Betrayal in Bihar

BIHAR chief minister and JD(U) leader, Nitish Kumar, has somersaulted again. After leaving the BJP and forming a Mahagathbandhan government with the RJD in August 2022, Nitish has now defected back to the side of the BJP.In India’s parliamentary history, Nitish Kumar has created a notorious record of switching sides five times and being sworn in as chief minister, nine times.This latest U-turn has taken place in the most curious circumstances. Since July last year, Nitish was ostensibly engaged in putting together an anti-BJP opposition grouping.

Greater Noida Farmers Restart Struggle for Land Rights

ON January 30, farmers of Greater Noida restarted their struggle demanding the BJP-led Yogi Adityanath government of Uttar Pradesh to implement the written assurances by the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA).

‘Keeping Up the Good Fight’ Released in Tamil

THE Tamil translation of the book Keeping Up the Good Fight by online news portal NewsClick’s founding editor Prabir Purkayastha who has been booked under the draconian clauses of UAPA, titled Porattam Thodarkiradhu was released in Chennai on January 26, 2024 – the 75th Republic day.

Central Committee Communique

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) met in Thiruvananthapuram on January 28-30, 2024. It has issued the following statement on January 30AYODHYA: TEMPLE INAUGURATIONThe Temple inauguration at Ayodhya on January 22, 2024 has virtually sounded the death knell of secularism, defined as the separation of religion from the State, administration and politics. The whole programme was a State sponsored event directly involving the prime minister, UP chief minister, UP governor, and the entire State machinery.

WB: SFI Conference Pledges Continued Resistance to Misrule

THE 38th West Bengal state conference of SFI was held in Malda from January 22-24, 2024. The conference underscored that the SFI has to fight more vigorously against the way BJP and RSS are playing politics in the name of religion and conspiring to destroy India's syncretic culture and modern education system. In actuality BJP aims to steal the dreams of students from marginalised poor families and create a situation in which the right to quality education will fall exclusively into the hands of the rich. The National Education Policy 2020 is doing just that.

The Scourge of Unemployment

THE unemployment situation is worse today than it has ever been in post-independence India. There are two distinct elements that have contributed to this situation. One is the fact that the output recovery from the fall caused by the pandemic-linked lockdown has not been accompanied by a comparable employment recovery. In fact, even though the gross domestic product in 2023-24 is estimated to be larger than in 2019-20 by about 18 per cent, employment has shown zero growth over the last five years according to the Centre for Monitoring the Indian Economy.

The Regional Consequences of Israel’s Genocidal War against the Palestinians

ISRAEL’S genocidal war – despite the case opened at the International Court of Justice – continues unabated. Hundreds of Palestinians are killed each day, many of them children. Key infrastructure – including universities and hospitals – are being bombed and demolished, as Israel lays out its future for Gaza: a region of the Occupied Palestine Territory which Israel is seeking to ethnically cleanse (there is even a plan to expel Palestinians to Rwanda, following a policy that Israel has had in place for deporting asylum seekers since 2017).

SKM and CTUs Call for Countrywide Mobilisations, with Industrial/Sectoral Strike & Grameen Bandh on Feb 16

Below we publish the joint press statement issued by Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) and Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions/ Federations/Associations released at the press conference held on January 17, 2024 in New Delhi.THE Samyukta Kisan Morcha and the Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions /Federations/Associations had a series of meetings to review the joint and independent campaign and actions called by the first ever joint all India convention of workers and farmers on August 24, 2023 at New Delhi.SKM and CTUs noted with concern the current developments of th

Gross Misuse of Power

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on January 19THE Government of India has issued an “office memorandum”, declaring that all government offices, central institutions and industrial establishments will remain closed till 2.30 pm on January 22, to “enable employees to participate in the celebrations for Ram Lalla Pran Pratishtha at Ayodhya”. It is reported that state governments led by the BJP have taken similar steps. This is yet another step to directly involve the government and State in what should be a purely religious function.

What would Lenin Do?

WE are all taught that there are no ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’ in history. In spite of it, many a times we always pose the question, ‘what if’, to deal with certain pressing issues confronting our present. Collecting few of such imaginary questions, a book was published – ‘What would Marx Do?’ as part of a series titled ‘How the Greatest Political Theorists would Solve Your Everyday Problems’.

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