Month: November 2014

Contract Workers JNU
Special Exploitation Zones

Neo-liberal Reforms and the Indian Academia

19 November 2014

The Advent of Neo-liberal reforms has brought with it many challenges for the working class of India. One of the most prominent changes among them is the rise in the number of contract/causal workers which have been employed in the industrial sector as well as in the various strata of society. The fact that industrial sector finds the idea of replacing permanent workers with contract workers has a rather obvious explanation. Paying less wages, flexibility in laying off the workers implies increase in the capital as well as profitability for an industry. read more

Narendra Modi Victory 2014
Analysis

Perspectives: Post General Elections-2014
(Document for discussion)

7 November 2014

The following write-up is a introductory contribution by B. Youvraj of New Socialist Alternative (CWI-India) – Pune, post general elections 2014. We welcome comments and observations to the document which is under discussion.

Editors

Socialism.in

Sweeping victory of Narendra Modi has deeply concerned Left and progressive forces. Thumping victory of a force that is not just capitalist but also communal presents unique dangers and we must ponder over how do we deal with this and chart out the way forward. It demands analysis of class and caste processes over a period, contradictions built into it and how that could develop over the coming years. It is based on this alone that we could develop perspective and tasks in front of us. read more

Telangana
Andhra Pradesh

Telangana: the history, the course and the implications

6 November 2014

Ironically, the issue of separate Telangana can be traced back to the time when the people of Andhra, part of the erstwhile Madras state were themselves agitating for the formation of a separate Andhra state, the movement reaching a peak with the death of the revolutionary Potti Sreeramulu after a 52 day fast in 1952. The First States reorganization committee that was subsequently formed in 1956 decided to redraw states on the basis of linguistic identities and formed the state of Andhra Pradesh based on a Telugu identity. read more

Hokkolorob
West Bengal

HOKKOLOROB- The Clamour must continue!

6 November 2014

The advent of Durga Puja in Kolkata signals noisy streets, bustling with people from almost every stratum of the society, heartily celebrating the triumph of good over evil. But even before the Pujas, the streets of Kolkata saw a different kind of crowd making a different kind of noise, in order to defeat a different kind of evil. read more