Imperial Decline and the Closing Window for War

ON January 7, 2026, President Donald Trump posted on social media that the Pentagon budget would rise to $1.5 trillion, a 50 per cent increase over current spending and the largest peacetime military buildup since World War II. The announcement came barely four days after the United States abducted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a military raid on Caracas, killing over one hundred people, including thirty-two Cuban security officers.

Call for United Action against VB-G RAM G, for a strengthened MGNREGA

A round table meeting of agricultural and rural workers, NREGA workers, leaders of organisations of the rural poor, academics, legal defenders, leaders of the National Platform for Rights of the Disabled and right to work activists, concluded successfully at HKS Surjeet Bhawan today. The meeting resolved to form a broader national level joint platform of various agricultural and rural workers unions and organisations affiliated with the NREGA Sangharsh Morcha.

The Great Infrastructure Heist: Decoding the PPP Pipeline

The recent announcement by the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Union Ministry of Finance, regarding the creation of a three-year Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Project Pipeline involving 852 projects with a staggering capital outlay of over Rs 17 trillion for the period 2025-26 to 2027-28 is not merely a strategy for ‘infrastructure development.’ It is a calculated manoeuvre to facilitate the expropriation of public wealth and the primitive accumulation of capital by domestic and foreign monopolies at the expense of the working class and the national exchequer.

The Drive for Colonialism

Post-war imperialism was founded upon a basic contradiction, which becomes clear when we compare it with the pre-World War I period. The leader of the imperialist world in any period typically fulfils its leadership role by running an overall balance of payments deficit vis-à-vis other major countries to which capitalism is getting diffused.

Sabarimala Gold Theft Case: Thantri remanded

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) appointed by the Kerala High Court has arrested Sabarimala Thantri (highest religious authority) Kandararu Rajeevaru (66) after finding ample evidence about his involvement in the Sabarimala gold theft case. The arrest was recorded after the Thantri surrendered before the SIT on Friday morning and underwent nearly eight hours of interrogation.

Some Aspects of the Indian Cultural Congress in Kochi

SECULAR and progressive cultural practitioners all over India today suffer from a sense of disconnect. There had been all-India organizations in the past like the Progressive Writers’ and Artists’ Association and the IPTA which had offered to some extent a platform where such cultural practitioners could come together and exchange their views on the evolving context of their creative practice.

Strong Condemnation of US Aggression and Kidnapping Conspiracy

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on January 12, 2026

A BROAD-based public meeting in solidarity with Venezuela was organised today at the Harkishan Singh Surjeet Bhavan, New Delhi, to protest against US aggression, the conspiracy to abduct the democratically elected President of Venezuela and the First Lady, and to express solidarity with the people of Venezuela.

In Solidarity with Kerala

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on January 12, 2026

THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has extended its wholehearted support to Kerala’s satyagraha and expressed solidarity with the LDF Government in its struggle in defence of its rights and against the centre's attack on federalism and denial of the state's rights. The struggle is also against the Union Government’s financial neglect towards the state.

Kerala will not Concede to Centre’s Economic Sanctions

Kerala has opened a new front of mass resistance against the central government’s retaliatory measures. Following a protest led by the chief minister and his cabinet colleagues in Delhi, and the ongoing legal battle in the Supreme Court, a satyagraha was held under the leadership of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in front of the martyrs’ column in Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram. This protest turned into a clarion call against the Centre’s attempts to destroy Kerala and its economic blockade.

How Level Is the Playing Field?

NOW that five states are going to the polls for their respective state assemblies, it is necessary to see the big picture. This is also relevant from the standpoint of the republican Constitution that we have. It is necessary to rekindle the memory of our readers because, amid the din over Hindutva-driven sound bites, an atmosphere is being created that we are almost there – the Hindu Rashtra.

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