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Excellent set of articles on COVID, both from/on India and also elsewhere, collated by Janata Weekly.

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Janata Weekly

India's oldest socialist magazine!

Vol.75, No. 13 | 19 April, 2020 Issue
Editor: Dr.G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi

Letter To The People Of India

by Anand Teltumbde

Dr Anand Teltumbde’s open letter to the people of India before he was arrested on April 14 by the government on blatantly false charges.

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Reaffirming Our Faith in the Constitution on Ambedkar Jayanti

by Medha Patkar

Statement by National Alliance of People’s Movements on Ambedkar Jayanti.

Coronavirus Lockdown: The Seven and a Half Things that Modi Said and Did Not Say

by Shuddhabrata Sengupta

On April 14, PM Modi announced that the lockdown was being extended till April 14. In his 25-minute speech, he did not talk about several things that urgently needed to be addressed by the Modi government and the urban elite.

Coronavirus Lockdown: As Hunger Grows, the Fear of Starvation Is Real

by Kabir Agarwal

Over 100 million people face food insecurity if the PDS is not universalised.

Criminal Intimidation of The Wire & its Editor, Siddharth Varadarajan and In Defence of a Free, Non-Communal Media

by Press Release

Statement by over 3500 intellectuals slamming the UP government for filing false criminal charges against The Wire and one of its founding editors, Siddharth Varadarajan.

Indian Media is Enemy of the Poor, Anti-Science, Worships Falsehoods

by Paranjoy Guha Thakurta

Citizens must understand that eventually, they are the losers when false information is deliberately allowed to proliferate, says senior journalist Ravish Kumar.

Delhi Violence: Delhi Police on Arrest Spree While Prisoners Being Released Amid Lockdown

by Tarique Anwar

At least 10 persons, including a pregnant Jamia student, have been reportedly picked up in connection with the anti-CAA-NRC-NPR protests and the violence in Northeast Delhi.

If Courts Only Favour the State, Justice Remains Unserved

by Apoorvanand

The Supreme Court’s remarks in the case about migrant workers during the lockdown is further proof of this trend.

I Mind Dying

by Erica Caines, April 1, 2020

People are being asked to sacrifice to save the country – but by people, the rich white men mean the blacks and the poor, working people.

Relevance of Ambedkar’s Idea of ‘State Socialism’ in the Time of COVID-19

by Badre Alam Khan, Dastagir Khan

In the light of the current crisis, the time has come to revisit Dr Amebdkar’s ideas on democratic state socialism proposed by him in his book ‘State and Minorities’ written in 1947.

What the World Can Learn from Kerala About How to Fight Covid-19

by Sonia Faleiro

The inside story of how one Indian state is flattening the curve through epic levels of contact tracing and social assistance.

Why India Should Introduce a Covid Wealth Tax on the Ultra Rich

by S. Subramanian

A tax rate of 4% on the nation’s 953 richest families would give the government the equivalent of 1% of India’s GDP to spend – larger than its present package.

Even in Pandemic Times, the Rich Continue to Profit

by Joyce Nelson, Jessica Corbett

Two articles on how the rich are seeking to make more money even in these pandemic times.

As India Tackles COVID-19, a Curious Case of Missing Numbers Emerges

by C.P. Geevan

There are no known reasons as to why the disease’s rate of spread appears to be lower in India. It may be because of insufficient testing.

Can Democracy Survive the Coronavirus?

by Sonali Kolhatkar

Democratic governments are using the virus to crack down on freedoms, while those regimes that were authoritarian to begin with have used the pandemic to grab even more power.

Trump, Neo-Fascism, and the COVID-19 Pandemic

by John Bellamy Foster

Foster says that Trump’s handling of the pandemic catastrophe only buttresses his argument that Donald Trump’s presidency represents the resurrection of fascism in the United States.

Finance versus the People in the Era of the Pandemic

by Prabhat Patnaik

The COVID-19 crisis has brought to the fore the fundamental contradiction underlying contemporary globalisation, namely, the contradiction between the interests of finance and those of the people.

Coronavirus Pandemic Brings to Light the Need for a Stronger Public Sector

by Subin Dennis

Substantial state intervention in the economy—frowned upon by the apostles of neoliberal economics—is back to the center stage across the world.

This is a Global Pandemic – Let’s Treat it as Such

by Adam Hanieh

It is essential to link the fight against the virus to questions such as the abolition of ‘Third World’ debt, an end to IMF/World Bank neoliberal structural adjustment packages, reparations for colonialism, a halt to the global arms trade, an end to sanctions regimes, and so forth.

The End of the American Empire

by Pasqualina Curcio Curcio

The US is not only experiencing a serious economic crisis but also a profound humanitarian crisis that its people have been suffering for decades.

Solidarity in a Time of Pandemic, While the US Capitalizes on Disaster

by Roger D. Harris

The virus does not discriminate, attacking oppressed and oppressor alike. Unfortunately, the US government does more than discriminate. Washington has seen the pandemic as an opportunity.

Why Coronavirus Could Spark a Capitalist Supernova

by John Smith

Capitalism now faces the deepest crisis in its several centuries of existence. Why is supernova–the explosion and death of a star–an apt metaphor for what could now be about to unfold?

How China Broke the Chain of Infection

by Vijay Prashad, Du Xiaojun, Weiyan Zhu

As information about coronavirus emerged, the Chinese government and Chinese society began to organize a determined and immense campaign against its spread.

Cuba: From AIDS, Dengue, and Ebola to COVID-19

by Don Fitz

The U.S. dawdled for months before reacting to the pandemic. Cuba’s preparation for COVID-19 began on January 1, 1959.

Combating COVID-19 Through Solidarity

by Federico Fuentes, April 1, 2020

Despite international sanctions that have ravaged its health sector, Venezuela is demonstrating that prioritising lives is possible in the battle against COVID-19.

Charlie Chaplin: The Final Speech from The Great Dictator

by The Final Speech from The Great Dictator

Charlie Chaplin’s ‘Great Speech’ that remains relevant after 79 years

Engels on Nature and Humanity

by Michael Roberts

Michael Roberts points out that Marx and Engels were not just economists, but ecological economists.

Poem: ‘We Have Witnessed’: A Tribute to ‘Hum Dekhenge’

by Sutputra Radheye

A poet’s appropriation of Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s famous poem for the current times.

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