An Education Policy for Colonising Minds

IMPERIALIST hegemony over the third world is exercised not just through arms and economic might but also through the hegemony of ideas, by making the victims see the world the way imperialism wants them to see it. A pre-requisite for freedom in the third world therefore is to shake off this colonisation of the mind, and to seek truth beyond the distortions of imperialism. The anti-colonial struggle was aware of this; in fact the struggle begins with the dawning of this awareness.

New Labour Codes Getting Ready for Enforcement

DURING the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, when the toiling masses across the country were fully engaged in the struggle for their lives and livelihoods, the Modi-led BJP government seized the moment to advance significant initiatives in Independent India, including the corporatization of agricultural land and labour system reforms. In a week, from September 20 to 27, 2020, including a weekend, the government swiftly passed three farm bills and four labour codes through both houses of parliament.

The Vacuity of the Free Trade Argument

IMAGINE a country that is exposed to relatively unrestricted trade. There are two obvious problems that it can face because of this trade policy: the first is a balance of payments problem because its exports are insufficient relative to its imports. And the second is the creation of unemployment, and more generally of domestic resources remaining idle, because domestic goods cannot compete with imports.

Uttarakhand Tunnel Collapse: A Result of Degrading Nature and Humans

MARX said that the labour and nature together constituted the dual source of all wealth. Capitalism as a system has intrinsically been geared for profit maximisation regardless of human needs or natural limits. The ruling class seems to think that nature is a ‘free gift’ to capital and workers are their wage-slaves.

Tripura: Prevent Creation of Communal and Ethnic Distrust

WHILE Tripura has long been renowned for its rich legacy of communal harmony and fraternal coexistence among diverse religious and ethnic communities, there is now a planned effort, patronised by the ruling BJP, to disrupt this amity and fraternity.

TN: P Ramamurti Memorial Lecture Held at Chennai

THE 115th anniversary of Comrade P Ramamurti was observed at the CPI(M) Tamil Nadu state committee office on December 15, 2023. K Balakrishnan, state secretary of the Party, paid homage by garlanding the statue of Comrade PR. The gathering included Party state committee members and other members of the Party.Earlier, on November 7, coinciding with the Great Bolshevik Revolution, a big meeting was held at the Party state headquarters. During this programme, a bust-sized statue of Comrade P Ramamurti was inaugurated.

Medicine Nobel: The Greatest Benefit to Mankind?

ON December 10, 2023, the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology was awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, to Dr Katalin Kariko and Dr Drew Weissman jointly “for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.” The citation said these “were critical for developing effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 during the pandemic that began in early 2020 and contributed to the unprecedented rate of vaccine development during one of the greatest threats to human health in modern times.” Presumably, this satisfied the condi

Kerala Governor Unfit for Post

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on December 18THE Kerala Governor, Arif Mohammed Khan, has over-stepped all boundaries with his constant political attacks on the elected state government and his grossly erratic behavior. The latest instance is his statement that there is "the beginning of the collapse of the constitutional machinery in the state". Such threats leveled against the state government will be rejected outright by the people of the state.The governor is facing protests from students after he packed the nominated seats in the sena

Destruction of Parliament

AN unprecedented 146 opposition members of parliament of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have been suspended for the rest of the winter session. Apart from the ‘loyal’ opposition MPs belonging to parties like the BJD, YSRCP and AIADMK, there will be no opposition MPs left in either house by December 22.It is important to recall why these suspensions took place at all.

Journalist Organisations Flay Freezing of Newsclick Accounts

SIX journalist organisations – Press Club of India, Indian Women’s Press Corps, Delhi Union of Journalists, Press Association, Kerala Union of Working Journalists and the Working News Cameraman’s Association (WNCA) – in a joint statement issued on December 20, have condemned the freezing of accounts of news portal Newsclick by the Income Tax department, depriving close to a hundred media persons and their families of a steady source of income.“The salaries of all employees including support staff cannot be disbursed including for the 19 days of work in December.

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