Category: Politics
Politics is our blood, not in our blood. We can’t think of the world or our own existence without politics. Now that politics in India is guarded by the toady corporate-media, therefore, it becomes imperative for the independent journalism to launch a fierce critical attack against the way politics is done in India and in the world. Our guiding ideology is anti-fascism and people’s democracy. We analyse politics from the point-of-view of the people, the working people.
The structural weaknesses of democracies: Part II – Citizenry
Reading Time: 10 minutes What’re the structural weaknesses of a democracy like India? The weaknesses that pave the way for the rise of right-wing populists like Modi.
Finalising the rules of the CAA 2019: Why the MHA missed the deadline?
Reading Time: 6 minutes The home ministry didn’t finalise the rules of the CAA 2019 before June 18th 2020, which was the deadline. Is this delay in filing BJP’s deliberate act?
Varavara Rao: When the state aims to kill dissent by slowly killing dissenters
Reading Time: 4 minutes Varavara Rao’s condition will continue to worsen unless the people’s democratic movement for the unconditional release of prisoners is strengthened manifold
Privatisation of Indian Railways: Modi’s long-pending plan is now executed
Reading Time: 5 minutes Privatisation of Indian Railways by the Modi regime is a direct attack on India’s economy. This move will jeopardise the lives and livelihood of many.
Authoritarian populists and their politics – Part I
Reading Time: 9 minutes In this two-part article, I discuss the personality and politics of such leaders and the social context that provided the fertile ground for their rise.
The all-India coal mine strike must achieve success against Modi’s privatisation drive
Reading Time: 5 minutes Amid the hyper-nationalist Sinophobic cacophony peddled by the mainstream Indian press, the big news of a three-day-long all-India coal mine strike got concealed. Thousands of coal mine workers of Coal […]
Modi’s hypocrisy: Blocking 59 Chinese apps but leaving the notorious American culprits unscathed
Reading Time: 7 minutes The Modi regime blocked 59 apps related to China accusing them of data stealing while keeping both Facebook and Google intact and unscather.
Justice for Jeyaraj and Fenix not possible until colonial-era police system exists
Reading Time: 8 minutes There can be no justice for Jeyaraj and Fenix who were killed in custody by the Tamil Nadu Police until the colonial-era police institution exists in India.
NPR and NRC in post-lockdown phase is a dire necessity for the Modi regime
Reading Time: 5 minutes The rollout of the NPR and NRC in post-lockdown phase is inevitable as the Modi regime will try to provide cheap labour pool to big corporate houses now.
COVID-19 pandemic in Delhi bared Kejriwal’s incompetence and nexus with the BJP
Reading Time: 3 minutes Arvind Kejriwal’s failure to curb the COVID-19 pandemic in Delhi exposed not only his government’s incompetence but his utmost surrender to the BJP and Modi
Lockdown in India clearly failed as COVID-19 cases rise steeply
Reading Time: 3 minutes Modi’s lockdown in India clearly failed as the steep rise in the number of COVID-19 cases exemplifies. But the government is still pushing for the “unlock”.
Modi’s dirty politics choking West Bengal
Reading Time: 6 minutes Eyeing 2021 assembly elections, Modi’s dirty politics over West Bengal has increased manifold and is causing severe problems for the state and its people.
Modi’s Amphan relief package for Bengal to aid the BJP’s mission 2021
Reading Time: 3 minutes Soon after his visit to the affected areas, Modi will announce an Amphan relief package for Bengal, although he will use it to win the 2021 assembly polls.
Capitalism and class struggle in the era of Coronavirus
Reading Time: 5 minutes The importance of class struggle against the capital’s unbridled attack on working class was never felt as much it’s felt now, during the era of Coronavirus
Modi’s proposed “bold reforms” prelude to a tyrannical corporate rule
Reading Time: 5 minutes Modi’s address to nation unveiled the forthcoming tyrannical corporate fascist rule that will ruin the lives and livelihood of the poor and undo democracy.
The BJP’s assault on labour rights exposes real intention behind COVID-19 lockdown
Reading Time: 6 minutes The cat was peeping out of the bag for long, but with the the BJP’s assault on labour rights under the garb of fighting COVID-19 menace brought it out.
Whether the lockdown was necessary if it’s now relaxed so arbitrarily?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Whether the lockdown was necessary if it didn’t flatten the curve and is now relaxed when the number of COVID-19 patients is rising? What about testing?
PMCARES Fund and Aarogya Setu aiding Modi’s despotic hegemony
Reading Time: 4 minutes Modi’s PMCARES Fund and Aarogya Setu app have been severely criticised but that didn’t stop the prime minister from consolidating his tyrannical hegemony.
Islamophobic propaganda over COVID-19 outbreak got a new dimension
Reading Time: 3 minutes Though the BJP is withdrawing the Tablighi Jamaat narrative from its armoury, the assault on the Muslims and their voices continue through brutal repression
The Tablighi Jamaat fiasco helping Indian state to officially peddle Islamophobia
Reading Time: 5 minutes The cacophony over the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in New Delhi has provided an ample opportunity for the Modi regime to smoke-screen its failures.