anand teltumbde

  1. वर्ग से मुलाकात
    20
    Apr

    वर्ग से मुलाकात

    बाबासाहेब डॉक्टर आंबेडकर की भारत और साम्यवाद (लेफ्टवर्ड, 2019) के लिए लिखी गई आनंद तेलतुम्बडे की भूमिका का एक हिस्सा : वर्ग से मुलाकात यह दुर्भाग्यपूर्ण है कि आंबेडकरवादियों ने मार्क्सवाद के प[...]
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  2. Ambedkar and Communism
    14
    Apr

    Ambedkar and Communism

    In 2017, we published a book titled India and Communism (also available in Hindi). Written by B.R. Ambedkar, it contained two finished chapters from an incomplete manuscript for a book which he would have called by that name. It offers insights into what he thought about communism. In his introduction to the volume, Anand Teltumbde discusses what is contained in the two chapters and what the rest of the book is about: […] Ambedkar spoke out about his reservations on Marxism. If he had comp[...]
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  3. A letter to Anand Teltumbde
    06
    Apr

    A letter to Anand Teltumbde

    Dear Anand, On Monday, there will probably be a knock on your door. Police officers are likely to arrive to arrest you. They will carry with them a range of papers, a file overflowing with notes that refer to the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and the Indian Penal Code. There will be plenty of references to the village of Bhima Koregaon near Pune. These papers will make hallucinatory accusations against you and others. It is hard to keep up with them: you incited violence in Bhima Koregaon[...]
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  4. Dr. Ambedkar and Communism
    14
    Apr

    Dr. Ambedkar and Communism

     Today, April 14, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar's birthday is a monumental day for India. It is the day when we celebrate the movement to break the bonds of caste and of social hierarchy. The point of Dr. Ambedkar's movement - as he said in 1927 during the Mahad Satyagraha - was to fight to ensure that our society 'treats human beings like human beings'. In 1944, Dr. Ambedkar was most explicit at a Depressed Classes Conference, 'The root of untouchability is the caste system; the root [...]
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  5. Letter from the Editors, November 2016

    3 November 2016 Dear LeftWord Community, As you read this letter, you should know that across India kisans are on the march. Organised by the All-India Kisan Sabha, they are part of an immense Jatha that will descend on Delhi on 24 November for a large rally. At our LeftWord Blog, there is a short note on the Kisan Sangharsh Jatha. We hope you will go and read it. The blog post on the rally is only our most recent offering. At our LeftWord Books Blog, you will find posts on the work of our a[...]
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