Communist Wins Chile’s Left Primary, Faces Right in November Election

JEANETTE Jara (born 1974) prevailed in the presidential primary of the four major left political forces held on June 29, 2025. With 60 per cent of the vote, Jara defeated Carolina Toha of the Democratic Socialist Party (28 per cent), Gonzalo Winter of the Frente Amplio or Broad Front (9 per cent), and Jaime Mulet of the FRVS, a merger of the greens and the progressives (2 per cent).

Rise of the West: New Light on Indigenous Agriculture In North America & the American Genocide

A RECENT paper in Science addresses an intriguing question: Did North America have settled agriculture before the arrival of Europeans? Or were the people in North America still in the hunter-gatherer stage, unlike Mesoamericans, who had advanced civilisations, such as the Mayans, Aztecs, and the Incas? The answer is that it did have significant agriculture, which "disappeared" only after their encounters with the invading Europeans settling in their lands.

Delhi: CPI(M) Writes to HM on Human Rights Violations in Immigrant Drive

BRINDA Karat, special invitee to the CPI(M) Central Committee and former Rajya Sabha MP, along with Anurag Saxena, CPI(M) Central Committee Member and Delhi state secretary of the Party, has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah raising serious concerns over the blatant violation of human rights, harassment and extortion, in the ongoing process of “identification of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants” by the Delhi police and other agencies.In the letter dated July 11, 2025, the CPI(M) leaders highlighted that the drive, being conducted by the Delhi Police and other agencies under the directi

Ideological Acrobatics of RSS and BJP

THE No.2 man in RSS, Dattatreya Hosabale, who many think will one day become the No.1 if the current sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat so desires, raised the issue of the insertion of ‘socialism’ and ‘secularism’ in the Preamble of the country’s Constitution during the Emergency. He argued that these words should be deleted. This seemed to be a signal because suddenly, there was a chorus of usual suspects shrilly supporting the demand.

Maharashtra Special Public Security Act: Not Public Security, Special Security to Autocracy

THE BJP-led Mahayuti state government finally got passed the infamous Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill on July 10, 2025 in the legislative assembly and on July 11 in the upper house of the state, despite staunch opposition by democratic forces.The ruling BJP and its lapdog allies claim that the Bill was necessary to curb what they term “Urban Naxalism”.

India’s Growing Income Inequality

THE World Bank has recently published a list of Gini coefficients for 61 countries relating in some cases to income distribution and in others to consumption expenditure distribution. In that list India had the fourth lowest Gini coefficient in 2022, on the basis of which the Modi government has gone to town declaring India to be the fourth most egalitarian economy in the world. The ludicrousness of this claim has already been exposed by several researchers; and spending more time over it would appear like flogging a dead horse.

Dark Clouds Over the Future of Electoral Democracy

‘FOREIGNERS Found on Bihar Rolls, Says EC; INDIA Questions Data’ – screamed the lead headline on the front page of a major national daily. It appeared to be simply unbelievable.In an earlier editorial, we had outlined the complete timeline for the Special Intensive Revision, as laid out by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in its press release dated June 24. For the benefit of our readers, let us recall the process: “The BLOs (Booth Level Officers), in turn, must distribute the forms door-to-door, collect the filled forms, and verify them.

TN: Good Response to Cuba Solidarity Campaign

THE people of Tamil Nadu have never lagged behind in expressing their steadfast support and solidarity with socialist countries across the globe – especially with Cuba. Over the years, our deep commitment to this cause has been as resolute as our condemnation of US imperialist hegemony and its inhumane, cowardly economic blockade against this small Caribbean island nation of just over ten million people.

Erasing Memory, Enforcing Power in Kashmir

WHAT happened in Srinagar on July 13underlines the deep-seated anger and frustration in the Valley, when all major political leaders were placed under house arrest, and the elected chief minister, Omar Abdullah, was manhandled to prevent him from reaching the martyrs’ memorial and offering prayers to the fallen rebels of 1931. This was nothing short of an attempt to erase history and collective memory of the Kashmiri people.

Assam: Massive Eviction Drives: What Lies Behind

ASSAM, of late, has been witnessing a series of massive and ruthless eviction drives unleashed by the BJP state government headed by Himanta Biswa Sarma. Currently these evictions are carried out in the districts and areas mainly inhabited by the religious minorities. Bulldozers are raging down everything – from hearths and homes to schools, places of worship – to the ground with huge posse of police and para-military forces cordoning the areas.

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