Students at Jadavpur University have faced attacks by state-affiliated thugs as part of a continued crackdown on political organising on campuses. On 1 March, a left-wing student was hospitalised after he was run over by a government minister’s convoy following a peaceful protest. The Revolutionary…
Nearly 1,500 workers at Samsung’s massive plant in Chennai have battled the courts and the corrupt state government, both of which lined up behind their predatory multinational employer, to win recognition of their union. In addition to a 212-day legal fight, they launched a strike…
Louis Thomas The turmoil that has rocked Manipur for the past year shows no sign of resolution. This bloodshed is a product of ethnic conflict that has intensified and been exploited by local and central governments for years. Big protests are beginning to erupt in…
Johnny Reed Since 9 September 1,500 Samsung workers at a huge plant in Chennai, India (representing 75 percent of the workforce) have been on strike. They are organised under the banner of the CITU (Centre of Indian Trade Unions), which is affiliated with the Communist…
A serious student protest movement is sweeping India against the discriminatory NEET (National Eligibility Entrance Test), which bars thousands of aspiring doctors from university medical courses every year. Given the abysmal state of India’s healthcare system, this is nothing short of a crime by the…
Fiona Lali, a British comrade from the Revolutionary Communist International, recently demolished the reactionary Conservative former Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, on live television. Her interview has gone massively viral, being viewed millions of times worldwide. It has been picked up by the Malayalam daily, Deshabhimani,…
Long before the coming to power of a declared Hindu nationalist government in India in 2014, the inauguration of the Ram temple was clearly on the agenda of militant Hindu organisations like Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), Rashtriya Sayamsebak Sangh (RSS), and the entire Sangh-Parivar, whose…
The text criticises Narendra Modi’s government in India for failing to deliver on promises, engaging in anti-minority actions, and economic policies that benefit the wealthy at the expense of the working class. It argues that opposition parties, including Communist Parties, have compromised principles and offer no genuine alternative. The piece calls for a socialist revolution led by a new, principled communist leadership to address India’s systemic issues, criticising both the current government and the broader capitalist system it operates within. It highlights widespread dissatisfaction with Modi’s policies, exemplified by protests and strikes, and condemns the capitalist interests.
An expensive and environmentally ruinous development project, built to appease Modi’s Hindu nationalist base, and approved following all manner of legal manoeuvres, represents a ticking time bomb in India’s mountains. Uttarakhand, a state in northern India crossed by the Himalayas, is known for its Hindu…
The right-wing BJP government, led by Narendra Modi, has carried out ceaseless attacks on working people since it came to power in 2014. The Modi government’s policy of rampant privatisation of the public sector, including railways, electricity, telecommunications, highways, and airports. etc. has squeezed the…
