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Pressure from progressives forces Indian authorities to allow protest against Israel’s genocide in Gaza
The Bombay High court had previously agreed with police version of terming the pro-Palestinian protests illegal and even questioned...
The Left Chapter
Aug 144 min read
250 million Indian workers and farmers on the streets in a national strike
The strike was called by the trade unions and farmers groups against anti-workers labor codes and failures of the government to enact a...
The Left Chapter
Jul 94 min read
Statistics & Starvation Expose the Myth of Modi’s Economy
Narendra Modi, 6 June 2025 -- Prime Minister's Office (GODL-India), GODL-India, via Wikimedia Commons By D Raja, General Secretary,...
The Left Chapter
Jun 84 min read
Sri Lanka’s Defence Agreement with India and the Prospects for Peace in the Indian Ocean
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on April 5, 2025 -- image via X By Shiran...
The Left Chapter
Apr 95 min read
Resolutions from the 24th Congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
The March 3 & 4 sessions of the CPI(M) Congress in Madurai dealt with issues including Kerala, Gaza, delimitation, national elections,...
The Left Chapter
Apr 515 min read
CPI(M) backs May 20 national general strike in India
The 24th Congress at work -- image via video screenshot Resolution in Support of Countrywide General Strike on May 20, 2025 Against...
The Left Chapter
Apr 33 min read
Towards people's democracy and socialism: Speeches from the Inaugural Session of the 24th CPI(M) Congress
Prakash Karat addresses the congress session -- image via CPI(M) Speeches from the Inaugural Session 24th Party Congress of the Communist...
Michael Laxer
Apr 221 min read
Communists in India call election a "people's verdict" and "setback for BJP" while decrying lack of fairness
Flags wave at a CPI(M) rally in late April - image via the CPI(M) Both the Communist Party of India (CPI) and Communist Party of India...
Michael Laxer
Jun 5, 20242 min read
India’s BJP Defends the Super Rich by Giving Wealth Redistribution Policy a Sectarian Color During General Elections
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an event in March, 2024 -- Prime Minister's Office, GODL-India <https://data.gov.in/sites/default/...
Michael Laxer
May 15, 20241 min read
Under Modi, the Northeast Is More United With India, but More Divided Within
India’s ruling BJP claims to have overcome the “tyranny of distance” that has plagued Northeast India, but its politics have created...
Michael Laxer
Apr 29, 202414 min read
India’s Billionaire Wealth Is on Display as Nation Votes
India’s Ambani family has enjoyed flaunting its obscene wealth, a perfect reminder in the midst of an election, of the economic...
Michael Laxer
Apr 26, 20246 min read
Modi Could Squander an Unprecedented Chance at Normalizing India-Pakistan Ties
Mired in economic and internal crises, Pakistan is primed for normalization and trade with India—but Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist...
Michael Laxer
Apr 25, 20248 min read
'India Lurches Toward Full-Fledged Fascism' as Modi Opens Contentious Hindu Temple
"The people of India have struggled for decades to secure a democracy that is secular, just, and equal. Modi must not be permitted to rob...
Michael Laxer
Jan 23, 20244 min read
The Suffocation of Democracy in India
By Vijay Prashad On December 18 and 19, 141 members of the two houses of India’s Parliament were suspended, as of December 19, by the...
Michael Laxer
Dec 20, 20235 min read
Thousands of Women March in Delhi to Protest Modi Government’s Anti-Women, Anti-Poor Policies
Image via Twitter By Global News Service Thousands of women from across India gathered in the capital of Delhi on October 5 to protest...
Michael Laxer
Oct 10, 20231 min read
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