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Volume - 52, No. 1 to 52, Jul 7 2019 - Jul 4 2020
 
 
 
 
 
 
Vol. 52, No. 1, Jul 7 - 13, 2019
Contents
Fascist Shadows
Comment: Dealing Kashmir with tough hand
Note: Lacklustre GST Council Meet? - Raman Swamy
News Wrap - A G D
Calcutta Notebook: Creating Jobs in the Digital Economy - B J
Ant-Labour Ploy: Modi Govt Policies Are Loaded Against Labour - B Sivaraman
Marta Harnecker: The international left has lost one of its most lucid intellectual -Farooque Chowdhury
Plight of Non-Hindus: Ambedkar - Radhakanta Barik
France Now: Rightists on the Rise in Elections - Sandeep Banerjee
From A Village Idiot: Urban Naxals at Uzan Bazar -Pankaz K Sharma
 
Vol. 52, No. 2, Jul 14 - 20, 2019
Contents
West Bengal Scenario
Comment: Resist the anti-Adivasi designs of the BJP government
Note: Pseudo-effects on Climate Change in Sunderbans - Gautam Kumar Das
News Wrap - A G D
Calcutta Notebook: A Budget for Water - B J
Santosh Rana: A Rebel with A Cause - Anirban Biswas
An Interview: John Smith on imperialism-I -Farooque Chowdhury
Emergency –44th Anniversary: How RSS Betrayed the Anti-Emergency Struggle - Shamsul Islam
NRC Disputes: The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is a paradox - Sutputra Radheye
Book Review: Krishna Living with Alzheimer's - Sritama Mandal
Letters
 
Vol. 52, No. 3, Jul 21 - 27, 2019
Contents
The Budget 2019-20 of the New Finance Minister
Comment: It's Not Safe to Talk About the Weather Anymore
Note: Hard-earned Rights of Construction Workers Are Threatened - Bharat Dogra
News Wrap - A G D
Calcutta Notebook: Budget 2019 - B J
New Delhi Rhetoric: The Budget Busy Buzz - Pradosh Nath
Interview With John Smith–II: Imperialism is revealing its character -Interview by Farooque Chowdhury
Democracy & Public Institutions: Rationalism and Public institution in India - Radhakanta Barik
Streaming: A New Medium: Audience Evolution in The Streaming Age - Manisha Pandit
In Search Of Origin: Bengalis' Lineage to Nation: An informal Assessment - Tapas Piplai
 
Vol. 52, No. 4, Jul 28 -Aug 3, 2019
Contents
Polls on the Same Date
Comment: Religion—The Psycho-philosophy of Human Identity
Note: A Tale of Two Lakes - Gautam Kumar Das
News Wrap - A G D
Calcutta Notebook: The Fallacies of River Interlinking - B J
Interview with John Smith–III: Cataclysmic Crisis of Imperialist Capitalism - Interview by Farooque Chowdhury
Nothing Ends Anything: The 'summer' of the Right and the 'fall' of the Left -A Raghu Kumar
No To EVM: The EVM Mystery - Asis Ranjan Sengupta
I am Miya: Dissent is Democracy: Miya Poetry and Assam - Manisha Pandit
Letters
 
Vol. 52, No. 5, Aug 4 - 10, 2019
Contents
Whither the Country?
Comment: Vande Mataram
Note: Rethinking Religion - Arup Kumar Sen
News Wrap - A G D
Calcutta Notebook: The Futility of Lowering Interest Rates - B J
Interview with John Smith–VI: Climate crisis poses a major challenge to imperialism - Interview by Farooque Chowdhury
Changed Meaning: Growing up with (Jai) Siya Ram! -Nisha Biswas
Climate Fakery: Who Is Afraid of Global Warming? - T Vijayendra
The End Of The Road?: The Economic Growth–Climate Change Conundrum - S G Vombatkere
Letters
 
