The United States Continues to Provoke in East Asia

THE military exercise is called Freedom Shield 2025. But the name is misleading. It suggests that the United States military – including its nuclear assets – provide a shield for its allies (mainly South Korea, Japan, and the Philippines). Yet, the biggest impediment to peace and stability in the region, the biggest destabiliser and contributor to regional tensions is the United States. A Korean proverb is apt here: the US gives the disease and then the medicine.

Strongly Protest Israel’s Genocidal Acts

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on March 19THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) vehemently condemns the Israeli air strikes on Gaza which have killed over 400 people, mostly women and children in a single day. By this criminal aggression, Israel has signalled it is backing out from the second phase of the ceasefire which would have brought peace and an end to hostilities.This latest massacre comes on top of the total blockade of all supplies to Gaza – food, fuel, water and medicines – since March 2. The Trump administration is conniving with this

National Convention of Workers Calls for Nationwide General Strike on May 20, 2025

THE Joint National Convention of Workers, held on March 18, 2025, at Pyare Lal Bhavan in New Delhi, brought together a powerful coalition of Central Trade Unions and Independent Sectoral Federations and Associations, with the notable exception of the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS).

Karnataka: KITU Mass Gathering in Bangalore-IT Employees Unite for a Healthy Work-Life Balance

Asserting that “A Healthy Work-Life Balance is Every Employee’s Right,” hundreds of tech workers protested in India's IT hub Bangalore on March 9, demanding enforcement of labour laws, regulation of work hours and implementation of "Right to Disconnect".STOMPING over IT tycoon Narayan Murthy’s cardboard portrait scrawled with his call for a “70-hour work week”, angry tech workers set it on fire following a protest on March 9 at Freedom Park in India’s IT hub, Bangalore.As the flames crept up, slowly incinerating the picture of Infosys’ co-founder, glorified by

The 2025 Marx Oration: A Socialist World is Possible! Let Us Fight to Win This World!

March 14, 2025 was the 142nd death anniversary of Karl Marx. On March 17, 1883, Frederick Engels had delivered his historic speech at the graveside of his closest comrade and friend Karl Marx at the Highgate Cemetery in London, where Marx lies buried. The Communist Party of Britain (CPB) and the Marx Memorial Library (MML), London have for long been jointly organising annual orations on the work and relevance of Marx every year on the first Sunday after March 14. Communist leaders and Marxist intellectuals from all over the world are invited to deliver these Marx Orations.

National Conference of EEFI Vows to Resist Privatisation, Strengthen Workers’ Rights

THE electricity employees will not allow the central and state governments to advance an inch further in their privatisation agenda! Their resistance will be indomitable in the coming days, as evidenced by two national strikes in the electricity sector within two months. This was the clear message from the 10th National Conference of the Electricity Employees Federation of India (EEFI) that was held from March 10-12, 2025, in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

Karnataka: CITU's Five-Day Protest in Bangalore Over Labour Rights

OVER 30,000 workers from Karnataka's diverse working class, including domestic helpers, street vendors, and skilled professionals from industries like aerospace and IT, mobilised in Bangalore from March 3 to 7. Organised by the Karnataka state committee of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), the five-day demonstration at Freedom Park saw participants raise 37 demands, such as a living minimum wage of Rs 31,566 for unskilled workers, with a 15 per cent premium for higher skill levels, adjusted to the price index.

AIDWA to Hold Public Hearing on Loot by Micro Finance Institutions

IN Bihar, the grandparents took the micro finance institution (MFI) loan for the marriage expenses of their granddaughter. They did not have the capacity to repay it. They jumped before a train and died by suicide. In Maharashtra, a mother told her 6-year-old daughter to lock her in a trunk and let her out after the MFI agent has gone. The child went out to play and forgot to unlock the trunk. The mother died due to suffocation. In Haryana, a husband told the MFI agent to take his wife in lieu of the instalment as they could not pay it.

Make Delimitation A Fair Process

AS the year 2026 approaches, the issue of the delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies is drawing public attention and controversy. This is the year when the freeze on the number of seats will end, and the next round of delimitation must be undertaken following the first census conducted after 2026. The 42nd Constitutional Amendment, enacted during the Emergency in 1976, initially froze delimitation.

Why We Oppose Unified Pension Scheme and Continue to Struggle for Old Pension Scheme?

IN August 2024, the central cabinet approved a Unified Pension Scheme (UPS). The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) labelled it a "deceptive scheme," a characterisation that proved true when the scheme was gazetted on January 25, 2025, and draft regulations were published on January 27, 2025. The government claimed there was consensus among the Joint Consultative Machinery (JCM) unions on the UPS. However, the All India Defence Employees' Federation (AIDEF) boycotted the prime minister's meeting on August 24, 2024, in opposition to the UPS.

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