Too Hot for Whom?

THE air over India’s construction sites, paddy fields, and asphalt highways does not just feel hot anymore, it feels hostile. As temperatures routinely breach the 45 to 48-degree Celsius mark across the subcontinent, the language used by the state and corporate media to describe this crisis remains safely analytical, warning that heat stress could put up to 4.5% of India’s GDP at risk by 2030, equivalent to an abstract 150 to 250 billion dollars. But GDP does not sweat, and capital does not suffer from heatstroke.

Our approach to current post-poll situation and INDIA bloc

IN the recently concluded Central Committee meeting, the Party identified some of the major trends in terms of national developments as follows: “Assembly election results further consolidated the hold of the RSS-BJP over the political system; victory of BJP in Bengal is a major blow to the Left, progressive and secular forces; and state institutions like the ECI are openly carrying forward the RSS agenda, undermining the sanctity of the electoral process.” We further stated that the results in West Bengal and Assam “show the ascendancy of right-wing commu

Odisha: CPI(M) Calls for Broader People’s Movements Against Anti-People Policies of BJP Govt

The three-day meeting of the CPI(M) Odisha State Committee and a state-level cadre convention, held in Bhubaneswar from June 6 to 8, discussed the prevailing international, national and state situation and adopted an extensive programme of political and mass mobilisation against corporate exploitation, communal polarisation and the anti-people policies of the BJP governments at the Centre and in Odisha.

Of Cockroaches, Ostriches, And Missing Accountability

THERE is disquiet. There is expectation, if not desperation, to move ahead. Coming in the backdrop of assembly elections outcome, this present conjuncture appears to be unreal. The BJP-RSS is busy authoring a narrative that the BJP as a political force is invincible and, more importantly, irreplaceable. Where does it leave Indian democracy?

Demography Committee and the Larger Hindutva Project

THE Union government has announced the setting up of a High-Level Committee (HLC) ostensibly to examine “unnatural” demographic changes arising from illegal immigration, abnormal settlement patterns, etc.

Cockroaches can defeat BJP on social media, but can they defeat Neofascism?

THE Chief Justice of India compared unemployed youth to “cockroaches,” saying that “some of them become media, some become social media, RTI activists” and “start attacking everyone.” The remark was made by Justice Surya Kant on May 15, 2026, during a Supreme Court hearing on a lawyer’s petition concerning senior advocate designation.

Brinda Karat’s Letter to Commissioner of Police, Delhi

Brinda Karat, senior leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), and former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha has written a letter on June 8, 2026 to Satish Golchha, IPS, Commissioner of Police, Delhi, requesting his urgent intervention in a case of illegal actions by Delhi Police personnel from the New Rajinder Nagar PS, against a young woman.

We are herewith releasing the text of the letter for publication.

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AIKS Bihar State Conference Resolves to Intensify Struggles on Burning Peasant Issues

THE 38th Bihar State Conference of the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) was held from June 6-8, 2026 at Motihari in East Champaran district. It was attended by 315 delegates from 30 districts. Champaran is famous for the indigo farmers struggle led by Mahatma Gandhi in 1917. After that, there have been several militant class struggles in this district, led by the AIKS against landlordism, for land rights, and on other issues.

Halt Adani-Leap India Takeover of India’s Public Food Security Infrastructure

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on June 3, 2026.

Labour Codes Operationalised - Alternatives before States

The Modi government at the centre has fully operationalised the four labour codes on May 8, 2026, notifying 30 central rules. Several state governments are also prepared to operationalise the codes in line with the central rules. BJP led state governments are eager to do it at the earliest as double engine sarkars. The non-BJP led state governments are also prepared with the final drafts of state rules, even though they are opposing the central labour codes for public consumption.

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