Vol. 52, No. 6, Aug 11 - 17, 2019
Contents
India, Pakistan, USA
Comment: Khan-Trump-Modi
Note: A K Roy - Ismail Chaudhury
News Wrap - A G D
Calcutta Notebook: New Strategy Required for Rejuvenation of Rivers - B J
Remembering A K Roy: The End of an Era - Ranjan Ghosh
A Memoir: Remembering Comrade A K Roy - T Vijayendra
Children Demanding Future: Global Climate Strikes - Franklyn Dritryev
Floods In Assam: Beyond embankments and donations - Bishaldeep Kakati
Book Review: The other Bukharin - Sankar Ray
Kemat Gawale: Death of a Dalit activists - Rahul Banerjee
Letters
 
Vol. 52, No. 7, Aug 18 - 24, 2019
Contents
Unnao–Shame On The Nation
Comment: LOC & LAC
Note: Patriotism and Motherland - Sutputra Radheye
News Wrap - A G D
Calcutta Notebook: Five Trillion Dollar Economy? - B J
Nuclear Weapons: Nuclear Weapons: An Absolute Evil - John Scales Avery
Way To True Welfare: Questioning High GDP growth rate paradigm of India - Shankar Sharma
Forced Homogenization: Jai Sreeram! What this is all about? - Bhaskar Majumder
Book On Emergency: On 'Emergency Chronicles: Indira Gandhi and Democracy's Turning point' - Radhakanta Barik
Water Recharging: A Few Drab and Dry Words about Water Crisis - Sandeep Banerjee
 
Vol. 52, No. 8, Aug 25 - 31, 2019
Contents
Kashmir—The Old Problem Intensified
Comment: Hari Prasad is a Tech-Savvy Crusader
Note: CPI(ML)lib's Clarion Call: 'Unite and Resist' - Nityananda Ghosh
News Wrap - A G D
Calcutta Notebook: High Income Tax will not secure Social Justice - B J
Shameless Betrayal: Quit India Movement and the RSS - Shamsul Islam
Existential Threat: A Peace Movement That We Need Most Urgently - Bharat Dogra
A Legacy To Cherish: Remembering Asma Jahangir - Ramnik Mohan
Searching History: Peary Chand Mitra's Study of History - Subhendu Sarkar
Ending Violence: Tackling the 'Impossible' - Robert J Burrowes
 
Vol. 52, No. 9, Sep 1 - 7, 2019
Contents
Kashmir Again
Comment: Chauvinism and Jingoism
Note: Uranium in Tiger Reserve 'Unite and Resist' - Raj Reddy Mahakala
News Wrap - A G D
Calcutta Notebook: Demographic Dividend or Demographic Disaster? - B J
Who Are Assamese?: Assam Accord Clause 6: The bone of Contention - Arup Baisya
Review: Walking with Bhagat Singh - Sunish Kumar Deb
Kashmir: Attack on Indian Federation by Removing Art 370 - Radhakanta Barik
Book Review: A Chronicle of Leftist Movement in Bengal - Prodosh Nath
Convention Resolutions: Unite and Resist
Letters
 
Vol. 52, No. 10, Sep 8 - 14, 2019
Contents
The Economy
Comment: In the same Boat
Note: 'Unite and Resist' - Nityananda Ghosh
News Wrap - A G D
Calcutta Notebook: Flood Control is leading to Flood Increase - B J
Obscure Pages of History: Conflict between Feudal, Mercantile & Colonial Capital - Tapas Piplai
Is It The End Of Road?: Ideology of Economic Growth - S G Vombatkere
Idea Of Dissent: 'Urban Maoists' and their Strategy - Manu Kant
Letters
 
Vol. 52, No. 11, Sep 15 - 21, 2019
Contents
Science and Superstition
Comment: In the same Boat
Note: Documenting Citizenship: Denationalizing People - Arup Sen
News Wrap - A G D
Calcutta Notebook: Limits to Debt-Led Growth - BJ
The Chinese Puzzle: Socialism with Climate Characteristics
The Traumatic Terrain: 'Philosophy' Matters - Ranganayakamma
State Vs Super-State: Our Citizenship and Our Living Existence - Jayanta Bhattacharya
Global Warming Is Here: What Can Be done About It? - T Vijayendra
Letters
 
