Workers in India Are on the March

Hundreds of million Indian workers are ready to strike on May 20 to demand higher minimum wages and a rollback of BJP’s anti-worker policies.NINETY per cent of Indian workers are in the unorganised sector. This does not mean that they are outside trade union structures, but only that most workers must fight very hard to form unions.

TN: TNPWAA Pays Tribute to Three Stalwarts of Progressive Culture

THE Tamilnadu Progressive Writers and Artists Association (TNPWAA) recently lost three of its most prominent cultural figures – poet-orator Nandalala (Trichy), writer Narumpunathan (Tirunelveli), and progressive singer Karisal Kuyil Krishnasamy (Narikulam, Virudhunagar District) – within a short span of time.

Maha: State-Level Conference of Women Agricultural Workers

A ONE-day ‘State-Level Women Agricultural Workers Conference,’ organised by the state committee of the Maharashtra State Agricultural Workers’ Union (Lal Bawta), was successfully held on April 27, 2025, in Partur, Jalna district.As per the decision of the union’s state committee, district-level conferences of women agricultural workers were previously conducted in eight districts, with plans to expand them to additional districts in the future. In these district conferences, written reports were presented and group discussions with women agricultural workers were held.

A Historic Victory for Student Rights - Resisting Political Vendettas in Higher Education

THE Supreme Court’s recent judgement setting aside the two-year suspension of dalit PhD scholar Ramadas Prini Sivanandan enrolled at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, marks a historic victory for students’ rights in India. Yet, this hard-won relief – coming after over a year of systemic targeting – cannot obscure the injustice at its core: a thoroughly fabricated case, which was weaponised to crush campus democracy.From the outset, this was a battle Ramadas should never have had to fight.

Kerala: New State Headquarters of CPI(M) in Thiruvananthapuram

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Kerala inaugurated its new state headquarters, the AKG Centre, in Thiruvananthapuram. The new AKG Centre was inaugurated by Kerala Chief Minister and CPI(M) Polit Bureau member, Pinarayi Vijayan.Veteran leader S Ramachandran Pillai hoisted the Party flag, in the presence of CPI(M) General Secretary M A Baby, Polit Bureau member A Vijayaraghavan, and CPI(M) Kerala State Secretary M V Govindan Master. Party workers and leaders gathered to celebrate the occasion and mark this important development in the CPI(M)'s organisational journey in Kerala.

WB: Red Flags Rise at Brigade - Workers, Farmers, and Slum Dwellers Unite for Class Struggle

ON April 20, despite the sweltering heat, the Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata was packed with thousands of workers, farmers, agricultural labourers, and slum dwellers who had gathered for a historic rally organised by four major mass organisations: CITU, the Kisan Sabha, Paschim Banga Basti Unnayan Samiti, and the AIAWU.CPI(M) state secretary Mohammad Salim, addressing the gathering, underscored the increasing role of toiling people in reshaping Bengal’s future and emphasized that only a revitalised Left movement could offer a path forward.

Lenin’s Birth Anniversary Commemorated

THE CPI(M) West Bengal state committee organised a meeting to mark the 156th birth anniversary of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin at the Pramod Dasgupta Auditorium in Kolkata, on April 22. The programme reflect on Lenin's enduring relevance in the current political situation.The meeting was presided over by Polit Bureau member Sridip Bhattacharya, with CPI(M) General Secretary M A Baby and Polit Bureau member and West Bengal state secretary Mohammad Salim addressing the gathering.

Tripura: Lenin’s Birth Anniversary Observed

COMRADE Lenin’s 155th birth anniversary was observed in the whole state of Tripura on April 22, 2025. On this occasion, a hall meeting was organised by the CPI(M) state committee in Town Hall, Agartala. People in large numbers attended the meeting that was addressed by Manik Sarkar, senior leader of CPI(M), Jitendra Chaudhury, Polit Bureau member and Ratan Das, secretary of West Tripura district committee. The meeting was presided over by senior leader Aghore Debbarma.

TN: Seminar on Reclaiming the City for Toiling Masses

“THE city belongs to the working class, and reclaiming it is our task ahead,” said R Arun Kumar, Polit Bureau member of the CPI(M), while delivering the special address at a seminar on ‘Urbanisation from the Marxist Perspective’ organised by the Central Chennai district of the CPI(M) on March 31, on the eve of the 24th Party Congress.He called for a uniting the working-class and middle-classes to build “a beautiful city of our own,” one that guarantees education, health, shelter, and other basic rights for all.

TN: Disabled Persons Hit the Streets

THE response to the call for an uninterrupted siege of the Fort St. George, Chennai, the seat of power of the Tamil Nadu government was unprecedented. Thousands of disabled persons had, braving many obstacles, began their journey from various parts of the state towards the state capital to participate in the siege that was to commence in the morning hours of April 22.

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