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Problems of the Revolutionary Communist Movement in India: The Question of Program and Strategy

Problems of the Revolutionary Communist Movement in India: The Question of Program and Strategy Abhinav Sinha There has long been a controversy on the characterisation of the Indian social formation and the stage of Indian Revolution. There is a considerable … read more

January 31, 2020 AnvilCapitalism • Communist-movement • NationalAbhinav Sinha • Anvil-5

Reader’s View

Reader’s View I have been a reader of the literature brought out by your group but had some difficulty due to the language. It is good to get your views in English through The Anvil. I am sure it will … read more

January 31, 2020 AnvilReader's viewAnvil-5

If We Do Not Fight Back Today, It Will Be Too Late Tomorrow

If We Do Not Fight Back Today, It Will Be Too Late Tomorrow The fascist duo of Modi and Shah are pushing the country towards a brutal naked fascist dictatorship with each passing day. CAA and NRC are the new … read more

January 31, 2020 AnvilEditorialAnvil-5

Frederick Engels to W. Borgius

Frederick Engels to W. Borgius1 IN BRESLAU2 London, 25 January 1894 This letter by Frederick Engels to W. Borgius is very important because in this Engels categorically states what Marx and he understood by economic forces or economic factors. Engels … read more

January 31, 2019 AnvilPolemicsAnvil-4 • Engels

Issue 4, January 2019

Contents In Lieu of EditorialCarpe Minutam! Reader’s ViewReader’s View Special ArticleMarxism and the Question of Identity– Abhinav Sinha Naxalbari and Subsequent Decades (Part-4)– Deepayan Bose Moot PointPatnaiks’ Theory of Imperialism – A Requiem for (of) the Petty Bourgeois– Bipin Balaram … read more

January 31, 2019 AnvilArchiveAnvil-4

Mass upsurge in France Against Neoliberal Capitalism

Mass upsurge in France Against Neoliberal Capitalism Anand Singh This winter, France witnessed a tumultuous mass upsurge against the policies of the neoliberal regime of Emmanuel Macron on a scale and ferocity far surpassing any French protest in recent past. … read more

January 31, 2019 AnvilCapitalism • ContemporaryAnand Singh • Anvil-4

An Imperialist Murder and An Imperialist Genocide

An Imperialist Murder and An Imperialist Genocide Amit An American journalist of Saudi Origin, Jamal Khashoggi, was killed by Saudi intelligence agents in the Saudi consulate in Turkey, and his corpse was cut into tiny parts and thrown into the … read more

January 31, 2019 AnvilImperialism • NewsAmit • Anvil-4

US Defeated in Syria But the War is Still Not Over

US Defeated in Syria But the War is Still Not Over Sunny Singh On December 20 this year, the US President Donald Trump finally announced that the US will be withdrawing its forces from Syria. It was inevitable as the … read more

January 31, 2019 AnvilImperialism • NewsAnvil-4 • Sunny

Marxism and the Question of Identity

Marxism and the Question of Identity Abhinav Sinha The question of identity has remained a debatable issue among Marxists-Leninists since at least four decades. The question, in effect, pertains to a Marxist understanding of social oppression based on identity. The … read more

January 31, 2019 AnvilMarxismAbhinav Sinha • Anvil-4

Patnaiks’ Theory of Imperialism – A Requiem for (of) the Petty Bourgeois

Patnaiks’ Theory of Imperialism – A Requiem for (of) the Petty Bourgeois Bipin Balaram “What makes them representatives of the petty bourgeoisie is the fact that in their minds they do not get beyond the limits that the latter do … read more

January 31, 2019 AnvilImperialismAnvil-4 • Bipin Balaram