Volume 8, No. 1, January 2026
Editor: Rashed Rahman
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Marx and the Asiatic Mode of Production – II
Rashed Rahman
Marx and Engels say: “History does nothing, it possesses no immense wealth”, it “wages no battles. It is man, real living man that does all that, that possesses and fights; ‘history’ is not a person apart, using man as a means for its own particular aims; history is nothing but the activity of man pursuing his aims.”
Journalists Face Arrest, Torture; Journalists in Exile at Risk of Forced Return
Afghanistan: Taliban Tramples Media Freedom
The Taliban have gutted Afghanistan’s media since taking control of the country in August 2021, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says. They have subjected the remaining news outlets to surveillance and censorship, and punished journalists and other media workers for any perceived criticism.
From Marx to Mao – And After: IV
The ‘Four Modernisations’
Ray Nunes
The Coup d’Etat
Mao’s faith in Hua Kuo-feng turned out to be premature. Less than a month after his death, in conjunction with a group of so-called ‘moderates’, Hua, who had become Party and State Chairman and also Chairman of the Military Affairs Commission, organised a coup d’etat and arrested Mao’s lieutenants in the Cultural Revolution (CR): his wife Chiang Ching; Chang Chun-chiao; Wang Hung-wen, and Yao Wen-yuan, declaring them to be a ‘Gang of Four’ who had plotted to overthrow Mao’s policies – even though they were the foremost advocates of them – and to seize power for themselves.