CPI(M) Condemns Government’s Move to Make Biometrics and Voter ID Compulsory for Welfare

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on Nov 4

THE Communist Party of India (Marxist) unequivocally condemns the Union government’s announcement, made by Minister of Panchayat Raj, Rajiv Ranjan Singh, to replace Aadhaar with biometrics and voter ID (EPIC) as the basis for welfare payments. This is a further assault on the rural poor.

Kolkata Marches for Books

AN elderly man, his hands trembling not in fear but in anguish, desperately held the arm of an agitated youth, entreating him with quiet dignity: “Please don’t destroy the books. Come here, have a look at them.” Indifferent to this humane appeal, the youth and his cohort brazenly tore down the display counter, hurling volumes into the dust of the road. These were not merely texts of Marx, Engels, and Lenin, but literary masterpieces of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, trampled underfoot in the dirt.

First They Burnt Books

“WHERE they burn books, they will ultimately burn people as well.”

We Will Not Rest

THE huge mass of humanity at the Ramlila Maidan on November 1, has sounded the bugle. The grounds which are more familiar to hosting the ceremonial Ravana Dahan as part of the Dussehra festival sounded a new tune for the dahan of the contemporary evil. This occasion was to express the resolve to extinguish the forces that are running berserk, wanting to snatch away one of the most crucial constitutional rights of the Indian people – the right to vote.

Sitaram Yechury Foundation

THE Sitaram Yechury Foundation (SYF), set up in memory of the late charismatic Communist leader, General Secretary of the CPI(M), parliamentarian and public intellectual Comrade Sitaram Yechury, is a not-for-profit charitable public Trust with the objectives of: initiating educational and public awareness on democracy and civil rights; agenda building in society for realization of constitutional provisions, including that to constitute India into a “socialist secular democratic republic” as adumbrated in the very preamble of the Constitution of India; sett

Impeachment Resolution Against CEC Gyanesh Kumar

The public impeachment resolution against the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India, Gyanesh Kumar, was unanimously passed on October 31, 2026, by the INDIA bloc opposition parties during a symbolic "public parliament" program. The main text of the resolution reads as follows:

Imperialism of Our Time : Impact of the Russian Revolution

TO understand the imperialism of our time and the ongoing anti-imperialist struggles, it is necessary to trace their origins back to the Russian Revolution of 1917. The October Revolution was the first anti-imperialist and anti-capitalist revolution in the world. Lenin had set out his theory of imperialism in 1916, arguing that imperialism is driven by the need of capitalist powers to find new markets, secure access to resources and identify new avenues for exporting capital. This process generates rivalry, conflict and global exploitation.

36th All India Conference of AIKS at Nalgonda: 90 Years of AIKS, 80 Years of Telangana Struggle, Challenges Ahead

THE 36th National Conference of the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) will be held at Nalgonda, Telangana, on November 15-18, 2026. This year marks 90 years since the founding of the AIKS at Lucknow on April 11, 1936. It also marks 80 years since the beginning of the iconic Telangana peasant struggle on July 4, 1946. The decision to hold the 36th Conference at Nalgonda, one of the epicentres of that historic struggle, gives it a special significance.

An Indictment and a Warning

THE INDIA Bloc’s campaign to defend voting rights and democratic institutions reached a significant moment in New Delhi on October 31 and November 1, 2026, with a symbolic public impeachment of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar followed by a massive rally at Ramlila Maidan. The two programmes formed part of a coordinated political campaign, with the first placing the charges against the CEC before a public forum and the second taking the demand for accountability to the streets.

Reinforcing the Imperialist Drive

THE capitalist system cannot experience sustained growth in the absence of an exogenous stimulus, that is a stimulus arising from outside the process of growth itself. This is because the capitalist system witnesses booms and slumps, and while there is an automatic end to booms when capacity is fully utilized, there is no automatic end to a slump. Marx had thought that the scrapping of some equipment would bring the slump automatically to an end.

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