Patna, 15th February 2021 Against the arbitrary raids of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) at the offices of NewsClick.in and its Editor in Chief's house, as well as against the fascist attacks to dismantle the pro-people (mainly online) media, a protest meeting was organized in Patna. An initiative of 'Janshakti' weekly newspaper, the meeting was held... Continue Reading →
Farmers’ Movement And The Question Of Rural Woman’s Emancipation
Amita Kumari // India is witnessing an unprecedented farmer’s movement on the borders of its capital. The rural world was never before brought to such close quarters of urban India, and for such a long stretch of time. The movement has not only laid bare the intimacy between State and Capital, it has also unsettled... Continue Reading →
Budget: Bomb For Poor Masses, Balm For Capitalist Moneybags
All big financial and industrial capitalists, their paid ‘experts’ and controlled media are elated and overjoyed by the budget for FY22 and the stock market immediately jumped nearly 2500 points and is going up since then. On the other hand, vast majority of the people – workers, farmers, small traders, small and tiny enterprises, middle... Continue Reading →
A Fascist Hoax Called ‘Love Jihad’
(Originally published by Scientific And Polemic Society, Shimla) In 2007 Communal Ideological Campaign of "Love Jehad" gained currency the fringe Far-Right organisation Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS) in the Dakshina Kannada district of coastal Karnataka and parts of northern Kerala. HJS, until recently, openly associated itself with the Sanathan Sanstha, which has been named in several... Continue Reading →
Fascism & Rising Violence Against Women
V Prajapati // Rising violence and oppression against women, both in rate and intensity, is intricately connected to Fascism. A better understanding of the dynamics of their relationship can be developed by delving into the meaning of ‘fascism’ and the violence it is capable of unleashing over the masses. Georgi Dimitrov defined Fascism, a product... Continue Reading →
[Readers’ Corner] Hindutva Politics And Corporate Capitalism Are Made For Each Other
Manukrati Tiwari // Marketization Of Tradition And North Indian Hegemony There is a visible transformation in the celebrations and conduct of tradition that can be seen in our local colonies and on the streets that says how religious traditions and festivals are more about flaunting dominance to “you know whom”. The Kanwad yatra, the Mahashivratri,... Continue Reading →
[Economy] Robber Barons seek Protection
M Aseem // “What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of one?”, asked Bertolt Brecht. But there are many different ways of robbing a bank. Recommendation by an RBI Internal Working Group to allow industrial houses and NBFCs owned by such houses to promote banks is one of these many ways.... Continue Reading →
Politics Of Census And Capitalism Sarna Dharm Code And Adivasi Survival
Amita Kumari // This November, on the eleventh, the Jharkhand Assembly met for a special session. A resolution for Sarna Adivasi Dharm Code Bill was passed and a long overdue demand of the Adivasis of Jharkhand got met halfway. It now awaits approval from the Centre as, constitutionally, the power of legislating on religious matters... Continue Reading →