Mainstream Weeklyby David I Steinberg *
For the fourth time since Myanmar’s independence in 1948, the Tatmadaw (military) has reasserted its control. On 1 February 2021, on the cusp of inaugurating a new parliament from the 2020 national elections, the Tatmadaw claimed electoral corruption in the opposition National League for Democracy’s overwhelming victory over the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party.
Refugees, who fled a flare-up in fighting between the Myanmar army and ethnic (…)
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’Myanmar’s military coup redux’ | David I Steinberg
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Left Smiles in Chile | Bhabani Shankar Nayak
28 December 2021by Bhabani Shankar Nayak *
In the age of rising tide of neoliberal authoritarianism and populist reactionary religious politics, the electoral victory of left brings smiles to all progressive forces beyond Chile. The people of Chile defeated José Antonio Kast-a committed follower of the country’s former dictator, Gen. Augusto Pinochet who established neoliberal authoritarianism in Chile before it spread worldwide. The decisive victory of Mr Gabriel Boric is a celebration of people’s power (…) -
UK: ’Spend money on the NHS - not nuclear subs’ | Philip Gilligan
28 December 2021News and Star - The Cumberland News December, 12 2021
SINCE September, local Conservative politicians have seemed very eager to praise the new military pact known as AUKUS.
They are apparently unconcerned that the US and UK will be assisting Australia to acquire new long-range strike capabilities for its air force, navy and army, including the provision of nuclear-powered submarines fuelled by weapons grade uranium.
They clearly hope that BAE Systems staff in Barrow will be involved (…) -
Football: The opiate of the people? | Eduardo Galeano
28 December 2021How is soccer like God? Each inspires devotion among followers and distrust in intellectuals.
In 1902 in London, Rudyard Kipling made fun of soccer and those who contented their souls with ’the muddied oafs at the goals.’ Three-quarters of a century later in Buenos Aires, Jorge Luis Borges was more subtle; he gave a lecture on the subject of immortality on the same day and at the same hour that Argentina was playing its first match in the 1978 World Cup.
The scorn of many conservative (…) -
Audio: Autocratization in South Asia | Sten Widmalm
28 December 2021 -
Documentary: I am 20 | directed by S N S Sastry
28 December 2021A 1967 films division documentary by S N S Sastry— with those born on Independence Day in 1947 were selected from different parts of India Play
I am 20 by Films Division https://youtu.be/fA8h74ZW8Ok -
Table of Contents, Mainstream, Dec 18 / Dec 25, 2021 (double issue)
17 December 2021* What Ails the Institutions of Higher Learning in Kerala? | Chathukulam and Joseph
* Is The RSS Stronger or Weaker After 100 Years? | Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd
* Studying Rammohun Roy and Karl Marx together and today | Pradip Baksi
* Afghanistan: Saur Revolution & its Immediate Aftermath | Sumit Chakravartty
* Left in France Loses its Bearings Fighting COVID restrictions | Philippe Marlière
* Film: Pirosmani (1969) directed by Giorgi Shengelaia -
Letter to the readers, Mainstream, Dec 18/Dec 25, 2021
17 December 2021Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, December 18, December 25 2021 (double issue)
Varanasi is the Prime Minister’s parliamentary constituency and that he should take personal interest in a huge multi-million development project to beautify or de-congest the city is normal but for him to turn this into a mega religious show with him personally participating beamed live on national TV is a pretty jarring? On December 13, 2021 we saw the Prime Minister Modi in Varanasi on live TV performing (…) -
Too Many VIP Deaths. Something Amiss? | TJS George
17 December 2021, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
Why do so many of our VIPs die in accidents? No one will say that murderous groups are plotting behind the scenes. Almost all the accidents that killed our leaders were truly accidents. Could it be that our planes and choppers suffer from poor maintenance? They are said to be in the best of conditions, maintained by the best of experts. Are there other factors unbeknown to the general public?
Security experts have practices and conventions based on what they (…) -
Studying Rammohun Roy and Karl Marx together and today | Pradip Baksi
17 December 2021by Pradip Baksi
Why may one study Rammohun Roy (1772-1833), a contemporary of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) while studying Karl Marx (1818-1883) today? Here are some reasons: (1) for investigating the aborted project of political liberalism in India, in an era of ascendant new Indian political barbarism; and, (2) for collecting materials for the unwritten fourth part of Marx’s planned critique of political economy, related to the state(Marx 1859: Foreword, First Sentence). (…)