Kolkata: Student leader killed

this from Indo-Brit website Sudipto Gupta, a leader of the Communist Party of India Marxist Student wing the Student Federation of India was beaten to death in police custody in Continue reading →

Tripura: The Left Front returns to power for a fifth straight term since 1993

Historic Victory in Tripura   The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) warmly greets the people of Tripura for electing the Left Front to a historic fifth Continue reading →

Surge of Red in Kolkata

THE city of Kolkata witnessed a surge of red flags on February 10, overflowing the famed Sahid Minar Maidan. At the call of CPI(M) Kolkata district committee and after a two-month long Continue reading →

Contextualising the Delhi protests against rising sexual assaults

by Archana Prasad writing in the Indian Communist paper People’s Democracy THE gang rape of a 23 years old medical student on the night of December 16, 2012, was the Continue reading →

Legacy of the past still haunts Indian politics 65 years on from independence

by Bhabani Nayak Tomorrow India will be celebrating 65 years of independence from the British colonialism. The ravages of colonial rule are still visible in India’s economic and political landscape, from Continue reading →

Political challenges confronting the left in India

Presentation by Prakash Karat at a discussion on “Political Challenges Confronting the Left” at a seminar organised by the Council for Social Development at New Delhi on August 8, 2012 Continue reading →

Strategy and tactics of the Indian communists in the current presidential election

by Prakash Karat The Presidential election is being contested by two candidates – Pranab Mukherjee, standing on behalf of the UPA, and P. A. Sangma, supported by the BJP (and Continue reading →