Red Books Day Celebrates Internationalism & Solidarity

RED Books Day is celebrated to honour the publication of books that disseminate revolutionary ideas and promote progressive political thought. We celebrate it on February 21, to commemorate the publication of The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in the year 1848, and also to acknowledge the United Nations’ International Mother Language Day.

Rajasthan: CPI(M) Delegation Visits Family of Infant Killed in Police Brutality

A DELEGATION from the CPI(M), including Brinda Karat (Polit Bureau member), Kishan Parikh (secretary, Rajasthan state committee), Sumitra Chopra (state secretariat member), and Raisa (district secretary), visited the family of one-month-old Alishda on March 4, who was killed by police brutality on March 2, 2025.The incident occurred at 6 am on March 2 at Raghunathgarh village in Alwar district of Rajasthan when a group of policemen forcefully broke down the outer wall of Imran’s modest home. When Razida, the mother, opened the door, she was manhandled and dragged outside by male officers.

WB: Education Minister's Car Runs over Students: Protests Erupt

ON March 1, higher education minister and TMC leader Bratya Basu visited Jadavpur University for a TMC teachers' organisation event. Student protests erupted, demanding the reinstatement of student union elections, which have been suspended for five years. The situation escalated into violence as students reported a joint attack by TMC and RSS activists. Amidst the protests, Minister Basu attempted to leave promptly in his car.

TN: Unilateralism of Modi Government Condemned

ON February 10, a cartoon was published in Vikatan Plus, the online edition of the century-old Vikatan magazine.

Kerala: LDF Secures 17 of 30 Seats in Local Body By-Elections; BJP Draws a Blank

REITERATING popular support for the state government’s policies, the people of Kerala delivered a thumping victory to the Left Democratic Front (LDF) in the local body by-elections held on February 24, across 13 districts in the state. The LDF won 17 out of 30 seats, including the Sreevaraham ward in the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation. The BJP failed to secure a single seat.The LDF secured victories in one block panchayat ward, two municipal wards, and 13 grama panchayat wards, wresting four seats previously held by the UDF.

J&K: CPI(M) State Conference Calls for Restoration of Statehood to J&K

THE 13th State Conference of the Jammu and Kashmir committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), was held in Jammu on February 17-18. The whole of the Jammu city was decorated with red flags.Inaugurating the open session of the conference, Prakash Karat, CPI(M) Central Committee coordinator and Polit Bureau member, vehemently criticised the Modi-led government for dismantling the historic state of Jammu and Kashmir into two separate Union Territories – Jammu and Kashmir (JKUT) and Ladakh – on August 5, 2019.

Halt Power Sector Privatisation: 27 Lakh Employees to Go on Strike on June 26

TWENTY Seven lakh electricity employees and engineers are gearing up for a massive strike on 26th June 26, 2025. This strike is set to be the largest sectoral action by electricity employees in recent decades. In addition to this, electricity employees and engineers will join the strike called by the Central Trade Unions of India in protest against the proposed implementation of the Labour Codes.

Delhi: Severe Shortage of Teachers in MCD Schools: Crisis in the Education System

THE Delhi State Committee of CPI(M), in a statement issued on February 25, has expressed deep concern over the severe shortage of teachers in Delhi Municipal Corporation (MCD) schools, which has led to a complete breakdown of the education system. According to the 2021 CAG report, some schools have up to 60 per cent vacant teaching positions, while inadequate infrastructure has cast a dark shadow over students' futures.

CPI(M) Stages Protests for Kerala's Rightful Fund Allocation from the Centre

CPI(M) district committees staged protests in front of central government offices across the state under the banner "Keralam Entha Indiayilalle?" (Isn't Kerala in India?) to demand the appropriate allocation of central government funds to Kerala. The protest began at the area level on February 19 as a foot march and continued till the 23rd.The protest saw the participation of thousands of Party members and sympathisers across 13 districts. Wayanad district was exempted from the protest since the LDF district committee is leading a protest in New Delhi.

WB: RG Kar Case: Oppose Fragmented Trial Based on Incomplete Investigation

THE verdict of the trial court in the RG Kar case has raised many questions about the role of the Kolkata Police, the state administration and the CBI. Although Sanjay Roy, one contractual policeman, was found guilty of the main crime of murder and rape and sentenced to life imprisonment, numerous loopholes in the CBI investigation are mentioned in the verdict. If Sanjay Roy is held to be the sole culprit, many questions remain unresolved.

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