Counter Currents: ‘Finish Capitalism' Movement In The United States
The wages of imperialist countries are still much higher than the wages of the backward and under-developed countries. But now for maintaining their profit the imperialists are physically transferring their factories to under-developed countries where wages are incomparably cheaper, thus forcing their own workers out of employment. This is happening continuously and on an increasingly higher scale. This undoubtedly is the social and material base of the ‘ Occupy Wall Street ' movement and cries of ‘We are the 99%' and ‘Finish capitalism'.

Workers' Forum: നിര്മല് മാധവ് - ഇടതുപക്ഷത്തിനു പറയാനുള്ളത്
നിര്മാല് മാധവ് എന്ന വിദ്യാ‍ര്ത്ഥിയുടെ പ്രവേശനവുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട് നടന്ന നഗ്നമായ ചട്ടലംഘനത്തെ വിദ്യാര്ത്ഥി യുടെ പഠിക്കാനുള്ള ആഗ്രഹം, മാനുഷിക പരിഗണന തുടങ്ങിയ സുന്ദരപദാവലികളുടെയും, വൈകാരികമായ അഭിനയത്തിലൂന്നിയ ചാനല് പ്രകടങ്ങളിലൂടെയും ന്യായീകരിക്കാനുള്ള ശ്രമം ഒരു വശത്ത് നടക്കുന്നു. മറുവശത്ത് ഒരു വിദ്യാര്ത്ഥി സംഘടന ഈ ചട്ടലംഘനത്തിനെതിരെ നടത്തിയ പോരാട്ടത്തെ നുണപ്രചരങ്ങളിലൂടെ നിസ്സാരവല്ക്കിരിക്കാനുള്ള ശ്രമവും നടക്കുന്നു. അതിന്റെ കൂട്ടത്തില് പോലീസ് നടപടിയിലെ നിയമവിരുദ്ധത ചര്ച്ചാനവിഷയമാകാതെ ഇരിക്കാനും അപ്രസക്തമായ കാര്യങ്ങള് മുഖ്യവിഷയമായി കൈകാര്യം ചെയ്യാനും ഉള്ള വലതുപക്ഷത്തിന്റെ ശ്രമവും ദൃശ്യമാണ്.

The Hindu: How Tripura overcame insurgency
Tripura scripted a story of triumph over insurgency and conflict-resolution, and demonstrated that insurgency was not an insurmountable phenomenon. What was needed to tackle it was a well-crafted, multi-dimensional strategy, a positive mindset, resolute will, the right vision and direction, sagacious, honest and credible leadership, sincerity of intent, creative responses to the challenge, even socio-economic-infrastructure dispensation to all sections of society, and modulated and humane combat operations intertwined with psychological operations to set a change in the psyche of the turbulent mind. The ex-Governor of Tripura writes in *The Hindu*.

The New York Times: India's Selective Rage Over Corruption
The anti-corruption movement has the simplicity of a third-rate fable. There are the good guys (the reformers and the average Indian citizen) and the bad guys (the politicians). But the real story is not a fable but art cinema. Indians have a deep and complicated relationship with corruption. As in any long marriage, it is not clear whether they are happily or unhappily married. The country’s economic system is fused with many strands of corruption and organized systems of tax evasion. The middle class is very much a part of this. Most Indians have paid a bribe. Most Indian businesses cannot survive or remain competitive without stashing away undeclared earnings. Almost everybody who has sold a house has taken one part of the payment in cash and evaded tax on it. Yet, the branding of corruption is so powerful that Indians moan the moment they hear the word. The comic hypocrisy of it all was best evident in the past few months as the anti-corruption movement gathered unprecedented middle-class support.

Democracy Now!: Julian Assange of WikiLeaks & Philosopher Slavoj Žižek In Conversation With Amy Goodman
Assange, Žižek and Amy Goodman discuss the impact of WikiLeaks on world politics, the release of the Iraq and Afghanistan war logs, and Cablegate — the largest trove of classified U.S. government records in history.

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