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Solidarity with the Samsung workers of Chennai!

More than 1,500 workers at Samsung Electronics’ plant in Sriperumbudur, on the outskirts of Chennai, have been on an indefinite strike for over a month, standing firm in their demand for the registration and recognition of their newly-formed union, the

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Launch Meeting of the Project for a Marxist Revolutionary International

Over the weekend of August 31 and September 1, 2024, more than 130 people from 29 countries gathered to get the ‘Project for a Marxist Revolutionary International’ off the ground. The meeting focused on laying the framework for this new

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KOLKATA HORROR ANOTHER DEMONSTRATION OF RULING CLASS’S HYPOCRISY–FIGHT BACK AGAINST SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND EXPLOITATION

Content warning: this article discusses sexual violence of an extreme nature and may be triggering. The horrific rape and murder of Dr. Moumita Debnath has shocked the world and once again thrown the brutal rape culture of India into the

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Ram Mandir: Fight Back Against Hindutva, No More Monuments of Malice

Following the completely undemocratic suspension of 141 MP’s and the ramming through of the BNS, BNSS, BSA and Telecommunications Act, the BJP has mounted its crown jewel of communalism in the most lavish and expensive display of chest beating so

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Uttarakhand Tunnel Collapse Statement

The latest catastrophe to hit the mountainous state of Uttarakhand is the collapse of the under-construction Silkyars tunnel in Uttarkashi, in which 41 workers have been trapped since 12th November. The mainly Bihari migrant laborers of SC/ST background, forced by

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HINDUTVA AND ZIONISM: AN UNHOLY ALLIANCE–WE DEMAND A CEASEFIRE NOW AND END TO THE OCCUPATION

In the four weeks since the deadly October 7th attack, more explosive ordinance has been dropped on Gaza, an area of 365 square kilometers, than the United States dropped on Afghanistan, an area nearly 2,000 times larger, in 1 year

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Kalakshetra sexual harassment: nothing new in the academic world

In a whirlwind week for the prestigious classical academy, accusations of sexual harassment against Kalakshetra faculty in Chennai quickly developed into a massive scandal involving open student protests, a shabby and ham-fisted attempt at a cover-up, and an investigation by

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Tamil Nadu: DMK attempts to give us the business

In a shameful and undemocratic fashion the government of Tamil Nadu has passed, then almost immediately retracted, a bill granting big business a victory it has fought long and hard for–the power to impose a 12-hour work day. This policy

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