Mainstream Weeklyby Murzban Jal
In the first place I do not know the meaning of Bolshevism.—M.K. Gandhi, ‘Bolshevism and Discipline’, in Young India, 21 August, 1924.
Writing in 1924 M.N. Roy then in the flush of revolutionary zeal said in an article ‘Mahatamaji and Bolshevism’ published in Vanguard that Gandhi did not know the meaning of Bolshevism was “indeed a very damning confession made by one standing at the head of a great popular movement”. Roy’s assertion is of great importance, especially (…)
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Bolshevism, Metaphysics and Fascism. A Note On The Left’s Debacle In India | Murzban Jal
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Lessons from Sri Lanka’s cascading, multiple crises | Pragya Narang
29 October 2022by Pragya Narang
October 20, 2022: The world watched the economic crisis in Sri Lanka turn into a political one during four months of massive sustained public protests called the Janatha Aragalaya that calls for a regional approach to all issues and is open for public endorsement. Journalist Sushmita Preetha in Dhaka carried forward Sapan’s ritual of commemorating eminent Southasian personalities wi -
Russia: How War and Mobilization have Affected the Lives of Industrial Workers | Azamat Ismailov
29 October 2022by Azamat Ismailov *
October 19, 2022
The first piece in the Labor Rights series gives an overview of the car industry
Ten years ago, Igor Kholmanskikh, shop foreman at the tank manufacturer Uralvagonzavod, promised Vladimir Putin to “bring out my guys and defend stability.”
The sycophant was showered with honors, while the speech contributed to a popular myth that blue-collar workers are a conservative proletariat that sees Putin as a guarantee against economic and political (…) -
Mike Davis: 1946–2022 | Jon Wiener
29 October 2022A brilliant radical reporter with a novelist’s eye and a historian’s memory
by Jon Wiener
Mike Davis, author and activist, radical hero and family man, died October 25 after a long struggle with esophageal cancer; he was 76. He’s best known for his 1990 book about Los Angeles, City of Quartz. Marshall Berman, reviewing it for The Nation, said it combined “the radical citizen who wants to grasp the totality of his city’s life, and the urban guerrilla aching to see the whole damned thing (…) -
CPI 24th Congress calls upon people of India to fight for "Health for All"
29 October 2022Date: 20.10.2022
CPI to campaign for Health to be a Fundamental Right
Increase the public spending on health to 6% of GDP
The Communist Party of India (CPI) has demanded health to be a Fundamental Right. Resolution to the effect was passed unanimously at the 24th Party congress of the CPI held at Vijayawada from 14 to 18 October 2022. Dr Arun Mitra, who moved the resolution said that it is unfortunate that the despite poor health conditions of the people, health has not been given its (…) -
Leadership after Party Congress - Press Communiqué Communist Party of India - Oct 27, 2022
29 October 2022Communist Party of India
New Delhi,
October 27, 2022
Press Communiqué
The Party Congress of Communist Party of India was held in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh from October 14 to 18, 2022.
In the Party Congress D RAJA has been unanimously re-elected as general secretary of the Party.
The newly elected national secretariat members are: 1. D Raja, General Secretary 2. Kanam Rajendran 3. Atul Kumar Anjaan 4. Amarjeet Kaur 5. Dr. K. Narayana 6. Dr. B.K. Kango 7. Binoy Viswam 8. Pallab (…) -
Online targetting of Women Journalists - Statement by Editors’s Guild
29 October 2022PRESS STATEMENT
October 28th, 2022
The Editors Guild of India had issued a statement on January 11, 2022 expressing deep concern about the online harassment and targeting of women journalists.
Amongst other instances, the statement had also referred to a series of reports carried by the Wire on an app called the Tek Fog. Since the Wire has removed those stories as part of their internal review following serious questions on the veracity of their reporting, the Guild withdraws the (…) -
Ten Point Letter from Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions (Oct 28, 2022)
29 October 2022To, Shri Bhupender Yadav ji Hon’ble Minister of Labour & Employment Govt of India Shram Shakti Bhawan Rafi Marg, New Delhi 110001
28th October 2022
Sub: Submission by the Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions on certain issues pertaining to Labour and Working People of India, requesting urgent intervention.
Dear Sir,
The Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions and Independent Federations/Associations, in its meeting held on 23rd September 2022 in New Delhi, unanimously resolved (…) -
Book Review: S.P.K. Gupta’s Two Vol. The Rise and Eclipse of the Soviet Civilisation | Sobhanlal Datta Gupta
29 October 2022Book Review:
by Sobhanlal Datta Gupta*
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The Rise and Eclipse of the Soviet Civilisation.
Vol I : The Rise
Vol 2 : The Eclipse
by S.P.K. Gupta E Book
New Delhi : Evelyn Publishers
2022
Vol I : 2288 pages
Vol II : 1257 pages
Rs 500.00 each volume __0__
A book authored by a very senior journalist stationed as PTI correspondent in Moscow for quite a long period and reflecting on the fall of the Soviet Union after thirty years of its demise made me deeply (…) -
A Doctor with a Heart | M.R. Narayan Swamy
29 October 2022Reviewed by M.R. Narayan Swamy __0__
When The Heart Speaks: Memoirs of a Cardiologist by Dr Upendra Kaul Konark Publishers Pages: 202 Price: Rs 750 __0__
There are plenty of good doctors in this country, fortunately. Yet, it is not easy to know a doctor who is a successful professional, nationally recognized and yet a warm-hearted human being whose heart bleeds for the peaceful society that Kashmir, his home state, once was.
Dr Upendra Kaul devotes much of the book to his more than (…)