Vol. 52, No. 12, Sep 22 - 28, 2019
Contents
The NRC: What Now?
Comment: NRC Backlash
Note: Hong Kong - Jan Myrdal
News Wrap - A G D
Calcutta Notebook: - BJ
Interview: "Revolution or Death"
An Open Letter: RSS in the University Syllabus - Shamsul Islam
People's Power: 'Citizens Journalism' and Democracy - Ravish Kumar
Mid-Day Meal: Chapati and Salt - Bhaskar Majumder
Letters
 
Autumn Number 2019
Vol. 52, No. 13-16, Sept 29 - Oct 26, 2019
'Bhagat Singh—the Warrior' - Excerps from 'Bhagat Singh Reader' edited by Prof Chaman Lal
Complicity, Citizens and Violence - Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Redefining Socialism - Paresh Chattopadhyay
Comment from Sandeep Banerjee
Two 'Babus'–Samar Sen and Saroj Datta - Anirban Biswas
'The Bhagat Singh Reader' - Anup Sinha
'Philosophy' - Ramakrishna Bhattacharya
Evicting a more than Million People - P Bandhu & T G Jacob
The 'Nuclear Power' Myth is Crumbling - Pradip Datta
Land, not for Ram Janma Bhumi, but to the Tiller!- Ranganayakamma
Facing the Future- Manas Bakshi
Prisons and Prisoners - Ranjit Sur
Culture that suits India- Bibekananda Ray
Labour and Trade Union Movement in the Changed Context - Tapas Piplai
In Search of Ideals - Sanjeeb Mukherjee
"Ruin or Revolution"- Farooque Chowdhury
Discovering Kerala - Radhakanta Barik
Aryanism leads to Fascism - Aloke Mukherjee
370 and first 'Martyr' of 370- Asok Chattopadhyay
Small RTI to Save RTI - Amitava Chowdhury
Bhagat Singh, Subhash Bose and Savarkar in the same Boat - Shamsul Islam
Shades of the Past in Kashmir Today - Sumanta Banerjee
Modi and the End of Economic Resurgence - Sushil Khanna & Mritiunjoy Mohanty
 
Vol. 52, No. 17, Oct 27 - Nov 2, 2019
Contents
Darkness and a Ray of Hope
Comment: Five Trillion Dollar Dream
Note: Venezuelans defending Bolivian Revolution - Farooque Chowdhury
News Wrap - A G D
Calcutta Notebook - B J
Indian Spy & Pakistan's Revenge: India v. Pakistan (The Kulbhusan Jadhav Case) [ICJ-Hague] - I M Sharma
Gandhi's Morality: Gandhi into Politics -Radhakanta Barik
'Dark Days': Hindustan, Pakistan and now Lynchistan - Subhash Gatade
Dismembering Kashmir: Punjab Solidarity for Kashmir - Harsh Thakor
Ayodhya: An Open Letter to Chief Justice - Shamsul Islam
 
Vol. 52, No. 18, Nov 3 - 9, 2019
Contents
Growth and Pretensions
Comment: Himalayan Glaciers Retreating
Note: Youth and Elderly in Modi 2.0 - Harashankar Adhikari
News Wrap - A G D
Calcutta Notebook - B J
Girijana Peasant Struggle: 'Srikakulam' 50 Yeas Later - M A Krishna
Where Is "Unity In Diversity"?: Religion, Region and Politics -Bishaldeep Kakati
August 5 and After: Mental Agony of Kashmiri's - Sabrangindia
Hong Kong: A Million Protesters into the Streets - Bob McCurie
Kiranjeet Kaur Murder: Crushing Peasant Consolidation in Punjab - Harsh Thakor
Abdullah Ignored Emergency: Pash, Punjab, Kashmir - Chaman Lal
Review: "The Cow in The Elevator" - By Tulsi Srinivas - Dhruv Ramnath
Letters
 
