José Mujica’s Latin America: The Dream, The Struggle, The Legacy

JOSÉ "Pepe" Mujica, the former president of Uruguay, passed away on May 13, 2025, at the age of 89. He is survived by his wife, Lucía Topolansky, a fellow former guerrilla and senator. Mujica’s life was a remarkable journey – from guerrilla fighter to becoming a president, from years of solitary confinement to earning global recognition as a man of the masses. The Latin America he once led, and the Latin America he leaves behind, are not the same. Mujica was born on May 20, 1935, in Montevideo, Uruguay, into a middle-class family.

Fifty Years of Reunification and Vietnam Today

ON April 30, Vietnam celebrated the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification. The defeat of US imperialism and its retreat from Vietnam on April 30, 1975, marked the end of the 30-year long resilient struggle for independence, freedom, and reunification of Vietnam.

May Day this Year Brings New Hope for Sri Lanka

“WE have waited, we have been abandoned, we have been tested—but the people who stood by us have brought us here. We, who have waited 65 years for one goal, will surely succeed in building this country.” These were the words of Anura Kumara Dissanayake, President of Sri Lanka and leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) as well as the National People’s Power (NPP), the broad political front formed by the JVP.

MP: Voices Rise against Hate

VIJAY Shah, a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Madhya Pradesh, currently serving as the cabinet minister for tribal affairs, is once again making headlines. And rightly so – because infamy, after all, is also a form of being in limelight. If that's the measure, then Vijay Shah has certainly earned his share of fame.Nearly a decade ago, while serving as a minister, he made an obscene remark about the wife of then Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan – and shockingly, from a public stage in his very presence. The incident caused a public uproar.

Manufacturing National Consensus

Notwithstanding the fact that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for reasons best known to him, chose to stay away from the two all-party meetings convened in Parliament to discuss India’s possible response to the gruesome killings in the Baisaran Valley in Pahalgam – meetings attended by leaders of various political parties – all parties present unequivocally condemned the killings carried out by terrorists linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), a terrorist outfit designated by the relevant UN agency. They also extended their support to the government in taking appropriate measures in response.

Endangering Our Citizens for Dodgy US Reactors

RECENT press reports, e.g., Indian Express, May 19, indicate that the Modi government is moving towards changing Indian laws in atomic energy to help easier entry of US private capital in this sector. This is not only for the import of nuclear plants and machinery but also to take ownership of such plants. The two laws, according to the reports, are The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act 2010 and The Atomic Energy Act 1962.

Haryana: CPI(M) Condemns Arrest of Ashoka University Professor

THE Haryana State Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), in a statement issued on May 18, has strongly condemned the arrest of Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad of Ashoka University, Sonipat.

Israel's Brutal Escalating Aggression Against the Palestinian People

We are reproducing below the report ‘Israel's Aggression against Occupied Palestine April 2025’, documenting the following verified incidents and data about the inhuman genocide carried by Israel in Gaza

1. Ongoing Aggression against Gaza

General Strike Deferred to July 9, 2025

A MEETING of the Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions and Independent Sectoral Federations/Associations was held on May 15, 2025 in New Delhi to review the preparatory activities for the nationwide General Strike originally scheduled for May 20, 2025.

Bihar: Carrying Forward the Legacy of Struggle - CPI(M) Leaders in Madhubani

THE newly elected general secretary of the CPI(M), M A Baby, accompanied by Polit Bureau member Ashok Dhawale, arrived in Bihar on May 5 for a two-day visit.The one-day stay in Patna was packed and politically significant. The two leaders met with the state secretariat members at the Party office, where the general secretary briefed them on the key decisions taken at the recently concluded Party Congress.Later in the afternoon, they met RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav at his residence and exchanged views on strategies to defeat the BJP and its allies in the upcoming Assembly elections.

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