Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Cash instead of food!
A ploy to deceive the poor and enrich the profiteers One year after setting up of the 2nd National Advisory Council (NAC), the brainchild of the Congress President Sonia Gandhi (whose is also the chairperson of the NAC) , which is sort of a engagement between the government and civil society on revival of basic…
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Indian State and the Art of Fabricating False Cases
Convention on July 30, 2011 in Bangalore. Two spectres are haunting the civil society in India – the spectres of communalism and globalisation. As a part this invasion on people, minorities are attacked as it happened in Gujarat or Kandhamal and many other places in the recent past. Multinationals, the World Bank, ADB, IMF and other…
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JOINT STATEMENT CONDEMNING ATTACK ON PEACEFUL PROTESTERS OF NUAGAON
*(Anti-POSCO Struggle Area Odisha)* On 16th July 2011 Saturday eight platoons of police attacked and lathi charged peaceful protesters in the village of Nuagaon, Jagatsinghpur District, Odisha. The protesters, despite being mainlywomen, were attacked by an entirely male police force, resulting in injuries to several and serious injuries to one woman, who has now been…
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Karnataka: POSCO Suffers Setback
After Orissa, POSCO had set its sights on Karnataka. The plan was laid out in the last year Global Investors Meet (or more correctly Global Looters Meet) that was held in Bangalore (June) and had all the big names in the world of business attending the conference that was organized by the BJP led Karnataka…
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The Story of the ‘India Against Corruption’ campaign
A lot has been said about it in the press and media, whether one may like it or not the anti corruption legislation – the lokpal bill virtually dominates the headlines today. A stroke of luck or accident whatever one may call it, the fast unto death undertaken by the Gandhian social activist, Anna Hazare,…
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Gurgaon: Maruti Suzuki Workers’ Strike
The 13 day strike of over 2000 workers in the Maruti Suzuki India’s (MSI) Manesar plant in Gurgoan (Haryana), close to the national capital Delhi, in the first weeks of June is an important sign of ascendancy of the working class militancy in the region. This strike comes in the wake of the victory of…
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‘Bhimayana’ – untouchability past and present
Bhimayana: experiences of untouchability. Narvana Publication The continuing struggle against caste oppression Bhimayana is a beautifully illustrated, simple and sometimes amusing account of one of the ugliest and cruellest features of Indian society, the Hindu caste system. There are 170 million in the most oppressed caste or Dalits, referred to as ‘untouchables’, in India today.…
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China: Halfway house
‘Red Capitalism: The Fragile Financial Foundation of China’s Extraordinary Rise’ Book review by Peter Taaffe, from Socialism Today, July/August 2011 issue Serious capitalist representatives and Marxists often have shared analyses of events. Where they differ is in the diametrically opposed class conclusions that they draw from these. This important book on China illustrates this well.…
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Malaysia: Detained opposition activists brutally treated; six re-arrested
Government steps up attacks on democratic and human rights to maintain grip on power By CWI supporters, Malaysia The BN (National Front) government, dominated by UMNO (United Malay National Organisation), is going all out, including by using repression and intimidation, to strengthen its position in the next general election expected soon – either this year…
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Launch of the ‘Forum against War Crimes and Genocide’
Following is the founding statement of the ‘Forum against War Crimes and Genocide’ that was launched in Bangalore on 2nd June, 2011. The forum, which incudes New Socialist Alternative (CWI – India), was launched in response to the reports that have been percolating on the alleged war atrocities that was carried out by the Sri…
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