How to Get the IMF to Think

WHEN will the International Monetary Fund (IMF) learn to think? Over its 81-year history, the IMF has published over 15,000 reports. Yet, if you download any one of the reports from its website, it is likely that you will know what is being said before you have even read it. The reports are so generic that you do not even need to ask ChatGPT to create a template: each document is a template for the next.

ECI’s Credibility Crisis: Chickens Have Come Home to Roost

THIS was waiting to happen. The tumultuous events of the last fortnight have brought into sharp focus a concerted assault on democracy – an assault unfolding at multiple levels. At the most basic, the very foundation of democracy and of the representative government – the constitutional right of citizens to vote – has been threatened through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in Bihar. The second dimension has been the sabotage of a constitutional body – the Election Commission of India (ECI) – which is mandated to act independently and ensure a level playing field.

DUJ Calls for Parliamentary Debate on Press Freedom

ON Independence Day, August 15, the Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) addressed a memorandum to the Members of Parliament to take up the urgent concerns of journalists and press freedom in the ongoing Monsoon Session.

AIRTWF Conference Pledges to Defend Workers, Defy Pro-Corporate Policies

THE 12th National Conference of the All India Road Transport Workers’ Federation (AIRTWF) concluded with a clarion call to build broader unity among road transport workers against the growing onslaughts of the ruling dispensation, its divisive politics, and pro-corporate nexus that endanger the lives and livelihoods of working people.

Modi Govt Policies Harming Farmers: AIKS

THE All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), in a statement issued on August 12, has strongly rejected the claim made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that “the welfare of farmers is the highest priority” for his government. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The statement, made in the context of US tariffs being raised to 50 per cent and arm-twisting for a bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA), is merely an attempt to curry favour with farmers.

AIKS Condemns Scrapping of Cotton Import Duty

THE All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), in a statement issued on August 20, has condemned the decision of the RSS-BJP led union government to scrap the 11 per cent import duty on raw cotton. The decision, notified by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) is valid from August 19 until September 30, 2025. This decision will result in a reduction in the price of imported cotton which, in turn, will push prices of domestic cotton downwards.

Manifested to Manufactured History

ON the 79th Independence Day, after hoisting India’s national flag at the ramparts of the Red Fort, Narendra Modi delivered the prime minister’s ceremonial address to the nation. Curiously, he used the solemn occasion to extol the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Modi said, “The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s 100 years of service to the nation is a truly glorious and golden chapter.”A moment that truly epitomised the RSS’s service to the nation was the eve of India’s independence.

Polit Bureau Communique

CPI(M) Polit Bureau met on August 18, 2025 and issued the following communiqueThe Polit Bureau expressed condolences on the death of more than a hundred people who died in the recent natural disasters in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.PM’s Independence Day Speech: The Polit Bureau strongly condemned the reference to the RSS in the Independence Day address of the prime minister. Through this, Modi is attempting to legitimise the RSS, which played no role in the India’s freedom struggle.

Maha: Bombay HC Ruling a Gain for Democratic Rights

IN proceedings in the Bombay High Court on August 12, the Mumbai police granted permission to the petitioners CPI(M), CPI and AIPSO to hold a peaceful assembly at Azad Maidan, Mumbai on August 20, for articulating the demand that Israel end its genocide at Gaza , and to express solidarity with the people of the State of Palestine.

The Global Economic Benefit from the Genocide of Palestinians

ON June 16, 2025, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Occupied Since 1967, Francesca Albanese, published a new report titled From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocide. Spanning over thirty-nine pages, the report indicts several major multinational corporations of profiting from the occupation and genocide of Palestinians.

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