Clash at Singhu Border repeats BJP’s 2020 violence template

Clash at Singhu Border repeats BJP's 2020 violence template

A feral gang of 200 goons, armed with rods, sharp weapons and petrol bombs attacked the farmers protesting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pro-corporate farm laws at Delhi’s Singhu border on Friday, January 29th 2021. The attackers, who called themselves “locals” accused the farmers of being “anti-national” and demanded their forceful eviction from the National Highway … Read more

Nishan Sahib—the Khalsa flag—over India’s Red Fort on Republic Day

Nishan Sahib—the Khalsa flag—over India’s Red Fort on Republic Day

On India’s 71st Republic Day—which commemorates the adoption of the country’s constitution—Indian farmers, with Sikhs from the state of Punjab leading the charge, entered New Delhi as they continued their months-long protest against controversial new agricultural laws passed by the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A culmination of the protest came when some of … Read more

Arrest warrant for Paranjoy Guha Thakurta’s articles on Adani shows India’s shabby press freedom

Arrest warrant for Paranjoy Guha Thakurta’s articles on Adani shows India’s shabby press freedom

The row over Paranjoy Guha Thakurta’s articles on Adani Group continues as a Gujarat court issued an arrest warrant against him recently.

Welcome 2021 with new promises of victory against fascism

The year 2021 brings new hopes. Like 2020 it was greeted with protesters. How would things change for the better in the year 2021.

As the world steps into 2021, with the hyper-consumerist and brainwashed urban elites and middle-class looking forward to a vaccine that would save them from COVID-19, forgetting the much deadly diseases like cancer, tuberculosis, etc, which kill millions a year, and big pharmaceutical companies of the world drooling to bag deals worth trillions from the … Read more

Air India, BPCL to SCI, Modi regime’s privatisation drive ruins people’s lives

Air India, BPCL to SCI, Modi regime’s privatisation drive ruins people's lives

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), facing a huge wave of popular dissent throughout the country, especially the farmers’ protest movement against pro-corporate farm laws, has entered a selling spree. The Modi regime’s privatisation drive, in the current phase, includes the central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) like the Air India, the Bharat … Read more

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