Communist Party

This is not about blacks vs. whites. This documentary describes what preceded the 1960s riots, who wanted them to happen, how they were organized, and what they were intended to accomplish. It provides lessons and insights that could not have been appreciated three decades ago.

If a picture is worth a thousand words, what is a six-minute video worth? A lot. Left-wing grievance politics and racism is proving to be not just stupid. It is proving to be truly fatal. Just ask anyone with a bit of sanity who is living in the plague-stricken Manhattan today. Watching the coronavirus numbers soar there from day to day is evocative of Stephen King’s The Stand. Thank God that Life is not fully imitating that great – and frightening – piece of Art.

( Note : To be published in the Annual Number of ‘Mainstream’) In this conversation academician, writer and social activist Zaheer Ali talks about his latest book ‘Romancing With Revolution : Life and Works of Faiz Ahmed Faiz’ (Aakar Books, Delhi, 2019) and why Faiz is ‘ extremely relevant in today’s India’ This is the … Continue reading Talking Faiz: ‘In This Hour of Madness’ →

December 25, 1968, termed as ‘Black Thursday’, saw the first mass crime against Dalits in independent India, who were fighting for respectable wages under the leadership of the Communist Party. Image for representational use only; Image Courtesy : Socialist India P Srinivasan, a veteran village functionary who cremates the dead had, in an interview done … Continue reading 50 Years Later, Shadow of Keezhvenmani Continues to Hover Over our Republic →

At the time it seemed that Paris had yet again become the center of a world revolution, but in time a quite diffferent legacy has emerged, recalls Diana Johnstone fifty years later. By Diana Johnstone  Special to Consortium News in…Read more →

(ANTIMEDIA Op-ed) — It’s no secret that China has placed an incredible amount of importance on 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and the Asian superpower has and is taking steps to ensure the affair, set for October, goes off without a hitch.

Originally appeared at RussiaFeed.com
Vladimir Putin has signed a bill banning the use of any technology or software that allows access to websites officially blocked on Russian territory such as web anonymizers.
The sponsors of the bill were lawmakers from three Russian parliamentary caucuses – the majority party United Russia, the Communist Party, and the center-left opposition Fair Russia.

While ignorant commentators claim that Russia isn’t a democracy, Russia’s political landscape is changing due to – surprise, surprise – the democratic will of the Russian people.

The recent conviction of Russian self-proclaimed ‘opposition’ politician Alexey Navalny, is a sign that Russian democracy is healthy. The Western media myth about a politicised trial is not only untrue, but it is far less interesting than the truth.
Here’s what you need to know.
Navalny’s conviction represents a restored Russia with an effective and non-biased justice.

The new powers will now give Xi ample leverage to push ahead anti-graft measures and economic reforms [Xinhua]
Chinese President Xi Jinping won significant support from the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China when its sixth plenary session concluded on Thursday with a declaration confirming his continued role as the party’s secretary-general and that he is the “core” of the country’s leadership.