– विनीत तिवारी रूस के इंक़लाब के 100 वर्ष पूरे होने के मौके पर सीपीआई के महासचिव कॉमरेड एस. सुधाकर रेड्डी ने एक किताब की संकल्पना की कि किस तरह उस दौर के और बाद के दौर के भी कम्युनिस्ट नेताओं ने रूस के इंक़लाब का स्वागत किया, कैसा आंकलन किया और भारत के आज़ादी के आंदोलन पर उसका कैसा असर रहा। उन्होंने कुछ पुराने लेख छाँटे और मशविरे में डॉ. जया मेहता को शरीक किया। जया मेहता ने उन…
Anti-POSCO Movement activists were felicitated for their victorious struggle by Samra Irfan and Aakanksha Baruah This year marked the birth centenary of Comrade Abani Lahiri and in his honour the Joshi-Adhikari Institute of Social Studies (JAISS) organized a Memorial Meeting on 3-4 December 2017 at Ajoy Bhawan, New Delhi. This year also brought victory to the fighters of Anti-POSCO movement in Odisha after 12 long years of continuous struggle, and to commemorate the legacy of Comrade Lahiri as well…
A delegation comprising of Sanjay Parate, Chhattisgarh State Secretary CPI-M, Vineet Tiwari, Joshi-Adhikari Institute, CPI member, New Delhi, Archana Prasad, Jawaharlal Nehru University and CC member AIDWA, and Nandini Sundar, Delhi University visited Bastar Division from 12 to 16 May 2016. We visited the following districts: Bijapur, Sukma, Bastar and Kanker. The focus of the visit was on the situation of ordinary villagers who are living through the conflict between the state and Maoists. The level of Maoist presence and…
“The crisis of the old order did not result automatically in the rise of a progressive alternative.” This was said by prominent sociologist and Marxist thinker from Norway,Prof. Alf Gunvald Nilsen, while delivering a talk on the topic of ‘Right-wing Populism and the Crisis of Neo-liberalism’ at ‘Janshakti’ premises owned by ‘Nav ChetanSamiti’. He said that present world scenario was similar to that of the time when Gramsci, Italian Marxist thinker and communist leader, lived, struggled and wrote. He drew…
– विनीत तिवारी अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति चुनाव के नतीजों से सभी हैरत में थे। यहां तक कि अमेरिकी मीडिया और सभी राष्ट्रीय-अंतरराष्ट्रीय चुनाव विशेषज्ञों के अनुमानों को झुठलाते हुए अमेरिका की जनता ने डोनाल्ड ट्रंप को चुनाव जिता दिया। डोनाल्ड ट्रंप के चुनाव मैदान में उतरने के पहले से ही उनकी अप्रवासियों, अल्पसंख्यकों और महिलाओं के खिलाफ की गई टिप्पणियों की वजह से यह माना जा रहा था कि उनकी जीत लगभग नामुमकिन है। चुनाव नतीजों के परिणामों की व्याख्या में…
We shall win: Solidarity with Venezuela By Vineet Tiwari and Archishman Raju It was not Venezuela, it was India and the city was Pune where around 80 persons comprising of intellectuals-activists, young-old, women-men waved the Venezuelan flags and said “Venezuela is not a threat, It is the hope.” This was in response to the recent executive order signed by US government declaring Venezuela to be a threat to the national security of US. The Pune meeting was an occasion to…
By Krishna Majumdar On 2 December, Joshi-Adhikari Institute held a meeting on the serious situation that our country is facing, manifest in ascendant communalism and increasing intolerance. More than 80 participants gathered at Ajoy Bhavan to listen to several distinguished speakers who addressed various dimensions of the current political and economic conjuncture and to discuss the challenges that left and progressive forces are faced with in India today. The meeting was opened by Professor Ajoy Patnaik, who called for one…
Shri S. P. Shukla made an inspiring and visionary speech. The title of the talk was “Indian Republic: From Crossroads to Crisis?” He outlined the worsening situation of the democracy and pro people values in our country. He enumerated number of economic and cultural policies which are used by the government to push the country towards an intractable crisis, which is nothing else than Fascism. He also pointed out the areas where pro people fight can be taken up by…
In the recent past a number of developments have taken place in the Latin American countries and Cuba. Those of us who are committed to the socialist project and look upon the people of Latin America with solidarity and hope, would like to discuss in detail issues like restoration of diplomatic ties between Cuba and USA , sanctions against Venezuela, coming elections there and economic and political pressures faced by Ecuador. We would like to understand the gravity of challenges…
A talk on FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) was organised by Joshi-Adhikari Institute of Social Studies (JAISS) on Monday, 27th April, 2015 at 4 pm at Ajoy Bhawan, Delhi. Mr. Bazil Shaikh, author and a former central banker spoke about FATCA enacted by the United States and its implications for India. The Act requires ‘US Persons’ to declare their accounts held outside the US and transactions related to these accounts to the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS). It also…