Writer and Orator Sunil P. Ilayidam sharing a friendly exchange with the State Secretary of CPI Binoy Viswam and the district secretary of CPI (m) KV Abdul Khader at the EMS Smithi action on Saturday. | Photo Credit: Kk Najeeb
Ekonom Prabhat Patnaik said that unofficist regimes systematically turn public anger against minorities and immigrants to distract the economic crisis.
He spoke on the second day of the EMS Smithi action, which took place in the hall of Sangeeth Nataka on Saturday on the topic “neoliberalism and neo-fascism”.
“These governments deliberately create public indignation against religious minorities and communities of migrating and sacrifice them for all national problems,” said prof. Patnaik. “It is a strategic diversion that hides their failure in solving economic distress.”
On violent groups
He also noted that such regimes not only abuse state institutions for repression, but also rely on violent majority groups to carry out minority attacks and create an atmosphere of fear and division.
Prof. Patnaik pointed to a wider global trend and noted that many nations, including India, are carried to the non-fascist government. The key feature of this shift is, as he claimed, is the growing connection between corporate capital and authoritarian power.
Prof. Patnaik has further elaborated on how the global companies of Arms Corporations are actively supported and promoted by non-fascist powers that try to guide weapons trade around the world. “Although they cannot protect their own economy, they resort to storing steep tariffs on other nations as desperate measures to overcome economic unrest,” he added, criticizing the resulting tendency to ignore international trade agreements, especially the US
“In order to face this dangerous rise in neoliberal and non -orpham forces, it is necessary to implement strong alternative economic policies,” he said. These alternatives, as he emphasized, must question inequality, protect work rights and constitutionally guarantee basic needs such as food, shelter, clothing and employment.
Prof. Patnaik demanded progressive reforms, such as taxes on the wealth of ultra -rich taxes and inheritance to the assets, and stressed that only a radical re -evaluation of the economic order can reduce the influx of authoritarianism.
“Political struggle”
“In the end, it’s not just an economic struggle – it’s political,” he concluded. “And the working class must keep a fee.”
Restrictions on “global warming and climate change”, director, Advanced Center for Atmospheric Radar Research, Cochin University of Science and Technology, said the extreme weather events that the world today are today are not just the direct result of capitalist consumption formulas.
Dr. Abhilash watched the roots of the climate crisis at the industrial revolution after 1860, which caused an unprecedented increase in the use of fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emissions. “This shift significantly accelerated climate change,” he said.
China is currently leading the world in total greenhouse gas emissions, but when it measures on the head, the American maps at the top, pointed out.
In response to the assembly crisis, global climatic summits are convened under the auspices of the Party Conference (COP). However, geopolitical failures, such as the US withdrawal from the climate agreement during Donald Trump’s Presidency, undercut the collective action, he noted.
“Climate change is a global phenomenon, but its impacts feel local,” said Dr. Abhilash and emphasized the need for interventions at local level. The crisis, warned, affects the livelihood of people, public health and habitat systems and cuts all aspects of life.
Excessive consumption
He emphasized the role of excessive consumption in deterioration of the crisis and claimed that “scientific solutions themselves are not enough. What we need urgently are political solutions.”
The Secretary General of CPI Binoy Viswam, who addressed Valedictory, spoke of “growth in municipal policy in Kerala”.
Published – 14 June 2025 20:55
