2026

by Franz Mehring from The Communist. Vol. 8 No. 7. July, 1929.

January 21, 2026
India Should Not Join US Constituted Board of Peace
The following is the joint statement issued by the five Left Parties

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Perfect Storm: The History and Anatomy of 26/11
by Prabhakar Aloka and Nikhil Ravi
Ebury Press/Penguin Random House
Pages: xxxi + 220; Price: Rs 499
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If former Intelligence Bureau officer Prabhakar Aloka is to be believed, Pakistan

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The Caste Con Census
by Anand Teltumbde
Navayana Publishing, New Delhi
2025
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Reviewed by Srinivasulu Karli
There is a strong association made out in the existing discourse on caste in which caste data collected through the census is shown to be critical to the pursuance of social justice politics. This, of course, is sharply articulated by Rahul Gandhi with the slogan of ’jitni abadi, utna haq’ (rights proportionate to one

* Tributes to Prof. Satish Jain
* Call for General Strike on Feb 12, 2026

For long years from the 1950s to the early 1980s, India was much respected among countries of the Third World and had a position of near leadership in the non-aligned movements. But those days are long gone, particularly after the collapse of the soviet union. From the early 1990s globalisation integrated India in the world economy in ways unknown in the past and gave it a new prominence in economic terms and as a market. This new emerging India had opened a door, giving it a space on the (…)

When Hugo Chavez was elected as the president in 1998, a movement swept through Venezuela, embarking on a journey that would emerge as the Bolivarian Revolution. The movement sought to reassert sovereignty over political decision-making, natural resources and regional alliances.
Hugo Chavez named the movement after Simon Bolivar, the 19th-century Venezuelan leader who played a key role in the Latin American war of independence, and whose legacy was invoked as a symbol of sovereignty and (…)

7 Jan, 2026
A 3.2% conviction rate, years of pre-trial imprisonment, and a legal architecture designed to deny bail

The air quality index (AQI) in Delhi has deteriorated so sharply that a bench of the Supreme Court was forced to advise lawyers to argue their cases virtually rather than come in person to the court. Responding to a submission by a leading lawyer who stated that lawyers were forced to use face masks the court observed that even face masks were ineffective against such high air pollution levels.
With Delhi air pollution levels breaching the severe plus category in December 2025 recording an (…)

07 January 2026
Stop Sinister Attacks on Prime Minister Amarasuriya
Our attention is drawn to a vicious campaign of vilification and personalised attacks against Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, Sri Lanka