The Polit Bureau condemned the provocative remarks made by various BJP leaders, including ministers and MLAs in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh regarding the celebration of Holi festival, which coincides with Friday prayers during Ramzan. The chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Adityanath, has also taunted and threatened Muslims on this issue, instead of assuring that law and order will be maintained. Such remarks are intended to create tensions and intimidate the Muslim...
TRUMP 2.0 has got off to a tumultuous start. The early days of Donald Trump’s second term as US president have been marked by a whirlwind of policy shifts, diplomatic upheavals, and economic manoeuvres, leaving both domestic and international observers struggling to keep pace. While Trump has always been erratic and almost deliberately unpredictable, the scope and magnitude of changes being ushered in this Trump 2.0 administration is...
IN August 2024, the central cabinet approved a Unified Pension Scheme (UPS). The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) labelled it a "deceptive scheme," a characterisation that proved true when the scheme was gazetted on January 25, 2025, and draft regulations were published on January 27, 2025. The government claimed there was consensus among the Joint Consultative...
AT the International Socialist Women’s Conference held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in August 1910, the resolution on International Women’s Day (IWD), moved by Clara Zetkin, was clear in its class nature, political aim, socialist perspective, and international character. Today, there is a concerted effort to obscure the legacy of IWD, its socialist roots, and its class origins, reducing it to a commercialised event, especially in our country.
THE 24th Party Congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is set to take place with great enthusiasm in Madurai from April 2 to 6. The historic city of Madurai is adorned with red flags and festive decorations, eagerly awaiting this landmark congress, which stands as the voice of the working class and a steadfast ally of the labouring masses.
A PROTEST campaign was organised on Sunday, March 9th by the Joint Platform of Doctors, West Bengal, and Abhaya Mancha. The demonstration was in response to the unjust and brutal murder of Abhaya and the disgraceful behavior of the education minister at Jadavpur University. Biman Basu, Left Front chairman, urged all democracy-loving and well-meaning individuals to participate in two grand marches planned in...
THE recent reports of Jio and Airtel's tie-up with Elon Musk's Starlink to offer high-speed satellite-based internet services in the country raise serious questions regarding spectrum allocation and national security concerns. The Supreme Court had held in the 2G case that spectrum is a scarce resource and can be allocated to private players only through open, transparent auction. Any private deal for allocating spectrum would be a violation of the law of the land. Jio, Airtel and Starlink...
THE BJP-IPFT-Tipra Motha alliance government, led by Manik Saha, celebrated its second anniversary in office with great fanfare on March 9. The occasion was marked by a statewide rally held in Agartala, attended by the party’s National President, JP Nadda. The event, celebrated with fanfare, left the public awaiting updates on pre-election promises, as speakers remained silent on their commitments, raising questions about their fulfillment...
WHILE the entire world discusses the crisis of capitalism, the most pertinent question remains: Why is the severely critical capitalist order not falling down? We can see that the global crisis in capitalism is periodic, but capitalism never collapsed on its own, automatically. It continuously revolutionised itself to manage the crisis and survive. Now, let us try to sketch out the mechanisms adopted by capitalism for its temporary recovery in the contemporary world...
