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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
Not singing or standing for the national anthem is a form of peaceful protest. In the absence of any ‘law’ mandating citizens to sing or stand for the anthem, it is difficult to justify compelling them to do so.
With the world’s attention focused on Ukraine, almost no one has noticed a devastating civil war in Africa.
War is much more than a memory for Việt people who continue to navigate a landscape of unexploded ordnance and chemical contamination. All wars are fought endlessly in the bodies, minds, and lands of those who are invaded as well as those who fight.
First published in 1952, I. F. Stone’s ‘The Hidden History …’ was a stunning indictment of the U.S. war machine and the mass media’s unquestioning acceptance of the government’s deception. This new introduction explores the book’s continuing relevance to current events, including the rapidly escalating New Cold War.
The amendment Bill is set to come up for discussion in the upcoming monsoon session of parliament. More than 400 Ecologists, and over 100 Civil Servants have written to the government expressing their concerns over the amendment Bill. Also: “Citizens, Climate Action Groups Protest Against the Amendment Bill.”
The 120 MW Vyasi HEP in Vikas Nagar tehsil of Dehradun is on its way to becoming the textbook example of how thoughtlessly pushed hydro power projects are proving a nightmare for local people, a costly affair for the state and the nation and a disaster for the free-flowing living river.
‘The Grand Old Man of India’ was not only one of the founder members of the Indian National Congress but also one whose vision shaped the organisation.
Kovalik writes, “It is my belief, which I have come to over many years, and after travelling to places like Syria, Iran and Lebanon, that the U.S. and its allies are a force for chaos and destruction in the world.” It is in this context that “the conflict in Ukraine must be judged …”
Article and Press Release condemning the brazen and disgraceful attempts by the BJP Government to arbitrarily occupy and destroy two of the most reputed Gandhian institutions of the country, Gandhi Vidya Sansthan and Sarva Seva Sangh, situated in Varanasi.
An excerpt from ‘Banned and Censored: What the British Raj Didn’t Want Us to Read’, selected and introduced by Devika Sethi. This written statement was issued by Nehru when he was charged with sedition, with instigating Indians not to pay taxes, and with offences under the Indian Salt Act.
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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