Author Archives: Anvil

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

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

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

Imperialist war on Syria

Imperialist war on Syria Sunny The proxy war in Syria among Imperialist powers is offering some important lessons for future. The hegemony of the US is being challenged and its power as, what appeared a decade ago as, unipolar authority … read more

May 31, 2018 AnvilImperialism • InternationalAnvil-3 • Sunny

Kathua and Unnao:The Saffron Republic of Rape

Kathua and Unnao: The Saffron Republic of Rape Shivani Kaul At the beginning of this year, if you had thought that the all socio-economic as well as cultural lows which a crisis-laden capitalist system with its political expression- a fascist … read more

May 31, 2018 AnvilFascism • National • NewsAnvil-3 • shivani

Diluting the SC/ST act: Only Working Class Unity Can Truly Fight the Acts of Atrocities

Diluting the SC/ST act: Only Working Class Unity Can Truly Fight the Acts of Atrocities Abhijit A. M. March 2018 witnessed widespread protests on the issue of the dilution of the “Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes: Prevention of Atrocities (PoA) Act”, … read more

May 31, 2018 AnvilCaste QuestionAbhijit • Anvil-3

Israeli Brutality

Israeli Brutality on Nakba DayYet another act of Zionist cowardiceYet another act of resilience by Gaza Anand Singh On the last 14 May during the inauguration of American embassy in Jerusalem when Israel’s bloodthirsty prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu was terming … read more

May 31, 2018 AnvilImperialism • International • News • PalestineAnand Singh • Anvil-3