Asia
Strike wave sweeps India
India has seen a wave of strikes this month
Toyota workers strike over wages in Bangalore
Lorry drivers strike over welfare fund, Kerala
Taxi and Autorickshaw fare strike, Kerala
Junior Doctors strike over violence and police brutality, Uttar Pradesh
Bangladesh... Not Just Floods! - ICG
Capital has asserted itself as the worldwide mode of production since the XVth century. Since then, it has cemented every brick in every mine, factory, office where it extracts surplus value from those who it exploits. It oils its machines, air planes and computers... with the blood of those from whom it extracts surplus value.
Hong Kong Phooey - WTO conference ends with the usual promises
After its Hong Kong summit, at which thousands of people demonstrated and fought with riot police SchNEWS examines the differences between the WTO’s words and its practices.
“The rhetoric of the WTO [World Trade Organisation] may be free trade, but its key agreements promote corporate monopoly.” - Walden Bello, Focus on the Global South
Hong Kong: Hundreds fight police against global trade rules
Thousands demonstrated in Hong Kong against the conference of the World Trade Organisation.
Hundreds of people fought police, who used pepper spray and tear gas.
See BBC news for pictures:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4537666.stm
Subaltern Studies and its Critics - Vinay Lal
Subaltern Studies and its Critics: Debates over Indian History
Vinay Lal
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Can a Muslim Be an Indian? - Gyanendra Pandey
Can a Muslim Be an Indian?
GYANENDRA PANDEY
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The Indian Hierarchy: Culture, Ideology and Consciousness in Bengali Village Politics - Arild Engelsen Ruud
The Indian Hierarchy: Culture, Ideology and
Consciousness in Bengali Village Politics
ARILD ENGELSEN RUUD
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Theses On The Chinese Revolution and Cultural Revolution
Brendel discusses the Cultural Revolution and its comparison with earlier revolutions.
Mao Tse Tung and the Chinese Revolution
Mao Tse Tung and the Chinese Revolution
Theses on the Chinese Revolution (1967)
What was the USSR? Part II: Russia as a Non-mode of Production
Having disposed of the theory of the USSR as a 'degenerated workers' state', Ticktin's theory presents itself as the most persuasive alternative to the understanding of the USSR as capitalist
Its strength is its attention to the empirical reality of the USSR and its consideration of the specific forms of class struggle it was subject to. However, while we acknowledge that the USSR must be understood as a malfunctioning system, we argue that, because Ticktin doesn't relate his categories of 'political economy' to the class struggle, he fails to grasp the capitalist nature of the USSR.