Vol. 52, No. 19, Nov 10 - 16, 2019
Contents
Assembly Polls, Distress and Kashmir
Comment: Why Dr Singh's Advice on Slowdown Makes BJP Blood Boil
Note: Gauri Lankesh Was Second Girish Kanrad First Target - A Corresondent
News Wrap - A G D
Calcutta Notebook - B J
Patriarchal Culture: Misogyny in the Communist Movement - Sumanta Banerjee
Where Is "Unity In Diversity"?: Religion, Region and Politics -Bishaldeep Kakati
Threat To Idea Of India: Nation is Unmaking - Radhakanta Barik
Emergence Of Rightists: Election Rollercoaster - Victor Grossman
The Kashmir Fallout: 'No' to Malayasian Palm Oil
Letters
 
Vol. 52, No. 20, Nov 17 - 23, 2019
Contents
The Days Ahead
Comment: Empire's Enemy
Note: Relevance of Strike - Harasankar Adhikari
News Wrap - A G D
Calcutta Notebook - B J
J&K Information Refused: Blackout! Agra - Venkatesh Nayak
Maulana Azad: Quranic sanction in Hindu Muslim unity - Firoz Bakht Ahmed
Nobel Prize: Re-defining Poverty - Bibekananda Ray
China's Red Political Power: The CPIML and Mao - By a Correspondent
Silence Is Consent: Silence begets Silence - Bhaskar Majumder
The Art Of Population Control: Battle for Demography - Ismail Chaudhury
Charu Majumdar Recalled: Birth Centenary of Charu Majumdary - H T
Letters
 
Vol. 52, No. 21, Nov 24 - 30, 2019
Contents
Crisis of Immorality
Comment: Development as Arrogance
Note: The Pain of Brexit - Jullion Richards
News Wrap - A G D
Calcutta Notebook: US-China Trade War - B J
Remembering a Renegade - Harsh Thakor
Jewel of A Different Kind: Now 'Bharat Ratna' to Savarkar! - Subhas Gatade
Review: Clemens Palme Dutt's India - Ramkrishna Bhattacharya
Bharat Or India?: Homogenising Civilisation? - Bhaskar Majumder
Bank Mergers: Murdering Branches - B Sivaraman
Letters
 
Vol. 52, No. 22, Dec 1 - 7, 2019
Contents
JNU Movement
Comment: Local Polls in J&K
Note: Denationalising People - Arup Kumar Sen
News Wrap - A G D
Calcutta Notebook - B J
Ideology of Religious Nationalism - Ram Puniyani
Harassing Stan Swamy - Sabrangindia
Crime Against Dalits - Sabrangindia
Howard Fast and his 'New Man' - Anil Chamadia
Remembering Ho Chi Minh - Harsh Thakor
Letters
 
Vol. 52, No. 23, Dec 8 - 14, 2019
Contents
The NRC-CAB Affair
Comment: Problem of Plenty
Note: 'Vande Mataram' - Harasankar Adhikary
News Wrap - A G D
Calcutta Notebook - B J
Left in Political Wilderness - Arup Baisya
Economic Downturn Seems Irreversible - S S Mahil
Bhagat Speaks Out - Ram Puniyani
Subsidies cannot be One Step Solution - Shilpi Sharma
Letters
 
Vol. 52, No. 24, Dec 15 - 21, 2019
Contents
The Maharashtra Drama
Comment: Empire's enemy
Note: Maoist Violence - A Correspondent
News Wrap - A G D
Calcutta Notebook - B J
No Alternative to Class Struggle - Omar Raad Chowdhury
Xi Jinping on Socialism - NFC
Occupational Safety and Labour - Samit Kumar Carr
An Open Letter to AEC -
Jawaharlal Nehru University a Unique place of learning - Radhakanta Barik
 
Vol. 52, No. 25, Dec 22 - 28, 2019
Contents
Speedy Justice
Comment: Bolivia, an old Story
Note: It's all Kicking Off - Mary Fitzerald
News Wrap - A G D
Calcutta Notebook - B J
Final Speech of Sheikh Abdullah - PSP
Ram Temple –A Reality? - Rudra Sen
The Question of Maturity - Bhaskar Majumdar
Lohia and Caste - Arun Kumar Patnaik
Goa Film Festaval - Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar
Mumbai Film Festival - Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar
Letters
 
