Certain features associated with neo-fascism have manifested themselves quite clearly during its ascendancy in India. These easily observable features are: the “othering” of a hapless minority and the generation of hatred against it among the majority; the unleashing of repression both by organs of the state as well as by neo-fascist thugs on members of this minority, on critics, on those belonging to the political opposition, on intellectuals, artists and...
The US-Iran war, has currently entered its 54th day, with peace talks still to start in Islamabad. There is an uneasy ceasefire between the US and Iran, though the Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon still continue, in complete violation of the ceasefire. In other words, we have a ceasefire in which the US believes it has the right to interdict Iran-bound ships in the high seas—the Persian Gulf—and...
WHEN human beings are reduced to packets of labour power, squeezed to the last drop of sweat and silenced through intimidation, such packets can explode! Employers across the world have tried the same strategy to reduce the cost of labour and assert their control over the labour process and history has shown that they have failed every time. Noida is not a stray incident, and it is part of a series of flash protests organised by workers in the...
Are Communists not Indian? Who, then, can claim to be more Indian than the Communists? In 1921, at the Ahmedabad session of the Congress, it was the Communists who first raised the demand for complete independence— voiced by none other than Maulana Hasrat Mohani and Swami Kumarananda. The following year, at the Gaya session, Communists raised the demand again. Gandhi was displeased at the time. Eight years later, in 1929, the Lahore session of the Congress finally...
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji, You had stated in your address to the nation on the women’s reservation issue that “the fight to give women power participation has been going on for decades…so many women have raised this subject before me. So many sisters have written letters to me explaining everything.”
The War in West Asia has brought in serious disruptions in natural gas supply resulting in fertiliser production cuts, import slide, price escalation, and widespread uncertainty, directly threatening agricultural stability. However, the roots of this crisis are not purely external; they also lie in the neo-liberal policy of import dependence over domestic resource utilisation and long-term self-...
Hungary’s April 2026 parliamentary elections ended Viktor Orbán’s 16-year rule and brought Péter Magyar to power with a two-thirds parliamentary majority. Instantly, the Western media began to celebrate the victory as a democratic turning point, indicating that Magyar, unlike Orbán, was cosy with the European Union. Yet, beneath the celebratory rhetoric of democratic renewal lies a more sober reality. What has...
The extended three-day special sitting of Parliament’s Budget Session, beginning April 16, resulted in a major setback for the government, as the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, which aimed to link 33% women’s reservation with a new delimitation exercise by 2029, was defeated in the Lok Sabha. The Bill failed to secure the required two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha. Only 298 members voted in favor, while 230 opposed it.
M A Baby, General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has written a letter On April 18, 2026, to the Prime Minister, seeking the PM’s intervention to address the concerns of the striking workers in Delhi-NCR. We are herewith releasing the text of the letter for publication.
A state-level public convention was organised on April 16 at Samhita Convention Hall in Rajamahendravaram, Andhra Pradesh, under the aegis of the KG Basin Gas and Oil Sadhana Samiti. The event focused on the demand that 50 per cent of the gas and oil extracted from the KG Basin be allocated to meet the needs of the state’s people.
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Condemn BJP Government’s Disgraceful Position on Venezuela |
