Monthly Archives: December 2021

A Note on the Recent Protests and the Tasks of Communists in the US

A Note on the Recent Protests and the Tasks of Communists in the US Maoist Communist Group, USA, October 2020 The protracted crisis of the International Communist Movement, discussed in Anvil’s statement of purpose, has assumed a particularly catastrophic form … read more

The Intellectuals and the Workers

(We are presenting here two small articles written by Karl Kautsky when he was still a Marxist and had not deserted the ranks of proletariat to become the principal leader of European revisionism and social chauvinism. The first article was … read more

December 2, 2021 AnvilClassicsAnvil-6 • Kautsky

National Monetization Pipeline: Privatization by Sleight of Hand

National Monetization Pipeline: Privatization by Sleight of Hand Anand On 23rd August, Union Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled National Monetization Pipeline (NMP) which seeks to monetize Rs. 6 lakh crore worth core assets of the Central government over a period … read more

December 2, 2021 AnvilContemporary • Political-economyAnand Singh • Anvil-6

Narrow Empiricism of Conspiracy Theorists and a Lesson from History

Narrow Empiricism of Conspiracy Theorists and a Lesson from History Sunny Since the beginning of the corona crisis, conspiracy theories regarding the origin of the virus have also been spreading like an infection. The pandemic corresponded with the infodemic as … read more

December 2, 2021 AnvilContemporaryAnvil-6 • Sunny

What is Causing the Upheaval in Cuba?

What is Causing the Upheaval in Cuba? Anand During the Coronavirus pandemic Anti-government protests have been witnessed in several parts of the world. Most of these protests were directed against the right-wing governments who have miserably failed in tackling the … read more

December 1, 2021 AnvilContemporary • InternationalAnand Singh • Anvil-6

Pegasus Exposé, the Myth of Privacy in Capitalism

Pegasus Exposé, the Myth of Privacy in Capitalism Sunny On 15th August prime minister of India gave speech from the ramparts of Lal Quila. As usual it was a speech full of bigotry and lies. But while presenting one particular … read more

December 1, 2021 AnvilDemocratic-rightsAnvil-6 • Sunny

Data in the Time of Pandemic – A Marxist Perspective

Data in the Time of Pandemic – A Marxist Perspective Bipin Balaram During the beginning stage of the Covid pandemic, the state government of Kerala made a clandestine deal with a US data analytics firm named Sprinklr for the transfer … read more

December 1, 2021 AnvilDemocratic-rightsAnvil-6 • Bipin Balaram

A Tragic Tale of Regression into Bundist Nationalism, National Chauvinism and Trotskyism In the Name of Contemplation on Marxism and National Question

A Tragic Tale of Regression into Bundist Nationalism, National Chauvinism and Trotskyism In the Name of Contemplation on Marxism and National Question Shivani Recently a new tendency has raised its head within the movement which has exhibited a strange amalgamation … read more

December 1, 2021 AnvilContemporary • National • Polemics

Against the Idiocy and Inanity of the Trot-Bundists and National Deviationists of ‘Pratibaddha-Lalkaar’ Group

Against the Idiocy and Inanity of the Trot-Bundists and National Deviationists of ‘Pratibaddha-Lalkaar’ Group Abhinav Recently, the Trot-Bundists of ‘Pratibaddha-Lalkaar’ Group organized a seminar in Barnala, Punjab on ‘Marxism and National Question’. First of all, to readers who are unaware … read more

December 1, 2021 AnvilContemporary • National • PolemicsAbhinav Sinha • Anvil-6

Evergrande: Symptom of the Typical Malaise of Capitalism

Evergrande: Symptom of the Typical Malaise of Capitalism Abhinav Sinha The shattering crisis in the real estate market of China is symptomatic of the underlying fundamental problem of all capitalist economies: the crisis of profitability. The assumption that the state-controlled … read more

December 1, 2021 AnvilCapitalism • InternationalAbhinav Sinha • Anvil-6