Vol. 52, No. 26, Dec 29 - Jan 4, 2019
Contents
Behind the Scene
Comment: Tax and Overproduction
Note: US and Demonetisation - A Bychawski
News Wrap - A G D
Calcutta Notebook - B J
A Case of National Paranoia - Partha Chatterjee
Defending the Indefensible CAB - Shamsul Islam
Where Che was Murdered - Sandeep Banerjee
A Grassroot Politician - Pradosh Nath
Finally Lula is Free - Ana Paula Vargas & Vijay Prashad
Letters
 
Vol. 52, No. 27, Jan 5 - 11, 2020
Contents
Resolve and Resistance
Comment: Jharkhand Mandate
Note: Reaction feeds Reaction - A Correspondent
News Wrap - A G D
Calcutta Notebook: Changing Hats - B J
India is not yet a Hindu Rashtra - Aurobindo Ghose
What is Socialism? - Franklin Dmitryev
Recalling Vidyasagar's Philosophy - Harasankar Adhikary
Trump inspired coup in Bolivia - Sankar Ray
Mid-Day Meal and all That - By a Correspondent
Back to feudal Era - Battini Rao
Letters
 
Vol. 52, No. 28, Jan 12 - 18, 2020
Contents
General Strike
Comment: 38th History Congress
Note: 'No' to Predatory Capitalism - Vijay Prasad
News Wrap - A G D
Calcutta Notebook: The Curse of World Bank - B J
Red Alerts for Muslims? - Bibekananda Ray
Workers demand Red Flag over Red Fort - Mazdoor Ekta Committee
What is the future of Socialism? - Pradosh Nath
Before and Beyond Modernity - Ramkrishna Bhattacharya
Letters
 
Vol. 52, No. 29, Jan 19 - 25, 2020
Contents
Modi's Theatre of the Absurd
Comment: Whither Dalit Politics?
Note: Bhima Koregaon Case - P A M
News Wrap - A G D
Calcutta Notebook: Judicial Reforms - B J
Assam atop a volcano! - Dr Devabrata Sharma
An 'Indian Holocaust' in the Making? - Sidhartha Bhatia
Rebellion is Justified - Vijay Prasad
France Facing Social Confrontation - Léon Crémieux
Brecht–the Poet - Anjan Basu
Letters
 
Vol. 52, No. 30, Jan 26 - Feb 1, 2020
Contents
Iraq, Iran, America
Comment: 'No' to Muslim Festivals
Note: Saffron Violence - Arup Kumar Sen
News Wrap - A G D
Calcutta Notebook: Judicial Reforms - B J
Of China and Capitalism-I - B Sivaraman
Stalin Returns - I A Krasnaya
A Near-Uprising Situation? - Arup Baisya
M N Roy's Original Thesis Recalled - Peter Koeing
Letters
 
Vol. 52, No. 31, Feb 2 - 8, 2020
Contents
Hitler, Mussolini, Modi
Comment: How to Tame Tibet
Note: The French Dilema - Leon Crémieux
News Wrap - A G D
Calcutta Notebook - B J
Of China and Capitalism-II - B Sivaraman
"We are all JNU" - Siddharth Varadarajan
Too Many Counts & Cards - Bibekananda Ray
Much Population Policy - Asish Shukla
Fascism is rising Globally - Gilbert Mercier
 
Vol. 52, No. 32, Feb 9 - 15, 2020
Contents
In a Mess
Comment: Destined to Dustbin
Note: In Memory - A B
News Wrap - A G D
Calcutta Notebook: Tax and Growth - B J
Of China and Capitalism-III - B Sivaraman
Smash the Modi-Shah combine - Sumanta Banerjee
Rehabilitating Stalin-Hitler Pact - Anderyon
European Parliament resolution on India's Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2919/ (2020/2519(RSP)) -
75th Anniversary at Auschwitz - By a Correspondent
Letters
 
