THE National People’s Power (NPP) has won a historic victory in the Sri Lankan Parliament elections. For the first time, a political party has won a two-thirds majority through the  proportional representation system.  The NPP has won 159 of the 225 seats polling a record high of 61.6 per cent of the vote.

IF you go to the bluff at Kings Park in Perth, Australia, you can overlook the Swan River and enjoy a remarkable view. Across the bay, there is a phalanx of steel and glass buildings that rise to the skies. Each of these buildings carries a sign that glistens in the sharp sun: BHP, Rio Tinto, Chevron, Deloitte, and others. Kings Park no longer survives merely with the patronage of the British King, who continues to claim sovereignty over Australia. It is now named Rio Tinto Kings Park, needing the corporate profits from this enormous mining company to sustain its charms.

SOCIALISM is premised on the idea of fundamental inversion of the labour process that exists in capitalist societies. In capitalism, the worker is subject to the condition of production where the worker is alienated from the means of production, the process of production and the outcomes of productive process. This is articulated through the crude division between mental and physical labour and the worker is supposed to follow the rules of capital relations which naturalises this separation.

Two delegations of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) visited the central committee office of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and interacted with the Party leaders. They exchanged views on the current international situation and the scope for strengthening the relations between the people of the two countries.Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, member of the Central Committee of the CPV and Vice-Chairperson of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front, led a 12-member delegation and visited the Party headquarters on 8 November 2024.

THE National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD), in a statement issued on November 8, has strongly condemned the heinous gang rape of a mentally ill woman in Delhi.Though the Delhi Police tracked down the culprits, it is really unfortunate that it is only after the lapse of over a month since the perpetration of the dreadful crime that the details have been shared.