Table of Contents - Mainstream Lockdown Edition no7 ; May 9, 2020
Letter to the Readers – May 9, 2020 – Lockdown Edition no7
We will never know how many people died of starvation, because no state government will admit to starvation deaths ; P (...)
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Table of Contents - Mainstream Lockdown Edition no7 | May 9, 2020
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Letter to the Readers – May 9, 2020 – Lockdown Edition no7
9 May 2020As one writes these lines, one is struck by the lead news report in all the major newspapers today:
"Sixteen jobless and weary migrant labourers who had dozed off on a railway track after walking nearly 36 kms from Maharashtra’s Jalna, where (...) -
We will never know how many people died of starvation, because no state government will admit to starvation deaths
9 May 2020by P Chidambaram
The war against COVID-19 and its social and economic consequences is being led by the Central and state governments and we the people are mere followers. But as followers, we can imagine many things.
First, imagine that the (...) -
Important Role of Public Sector in Vaccine Production in Developing Countries
9 May 2020, by Bharat DograVaccines have been widely recognized as an important part of health programs of various countries. Now vaccine development and production has in fact become the most discussed aspect in the times of COVID-19 when there is a worldwide rush foe (...) -
Karl Marx versus official Marxists
9 May 2020by Sankar Ray
Two years elapsed since the 200th birth centenary of Karl Heinrich Marx (5 May 2018) but the official Marxist parties (OM) of India – CPI(M), CPI and variants of CPI(ML)- quietly ignored the co-founder of Scientific Socialism (...) -
Remembering Marx under the condition of lockdown: Going beyond the “Corona” Paradigm
9 May 2020by Maya John
On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Karl Marx, the greatest intellectual of the millennium, it is best to steer clear of hero-worshipping. Instead, let us commemorate Marx’s ideas by re-enacting his way of knowing things. (...) -
75th anniversary of Victory over fascism in WW II
9 May 2020, by Anil RajimwaleThis year, world celebrates 75th anniversary of the Second World War (WW II), which ended with victory over fascism, on 9 May 1945. The most destructive war in human history, it caused 5 crore deaths, two crores of them from Soviet Union alone. (...) -
Lockdown and Crackdown
9 May 2020, by Humra QuraishiMusings
May 6, 2020
Together with stating what ‘activities’ are to be allowed or disallowed in the red and orange and the hot spot zones of the country, its best if the establishment also puts forth what’s to be spoken out and what all is to be (...) -
AITUC strongly condemns the move of some state governments to take away labour rights of workers. Demands black laws to be withdrawn
9 May 2020All India Trade Union Congress AITUC Bhawan: 35-36, DDU Marg, Rouse Avenue, New Delhi – 110002 E Mail: aituchq[at]gmail.com Tel: +91 1123217320
The following statement was issued to the press by Amarjeet Kaur – General (...) -
How the Poor Survive?
9 May 2020, by Arup Kumar SenIn an interview in 2014, the eminent political philosopher of our time, Giorgio Agamben argued: “Public power is losing legitimacy. A mutual suspicion has developed between the authorities and the citizen”.
This is very much evident in (...)
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