The Communist movement relied on Western origins of Marxism and failed to provide a homegrown alternative to the social structure based on Indian philosophical thoughts.
If you are a trained ‘intellectual’ from JNU, Jadavpur, as well as TISS, then Latin America, its intellectual contributions, and its centrality in the worldwide fight against ugly capitalism are not to be downplayed.
While the Left-led CPI(M)’s dominance in West Bengal and Kerala has had a rich history, the Left in India has struggled to find space for its ideology in contemporary politics, rarely gaining momentum for expansion.
In 'Comrades and Comebacks', Saira Shah Halim offers a rich historical narrative that foregrounds Left politics in world history, locates its relevance in India, and charts a future of its revival.
Has the Left learnt any lessons from the 2019 Lok Sabha elections? Absolutely not, going by the CPI(M)’s political resolution discussed at its 24th Congress at Madurai in Tamil Nadu.
Sitaram Yechury, the former Rajya Sabha MP and CPI(M) general secretary who died Thursday, was ideologically sound, politically committed, socially acceptable, and culturally refined, writes his colleague Md Salim.
The current Iran war has laid bare a fundamental reality: 20 per cent of global energy trade cannot afford to rely on a single artery, no matter how resilient and cost-effective.
Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.
It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.
Struggle for issues of the common people. Do not manufacture issues when there are none. Yes, this is the hard reality that some of the people need to come to terms with. This unnecessary romanticisation of struggle served no good.
Struggle for issues of the common people. Do not manufacture issues when there are none. Yes, this is the hard reality that some of the people need to come to terms with. This unnecessary romanticisation of struggle served no good.
Its full of insights and nicely summed up. A great contribution to Left discourse.
Whatever prompts the writer has thrown into chatgpt, it hasn’t worked it’s a real mishmash of someone else’s work pirated into this article
Anti-capitalism and smoking cigarettes are characteristic of leftists, it is impossible to let go of those things.