Kodaikanal: A struggle against Capitalist hegemony and Economic racism
“Just between you and me, shouldn’t the World Bank be encouraging migration of the dirty industries to the LDCs (least developed countries)?” wrote Lawrence Summers, the then chief economist of the World Bank, in 1991. He argued that…
A country on the edge
State and society in crisis Pakistan, even before the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, was gripped by a severe political and social crisis. There are country-wide protests against the price hikes and power shortages. There seems to be no end to the…
25,000 textile workers protest against poor wages
Textile workers are on the move again. More than 25,000 textile workers defied a ban on protests in emergency-ruled Bangladesh to demand back pay and bonuses in one of the country’s biggest industrial zones. The workers walked off the job in Tejgoan…
Nuclear deal with US provokes crisis
Industry enriches bosses but endangers life and the environment Nuclear deal with US provokes crisis All essential commodity prices in India have sky-rocketed, while the foreign exchange reserve is at its peak. But that does not alter the hunger and…
Anarchism or Marxism?
What are the political differences between anarchism and marxism, and do they still matter in the new international situation? There are areas of common ground between anarchism and marxism – in opposing bureaucracy, for example, and in seeking the…