Marxism, Capitalism and Democracy

Arup Baisya Marx’s concept of the Asiatic Mode of Production represented the dominance of bureaucrats in situations where the state was the economic and political power, and where private property was relatively unimportant (Miliband 1989:94). Irrespective of the fact whether Marx’s assessment on a mode of production and static society specific to Asia is right,...

The Pandemic and the State: Part-VII: The Productive restructuring and the working-class

Arup Baisya Capitalism and Uncertainties During the entire phase of neo-liberal restructuring of both production and labour process pre-pandemic situation, the character of the working class had changed. A big chunk of factory jobs was wiped out by technology, while the service workers had grown. In the past few decades, the number of workers in...

The moment of rediscovering Marxism and Revolution

The moment of rediscovering Marxism and Revolution – Arup Baisya The Marxist and revolutionary praxis all over the world had lost its vigour post-collapse of the USSR. In front of the onslaught of neoliberal restructuring of production and labour process and the concomitant ideological influence due to the success stories at its initial phase led...