SUCH is the pervasiveness of bourgeois ideology these days that even many who are wholly committed to the vision of socialism entertain ideas about it that are utterly erroneous. It would not be out of place therefore to go back to this basic question once again. The common perception of socialism is that it is a society characterized by the social ownership of the means of production, for which state ownership is taken as a proxy.
ON MAY 16, 2026, the São Paulo bookshop of Expressão Popular, the publishing house of Brazil's Landless Workers' Movement (MST), was packed with farmers, agroecology technicians and movement organisers. They had gathered for the launch of IARAA, an artificial intelligence platform for agrarian reform and agroecology. The tool was not built by a technology corporation. Its knowledge base, spanning...
ON July 6, Suryapur in Baruipur, on the southern fringes of Kolkata, erupted in protest — an upheaval whose tremors reverberated across West Bengal. The brutal gang rape and murder of a minor girl sparked widespread outrage. Exploiting the tragedy, the state’s new BJP government predictably sought to frame the issue through a communal lens. Following the playbook of its predecessor, it deployed state...
ON July 16, the people of Chottakhola and its surrounding areas witnessed a unique spirit of resistance as hundreds marched carrying red flags. They also saw another authoritarian face of the BJP-led coalition government under Chief Minister Manik Saha. Local residents witnessed how the police, allegedly given a “free hand” by the chief minister, surrendered helplessly before ruling party miscreants and provided protection.
WHENEVER in crisis, capital's oldest trick has been to manufacture a shock and let the working class absorb its impact. The fuel prices did what they always do whenever Washington decides to bomb someone – they went up. On February 28, 2026, the United States' unprovoked attack on Iran dragged the Gulf into a war where the rest of the world is having to pay the price. Tehran responded by choking traffic through the world's most important oil...
For decades, Israel’s greatest political asset was not its military strength, its nuclear arsenal, or the supposed sophistication of its intelligence services. It was the protection offered by the major powers of the West: the United States supplied weapons and diplomatic immunity, Germany transformed responsibility for the Holocaust into unconditional support for the Is/raeli state, Britain helped erase its own colonial...
Thousands of Adivasis from across the Integrated Tribal Development Agency region converged on Paderu, the headquarters of Alluri Sitarama Raju district, on July 17 to demand the restoration of tribal reservations, protection of constitutional safeguards, and fulfillment of election promises made to tribal communities. The massive protest, organised...
On July 20, 2026, a shocking news of the unnatural death of Mr. Anurag Dhankar (IPS), Director General of Police, Tripura, in his office, stunned the people of state. Reportedly, as usual, he reached office that day before 10 a.m. and conducted some official work. Not finding him in his chair for a considerable time, on searching, he was traced hanging with a scarf inside the washroom attached to his office. Immediately, he was...
DEAFENING music, high-tempo beats, inflammatory lyrics, and crowds swaying to the rhythm are common sights at processions organised by Hindutva groups across the country. People, intoxicated by the arrogance of Hindu supremacy, frequently shout provocative slogans. As the tempo of the music rises, so does the fervor of the crowd; it appears as though the music has completely taken them over. The...
The Chinese Embassy in New Delhi hosted a seminar to mark the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC). The seminar was attended by leaders of Left parties, diplomats, academics and other distinguished guests. CPI(M) General Secretary M A Baby, Polit Bureau member and Head of the International Department R Arun Kumar and Central Secretariat member V Muralidharan...
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Condemn BJP Government’s Disgraceful Position on Venezuela |
