CPI(M) to Hold Statewide Protests Against Repeated Defections

The following statement has been issued by Dr Ajit Nawale, Secretary of Maharashtra state committee of CPI(M).

Democracy in Danger: Parakala Prabhakar Exposes Modi Government’s ‘Viksit Bharat’ Illusions

Parakala Prabhakar warns that Indian democracy is under threat as the Modi government peddles illusions of development. He calls for mass awareness and democratic struggles at the Jetti Sesha Reddy Memorial Seminar in Nellore.

Mumbai trade unions protest murder of Indian sailors by US strike

On 19th June 2026, major trade unions of Mumbai held a militant joint demonstration at the Collectors office at Bandra Kurla Complex in the vicinity of the US Consulate, to protest against the murder of three Indian sailors by the US military missile strike on a civilian cargo ship in international waters near Iran. The participating unions included the CITU, AITUC, INTUC, AICCTU, FSUI, and TUCI.

Historic Victory of Rural Sanitation Workers in Haryana

The struggle of Haryana’s rural sanitation workers in May 2026 stands out as one of the most significant working-class movements in the state in recent years. Around 10,500 rural sanitation workers have been employed across Haryana since 2007, with one worker serving approximately every thousand residents in rural areas. Most of these workers belong to the Valmiki community, and more than 20 per cent are women. Their labor ensures basic sanitation services in hundreds of villages across the state.

People’s Protest Against Demolitions in Faridabad

RECENTLY, large-scale demolitions of residential settlements have been underway in cities like Faridabad and Gurgaon in Haryana, bordering the national capital, Delhi. These actions are being carried out through the Municipal Corporation administration and the Country Town Planning Department, under the leadership of the ruling BJP party. The colonies, inhabited for 60-70 years, are being demolished, leaving lakhs of people homeless and pushing them into poverty.

Partition, Politics and June 20

IN recent years, a concerted political effort has been made to establish June 20 as ‘West Bengal Day’ and to project Syama Prasad Mookerjee as the founder of West Bengal. Political appropriation of history is not new, but any historical event must be understood in its full context. Therefore, examining the validity of the narrative surrounding June 20 is essential.

Petroleum Products’ Prices: Burden on the People

Let us look into the prices of crude oil in the international market, the prices borne by consumers in India, the policies behind them, the claims made by the rulers who formulated these policies, and what is actually happening in practice. Prior to 2002, a system called the Administrative Price Control Mechanism was established and functioning in India. It operated under the control of the Ministry of Petroleum. Its main objective was to regulate crude oil prices so that the burdens of fluctuations in the international market were not passed on to the people.

The Architecture of Disparity

As night deepens, the city falls silent. Yet, in that very silence, there are nights when the roar of bulldozers plunges history into a darkness deeper than the night itself.

‘A New Chapter of Workers’ Resistance Is Emerging Across India’: Elamaram Kareem

A state-level seminar organised by the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) on the theme "The Ongoing Assault on the Working Class in India and the Rising Resistance" was held on Wednesday evening at the Makineni Basavapunnaiah Vignana Kendram. The seminar was presided over by CITU State President C H Narsinga Rao.

Adivasis Oppose the Proposed Hydropower Project Construction

Villagers gathered in large numbers under the banner of the Anti-Hydropower Project Struggle Committee, organised by the Gram Sabha on June 8 in Majjivalasa village under Burja Panchayat, Alluri district of Andhra Pradesh, demanding the cancellation of the proposed hydropower project.

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