India

Farooq Sulehria argues that the current confrontation reflects a deeper crisis of the regional order — one whose costs will be borne overwhelmingly by working people on both sides of the border.

Sushovan Dhar — Measured purely by participation, the strike formed part of a familiar repertoire of mass industrial protest in contemporary India. Politically, however, its significance lies elsewhere.

Sankha Subhra Biswas — Before the commercial explosion of the 1990s and the hyper-nationalist staging of the present, cricket fields often functioned as spaces of progressive expression.

Sankha Subhra Biswas — The mass rapes by Indian soldiers in Kunan and Poshpora in 1991 cannot be treated as an aberration or tragic residue of a turbulent decade; it was the structured outcome of a state that chose insulation over scrutiny.

Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation — The unprecedented spate of violence in Bangladesh must be halted immediately.

Farooq Sulehria looks at the crisis along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, the misconceptions within Pakistan’s military establishment, and the shifting global and regional power landscape.

N Sai Balaji — Will Rajnath Singh, who is part of a political party with a conspicuously similar anti-immigrant political approach, intervene to assure some diplomatic security to the Indian community in Australia?

Eric Toussaint analyses the practical policies of the BRICS countries and the institutions they have established towards Israel and its genocide in Gaza.

Soumya Sahin examines India’s independence, situating 1947 within the broader crises of global imperialism, the shifting balance of class forces, and the strategic calculations of the British state.

Clifton D’Rozario — The success of the Devanahalli struggle in building a fighting unity between farmer, Ambedkarite and Left traditions could provide a strong foundation for strengthening grassroots struggles.

Sushovan Dhar — Among the most affected by the recent Indo-Pakistani armed conflict are the people of Kashmir, who find themselves ensnared in this geopolitical rivalry.

CPI(ML) Liberation — To defeat the growing fascist offensive, India today urgently needs a stronger presence and role of the left.