ANANDHAPRIYAN M. Thomas Sankara, popularly referred to as the “African Che Guevara”, was born on December 21, 1949. He was a military officer and later became the president of Burkina Faso (formerly known as Upper Volta) in 1983 after a coup. At a young age,…
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…
Amidst the pomp and pageantry of Independence Day, a furious protest movement following the rape and murder of a young medic tells the real story of Modi’s India. The Revolutionary Communists of India (RC(I)) demand justice – for the victim of this heinous crime as…
The revolutionary masses have overthrown Hasina, ending her 16 years of brutal rule! As we write these lines, millions have descended on Dakha, with millions more expected to arrive in the course of the day. The masses have taken possession of the Ganabhaban (the Prime Minister’s…
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,…
The recent general elections in India have exposed the rottenness of the whole political edifice in the country. Almost all the parties involved have been revealed as bankrupt, with diminishing authority, and having nothing to offer the toiling masses. But Modi’s ruling BJP, which was…
Following an all-India meeting of members and supporters, we have taken a series of decisions about the future of our work. This follows major developments in the Indian and world situation, as well as a general transformation across our international, that create huge opportunities for…
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…