Vol. 52, No. 33, Feb 16 - 22, 2020
Contents
The Union Budget 2020-21
Comment: More on Budget
Note: Modi's Image and Ego - Mala Jay
News Wrap - A G D
Calcutta Notebook: Judicial Reforms - B J
Of China and Capitalism-IV - B Sivaraman
A Note on the Communsit Manifesto - Harry Magdoff
Devaki, Bilkis and Shaheen Bagh - Aurobindo Ghose & Gurjeet Kaur
Was Gandhi an Anarchist? - A Raghu Kumar
 
Vol. 52, No. 34, Feb 23 - 29, 2020
Contents
AAP Wins
Comment: Muslim Women and CAA
Note: 50 Years of Virasam - Paani
News Wrap - A G D
Calcutta Notebook: Challenges For 2020 - B J
Of Politics and Activism - Dilip Simeon
Is India Going Savarkar Way? - Bibekananda Ray
Adani, SEZ and Revolting Santals - Subha Protim Roy Chowdhury
India at the Crossroads - Sushil Khanna & Mritiunjoy Mohanty
Thrissur High Security Prison - P A Shyra
Dealing with India - Ramkrishna Bhattacharya
Letters
 
Vol. 52, No. 35, Mar 1 - 7, 2020
Contents
The Mirage
Comment: Generations in Jail
Note: Coronavirus Panic - 9 SCROOB
News Wrap - A G D
Calcutta Notebook: Import Duties - B J
Nightmarch: Among Maoist Guerrillas - Interview
'NRIC' on Hold? - Sabrangindia
Doing Science....? - Sthabir Dasgupta
Unclear Nuclear Future - K Sahadevan
Angers in Fukushima - By a Correspondent
GM Workers Fight Back - Bob McGuire
Letters
 
Vol. 52, No. 36, Mar 8 - 14, 2020
Contents
70th Anniversary
Comment: Coercion & Population
Note: Exploiting former Colonies - Adam Bychawski
News Wrap - A G D
Calcutta Notebook - B J
Kanu Sanyal and Left Adventurism - Subrata Basu
The Silence of the Left - Sutputra Radheye
Exclusion of Muslims has Begun! - Bibekananda Ray
Tale of a Refugee - Hannah Arendt
The Nation Divided - Kamal Davar
Towards 'Peace Zone'? - Subhash Gatade
Letters
 
Vol. 52, No. 37, Mar 15 - 21, 2020
Contents
'Bhima Koregaon' Revisited
Comment: Who Was Soleimani?
Note: Seattle passes Resolution - S C
News Wrap - A G D
Calcutta Notebook - B J
Revolution in Permanence - Eugene Gogol
Bodoland Agreement - Devabrata Sharma
A Warrior, Four Monks & Two Writers! - Bibekananda Ray
India, China and Free Trade - T G Jacob
Hindu-Muslim Relations - Harasankar Adhikari
'Crimes in India' - By a Correspondent
Comparing Modi to Shivaji - Ram Puniyani
Letters
 
Vol. 52, No. 38, Mar 22 - 28, 2020
Contents
Delhi Riots
Comment: Kashmiri Pundits
Note: Ambedkar & Gandhi - Ismail Chaudhury
News Wrap - A G D
Calcutta Notebook: Trump's Visit - B J
Figures for Fun! - Jayati Ghosh
Whither Secular India? - Bibekananda Ray
And Rona Wilson makes Five - Scroll.in
Trump's India Visit - Ahmed Raza
Brexit –a Right-wing Agenda - Kristy O'Connor
"Frames of Freedom" - PFC
"Maan ki Baat" - Amarkant
Letters
 
Vol. 52, No. 39-52, Mar 29 -Jul 4, 2020 Vol. 53, No. 1-8, Jul 4 - Aug 29, 2020
Contents
Continuing Nightmare
Comment: "All Indians are Hindus"
Note: Sex Work - Cameron Thibos
News Wrap - A G D
Calcutta Notebook: Trump's Visit - B J
Shariyati Violence against Sufis - Subha Protim Roy Chowdhury
Lessons of Jharkhand Election 2019 - Kumar Rana
Women, Non-violence, and Civil Resistance - Vinay Lal
Significance of Shaheen Bagh - Chaman Lal
Remembering Karl Marx, the Historian - Anjan Basu
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