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Uncovering the Ecologist in Marx: Kohei Saito

K. Sahadevan — 2026-04-10T00:35:00Z

[fond noir][blanc]BOOK REVIEWblanc]fond noir]
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Marx in the Anthropocene
Towards the Idea of Degrowth Communism
by Kohei Saito, University of Tokyo
Cambridge University Press
15 January 2023 | ISBN: 9781108933544
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Uncovering the Ecologist in Marx: Kohei Saito

- 2026 / Book Review

Questions to Narendra Modi: What

K. Sahadevan — 2026-03-31T02:59:22Z

March 24, 2026
I would like to ask some questions to Narendra Modi, who is coming to Kerala as a campaigner for the BJP candidate. It is not without remembering that he was not ready to answer the questions of the media during his tenure as the Prime Minister. When you were the Chief Minister of Gujarat in 2007, your face, which trembled before the questions of the brave journalist Karan Thapar, asked for a drink of water and ended the interview halfway, is still fresh in memory as if it (…)

- 2026

Geopolitical Conflicts, Development Crises, and the Second Contradiction of Capitalism | K. Sahadevan

K. Sahadevan — 2026-03-19T03:31:03Z

A small glitch in geopolitical dynamics reveals just how fragile our global economy truly is. The vulnerabilities of the development edifices we have constructed are now starkly evident. It is undeniable that the US war of aggression against Iran has created major cracks in global supply chains.
The war in the Persian gulf is in full swing.The movement of goods through the Strait of Hormuz remains blocked for now. Difficult to say when the return to 'normal', potentially allowing supply (…)

- 2026

Champion Nuclear Disarmament - An Open Letter to Opposition Leader Rahul Gandhi Invoking the Legacy of Rajiv Gandhi's Action Plan in a Time of Heightened Nuclear Peril | K. Sahadevan

K. Sahadevan — 2026-03-07T23:26:06Z

Dear Rahul Gandhi,
You are well aware that tensions between two nuclear-armed states are escalating toward the brink of war. I am writing this letter for two primary reasons. First, I am convinced of the futility of expecting a regime obsessed with extreme warmongering to take the initiative for nuclear disarmament. Second, I wish to remind you of the Action Plan for a Nuclear-Weapon-Free and Non-Violent World Order presented by your esteemed father, Rajiv Gandhi, nearly four decades ago. (…)

- 2026

Open Letter to Com. Prakash Karat to dissuade the government led by his party from proceeding with the nuclear power plants in Kerala | K. Sahadevan

K. Sahadevan — 2025-01-25T23:12:06Z

Com. Prakash Karat, where are you? The people of Cheemeni (Kerala) are waiting for you.
Dear Com. Prakash Karat,
I trust you are aware that the government, led by your party, is in talks to construct two nuclear power plants in the Cheemeni area of Kerala's Kasaragod district, each with a 220 MW generating capacity.
As an anti-nuclear activist who supported you and Com. Sitaram Yechury, the backers of the movement against the Jaitapur nuclear power plant project in the Ratnagiri (…)

- 2025