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Socialism and the Indian Constitution (part of a series of short volumes that Neera Chandoke and I are editing for the Centre for Equity Studies
Rooted in anti-colonial struggle, Indian socialism, despite its limitations, helped progress towards an egalitarian society. Can that pathway be reclaimed? India’s immensely respected economist and public intellectual Prabhat Patnaik masterfully assembles in the pages of a short monograph the sweep of India’s post-colonial economic history. This is in his forthcoming Socialism and the Indian Constitution (part of…
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Kathleen Wallace January 14, 2025 Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair There is something of a loose, informal social contract inherent to a successful human society, and that is the condition of reciprocal empathy. When one experiences misfortune, others in a healthy society care and assist, despite there being no contractual obligation. Others care when catastrophe…
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Three decades after the violence ended, how far has reconciliation in the country really come? Authors Phil Clark, Andreas Bohne This month marks the thirtieth anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda that began in early April 1994. In just 100 days, nearly 1 million people were brutally murdered across the country by militias associated with the…
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ByInes Schwerdtner Translation by Loren Balhorn On the 100th anniversary of her murder, Rosa Luxemburg’s incredible life provides us with a model — not necessarily of what to do, but of how to do it. Our new issue, “Bye Bye Bidenism,” is out now. Subscribe to our print edition at a discounted rate today. Hardly any figure…
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February 20, 20194:33 PM ET Heard on All Things Considered Nell GreenfieldboyceListen· 5:59 5-Minute ListenPlaylist William Lovelace/Getty Images When Martin Luther King, Jr. was in high school, he won an oratorical contest sponsored by the Negro Elks. He and a beloved teacher were returning home in triumph, riding on a bus, when some white passengers got on.…
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Updated January 16, 202310:32 AM ET Heard on Talk of the Nation Listen· 17:50 17-Minute Listen Playlist Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. addresses the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., where he gave his “I Have a Dream” speech on Aug. 28, 1963, as part of the March on Washington. Monday marks Martin…
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