Pon Chandran

Oct 23, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Carlos L Garrido |Bruce Lerro |Kim Scipes |Pon Chandran

The American political philosopher, Michael Parenti, said that the only thing about regular working people that the ruling class cares about is what they think. The owners of capital spend exuberate amounts of their dearest love – money – on crafting institutions that control how people think, the parameters of acceptable and unacceptable views. Frameworks of thought which facilitate the reproduction of the dominant social relations are proliferated, those which challenge these are silenced.

Aug 25, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Kim Scipes |Carlos L Garrido |Pon Chandran |Bharat Dogra

After this week’s Democratic National Convention—which went well on their terms for what the Democratic leaders wanted—I  strongly believe Kamala Harris will defeat Donald Trump for the presidency.

Aug 22, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Carlos L Garrido |Pon Chandran |Satya Sagar |Vidyarthy Chatterjee

In societies fractured by class antagonisms, the ruling elite who control the means of production, and hence, the politics, judicature, education, etc. of society, requires that those whom they extract value from, indebt, and oppress, split themselves into as many groups as possible. For the ruling classes, the principle of divide et impera, divide and rule/conquer, has always been necessary. In factionalizing the propertyless masses they win.

Apr 21, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Carlos L Garrido |Pon Chandran |Satya Sagar |Tom Engelhardt

How Marxists should approach the critique of Martin HeideggerMartin Heidegger is undoubtedly one of the most creative and influential philosophers of the 20th century. Virtually all areas of philosophy, along with many other disciplines as well, have had to tackle in one form or another the questions he poses, and the insights he provides. His work grasped the zeitgeist of the 1930s and 40s for most of continental philosophy. It is a tour de force Marxist philosophers must face head on.

Mar 2, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Y.S.Jagan Mohan Reddy |Vidyadhar Date |Nilofar Suhrawardy |Pon Chandran

The arrogance and extreme incompetence of the Metro railway and municipal authorities is increasingly becoming obvious. In Bangalore a farmer was denied entry into the Metro station last week on the ground that he was not properly dressed, even private clubs with all their arrogance are not so blatant. One should not blame the security personnel at the Metro station at all, it is the culture at the very top that inculcates such arrogant, anti people ideas.