Resisting Corporate Control: Forging Worker-Peasant Unity

UNDER neoliberal regimes, working people face growing hardship as farmers are denied fair prices for their crops, workers earn below the minimum wage for strenuous labor, and many struggle with debt, unemployment, forced migration, and soaring costs of living.

October Revolution: A Lodestar for Intensifying Class Struggles in Today’s Conditions

Below we republish an article written by Sitaram Yechury on the occasion of the centenary of October Revolution. The article was published in the People’s Democracy dated November 5, 2017.NOVEMBER 7, 2017 will see the culmination of the year-long commemoration of the centenary of the great October Socialist revolution as decided by the CPI(M)’s 21st Congress.

Public Money for Corporate Profit

THE central government has come up with an employment-linked incentive (ELI) scheme with an outlay of Rs 2 lakh crore for 5 years in the 2024-25 Union Budget. The scheme is said to be framed to create jobs and to enable skilling the youth for employment. It consists of Rs 1.07-lakh crore Plan A, Plan B & Plan C funding to enable 3.1 crore employment generation, Rs 63,000 crore for internship programme for skilling 1 crore youth in 5 years, and Rs 30,000 crore for upgradation of Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs).

MSME: An Alternative Vision of Kerala’s LDF Government

KERALA has long been recognised for its advancements in human development indices and consistently ranks first in Sustainable Development Goals in India. The “Kerala Model” of development, which emphasizes universal access to education and healthcare, is acclaimed globally. However, Comrade EMS Namboodiripad once expressed concerns about the sustainability of this model if the state does not advance in the productive sectors, particularly in agriculture and industry.

Some Aspects of What Makes the RG Kar Struggle Unique

IN the collective experience of the fight for justice for victims of rape, the movement in Bengal on the RG Kar case is unique in several ways. The last time India witnessed a widespread public response against an atrocity which transcended the boundaries of political or organisational mobilisation was in the Nirbhaya case in 2012. More recently, the female wrestlers struggle in Delhi against serial institutional sexual harassment was an example of a struggle that gained support across India. The Bengal struggle is different.

Resisting Injustice: The Struggle of Samsung Workers

WORKERS at Samsung India Electronics’ Sriperumbudur plant, near Chennai, staged a strike that lasted 38 days, beginning on September 9, 2024. This movement resonated not only with workers across India but also inspired labor movements internationally. South Korea based Samsung Electronics, established its Indian subsidiary, Samsung India Electronics Private Limited, in December 1995, starting operations in Noida, near New Delhi, primarily focused on smartphone production.

Maharashtra: Mahayuti Faces a Tough Battle

Farmers’ distress, unemployment and the taint of corruption are dragging it down.FOR the first time, Maharashtra will witness a battle for the assembly between two weighty alliances with equally widespread and diverse bases.

A View of Wayanad

THE little girl has a smile that would light up the darkest space. Stretching out her little hands, she greets us, three strangers, P K Sreemathi, C S Sujatha and myself as though she knows us. We are here in Meppady to meet affected families of the Wayanad tragedy. Even two months later, so deep is the trauma that none of the survivors we meet speak about the horror of that night on July 30th, or how they survived.

One Nation One Election: Recipe for Sabotaging the Constitution

AMIDST the backdrop of the ruling dispensation's diminishing fortunes in recent and current electoral contexts, the shrill noise over one nation, one election (ONOE) in its first appearance gives the impression that it is an exercise in sloganeering, yet another ‘jumla’. This echoes similar slogans by the BJP-led dispensation, such as one nation, one tax, one nation, one national language, and so on.

R G Kar case: TMC Expanding Rape Supportive Cultures

THE victim in the RG Kar case has a new name born in the womb of protests against the barbarities she had to face. She is called Tilottama – one who combines in herself the best of all. The solidarity struggles for justice for Tillottama — have shaken not just Bengal but the country. Thousands of self-mobilised citizens, their conscience awakened have come out in street protests in solidarity . The West Bengal Junior Doctors organisation and the Joint Platform of Doctors are in the forefront.

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