'Bangla Banchao' Yatra Signals a Political Reset in West Bengal

The CPI (M)'s 'Bangla Banchao' (Save Bengal) Yatra, launched on November 29, is proving to be a significant political event that is altering the political agenda of West Bengal. The campaign has fundamentally redirected the state's political discourse by focusing on the crucial issues of corruption and division. The yatra, which began in Tufanganj, Cooch Behar, is scheduled to span 19 days and cover at least 65 kilometres across North Bengal.

Protests against Government decision to implement Labour Codes

Protests in Tripura against attack on rally by BJP goons A large number of people took to the streets in Tripura to vent their anger against the barbaric attack on a procession by BJP-backed goons in Dharmanagar right in front of police on November 26, in which 12 people including former CPI(M) MLA Amitabha Datta and senior party leader Ratan Roy were injured. On November 28, Agartala, the state capital, roared as thousands marched with red flags. A strong demand was raised for the arrest and exemplary punishment of the BJP miscreants involved in the attack.

Concert for Palestine in Kolkata

On November 29, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people, the Palestine Solidarity Initiative hosted a "Concert for Palestine" in Kolkata's central business district, Esplanade. The venue, in front of the Oberoi Grand, was draped with strings of Palestinian and Indian chain flags.

Reach the Unreached through United Struggles of Working People

The country witnessed well-attended protests by the workers and peasants on November 26, 2025, the fifth anniversary of the historic united struggle - the general strike, grameen hartal and Delhi Chalo called by Samyukta Kisan Morcha as well as the Central Trade Unions. In 2020-21 the concerted attack on the productive classes - the workers and peasants - in the form of the pro-corporate labour codes and the farm laws was resolutely fought back. It involved a prolonged militant united struggle lasting 380 days amidst a pandemic and also, martyrdom of 736 protesting farmers.

Brutal murder of Comrade K Penchalaiah by Drug Mafia in Nellore

CPI(M) activist and peoples’ artist Com. K. Penchalaiah was brutally murdered by anti-social elements in the business of peddling ganja and other drugs. The dastardly attack took place in Nellore town of Andhra Pradesh on November 28. Com. Penchalaiah was the DYFI area secretary previously and currently the secretary of the Praja Natya Mandali (people’s theatre organisation).Com. Penchalaiah had been relentlessly carrying out campaigns against ganja and drug peddling in RDT colony, the area where he lived, and also in other parts of Nellore.

Withdraw Labour Codes and Anti-Farmer Policies: Nationwide protest by TUs and Samyukt Kisan Morcha

At the call of the Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions and Sectoral Federations and the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, massive protests took place all over the country against the four labour codes and the anti-farmer policies of the central government in the formal and informal sectors, in government, public sector enterprises, and industrial areas, in rural India and also at block-sub-division levels by informal sector workers, agricultural labour and farmers and other sections of common people.

J&K CITU State Conference Calls to Intensify Struggles

THE 7th State Conference of Centre of Indian Trade Unions, Jammu & Kashmir, was held on November 22, 2025, in Srinagar. The conference deliberated upon various issues and problems confronting the working class, with the resolve to intensify the struggles to fight anti-working class and anti-people polices of the government.The conference started with the flag hoisting ceremony by M Y Tarigami, president J&K CITU amid revolutionary slogans raised by hundreds of workers with red flags in their hands at Tagore Hall, Srinagar. Floral tributes were offered in memory of martyrs who sacr

IPTA Affirms Commitment to Cultural Resistance

THE 17th West Bengal State Conference of the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) concluded with a powerful commitment from delegates. They resolved to move beyond mere discussion, prioritising creative action as the central strategy for public engagement and mobilization.The conference of artists and cultural activists took place from November 14 to 16, 2025, at Salt Lake, Bidhannagar.

106th Foundation Day: Party to Prioritize Working Class Outreach: Salim

CPI (M) West Bengal State Committee has announced the immediate launch of an ongoing campaign against the Election Commission (EC). The party contends that the EC is using the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process as a mere pretext for the intentional deletion of the names of legitimate voters in the state. State Secretary Mohammed Salim announced that a major protest rally, involving all Left parties, will take place in Kolkata on October 29, 2025, specifically targeting these attempts at voter disenfranchisement.

13th Convention of Working Women: Strike at the Roots of Oppression, Intensify the Struggles

THE 13th Convention of the All India Coordination Committee of Working Women – AICCWW (CITU), was held in Hyderabad on November 1-2, 2025 ahead of the upcoming 18th CITU conference. Reflecting the confidence, enthusiasm, determination and focus gained from the ongoing bitter struggles, the Convention resolved to take up the issues at the root of class oppression and women’s subordination in the neoliberal era and advance the struggles to a higher level.

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