Gujarat Assembly Elections: BJP’s Winter of Discontent

“Hamari bhool, kamal ka phool” (our mistake, choosing the Lotus) a slogan first raised by textile traders of Surat during their protests against the imposition of GST, is reverberating across Gujarat, predictions of pollsters notwithstanding. The Modi juggernaut, which till some time ago seemed to be far from invincible, is on shaky grounds.The confidence and flashiness so part of Modi is now lost. A party fighting with its back to the wall had the Election Commission delay the announcement of polls.

Latin America and the October Revolution: We Are All Bolsheviks

ON October 15, 2017, the Venezuelan people went to the polls to elect their regional governors. Tensions swept through not only Venezuela, but across Latin America. Would the attrition of the Bolivarian project in Venezuela now be complete? Would this presage the defeat of the government of Nicolas Maduro in the presidential elections to be held in October 2018? US President Donald Trump waded into the Venezuelan elections, calling for the defeat of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), the party led by Maduro. He failed.

Reception Committee for the CPI(M) 22nd Congress Formed

A meeting for the formation of the reception committee for the 22nd Party Congress was held in Hyderabad on November 2. Tammineni Veerabhadram, state secretary of the Party, presided over the meeting which was addressed by Sitaram Yechury, general secretary of the Party, B V Raghavulu, Polit Bureau member, P Madhu, state secretary of the AP Committee of the Party, among others.

Europe: A Hundred Years of Revolution and Reformism

THE Russian Revolution marked a historic break from the dominant social democratic reformist current in Europe. Lenin had hoped that the Russian Revolution would be succeeded by the German Revolution. However, those expectations were dashed after the crushing of the revolutionary uprising in Germany in 1919.Before the Second World War, there was a keen tussle between the social democratic reformist parties and the Communist parties affiliated to the Third International for winning over the allegiance of the working class in their respective countries.The 1929-33 Great Depression and capit

Science Wars to Climate Change Denial: Post Modernism and its Consequences

MOST of those who led the charge against science explaining nature, are now surprised that climate-change deniers have stolen their theme song. Immersed in the assault on science, this group of thinkers simply “overlooked” the long term damage that they were doing to any issue on which scientific evidence would matter to society. If all that scientists say is based on merely groupthink, why should climate scientists “groupthink” be privileged over those of oil and coal companies?

Neo-liberal Capitalism and its Crisis

“NEO-liberal capitalism” is the term used to describe the phase of capitalism where restrictions on the global flows of commodities and capital, including capital in the form of finance, have been substantially removed.

Jammu and Kashmir: CITU holds Fifth State Conference

THE fifth state conference of Jammu and Kashmir, Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) was held in Srinagar on October 28.

Jan Ekta Jan Adhikar Andolan Stages Protests

THE Jan Ekta Jan Adhikar Andolan, a national platform of mass, class and social organisations, movements and progressive individuals, organised marches across the country on October 30 to defend the democratic fabric of the country and for the rights of the people.The nationwide protest, ‘Jan Ekta Mashaal’ (Torchlight of People's Unity), was in support of the growing struggles of different sections of the people against the neo-liberal imperialist economic policies of globalisation, liberalisation and privatisation and the communal, divisive politics of hate and violence.According to a stat

Dalits of Tripura Resolve to Form 8th Left Front Govt

THE struggling left and democratic masses of Tripura must not let their guard down after the formation of the Left Front government in the state for an 8TH term in the ensuing election, but they must continue their struggle to enthuse the people of the country in forming a pro-people alternative government in Delhi in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar told a mammoth rally called by the Scheduled Caste Coordination Committee in Agartala on October 29. Agartala had never seen such a huge and lively gathering of the Scheduled Caste community before.

West Bengal: Huge Mobilisation in BPMO Marches

THE marches, organised by Bengal Platform of Mass Organisations, swept through villages and towns of West Bengal in 13 days. Thousands of people joined in the marches in respective areas, signifying new dimensions of popular mobilisation by Left forces in the state. Northern jathas which started from Coochbehar and Malda merged at Siliguri on November 1. Local and district level marches joined in the central rally in different locations. One of the main concern of these jathas was the problems of tea workers.

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