The history of the workers’ movement is intertwined with acts of extraordinary courage and sacrifice by working people the world over – struggles that ripped apart the chains of unending toil and established workers’ rights, including the 8-hour work day and the right to collective bargaining. This proud legacy has its roots in the 1893 Chicago strike and the events of Haymarket Square, where workers demanding ‘eight hours for work, eight hours for rest, and eight hours for what we will’ were met with brutal repression but ultimately ignited a global movement.

The CPI (M)'s 'Bangla Banchao' (Save Bengal) Yatra, launched on November 29, is proving to be a significant political event that is altering the political agenda of West Bengal. The campaign has fundamentally redirected the state's political discourse by focusing on the crucial issues of corruption and division. The yatra, which began in Tufanganj, Cooch Behar, is scheduled to span 19 days and cover at least 65 kilometres across North Bengal.

THE Washington Post published an investigative report on October 29, 2025, claiming that the Indian government had unofficially directed LIC to invest $3.9 billion in the embattled Adani Group. It is important to lay out the facts for the public to realise the challenges that LIC may have to face in future. Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), the biggest public sector undertaking in India, holds 65 per cent of market share even today, despite facing tough competition from 25 private life insurance companies including foreign ones for the past 26 years.

The imperialist US under President Donald Trump has started a full-fledged campaign of tariff terrorism against not only India but also several other countries. Trump has imposed the highest 50% additional tariffs on Indian exports to the US. Brazil is the only other country to have been slapped with such high tariffs. At the same time, Trump wants India to sign an agreement for free trade with almost nil tariffs on US exports to India.Tariff means an entry tax on imports at the border, what we generally call import duty.

SOME words become heavy with meaning. For the people of Jammu and Kashmir, the word "terrorism" is one of them. When used carelessly, it stops being just a word for a violent act and becomes a label for an entire community. It becomes a lens that distorts how people see them, making their hopes seem suspicious and their pain seem less important.The recent heinous terrorist acts in Pahalgam and Delhi cannot be but condemned by all shades of opinions. It reminds us of a deep and painful process of tragic events in Kashmir since 1990. The loss of precious innocent lives is a tragedy.