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CLASS STRUGGLES IN INDIA – part 5: The development of Indian capitalism

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In the fifth part pf our exclusive serialisation of a new book on the history of class struggles in India, written by a long-time supporter of the Workers’ International Network, the birth of an indigenous capitalist class is and its symbiotic relationship with the ruling British imperialist power is explained. The Indian National Congress soon came to represent the national aspirations of the … [Read more...]

CLASS STRUGGLES IN INDIA part 4: The Birth of Congress

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Here is the fourth part of our exclusive serialisation of a new book on the history of class struggles in India, written by a long-time supporter of the Workers’ International Network. In this section the real role of the Indian National Congress is explained The Indian National Congress is generally considered perhaps the last classic example of a national-democratic liberation movement. But … [Read more...]

CLASS STRUGGLES IN INDIA – part 3 – Divide and Rule

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Here is the third part of our exclusive serialisation of a new book on the history of class struggles in India, written by a long-time supporter of the Workers’ International Network. In this section the writer exposes how India’s British imperial overlords promoted communal divisions inorder the “divide and rule”. Divide and rule Some learned professors have tried to explain communalism … [Read more...]

CLASS STRUGGLES IN INDIA – Part 2

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Here is the second part of our exclusive serialisation of a new book on the history of class struggles in India, written by a long-time supporter of the Workers’ International Network. In this section the writer explains the foundations of the British occupation. THE BRITISH RAJ In 1609, a pirate from England – a country located in a part of an offshore island off the coast of Europe – … [Read more...]

CLASS STRUGGLES IN INDIA – Part 1

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We are serialising exclusively here a new book on the history of class struggles in India, written by a long-time supporter of the Workers’ International Network. We start with the introduction, in which the writer’s credentials are presented and the book’s overall scenario is described. PART 1: INTRODUCTION From the late ‘70s to the mid-90s, and again in recent years, I spent several years … [Read more...]

War Serves Only the Rich – Workers Must Unite!

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By a young worker in Kerala, South India The drums of war are beating again across South Asia, but we must remember this truth: no war has ever benefited working people. As the great revolutionary poet Bertolt Brecht warned us: "The war which is coming is not the first one. There were other wars before it. When the last one came to an end there were conquerors and conquered. Among the conquered … [Read more...]

WIN BLOG – ON THE BRINK OF WAR: INDIA AND PAKISTAN

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A statement by the Workers’ International Network Along with the genocidal bloodbath in Gaza and the Middle East, the endless war in Ukraine and the civil wars still raging in Yemen, Sudan and the Congo, a conflagration that could potentially prove even more explosive now threatens the people of India and Pakistan: yet another symptom of the dangerous volatility of world relations today. The … [Read more...]

THE NEW PLUTOCRACY

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By Roger Silverman, April 2025 See response from Raymond Debord HERE. The world is reeling with shock and disbelief. Its dominant power has abruptly abandoned eight decades of economic orthodoxy, diplomatic consensus, strategic alliances and liberal pretensions. At home this means the shutdown of entire government agencies, mass redundancies, defiance of judicial rulings, incarceration, … [Read more...]

SYRIA: for Arab unity and socialism

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by Finn Geaney In an illustration of the global instability which characterises the current period in world politics, the government of Syria collapsed on December 8th 2023 after just eleven days of fighting. The ruling regime had been in power for over fifty years, first under Hafez al-Assad and then, over the last twenty-five years, under his son Bashar. The Assad dynasty was supported by … [Read more...]