Bihar SIR: Reinforcing the Dominant Narrative

THE Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar in 2025, presented as a routine administrative clean-up, has instead become one of the most controversial and troubling episodes of voter disenfranchisement in recent memory. Under the ruse of “purifying” the rolls, the exercise has removed lakhs of voters—disproportionately women, minorities, and the poor.

Ceasefire and After in Gaza

The ceasefire in Gaza and the end to the Israeli bombardment and hostilities have been a great relief to the long-suffering people of Gaza. With over 67,000 dead and thousands unaccounted for, tens of thousands injured, and much of Gaza reduced to rubble, the ceasefire has come as a welcome deliverance.The release of twenty Israeli hostages still alive and the reciprocal release of nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, 250 of whom were serving life sentences, have also brought joy to the Israelis and Palestinians.

Strengthening the Party for the Advancement of China

Our visit to the province of Hubei province of China was very rewarding. The world’s largest hydroelectric project, the Three Gorges Dam, has been built on the Yangtze River in the Hubei province. Its primary goals are to prevent the floods that regularly trouble riverside communities, to generate electricity on a massive scale, and to facilitate the passage of large ships along the river, apart from other benefits. The astonishing sight of massive cargo vessels and passenger ships crossing the dam is a major attraction, drawing tourists from all corners of the globe.

Genocide Will Not End Unless the Palestinian Political Leaders are Free

SLOWLY, a full picture of the devastation of Gaza by Israel is becoming clear. The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) released a report around the time of the ceasefire that began to lay out the numbers: Israel’s bombardment of Gaza resulted in the total destruction of 190,115 buildings and the almost total destruction of another 330,500 housing units. The constant artillery and aerial fire for the 734 days of the genocide resulted in the wrecking of eighty-five percent of Gaza’s water and sewage system.

Deindustrialisation, Technology and Crisis in US

THE desperation of US establishment to restrict imports and revive manufacturing is a futile attempt to create jobs for high school educated labour force who otherwise enjoyed a decent living in the twentieth century. The jobless growth which the US embraced during the neoliberal regime was a strategy to consciously relocate manufacturing to the global South taking advantage of cheap labour and natural resources while emerging as the financial centre of the world attracting profits from across the globe.

WB: Medical Student’s Rape Ignites Political Firestorm

The brutal sexual assault of a second-year MBBS student in Durgapur, West Bengal, has sparked a severe political backlash against the state administration. The outrage stems not only from the gravity of the crime but primarily from the Chief Minister’s subsequent comments, which suggested that girls should avoid staying out late.

The Nobel Comes Home to Trump!

THE far-Right block of the European parliament has assembled at the Auditorium Hotel, responding to a call under the banner of Patriots for Europe. Of the 720 members of the European parliament, 86 are present. It hasn't even been twenty days since Trump began his second term as President. All across the globe, the far-Right have been in a celebratory mood. The conclave is being hosted by Vox, a neo-Francoist far-Right party in Spain. The Who’s Who of the European Right are all here.

Ensure Ceasefire Sustains

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on October 11, 2025THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) welcomes the implementation of the first phase of the ‘peace deal’, whereby a ceasefire has come into place and which provides for the exchange of prisoners and hostages between Israel and Hamas.We have witnessed Israel’s violation of an earlier ceasefire agreement, and such breaches must not be allowed to recur.

Left Relief Teams Filling Void in North Bengal Disaster

Responding to the catastrophic flood and landslide devastation in North Bengal, the CPI(M) and allied Left mass organizations— SFI, DYFI and AIDWA—have launched an immediate and unified humanitarian mobilization across the state.

India-Pakistan Jingoist Power Play at Asia Cup Cricket

THE game of cricket has changed in the past fortnight or so, and for the worse. The cascading effects of what happened during the Asia Cup in Dubai are here: at the subsequent ICC Women’s World Cup in Sri Lanka, Indian cricket team players refrained from shaking hands or greeting the Pakistan players during their game on October 5. The women just mirrored their male counterparts' act of diluting the sanctity of cricket with jingoist fervour.

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