2024

Viewing Kashmiri society through the lens of peace and conflict studies, it can be argued that conflict management though has been an ongoing process for an extended period now; the region is currently in a state of stable transition, characterized by neither active/intense conflict nor a complete stability. This

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This article provides a comprehensive analysis of the 2024 Jharkhand assembly election, examining key themes such as the influence of Adivasi voters, the strategic appeal to women voters, the role of youth engagement, and the emergence of new leaders like Jairam Mahato. Drawing on data to support the analysis, the piece explores the central issues shaping Jharkhand’s political landscape and the factors likely to determine the electoral outcome. By examining these themes, the (…)

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The rise of social media has led to a phenomenon called "sharenting," where parents, particularly mothers, share intimate moments of their children’s lives online. In India, this practice has gained prominence with the increasing popularity of "momfluencers" who use their children to enhance their social media presence. While documenting children’s lives may seem harmless, it raises significant privacy and security concerns, especially with the advent of artificial intelligence (…)

Uttar Pradesh

Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) is the first civic body during 2024 to issue bonds worth Rs 100 crore. The issue got

Before India gained independence, caste was a significant factor in controlling resources, power and economic development. Caste is also a source of division, conflict and human rights violations in Indian society. This was seen in the Mandal Commission, affirmative action policies based on caste, and caste-based discrimination that persisted into the twenty-first century. Even though the practice of caste was officially outlawed in 1950, it has since developed into a deeply ingrained system (…)

November 11, 2024
China has the biggest influence on Myanmar

Since World War II, Israel has assassinated more people than any other country in the Western World. But there is something more stinking. As celebrated Israeli journalist Ronen Bergman observes, in many cases Israeli leaders have even determined that in order to kill a designated target, it is moral and legal to endanger the lives of innocent civilians who may fall in the line of fire.
If you know this mentality, it becomes easy to understand the genocide now taking place in Gaza and the (…)

We live in a post-truth era in which the concept of nationalism and patriotism is restructured around the premises of

(The text by Karl Kautsky below was first published in Die Gesellschaft, 1925
Marked up: Zdravko Saveski for marxists.org, 2008)
THE DESPOTISM of the Bolshevik party in Russia appears to be stronger and less open to attack than ever. Yet already it shows signs of impending collapse. That has been proved very recently by the Trotsky case. It may seem at first sight as if its swift and easy settlement has strengthened the dictatorial regime to the greatest degree, and has shown that no (…)