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Problems of Indian Revolution: Prospects and Challenges

Red Polemique Agrarian Question, Alain Badiou, Anarchism/Anarcho-syndicalism, Capitalist Development in Indian Agriculture, Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Imperialism and Crisis, Josef Stalin, Karl Marx, Mao Tse-tung, New Socialist Revolution, Non-Party Revolutionism, Prussian Path of Land Reforms, Revisionism, Socialist Revolution in India, Soviet Socialism, Speculative Philosophers, The Semi-feudal Semi-colonial orthodoxy, Uncategorized, V.I.Lenin, Vagabond Philosophers, Workerism/Operaismo, Working Class Movement , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Abhinav Sinha After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the disintegration of the mighty Soviet Union in 1990, bourgeois think-tanks and academia of the West reveled in hysteric caterwaul. The death of Marxism and Socialism was proclaimed; the age of 'meta-narratives' was finally over; the last oppressiveness of the 'modern' was finally … Continue reading Problems of Indian Revolution: Prospects and Challenges

Maruti Workers’ Struggle and the “Far Left” Fallacy/Fantasy of the “New Philosophers” of India

Red Polemique Anarchism/Anarcho-syndicalism, Global Assembly Line, Informal Sector, Maruti Workers' Struggle, Non-Party Revolutionism, Philosophers of Autonomy, Unorganized Working Class, V.I.Lenin, Workerism/Operaismo, Working Class Movement , , , , , , , , , , ,

Abhinav Sinha (Revised and extended version of the previously posted article) In the recent years, we have witnessed a spurt in working class militancy in India. The relentless informalisation carried out by the Indian bourgeoisie since the late-1980s and especially after the introduction of the New Economic Policies by the Narsimha Rao government in 1991 … Continue reading Maruti Workers’ Struggle and the “Far Left” Fallacy/Fantasy of the “New Philosophers” of India