Defeat the Corporate-Communal Onslaught!

THE working class of India has once again sounded the bugle of resistance. The Central Trade Unions (CTUs) have collectively called for a nation-wide General Strike on February 12; the eighth major one since the BJP came to office in 2014. With the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) and agricultural workers’ organisations extending unconditional support to the strike, it will not merely be a day of protest, but it is going to be a massive assertion of the toiling masses against the predatory anti-people policies of the RSS led regime.

Crony ‘Haircuts’ for Crony Capitalists

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) came into effect on May 28, 2016, with the President's assent. It was introduced in Parliament as a framework to resolve insolvency proceedings between corporate giants and individuals within a specific timeframe. In 2025, certain amendments to this code were introduced and passed. Under the IBC, if a company goes bankrupt and a resolution is not possible, there are clear procedures to sell the company’s assets through an auction. This is known as the liquidation process.

Assam on the eve of Assembly Election

ALONG with Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry, Assam is going to Assembly poll in March-April this year. The ruling BJP-led front is seeking its third term. On the other side, the anti-BJP forces are gearing up to unseat the ruling parties this time.

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Kerala Gears Up for Assembly Elections - 2026

The elections to the Kerala assembly in 2021 broke the jinx of the past three decades that no political front ruled Kerala for a second consecutive term, by electing the Left Democratic Front with a record majority. Will Kerala elect an LDF Government for another five year period in 2026?

The Great Infrastructure Heist: Decoding the PPP Pipeline

The recent announcement by the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Union Ministry of Finance, regarding the creation of a three-year Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Project Pipeline involving 852 projects with a staggering capital outlay of over Rs 17 trillion for the period 2025-26 to 2027-28 is not merely a strategy for ‘infrastructure development.’ It is a calculated manoeuvre to facilitate the expropriation of public wealth and the primitive accumulation of capital by domestic and foreign monopolies at the expense of the working class and the national exchequer.

Some Aspects of the Indian Cultural Congress in Kochi

SECULAR and progressive cultural practitioners all over India today suffer from a sense of disconnect. There had been all-India organizations in the past like the Progressive Writers’ and Artists’ Association and the IPTA which had offered to some extent a platform where such cultural practitioners could come together and exchange their views on the evolving context of their creative practice.

Disability, Dissent and the Unjust Prison Regime

THERE was an ominous similarity between the incarceration of Antonio Gramsci and Prof. GN Saibaba. Both were inconvenient disabled intellectuals for the regimes of their times.

An Injustice Strengthened by Political Silence

THE Supreme Court’s refusal to grant bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, while accepting the bail pleas of five other accused in the same case, is not merely a judicial order affecting two individuals. It marks a deeply troubling moment for constitutional democracy in India.

BJP-Corporate Onslaught on Sixth Schedule

After annexation of the Brahmaputra Valley in 1826, British colonialism gradually subjugated the contiguous hills and plains and brought them under the colonial province of Assam. The territory of the colonial province was substantially expanded to include the Cachar Plains in 1830, Khasi Hills in 1833, Jaintia Plains in 1835, areas under present Karbi Anglong and North Cachar in 1838 and 1854 respectively, Naga Hills during 1866-1904, Garo Hills in 1872-73 and Lushai Hills in 1890.

Labour Codes: Squeezing Wages to Raise Profits

On 21 November, 2025, the central government notified the four Labour Codes with the objective of bringing ‘flexibility’ into the world of labour. In response, workers and peasants across the country came out onto the streets, burned copies of the four Labour Codes; they have already started preparing for a General Strike.

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