India

Bangladesh protests

Bangladesh navigates a turbulent transition, awaits a new equilibrium after ouster of Awami League rule

Progressive and left voices in Bangladesh give their views on the recent mass upsurge and assessment and expectations of the interim administration in place.
Farooq Tariq

Farooq Tariq (People’s Rights Party): ‘It’s crucial to fight the far right in Pakistan and the region’

An interview with Farooq Tariq on the political situation in Pakistan, Bangladesh and India.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat

India's RSS and the global far-right: Expanding links, growing ambition

Dipankar Bhattacharya — As the RSS readies for its centenary in 2025, we will see more attempts to sell itself as a global role model and India as the ideological destination for 'National Conservatives' from around the world.
We want justice women India

We want justice: The renewed struggle for safety and freedom for women in India (plus Reclaim the Night and Win the Day: The battle for gender justice)

The horrific rape and murder of a 31-year-old postgraduate trainee doctor in Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital has triggered a massive people's assertion in West Bengal powered by a remarkable women’s initiative called 'Reclaim the Night'.
Putin and Netanyahu

BRICS and Israel’s ongoing energy supplies

Michael Karadjis — Some of the states that have been most critical of Israel’s actions are also the ones who supply the majority of its oil and coal.
MCC CPIML Liberation

India: Marxist Coordination Committee merges with CPI(ML) Liberation

CPI(ML) Liberation — The unification of Jharkhand’s two leading Left forces, CPI(ML) Liberation and Marxist Coordination Committee, was announced on 10 August.
2023 BRICS Summit — alternative to imperialism or an expression of the southern transactional capitalist class?

Multi-polarity: A new alignment?

Jerry Harris — Some see multi-polarity as a new stage of non-alignment, and even the creation of an anti-imperialist bloc. But the economic and political elites of the Global South are too deeply tied to transnational capitalism to be truly independent.

Clifton D’Rozario (CPIML Liberation, India): Understanding the rise of the global far right

Clifton D’Rozario — There is no denying the far right has emerged as a formidable political force around the world. In India, fascism is not just being fought in the electoral arena; it is also being confronted on the streets.
Bangladesh protests

Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation: Statement on the developments in Bangladesh

CPI(ML) Liberation — We congratulate the democracy-loving people of Bangladesh at this hour of victorious assertion.
EU election tally room

Far-right challenge and the left-democratic response in Europe

Akash Bhattacharya — As the Indian people mounted a strong fightback against Hindutva/corporate rule of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), the political battle between the far-right and democratic forces entered a new phase in Europe.
Trump Modi

Clifton D’Rozario (CPIML Liberation, India): ‘Modi’s Hindu supremacist and pro-US foreign policy have greatly set back regional cooperation’

Clifton D’Rozario discusses Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s role as a global far right leader and the impact of US-China tensions on South Asian politics and struggles.
Bangladesh protests

Bangladesh: The defiance continues (plus statements from South Asian left)

Omer Abdullah Khan — Students across Bangladesh are grieving, but their anger and grief is fueling a heroic movement of resistance and defiance.