M Aseem // Though much of the mainstream media ignored it, a social media outrage and frenzy erupted when 500 pages transcripts of the WhatsApp chat messages between Arnab Goswami, owner and editor of Republic TV and Partho Dasgupta, arrested ex-CEO of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), the TV Rating company, became public on 15th... Continue Reading →
Budget: Bomb For Poor Masses, Balm For Capitalist Moneybags
All big financial and industrial capitalists, their paid ‘experts’ and controlled media are elated and overjoyed by the budget for FY22 and the stock market immediately jumped nearly 2500 points and is going up since then. On the other hand, vast majority of the people – workers, farmers, small traders, small and tiny enterprises, middle... Continue Reading →
[Ground Report] Farmers’ Historic Movement Around Delhi
S V Singh // It is 36 days since farmers are camping at all the border points on the highway. More than 40 persons have succumbed to the bone shattering cold ways out in the open in night. Latest round of talks between farmer union representatives and government on Dec 30, though, have been partially... Continue Reading →
[Electricity Bill 2020] Electric Shock Kept On Hold
S V Singh // Capitalism is finding extreme difficulty in breathing by each passing day. The only panacea for all systemic ills is privatization!! Next in line of sectors to be ‘liberated’ now is Energy Sector. ‘Electricity Amendment Bill, 2020’ would have already seen the light of the day by now by an ordinance but... Continue Reading →
The Peasant Question in Marxism-Leninism
Shekhar // The peasant question has always been a very important question in Marxism-Leninism since the very inception of Marxism. For Marx, it never lost his attention except for a short period here and there. After the Communist Manifesto, during which it went into the background for some time, it jumped to the forefront in... Continue Reading →
Wistron: Spontaneous Revolt of Angry Workers
M Aseem // Angered by unpaid and delayed wages, 12 hour long working hours, deprived of breaks, unpaid work on holidays, cheating in marking of attendance to deduct wages and many such problems, several thousand workers of Wistron Infotech, an Apple manufacturing unit in Bengaluru, started a protest in the morning of 12th December. As... Continue Reading →
Proletarian Revolution in India Shall Arrive Riding The Waves of Peasant Unrest
The peasant movement against the Modi's pro-corporate agriculture reforms laws has been going on unabated for more than a month now, undaunted by more than three dozen of sacrifices of precious peasants' lives, young and old both, on account of severe cold. As these lines are being penned, the patience of the agitators shows no... Continue Reading →
Fascism & Rising Violence Against Women
V Prajapati // Rising violence and oppression against women, both in rate and intensity, is intricately connected to Fascism. A better understanding of the dynamics of their relationship can be developed by delving into the meaning of ‘fascism’ and the violence it is capable of unleashing over the masses. Georgi Dimitrov defined Fascism, a product... Continue Reading →
Students’ Fatal Distress & Criminal Insensitivity of Government
S V Singh // Digital Divide Is Killing Students “Because of me, my family is facing many financial problems. I am a burden on my family. My education is a burden. If I can’t study, I can’t live. Forgive me I am not a good daughter. The scholarship whenever received should be paid to my... Continue Reading →
[Engels At 200] Remembering Friedrich Engels: The Condition Of Working Class Today And Our Tasks Ahead
Shekhar // Introduction Most of us will agree that Marx and Engels, though they were separate individuals, together form a single entity and are in no way separable sofar as the purpose and the entire course of their life (after maturity) and work are concerned. They together formed a unique personality and made a genius.... Continue Reading →