Vol. L No. 10 March 08, 2026

Politics of Vendetta and Weaponising Central Agencies

FOR quite some time there was a sharp criticism about the Modi government’s use of central agencies like CBI and ED to defame important leaders of the opposition and often imprison them. The process of such weaponisation of the agencies became increasingly pronounced after amendments...
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Polit Bureau Communique

Jan Akrosh Jathas and Mass Rally: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) will organise a mass rally in Ramlila Maidan, Delhi on 24th March against the notification of Labour Codes, the scrapping of MGNREGA and enactment of VBGRAMG, the electricity amendment bill, the seed bill and against the Indo-US trade deal. As part of preparations for the rally, Jan Akrosh Jathas will be organised in all the North Indian states with the participation of Polit Bureau and Central Committee...

From Scattered Anger to Jan Akrosh

ON March 24, 2026, the Jan Akrosh Rally in Delhi will become the united roar of India’s workers, peasants, agricultural workers, women, youth, students and oppressed, led by CPI(M) cadres from the Hindi heartland and across the country. It will be a culmination of the state level Jathas that are being organised in the north Indian states from Jammu & Kashmir to Jharkhand, building a tide of resistance in every district, tehsil and basti. These Jathas are not mere...

Saffron Fallout: Judiciary Feels RSS Pinch

ON February 26, 2026, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Surya Kant launched a scathing reprimand over portions of a Class 8 social science textbook. “Deep-rooted conspiracy”, “very, very calculated move”, “reckless, irresponsible, motivated, contemptuous conduct and manner” were some of the phrases used by the CJI. “They fired the gun and the judiciary is bleeding today,” he said, and declared that “heads must roll...

Imperialism’s Assault on Third World Sovereignty

THE very concept of sovereignty of third world nations is now being sought to be abolished by imperialism in violation of all canons of international law, as is evident from the bombing of Iran by U.S. and Israel with the explicit objective of effecting a “regime change”. Until now, even when the obvious objective had been to change a regime that had become uncongenial for imperialism, the proffered official reason advanced for...

Trump environment de-regulation increases US emissions

IT is a tragic sign of the times that, given the flagrant military assaults and leadership decapitation campaigns by the US on Iran and earlier on Venezuela, and hyper-aggressive assertion of US hegemony all around the world, the Trump administration’s repeal of the earlier “endangerment finding” in the US regarding the adverse effect of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on human health, has not received the attention it...

New Technology: Unpaid and Unused Labour

Technologies are meant to reduce human effort in the production process. Sometimes innovation creates new products which cater to new uses. These uses may not even exist before the product being launched meaning necessity is not always the mother of invention as the saying goes. In fact, the different goods and services people use are not fixed for ever; rather new products and services are added to the consumption basket signifying the progress of...

The Nexus: Engineering an Ethno-State

THE 'Democratic Republic' enshrined in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution faces an existential crisis. In recent years, a meticulously planned assault on the electoral system has surfaced, using the facade of 'logical discrepancies' to terrorise millions of voters. This campaign specifically targets religious minorities and the impoverished. The Election Commission of India (ECI), once a bastion of constitutional neutrality, has abdicated its autonomy to...

Massive Farmers’ Struggle in Maharashtra Highlights Opposition to Controversial India–US Trade Deal

Nationwide protests have begun against the India–US Trade Deal, which critics say opens India’s agricultural and industrial sectors to the United States, threatens farmers, agricultural labourers, and workers, and could push the Indian economy into a deep crisis. The AIKS announced in Mumbai that the struggle against what it termed...

The Hyper-Imperialism of the United States Bloc: Venezuela, Cuba, Iran

WHEN the new year began, no-one anticipated that events would begin to move at a supersonic speed. Before the world’s billions can digest one issue – the kidnapping of the President of Venezuela – the United States and its allies moved on rapidly to another – the suffocation of the Cuban Revolution, and then the bombing of Iran. Each issue required information and thought, deep consideration of the...

West Bengal’s 2026 Budget: What Mamata’s Liberal Friends Refuse to Acknowledge

THE 2026–27 West Bengal budget, a Rs 4.06 lakh crore roadmap titled ‘Bengals Pride’, marks 15 years of a government defined by a carefully maintained image of pro-poor progressivism. Under Mamata Banerjee’s TMC administration, this narrative has been championed by a supportive liberal network that presents the state’s cash-transfer model as a radical defiance of...

Polit Bureau Statements

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statements

 

Condemn BJP Government’s Disgraceful Position on Venezuela