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NB -  The Delhi Historical Materialism Conference  (Convention Centre, JNU, 3-5 April 2013) has a morning session on the first day, under the title  “Authoritarian Politics in S. Asia, 1st panel: The Question of Fascism” See the 9.30 am panel for Wednesday April 3, at   http://sacw.net/free/hmdelhiprog.html The panel will be chaired by  Mukul Mangalik.  Subhash Gatade will present on ‘Communal fascism in action’  Jairus Banaji will present on ‘Arthur Rosenberg’s essay Fascism as a Mass Movement and its relevance to us in India.’    The following two essays contain the background of my presentation  ‘Understanding Indian fascism’ Armies of the Pure:   The Question of Indian Fascism  (Sept/Oct 2012)  A Hard Rain Falling: private armies & political violence in India (July 2012 ) Jairus Banaji's edited volume, Fascism: Essays on Europe and India , ( Three Essays Collective ) contains m...

NB -  The Delhi Historical Materialism Conference  (Convention Centre, JNU, 3-5 April 2013) has a session on labour history, organised by the Association of Indian Labour Historians.  See the 11.30 am panel for Wednesday April 3, at   http://sacw.net/free/hmdelhiprog.html The panel will be chaired by Professor Jan Breman. Chitra Joshi will present on ‘Charting the terrain: New frontiers of labour history in India’; and Prabhu Mohapatra on ‘The centre and the margin: The shifting focus of labour history ’ The following essay contains the background of my presentation  ‘Politics in the mirror of labour history’ The Politics of the Labour Movement:  An Essay on Differential Aspirations [This paper appeared as  # 17 in the NLI research study series, 2001 ] Introduction For historians of labour the term 'politics' tends to a usage over and beyond the activity of political leaders and cadre. It encapsulates the entire process of the formati...

Interested members of the public are invited to attend Venue: Convention Centre, JNU, 3-5 April 2013 Download the list of all panels and papers over three days (9.30 am to 8.15 pm )  http://sacw.net/free/hmdelhiprog.html Programme Schedule of Historical Materialism Delhi Conference -  "New Cultures of the Left"  Venue: Convention Centre, JNU, 3-5 April 2013 Download the list of all panels and papers over three days (9.30 am to 8.15 pm )  Latest Programme   with complete list of all panels and papers and films     [Revised and Updated on 2 April 2013] - short URL to download the PDF version:   http://goo.gl/ezI8t - You can also directly browse the full programme on the webpage here ->  http://tinyurl.com/cybx2ev - for further ease to access both you may go to the page : http://www.sacw.net/ article3976.html