Dr. Lohia and an era of 1960s, 1950s socialist politics is over. Today there is dogmatic shift in the mainstream narrative of pro- business parties.
Parliamentarians are no longer debating on ideological grounds, some bills are passed with almost no debate.
Imperialist nations control media, culture, arts, technology and more importantly the destiny of labour.
Post USSR, fall of Berlin Wall, 1991 economic reforms and WTO and World Bank led globalisation has greatly damaged the left narrative of a welfare socialist state.
Global corporations dictate terms over laws & rules, they assign key partnership with government to establish coordination.
Trickle down economics has not been successful in eradicating global hunger, destitution and poverty. It's has aggravated miseries and massive income & wealth inequality.
Socialism needs new slogans, new logos, new icons and an global acceptance. To counter pro- privatisation narrative and friction less trade, we need subsidised human development and pro- poor policies atleast till we are in middle income tag nation.
People can recall back an era of socialism, but it must be supplemented with good Politics and good Economics.
- Prof. Mohd Ossama
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