Working Class and the Ascendancy of Neo-Fascism

WALTER Benjamin, the German philosopher who was himself a victim of fascism, had linked the ascendancy of fascism to the failed proletarian revolutions that had preceded it. He had of course Germany in mind, where, in the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution, there had been several attempts to effect a similar revolution.

Europe Sleepwalks Through Its Own Dilemmas

ON March 19, 2024, the head of France’s ground forces, General Pierre Schill, published an article in the newspaper, Le Monde, with a blunt title: ‘The Army Stands Ready’. Schill cut his teeth in France’s overseas adventures in the Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, and Somalia. In this article, General Schill wrote that his troops are ‘ready’ for any confrontation and that he could mobilise 60,000 of France’s 121,000 soldiers within a month for any conflict.

Modi-led NDA Govt Ruins Road Transport Sector: AIRTWF Calls for Defeating BJP

IT is widely recognised that transportation plays a critical role in any economy, making society as we know it impossible without it. According to the ministry of road transport and highways (MORTH), the road transport sector in India is responsible for transporting 80 per cent of passengers and 62 per cent of goods. This sector contributes 4.5 per cent to the GDP and employs approximately 10 crore workers, including drivers, conductors, mechanics, and booking clerks.

'Economic Inequality in India Now Sharper Than Under British Raj'

Under Modi Raj, India’s top 1 per cent income share is among the very highest in the world, higher than even South Africa, Brazil and the US, as per a latest World Inequality Database paper.INDIA may boast winding long highways and expressways, glittering airports, malls and skylines dotting its cities, but when it comes to economic inequality, it has become far worse than during British Raj, says a new paper by World Inequality Database.The world’s largest democracy, which is providing free food to 81 crore hungry Indians, also has “Billionaire Raj” with the top 1 per cent holding

Towards the Lok Sabha Election: Annadatas Cheated! Defeat BJP!!

PERHAPS no other section in India has been more thoroughly cheated and short-changed by the Narendra Modi-led BJP-RSS regime than the crores of farmers and agricultural workers, who are truly the ‘annadatas’ of our country.

Strongly Condemn Arrest of Arvind Kejriwal

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on March 22THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly condemns the arrest of Delhi chief minister and national convenor of AAP, Arvind Kejriwal by the ED.Clearly, the Modi government and the BJP are in a panic over the growing disenchantment of the people with the Modi government’s performance, disclosures of its own corrupt practices and exposures of electoral bond details.

On the Undermining of Elementary Freedoms in India

Some friends of mine have recently written a cogent statement on the violation of elementary freedoms in contemporary India, and, even though I do not, as a rule, sign joint letters, I would like to add my voice to theirs. So this is written as a general statement addressed to my fellow citizens.Under British rule, Indians were often arrested and imprisoned without trial, and some were kept in prison for a long time.

Kerala: LDF Election Campaign Highlights CAA Dangers

THE election campaign in Kerala is going ahead highlighting the dangers posed by the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) that has been brought in by the Modi-led BJP government to further intensify communal polarization in the country. The LDF is mobilising people to protest against the CAA as part of their election campaign.

JNUSU Election Results: A Resolute Mandate against Regressive Politics

AFTER four long years of wait and struggle demanding elections, students of Jawaharlal Nehru University finally were able to elect their new student union on March 22, 2024, giving a thumping mandate to the United Left Panel consisting of SFI, AISA, DSF and AISF.The very process of conducting elections was a site of struggle between the administration and their allies – the ABVP, and the student community at large.On the one hand, the administration tried to stall the elections by arguing that they do not recognise the outgoing student union and constantly attempting to intervene in the stu

A Statement on the Undermining of Elementary Freedoms in India

WE, the signatories to this statement, write with the greatest of concern because we admire the democratic structures that India embraced since gaining independence from colonial rule, including a set of constitutionally-guaranteed fundamental rights for every citizen. This entire democratic tradition is being fundamentally undermined by some recent developments in that country.

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