Let Us Be the Veins of Cuba that Imperialism Cannot Cut! - II

[This is Part 2 of a two-part series. Part 1 was published in the previous issue]

INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY MISSION WITH LIFE SAVING MEDICINES

The Pocket Veto and the Pliant Court

RETIRED judges rarely speak openly about what they witnessed in office. When they do, it is usually years later. Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, who retired from the Supreme Court in December 2023, has broken that silence.

36th AIKS Conference: Call to Observe November 15, Birsa Munda Day, as Flag Day

All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) issued the following statement on November 10, 2026:

Data Leak and Challenges in Banking Sector

ON October 21, 2026, news regarding a data leak at the State Bank of India (SBI) came to light. A few days prior to this, reports emerged regarding unauthorised transactions associated with the RTGS system of the Central Bank of India between October 15 and 17. Months before that, in July 2026, a data security breach at the Bank of Baroda had also made news.

AP: CPI(M) Bags Seats in Local Bodies Despite Intimidation and Electoral Irregularities

CPI(M) Andhra Pradesh state secretary V Srinivasa Rao stated that despite numerous hurdles, intimidation and electoral irregularities, the party had secured two corporator seats — one each in the Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada Municipal Corporations — four municipal council seats, one ZPTC seat and 15 MPTC seats in the urban and rural local body elections.

TRIPURA: BJP’s Reign of Terror Continues Ahead of Civic Polls

The BJP’s campaign of intimidation and violence against opposition parties has intensified across Tripura ahead of the November 28 elections to 21 urban local bodies. CPI(M) candidates, leaders and supporters have faced repeated attacks, threats and obstruction while attempting to exercise their democratic right to file nominations.

The CEC Stands Impeached

GYANESH Kumar stands impeached. Though not legal, the symbolic public impeachment of India’s Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), organised by the INDIA bloc parties on October 31 in New Delhi, marks an unprecedented development in the country's struggle to protect democracy.

SIR in Bengal: The Disenfranchisement of the Working Poor

Capping Profiteering in Medicines: Is it enough?

In September 2026, a Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta of the Supreme Court of India called a 10-fold markup on life-saving cancer drugs one of "carnage" and "extortion". They described the situation of a cancer drug with a price-to-retailer (PTR) cost of Rs. 2,700 being sold by drug manufacturers and retailers to cancer patients at Rs. 27,000—or ten times the price as "broad daylight dacoity" committed on vulnerable patients.

The Civil War in France

Students in the Paris suburbs came onto the streets merely to get teachers into their classrooms, to have enough desks for their classmates, and to have the state build school buildings fit for the educational experience. These suburbs, or banlieues, are the warehouses of France’s working poor, mainly non-white communities that had come to France from its colonies.

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