The word "democracy" (demokratia) derives from "demos" (people) and "kratos" (power). Literally translated it means "people power." It is the the best model of governance ever devised. So it is a shame that no one alive on Earth lives in a democracy.
The word "democracy" (demokratia) derives from "demos" (people) and "kratos" (power). Literally translated it means "people power." It is the the best model of governance ever devised. So it is a shame that no one alive on Earth lives in a democracy.
Guest post by RAJINDER CHAUDHARY इच्छा और आशा में अंतर होता है. विशेष तौर पर किसान आन्दोलन के आलोक में, बहुत से लोगों की तरह मैं भी चाहता था कि भाजपा हारे और मुझे इस की थोड़ी आशा भी थी परन्तु कोई विशेष आस नहीं थी. भाजपा की जीत मेरे लिए दुखदायी है परन्तु अनपेक्षित … Continue reading जीत भाजपा की नहीं निराशावाद की है : राजेंद्र चौधरी →
Prof Zoya Hasan, Professor Emerita, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Distinguished Faculty, Council for Social Development, New Delhi, will be delivering the 16 th lecture in the Democracy Dialogues Series, organised by New Socialist Initiative, at 6 PM, (IST) Sunday, 27 th March, 2022. She will be speaking on ‘Challenges to India’s Democracy‘ Prof Zoya Hasan … Continue reading Challenges to India’s Democracy : Prof Zoya Hasan →
Unlike many who seem to believe that freedom of movement (since 2020 extinguished in the EU) must mean an end to national borders, I have only felt that borders should be recognised as the product of political will and history. In the entrance to the museum at the Invalides in Paris there is a quote […]
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There is an adage that the first casualty in a war is the truth. The US and NATO allege that Putin’s Russia is a malevolent aggressor against neighboring Ukraine. They assert that the US and NATO are simply defending the rights of an oppressed nation. Meanwhile, what the sycophantic legacy news media convey to the public is […]
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The 15 th lecture in the Democracy Dialogues Series will be delivered by Prof Achin Vanaik on Sunday, 27 th February at 6 PM (IST) He will be speaking on ‘Secularism, Communalism and Indian Politics Today‘ Speaker Writer and Social Activist, Former Professor of Political Science at Delhi University Prof Achin Vanaik is a fellow … Continue reading Secularism, Communalism and Indian Politics Today : Professor Achin Vanaik →
What is the outcome when blockheads vote?
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Under bourgeois democracy, there prevails a specific kind of interrelationship between political society and civil society, between the moment of force and the moment of consent. Governmental apparatuses are tasked with penetrating the masses from without, in order to impose capitalist ideologies on them and organize people in the forced, artificial unity of intermediate bodies. […]
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Guest Post by Dr Ravi Sinha (Opening remarks in an ongoing discussion within New Socialist Initiative (NSI) on Left’s approach to Electoral Politics in Contemporary India) The Speaker : Ravi Sinha is an activist-scholar who has been associated with progressive movements for nearly four decades. Trained as a theoretical physicist, Dr. Ravi has a doctoral degree … Continue reading Electoral Politics and the Left →
