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Prabhat Patnaik
Farmer Protests: Why Alliances with Urban Underclasses is Vital
17 Jan 2021
In ‘Peasant War in Germany’, Engels advocated a worker-peasant alliance, and also suggested that the 1525 German peasant uprising had failed because it did not have alliances at the local level with…
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Why Modi Govt Looked the Other Way on Giving Cash Relief During Pandemic
09 Jan 2021
Timidity vis-à-vis international finance capital, callousness toward people, and cynicism in manipulating the electorate and legislators, have made the Modi government one of the most ultra-Right…
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Kisan Protests Are More About Survival of the Peasantry
02 Jan 2021
The three agri laws brought in by the Narendra Modi government are meant to remove the lifeline of peasants altogether and have to be repealed.
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Why Are People Going Hungry if India Has Surplus Foodgrain Stocks?
25 Dec 2020
A country that ranks 94 among 107 countries in the Global Hunger Index can’t be said to be self-sufficient in foodgrains. The surplus stocks are due to shortage of purchasing power in peoples’ hands.
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Kisan Movement Counters Corporate-Hindutva ‘Nationalism’ Narrative
18 Dec 2020
The symbols and slogans raised by protesting farmers herald the recovery of real nationalism that underlay the anti-colonial struggle and provided the foundation for free India.
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Why Agriculture Shouldn’t Be Left to Free Market
12 Dec 2020
The prices as well as the quantities of the agricultural produce in a free market would be far from socially optimal and are likely to be socially disastrous.
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There’s Nothing to Celebrate About Q2 GDP Estimates
05 Dec 2020
The statistics are dubious because there is a substantial increase in GDP under the head “discrepancies”, which is synonymous with errors and omissions.
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A Strike Against the Discourse of Unreason
28 Nov 2020
The November 26 strike is significant, not only because it protests against the Modi government’s brazen and unprecedent
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Why Recovery at Cost of Worker Immiserisation Won’t Last Long
21 Nov 2020
GDP recovery from the lockdown-induced abyss is accompanied by significant labour displacement and squeeze on wages, which will impact aggregate demand.
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Demonetisation: Modi’s Hollow Claims on Curbing Black Money
14 Nov 2020
On the fourth anniversary of demonetisation (November 8), Prime Minister Narendra Modi has claimed that it succeeded in