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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

Naxalbari and Subsequent Decades (Part-4)

Naxalbari and Subsequent Decades (Part–4) Deepayan Bose Sushital Roy Chowdhary died in March 1971 and it was in the same month that Sauren Basu, a staunch supporter of Charu Majumdar’s line, was also arrested. A few months later, Saroj Dutta, … read more

January 31, 2019 AnvilCommunist-movement • NationalAnvil-4 • Deepayan Bose • Shishir Gupta

Reader’s View

Reader’s View Comradely Greetings,We consistently appreciate the analysis provided by The Anvil and the questions it raises for further reflection and study. In the US, what passes for ‘Marxist’ publications are either academic texts that adapt Marxist terminology to bourgeois … read more

January 31, 2019 AnvilReader's viewAnvil-4

Carpe Minutam!

Carpe Minutam! The BJP lost assembly elections in five states. Should that bring a smile to the face of every progressive and democratic person? Yes. Should we be happy? Yes. The stereotypical arguments peddled out by mechanistic Marxists, namely, that … read more

January 31, 2019 AnvilEditorialAnvil-4