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A recent report from Oxfam points the finger at the wealthiest individuals for causing climate change through their individual carbon footprints as well as their investments in polluting industries. But what is missing from this report is that the system of capitalism is the root cause.
Can “annihilation of caste” also break the oppressive shackles of women? A recent lecture by V Geetha, eminent feminist writer and social historian, suggests there is no such one-to-one relationship between the two.
A recent study put the pillage of Africa at $152 trillion dollars lost between 1960-2010 from just unequal exchange. Yet why are Africans content to celebrate small things such as black faces in office, some native capitalists, associations with former colonisers, football, and the penetration of European consumer ostentation?
Foxconn’s case is extraordinary because it is an extreme case in which the contradiction between capital accumulation and people’s social reproduction has led to a massive crisis. It is also ordinary because such a contradiction, is a built-in feature of our current global capitalist system
Peru’s rightwing-dominated Congress has removed President Castillo from office. He has been arrested and is now in prison. Ordinary Peruvians have mobilized throughout Peru, blockaded over 100 highways, occupied five airports, and held rallies in various cities, protesting against his removal.
“Just living” is the whole point of doing politics.
Stefania Maurizi is an investigative journalist who has worked on all WikiLeaks releases of secret documents. She talks about her latest book, “Secret Power: WikiLeaks and Its Enemies,” and how WikiLeaks revolutionised the world of journalism.
Review of P. Sainath’s book, “The Last Heroes, Foot Soldiers of Indian Freedom”
As the World Cup enters its final 10 days, one can only guess who will take home the trophy. But what can be said for certain, is that there’s one nation that has won people’s hearts, and captivated the world’s attention like no other – and their team isn’t even playing. And that is Palestine.
The Zapatista revolution has survived in Chiapas, southern Mexico, since 1994, and that is a miracle. Zapatistas endured the assaults of government paramilitaries, the betrayals of Mexican presidents and crushing poverty.
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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