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July 9 Strike: Spontaneous Response

WEST Bengal emerged as a powerful epicentre of the July 9 nationwide general strike, with unprecedented working-class participation across all sectors protesting anti-people policies of the central government. Despite adverse weather conditions, the strike paralysed normal life in many districts. However, the ruling party and police reportedly responded with aggressive repression, including assaults on peaceful protesters, including an 80-year-old woman – drawing sharp public outrage.

SFI Resists Saffronisation of Kerala Campuses

KERALA has long stood as a frontrunner in Indian higher education. National quality assessment agencies like the NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation Council) and the NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework) have consistently affirmed the state's achievements, with Kerala's universities reaching significant milestones and gaining national recognition.Three of Kerala’s universities – along with NIT Kozhikode – have earned placements in the prestigious “overall” category, which evaluates institutions across the country.

Rural India Rises in a Massive July 9 Strike

ON July 9, 2025, as the urban proletariat launched a powerful strike, the villages of India also echoed with the sound of resistance. In a historic show of unity and determination, agricultural workers, rural labourers, peasants, and other toiling masses across the country rose in a massive rural strike. The rural proletariat responded forcefully, turning the day into a historic moment of collective assertion. The strike was called by a joint platform of Central Trade Unions and independent sectoral federations.

Karnataka: Channarayapatna Farmers' Victory: A Historic Struggle against Land Acquisition

THE farmers’ struggle against forced land acquisition in the 13 villages of Channarayapatna Hobli, Devanahalli Taluk, in Bangalore Rural district, has ended in victory after 1,198 days of continuous protest since April 4, 2022.On July 15, 2025, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah met with leaders from the Channarayapatna Anti-Land Acquisition Struggle Committee and Samyukta Horata Karnataka, and agreed to drop the forced acquisition of 1,777 acres of farmland.The acquisition was being carried out under the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development (KIAD) Act of 1966.

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”.

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.

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.

TN: CPI(M) Strengthens Tribal Struggles in Cuddalore

IT was in December 2021 that we visited the tribal community in Kothattai village, Parangipettai taluk, Cuddalore district. Summing up the experience, an article titled “The Alchemy of Sir Becoming Comrade” was published in People’s Democracy on December 19, 2021.Around 20 Irula tribal families reside in the village. It was the CPI(M) that organised sustained struggles and secured caste certificates for them and other tribal families in the surrounding areas, numbering a total of around 115.

Maharastra Newsletter

Protest against Special Public Security BillPrasad SubramaniamON June 30, 2025, the Anti-Public Security Bill Struggle Committee held a massive protest dharna at Azad Maidan, Mumbai, attended by thousands of people hailing from various districts of Maharashtra. They were demanding the immediate repeal of the BJP-led state government's draconian Special Public Security Bill.

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