Mainstream Weeklyby Murzban Jal
Such dangers constitute the real spice of the trade; the greater the insecurity, the more the conspirator hastens to seize the pleasures of the moment. —Karl Marx, ‘Les Conspirateurs, Par A. Chenu, Ex-capitaine des Gardes Du Citoyen Caussidière. Les Sociétés’
It is impossible completely to understand Marx’s Capital, and especially the first chapter, without having thoroughly studied and understood the whole of Hegel’s Logic. Consequently half a century later none of the (…)
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In Conversion: Stalinism, Maoism And The Question Of The Messianic Revolution | Murzban Jal
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Sectarianism and Vanguardism: Debating a Problem on the Left | Anarchist Federation of Rio de Janeiro
19 August 2022[The below article by Anarchist Federation of Rio de Janeiro (FARJ) first appeared in 2014 in Libera newspaper, No 163 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) as “Sectarismo e vanguardismo: debatendo um problema na esquerda”. It was translated into English by Enrique Guerrero-López]
by Anarchist Federation of Rio de Janeiro, FARJ
Sectarianism is intolerance towards the positions, opinions, ideologies or practices that are different from one’s own or those of the movement, organization or group to which (…) -
PUCL condemns the remission of the sentence of the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case
19 August 2022PEOPLE’S UNION FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES (PUCL) 322. Patpar Gang Opposite Anand Lok Apartments, Mayur Vihar, Delhi 110091 Founder: Jayaprakash Narayan Founding President: VM Tarkunde President: Ravi Kiran Jain General Secretary: V. Suresh Email puclnat[at]gmail.com pucl.natgensec[at]gmail.com
18 August, 2022
PUCL condemns the remission of the sentence of the 11 convicts in the Bilkis case as arbitrary, unfair and dangerous for Indian democracy
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6000 citizens stand with Bilkis Bano’s Struggle for Justice
19 August 2022PRESS RELEASE
18.8.2022
20 YEARS AFTER HORRIFIC GANG-RAPE AND MASS MURDERS IN GUJARAT, ABOUT 6000 CITIZENS SPEAK OUT IN SUPPORT OF
BILKIS BANO’S CONTINUING STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE!
Demand the revocation of the premature release of 11 gang-rapists
and mass murderers in Gujarat.
Appeal to the Supreme Court of India to undo this grave miscarriage of justice.
Call upon citizens to stand with all victims of rape against such an injustice.
Full text of statement (English & Hindi) (…) -
Disturb at some rulings of India’s top court - A statement by concerned international scholars
19 August 2022A Statement by International Academic Community
We, the undersigned members of the academic community, are deeply disturbed by some of the recent judgements of the Indian Supreme Court, which have a direct bearing on the future of civil liberties and human rights in India. We wish to draw attention, in particular, to the judgement in the Zakia Jafri case, which raises three disturbing questions.
First, since the petitioners had challenged the findings of the SIT report that gave a clean (…) -
Book Review: British Savagery in Delhi After 1857 | M.R. Narayan Swamy
19 August 2022, by M R Narayan SwamyBook Review __0__ Tears of the Begums: Stories of Survivors of the Uprising of 1857
Khwaja Hasan Nizami Translated by Rana Safvi
Hachette India Paperback : 244 pages ISBN-10 : 9393701148 ISBN-13 : 978-9393701145
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When the British finally reconquered Delhi with the help of loyal Indian troops after the 1857 revolt, the retribution was swift and brutal, without any regard for justice and fair play. Not only were (…) -
Review of Gareth Leng, Rhodri Ivor Leng, The Matter of Facts | Jessica R. Avery
19 August 2022BOOK REVIEW
__0__ The Matter of Facts: Skepticism, Persuasion, and Evidence in Science
by Gareth Leng, Rhodri Ivor Leng
Cambridge: MIT Press 2020. Illustrations. 376 pp (cloth), ISBN 978-0-262-04388-5; (e-book), ISBN 978-0-262-35828-6.
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Reviewed by Jessica R. Avery (DePaul University)
As the title suggests, Gareth Leng and Rhodri Ivor Leng’s collaborative book, The Matter of Facts: Skepticism, Persuasion, and Evidence in Science, presents an insightful, critical, and (…) -
Photo: Satyajit Ray and Marlon Brando in Delhi, 1967
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International Arms Sales - Sellers and Buyers - Interactive Map | 360info with SIPRI data
19 August 2022This map on International Arms Transfers is reproduced here under a creative commons license
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Video Recording: 75 Years of Independence - Remembering 1947 | Irfan Habib, Romila Thapar and Harbans Mukhia
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