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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
In August 2020, following the Belarusian presidential election, the opposition has organised protests, calling for the resignation of President Alexander Lukashenko. Nadezhda, a Belarusian journalist, provides an anti-imperialist overview for what is taking place.
The IMF and the ICC, the self-avowed voice of big business, say that while the world economy is expected to recover in 2021, the rich countries could lose as much as $5 trillion if they don’t help vaccinate the rest of the world.
It is no secret that Israel is the world’s leading recipient of US aid since World War II. According to data provided by the US Congressional Research Service, Israel has received $146 billion of US taxpayers’ money as of November 2020.
Many people believe that Marx was obsessed only with class and had little appreciation of how issues of gender, racism and colonialism inter-related with class and the struggle for human emancipation. The author says that Marx’s writings have been misrepresented.
Professor Hudson discusses “Changes in Super Imperialism: The position of the USA & China in our Global Economic System”.
He and his fellow soldiers will be always remembered for their courage and sacrifice in refusing to fire on peaceful protesters offering non-violent resistance. Thereby a new and glorious chapter was added and a new dimension was given to the history of non-violent struggles against injustice.
Angel Prado, El Maizal commune’s key spokesperson, talks about the role of the commune in the transition to socialism, the communards’ critical support of the government and their plans for an ambitious education and training initiative.
Quite contrary to what many had anticipated, the state crackdown on farmers’ leaders, together with attacks by BJP goons, has breathed a new life into the agitation. Farmers are joining the agitation in growing numbers.
Contrary to the government’s claims of an economic recovery, millions of young Indians laid off last year remain jobless.
These are: how much did the government claim to have spent in 2020-21, and how much does it intend to spend in 2021-22. They will determine whether there is any real hope of sustained macroeconomic recovery in the near future.
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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