Hiccups won’t derail system
“‘IF suicide was not forbidden (haram) I’d go into parliament with explosives and blow it up,’ roared a charged Shehryar Afridi, a leading light of the governing PTI and the…
China: developing a strong socialist culture
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has attached great importance to the development…
Uphold the people’s congress system
• Practice the whole-process people’s democracy (—Seventh part of the “China in the past decade” series) Since the 18th CPC National Congress, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping…
A feudal electoral system
The Magna Carta, or the "Charter of Liberties", limiting the King's power and strengthening the rights of nobles was agreed to by King John at Runnymede near London on June…
The socialist label
Bernie Sanders is currently the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination. He and everyone else knows exactly how the Republicans will attack him if and when he becomes the nominee:…
A feudal electoral system
The Magna Carta, or the "Charter of Liberties", limiting the King's power and strengthening the rights of nobles was agreed to by King John at Runnymede near London on June…
A feudal electoral system
The Magna Carta, or the "Charter of Liberties", limiting the King's power and strengthening the rights of nobles was agreed to by King John at Runnymede near London on June…
N Korea’s ‘socialist utopia’ needs mass labour
In January, thousands of North Korean students travelled to Mount Paektu, a sacred mountain where the ruling family claims its roots and where leader Kim Jong Un is building a…
China’s propaganda machine sputters in zero-Covid reversal
China’s state media is struggling and censors are working overtime as Beijing gropes for a coherent narrative in the wake of the sudden reversal of its hallmark zero-Covid policy. For…
Before Gorbachev : Part – II
Plenty of obituaries have appeared in newspapers and on social media, paying tribute to Gorbachev. He introduced major changes in the Soviet system that led to its downfall, and the…
