Category: The Truth

THE UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND INDIAN CAPITALISM

October 8, 2020

Prasad V // The coronavirus induced lockdown in India has created a condition of unprecedented levels of unemployment in history. Further the situation is aggravated by the failure of the government to introduce any labor-intensive programs in health sector or public sanitation which was a great necessity in this situation of pandemic and which has … More THE UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND INDIAN CAPITALISM

NEW LABORATORY OF FASCISM: THE UP MODEL

October 8, 2020

Georgi Dimitrov had rightly said that “Fascism in power was correctly described by the Thirteenth Plenum of the Executive Committee of the Communist International as the open terrorist dictatorship of the most reactionary, most chauvinistic and most imperialist elements of finance capital.” But if fascism needs to be explained to a layman, the incidents that … More NEW LABORATORY OF FASCISM: THE UP MODEL

Constructivism in Education : The Experience from Kerala – An Examination

September 9, 2020

Prasad V // The achievements of Kerala state in education is comparable with the developed countries. This is a widely accepted fact till some years back. The role played by missionaries and progressive movements in the late 19th and early 20th centuries supported by the rulers of that time to establish schools set a new … More Constructivism in Education : The Experience from Kerala – An Examination

NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY 2020 : ROADMAP TO THE DEMOLITION OF EDUCATION

September 9, 2020

S Raj // The National Education Policy 2020 (NEP)[1] was passed by the Union Cabinet of the BJP Government on 29th July 2020. After the first National Policy on Education that was passed by the Indira Gandhi Government in 1968 and the 2nd policy passed by the Rajiv Gandhi Government in 1986, which in turn … More NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY 2020 : ROADMAP TO THE DEMOLITION OF EDUCATION

EIA 2020 IS DISASTROUS FOR ENVIRONMENT

September 9, 2020

S V Singh // Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC) issued a draft notification, Environmental Impact Assessment Notification (hereinafter called EIA Notification 2020) on April 11, 2020 for 60 day’s mandatory Public Notice Period that ended on June 10, 2020. Under Rule 5 (3) of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, 60-day public notice … More EIA 2020 IS DISASTROUS FOR ENVIRONMENT

US ELECTION – NO REAL CHOICE FOR WORKING CLASS

September 3, 2020

M Aseem // ‘Former Vice President Joe Biden assured rich donors at a ritzy New York fundraiser that “nothing would fundamentally change” if he is elected. Biden told donors at an event at the Carlyle Hotel in Manhattan on Tuesday evening (June 16 – Ed) that he would not “demonize” the rich and promised that … More US ELECTION – NO REAL CHOICE FOR WORKING CLASS

CRISIS OF CAPITALISM – CATASTROPHE FOR WORKERS

September 3, 2020

As anticipated, Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) announced on 31st August that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Quarter ending June 2020 shrunk by 23.9% compared to the same period in previous Financial Year. All sectors of the economy except Agriculture show massive decline – construction -50%, Manufacturing -39.3%, Services -20%, Electricity -7%, Trade & Hotels … More CRISIS OF CAPITALISM – CATASTROPHE FOR WORKERS

PRASHANT BHUSHAN CONTEMPT CASE: AIMING BEYOND THE LIMITED BOURGEOIS DEMOCRATIC HORIZON

September 3, 2020

A Priya // After the historic press conference on 12th January 2018 by the four senior-most judges of the Supreme Court who came out saying that “democracy is at stake”, the latest suo moto contempt case against SC’s Senior Advocate Prashant Bhushan further brought out into the open the questionable state of Indian judiciary. As … More PRASHANT BHUSHAN CONTEMPT CASE: AIMING BEYOND THE LIMITED BOURGEOIS DEMOCRATIC HORIZON

BIHAR ELECTIONS AMIDST THREAT OF COVID & FASCISM*

September 3, 2020

As Bihar Assembly election is approximating, the political atmosphere has been warming up for quite some time. Immediately with this, the first thing we come to hear is that the Parliamentary Left and even some Revolutionary Left demands the postponement of election due to continuing spread of Covid-19. They criticized the Nitish Kumar government for … More BIHAR ELECTIONS AMIDST THREAT OF COVID & FASCISM*