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.

THE recent 100-hours of active hostilities between India and Pakistan was also the occasion for a hysterical media circus which saw all principles and ethics thrown out of the windows, to be replaced by wild and deranged claims, even wilder advice on military tactics, and euphoric celebrations that hardly resonated with most of the befuddled viewers. Presumably, the same must have been happening in Pakistan.It all started on April 22, when Pakistan backed terrorists killed 26 tourists in Pahalgam shocking the world with its barbarity.

"Fascism is a most ferocious attack by capital on the mass of the working people;"Fascism is unbridled chauvinism and predatory war;"Fascism is rabid reaction and counter-revolution;"Fascism is the most vicious enemy of the working class and of all working people."(Dimitrov in his address to the 7th Congress of the Communist International) Below we reproduce an article published in the People's Democracy on the occasion of the 50 years of the Victory

THE other remarkable woman I met was the landlady of my comrades from Karnataka who were in Cuba with me.  They had no idea of her history and thought that she was just a very nice, thoughtful old lady who was very hospitable and generous.  One morning, one of them saw her taking something out of a box and looking at it.  When she saw that he was looking at her, she quickly put it away.  He asked her what it was and she wouldn’t answer, just brushing away his question but when he insisted she told him that it was a medal that had been given to her by Fidel.When I heard about this, I was ver

THE use of the term neo-fascism by CPI(M) referring to the current regime in India has ignited a serious debate within the Left as well as other sections of our country. Certainly, the political nature of any regime should be analysed primarily on the basis of its class composition, contradictions and political-economic content, and not the degree of repression unleashed by the State. The action of the State may vary in different junctures of history, in different countries and the bourgeois democratic parliamentary system may be mutilated by many of the authoritarian rulers.