Essay Reading Arundhati Roy politicallyAijaz AhmadReproduction of Aijaz Ahmad’s article published in Frontline dated August 8, 1997.
Israel-Palestine The Nazification of IsraelAIJAZ AHMADBy brazenly resorting to Nazi-style rhetoric and methods of persecution in Palestine, Israel, with the consent of the majority of its own people and t
Essay Post-democratic stateAijaz AhmadA historically novel kind of state seems to be arising in many corners of the world, which combines elements derived selectively from the two classic
Essay India: Liberal Democracy and the Extreme Right Aijaz AhmadThis article, written by Aijaz Ahmad in the summer of 2015, was published in the 2016 edition of Socialist Register, which is “‘an annual survey o
The October Revolution Red October in retrospectAIJAZ AHMADWith the October Revolution, the locus of the revolutionary dynamic began to shift towards the East and more generally towards lands that were struggl
U.S. Pre-fascism & the Muslim questionAIJAZ AHMADPresident Donald Trump, backed by the Bannons and the Flynns, will overreach and try to erect a pre-fascist state. Islamophobia and a broad hatred of
Fidel Castro Valediction for the ComandanteAIJAZ AHMADFidel Castro’s vision was at the root of what his comrades and then increasingly larger numbers of his compatriots began to aspire for. Fidel, the o
U.S. Elections Far Right captures imperial homelandAIJAZ AHMADAll forces of the Right recognise Donald Trump as a soul mate. On issues of imperial wars, loyalty to Israel and confrontation with Russia and China,
Ukraine A new Cold War?Aijaz AhmadWhat is at stake is not a competition between irreconcilable social systems, as in the Cold War of yesteryear, but a reconfiguration of capitalist pow
Cover Story The ‘Great Game’ in EuropeAijaz AhmadIn its eagerness to complete the encirclement of Russia by turning Ukraine into a forward country for positioning NATO bases, the U.S. is paving the w
Nelson Mandela Of liberation & betrayalAijaz AhmadNelson Mandela’s moral grandeur as a revolutionary and a prisoner stemmed from his universalist vision of equality. It is all the more tragic then t
Freebie phobia: The BJP’s concerted attack on redistributive transfers Although the BJP is against ‘freebies’ in principle, in practice it has been forced to use a version of concessions and transfers to counter the o
SlideshowLiving on the edgeThey are river people, whose lives ebb and flow with the waters of the Brahmaputra in a timeless rhythm. But now, hydroelectric projects and homogenis
