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  Give me your tired, your hungry…

  | Updated at 12:00am on July 04, 2019

  Hundred-year-old theoretical debate over socialism has by-passed its civilisational attitudes, which considers children to be the responsibility of all, with government providing safety and security...

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  Decolonising the economy

  | Updated at 12:00am on July 04, 2019

  New paradigms for development are emerging that aren’t based on endless accumulation and growth but have a different vision for what constitutes a good life,...

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  Reclaiming the space of non-violence

  | Updated at 12:00am on July 04, 2019

  Civil society must reinvent Gandhi as a political philosopher in the struggle against violence that has crushed solidarities, writes Neera Chandhoke THE Bharatiya Janata Party...

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  Sporadic notes: China-US in Osaka

  by Farooque Chowdhury | Updated at 12:00am on July 04, 2019

  IT IS a question: who won in the trade conflict, China or the United States? The answer is as difficult as the question. Probably the...

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  Corruption in railway must be stopped

  | Updated at 12:00am on July 04, 2019

  CORRUPTION is prevalent in the Bangladesh Railway as employees at almost every stage in the agency are allegedly involved in irregularities and malpractice. Corruption and...

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  ‘Gunfight’ death severs links in the crime chain

  | Updated at 12:00am on July 04, 2019

  JUSTICE dispensation without any judicial accountability as evident in the death of crime suspects in the hands of law enforcement agencies which law enforcers prefer...

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  The dilemma of Vladimir Lenin

  by Chris Hedges | Updated at 12:00am on July 03, 2019

  VLADIMIR Lenin has two legacies. One is the brilliant revolutionary tactician. The second is Lenin the New Czar. He was, ironically, Russia’s most fervent champion...

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  A handy checklist of fascism

  by Jawed Naqvi | Updated at 12:00am on July 03, 2019

  WHILE India’s communists may be grudgingly opening up to the probability, if they ever do, that fascism is knocking hard on India’s doors, a first-time...

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  US govt tops all for creating refugees

  by Eric Zuesse | Updated at 12:00am on July 03, 2019

  ON JUNE 19, Statistica headlined ‘Number of forcibly displaced people reaches new high’, and when one looks at the data, one finds an even bigger...

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  Bilateral agreements a must for female workers

  | Updated at 12:00am on July 03, 2019

  IT IS worrying that Bangladeshi female workers employed abroad as domestic helps mostly face sexual abuse, torture and no payment or underpayment of wages. On...