Socialist Ideas
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‘Prisoner JP’ in Chandigarh, 40 years ago
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/prisoner-jp-in-chandigarh-40-years-ago-144389 District Magistrate of Chandigarh in 1975 recalls the days Jayaprakash Narayan spent under his watch after being arrested during Emergency — from July 1 when he was brought to the city till November 12, when he was released. Four days later, he was taken to Bombay for medical treatment.
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Mahatma Ayyankali: Trailblazer Of Dalit Emancipation
The caste system in India has long been considered as “the most resilient and adaptive system of inequality and oppression ever invented, the most inhuman too, even excluding sections of people from the very domain of the human, of the moral and the spiritual, of socialite, fraternity, etc.” … Ayyankali’s brilliant understanding of the oppressive…
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The Congress Socialist Party at a Glance
A short history of the CSP, profiles of its leaders and a list of resources for further information. Compiled by Qurban Ali.
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Mitti Satyagraha Commemorates 100 Years of Non-Cooperation Movement in Support of Farmers & Workers
SATYAGRAHA FARMERS’ MOVEMENT SERIES | Mitti (soil) Satyagraha commemorates the historic salt march carried out by Mahatma Gandhi 100 years ago during the Independence struggle.
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Socialists and the Legacy of the Indian Freedom Movement: Discussion with Anil Nauriya
SATYAGRAHA EPISODE 25 | Anil Nauriya is in conversation with Ramon Magsaysay Awardee Dr Sandeep Pandey, national Vice President of Socialist Party (India).
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डॉक्टर लोहिया की पुण्य तिथि 12 अक्टूबर पर विशेष लेख: गांधी के बाद डॉक्टर लोहिया ही ऐसे चिंतक विचारक हुए हैं जो भारत की धरती से जुड़े हुए है
रामस्वरूप मंत्री | बेचैन दुनिया को नई संस्कृति, नए विचार देने वाले डॉक्टर लोहिया आज भी प्रासंगिक है. उनकी दृष्टि में समाजवादी आंदोलन आर्थिक-राजनीतिक परिवर्तनों से अधिक एक नयी संस्कृति पैदा करने का आंदोलन रहा है.
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Raghuvansh Babu : A Committed Socialist in Times of Neo-liberalism
Prem Singh | Raghuvansh Babu, you were devoted to your work with utmost honesty, devotion and commitment. Even while following mainstream power politics, there was an aura of socialism in your political persona.
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Extract from ‘The Untouchables and the Pax Britannica’ by Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar
Dr BR Ambedkar | Not only did the Untouchables enable the British to conquer India, they enabled the British to retain it.
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Non-Violent Action and Socialist Radicalism: Narendra Dev in India’s Freedom Movement
Anil Nauriya | As the pre-eminent theoretician of the Congress Socialist Party established in 1934, Narendra Deva’s understanding is of significance in providing an alternative Marxist and radical understanding of the Indian movement for freedom.
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कश्मीर और धारा 370 पर समाजवादियों का स्टैंड
क़ुरबान अली | राममनोहर लोहिया सहित सोशलिस्ट पार्टी, प्रजा सोशलिस्ट पार्टी और संयुक्त सोशलिस्ट पार्टी के नेताओं ने भी कभी भी जम्मू कश्मीर से धारा 370 को हटाए जाने की वकालत नहीं की। बल्कि इनमे से अधिकांश तो जम्मू कश्मीर में जनमत संग्रह कराये जाने की मांग का समर्थन करते रहे।
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On Gandhi’s Reflections During His Last Days: Some Socio-Economic and Political Aspects
Anil Nauriya | In this note I take up a few themes which, though often mentioned in public discourse, are prone to be discussed without reference to Gandhi’s evolved thinking or which are sometimes torn out of their context.