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CPI(M) Denounces the Anti-Democratic Bills

CPI(M)  Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on August 20, 2025THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) denounces the Modi government’s move to introduce three bills to oust the prime minister, chief ministers and other ministers after 30 days in custody, which underlines its anti-democratic tendencies to circumvent established procedures of law. In the past also the BJP has always shown the tendency of specially singling out so-called heinous acts to slap a blanket legislation to avoid judicial scrutiny.

Money Lenders (Sahukars) In A New Avatar

THE decade-long rule of the BJP-RSS has extensively damaged the lives of lakhs of families, with women precariously clinging on to any mirage of help just to keep alive. Women in India are trying to figure out how to even provide the basic needs for the family. They have to borrow money to buy food or medicines, or for education of their children. Anybody lending money in such times becomes a ‘saviour’. The micro finance institutions – non-banking financial companies enter the scene wearing the garb of such ‘saviours’ – like vultures waiting to pounce on their prey!

Protecting Autonomy against Imperialist Coercion

THE imagery of a flat world, embedded in equal partnership and interdependence between countries within the “global village,” based on gains through free trade and market forces while eschewing power from economic relations, ends in a dramatic climax. Those who could not see imperialism in the globalised world, or could only recognise “empire without geography” as capital combined with power in a stateless form, now seem perplexed by the crude justification and assertion of coercion by the US under President Trump.

Malegaon Bombing – The ‘Innocence’ of Saffron Extremists

IN the early 2000’s a series of bomb blasts targeting Muslims rocked the country. These were Malegaon (2006, 2008), the Samjhauta Express (2007), Hyderabad’s Mecca Masjid (2007), Ajmer Sharif Dargah (2007) and Modasa (2008). Before that, there had been several bomb blasts in public places that were claimed by Islamist groups. It was thought that the later blasts were revenge attacks perpetrated by Hindu fanatics. But this proved to be just a pretext because later investigations revealed an insanely more dangerous vision and plan, as we will see below.

WB: Muzaffar Ahmad’s Birth Anniversary Observed

AT a commemorative programme marking the 137th birth anniversary of Comrade Muzaffar Ahmad (1889-1973), popularly known as Kakababu and a co-founder of the Communist movement in India, held at Mahajati Sadan, CPI(M) state secretary Mohammad Salim made a scathing critique of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC). He accused both parties of orchestrating a divisive political strategy based on religion and language to deflect attention from the pressing issues of people’s livelihoods.

J&K: CPI(M) Calls for Urgent Climate Action After Cloudburst Tragedy

THE CPI(M) Jammu and Kashmir Committee has expressed grave concern over the recent cloudburst in Chisoti Padder on August 14, which has claimed several precious lives, left many missing, and caused widespread devastation. The deadly cloudburst has once again brought into sharp focus the vulnerability of Jammu and Kashmir’s Himalayan region to extreme weather events such as flash floods, landslides, and avalanches.

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.

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.

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