census Could Shake Up National Politics”.
The UAW Strike Is the Most Important in Decades; Now, Kaiser Workers Also on Strike
One of the most ambitious and combative labor struggles in decades, the UAW strike reflects the growing power of the U.S. working class in a period of increasing political crisis. Also: “Largest Healthcare Strike in US History Begins as Kaiser Workers Revolt”.