AMIDST the backdrop of the ruling dispensation's diminishing fortunes in recent and current electoral contexts, the shrill noise over one nation, one election (ONOE) in its first appearance gives the impression that it is an exercise in sloganeering, yet another ‘jumla’.

THE 24th State Conference of the CPI(M) Tamil Nadu resolved to work for alternative policies and actions to safeguard the interests of the working class, peasants, agricultural workers, unemployed youth, students, women, and children in the state. It also decided to strive to unite the Left parties ...

THE imperialist countries led by the US have been imposing unilateral sanctions that do not have any backing from the United Nations against countries that dare to defy their diktat.According to one estimate almost one third of the countries of the world have been subject to such sanctions at one time or another.

Jan 19, 2025 · Declaration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba: US Takes Steps in the Right Direction, But the Blockade Remains in Force

THIS year’s Nobel Prize in economics (the Riksbank Prize to be more precise) has been awarded to three US-based economists for their research into what promotes or hinders the growth of wealth among nations; and they assign a crucial role to institutions, arguing that western institutions like electoral democracy are conducive to growth.

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THE aim of all fascistic governments is to disempower the people; and the Modi government is no exception. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) which promised one member in every rural household a maximum of 100 days of employment per year was a demand-driven scheme.

Jan 12, 2025 · Karnataka: CPI(M) State Conference Calls for Building a Left and Democratic Alternative

TRUMP’s victory in the US Presidential election conforms to a pattern presently observable across the world, namely a collapse of the liberal centre and a growth in support either for the Left, or for the extreme Right, the neo-fascists, in situations in which the Left is absent or weak.

THE national seminar organised by CPI(M) in Kozhikode, opposing the imposition of the Uniform Civil Code marked the first step towards consolidating the secular forces for a collective struggle against the proposed Uniform Civil Code, which the Modi government is introducing to jeopardise the unity and communal harmony of India.