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Shubham Sharma
Perils of Outsourcing Political Work to Election Strategy Firms
08 May 2022
The elephant in the boardroom where election strategy firms meet with the top leaders of political outfits is the corporate funding of political parties.
Shubham Sharma
Replug: Karl Marx - March Ye Workers, and the World Shall be Free!
05 May 2022
May 5 marks the birth anniversary of Marx, whose life traversed through Trier, Berlin, Paris and London, chiselling his ideas that exposed capitalism’s ‘cunning transaction’ that defrauds the working…
Shubham Sharma
May Day: A Peoples’ History
01 May 2022
No other public holiday in India has such international relevance as May Day, which represents the internationalist moorings of the global working class.
Shubham Sharma
Why Hindutva and Patriarchy Get Hijab Wrong
27 Feb 2022
It is ironic that the opposition to the headscarf comes from Hindutva forces, who hang on to all forms of social obscurantism and conservatism.
Shubham Sharma, Satyanand Jha Vatsa
Remember Gandhi, India’s Most Eloquent Voice for Peace and Harmony
30 Jan 2022
Know Gandhi to unlearn what the current ruling dispensation has been feeding the public about him.
Shubham Sharma
Netaji Wasn't a Friend of Hindutva, But its Adversary
23 Jan 2022
The appropriation of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose by BJP-RSS erases the historical reality that Netaji, throughout his life, stood against the values that Hindutva propagates.
Shubham Sharma
Abdul Ghaffar Khan: Freedom Fighter, Gandhian, Pacifist, Muslim and Pakhtun
20 Jan 2022
Every aspect of the life of Abdul Ghaffar Khan struck a contrast to the pettiness that is overtaking public life in India and all of South Asia.
Shubham Sharma, Ajay Saharan
Revolutionaries and the Congress
24 Oct 2021
The revolutionaries, communists, and socialists pushed the Congress party in radical and progressive directions, not the other way around.
Shubham Sharma
Remembering Socialist Revolutionary Bhagat Singh
03 Oct 2021
There are conscious attempts to whitewash the legacy of Bhagat Singh and deny his socialist revolutionary ideas.
Shubham Sharma
Why Politicians Get Away with Swapping Parties
26 Sep 2021
Babul Supriyo is just one instance of ideological flip-flop among netas. It’s a trend Opposition unity can break, to end the corporate-Hindutva nexus that plagues people.