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INDIA: THE MODI QUESTION A Critical Review of the BBC Documentary

Lata On January 17, 2023, BBC released the first episode of its documentary series, ‘India: the Modi Question’. The second episode was released on January 24. The January 17 release caused massive outrage among the Modi supporters, and criticism and … read more

March 5, 2023 AnvilContemporary • FascismAnvil-7 • Lata

Philippines: For Want of a Correct Line and Program, the Revolution was Lost!

Abhijit The landslide victory of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Junior, son of the former President Ferdinand Marcos, in Presidential elections of Philippines on 9th May 2022 came as surprise to many. Marcos Jr. is the son of Marcos Sr. who was … read more

March 5, 2023 AnvilCommunist-movement • ContemporaryAbhijit • Anvil-7

Quantum Entanglement and the “Crisis of Materialism”

Sunny “…with each epoch making discovery even in the sphere of natural science [“not to speak of the history of mankind”], materialism has to change its form…” — Engels (Ludwig Feuerbach and End of Classical Germany Philosophy) Precisely … read more

March 4, 2023 AnvilDialectical MaterialismAnvil-7 • Sunny

Kavita Krishnan: Yet Another Renegade of the Proletariat

Anand While all the leaders of the revisionist parties work against the interests of the proletariat, the treachery of the renegade Kavita Krishnan reached its zenith when after coming out the CPI(ML) Liberation, she chose to engage in mudslinging on … read more

March 4, 2023 AnvilCommunist-movement • Contemporary • RevisionismAnand Singh • Anvil-7

The Question of Determination of Program of Indian Revolution and the Inanities of CPM

Jayaprakash, New Socialist Praxis (This paper has been submitted by Com. Jayaprakash of New Socialist Praxis from Andhra Pradesh. It is a response to an article written by V. Srinivasa Rao of CPM against the program of socialist revolution. The … read more

March 3, 2023 AnvilCommunist-movement • PolemicsAnvil-7 • Jayaprakash • New Socialist Praxis

Old Wine in a Shiny New Bottle: the “Nationalist” Assertion of India’s Continued Independent Foreign Policy

Abhijit The ruling BJP has been projecting the foreign policy of the “new India” as one that has created a respectable image of India in the world. The foreign minister, Mr. S. Jaishankar, can now be seen chest thumping on … read more

March 3, 2023 AnvilContemporary • NationalAbhijit • Anvil-7

Fragmentary Critical Notes Towards a Preliminary Investigation of Althusser’s Concept of Ideology

Abhinav Sinha The notion of ‘ideology’ has undergone many changes within the domain of Marxist theory. From the period of Marx and Engels, when it was used mostly to imply the system of ideas through which men became conscious of … read more

March 2, 2023 AnvilMarxismAbhinav Sinha • Anvil-7

Marxism and Feminism: A Marxist-Leninist-Maoist Exposition

Marxism and Feminism: A Marxist-Leninist-Maoist Exposition Shivani Kaul (Part-1) Introductory Remarks The relationship between Marxism and Feminism has always remained a rather strained as well controversial one. There are “Marxists” who have been rather too accommodating of what is broadly … read more

March 1, 2023 AnvilWomen QuestionAnvil-7 • shivani

Naxalbari and Subsequent Four Decades: A Retrospection (Part-5)

Deepayan Bose Criticism of Charu Majumdar’s Line and the Continuance of the Differences Before continuing the discussion on the increasing differences within the CPI (M-L), it is to be noted that apart from the Chinese party, several other fraternal … read more

March 1, 2023 AnvilCommunist-movement • NationalAnvil-7 • Deepayan Bose

Reader’s View

Reader’s View Dear Editor, I really felt enriched reading the December 2021 issue of ‘The Anvil’. Especially, Abhinav’s article on Marxist theory of the relationship between theory and practice, Bipin Balaram’s article on the commodification of data were quite enlightening. … read more

March 1, 2023 AnvilReader's viewAnvil-7