India
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.
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'.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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: 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.
Arakan at the Crossroads: Addressing newly-emerging military and political dynamics
Naing Lin analyses the latest state of conflict, how the political narrative has changed and need for peace for all peoples in the struggle for Arakan freedom.
Dipankar Bhattacharya — The 2024 elections have delivered a major setback to the BJP. What makes this result look almost like a victory for the opposition is that it came in India's most unequal elections till date.