The Spectre of Gen-Z Revolts is Haunting Europe
"… for a revolution to take place it is essential that the exploiters should not be able to live and rule in the old way." - VI Lenin (Left-Wing Communism:...
No Roof Over our Heads!
Children in school should think about playing and complaining about their homework! They should not have to worry about whether the roof above their classroom will hold. Yet, in September...
When Will the Siege on Democracy End?
The state is, as a rule, the state of the most powerful, economically dominant class, which, through the medium of the state, becomes also the politically dominant class, and thus...
The People Will Sing!
The astounding silence of a minister of a fascist government while students died by suicide was the moment many of the upper-middle classes got a shocking, unsettling thought: "is our...
Fertile Lands for a Sterile Project: Report on Bidadi AI City
On 12th March 2025, the Greater Bengaluru Development Authority (GBDA) sent preliminary notices of land acquisition to the farmers of Ramanagara district to build a Greater Bengaluru Industrial Township (GBIT),...
Climate, Catastrophes, and the Corporates!
Long gone is the time when climate disasters were being predicted for the future! Every ‘brink of climate catastrophe’ sign gets passed, and new warnings, more glaring and desperate, appear....
Then They Came for Me
The history of post-1947 India can be divided into two, one leading to the events of 25th May, 1967 in the Naxalbari village of North Bengal that sparked the Naxalbari...
The ABCs Under Fascism
Historically it has been observed that fascism is engendered by an acute crisis of capitalism. It has some very evident markers like the dehumanisation of certain communities, crushing of communist...
Stand in Solidarity with Azim Premji University Students
On 24th of February members of Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student-wing of the RSS, forced their way into Azim Premji University (APU) Sarjapura campus to disrupt a discussion...
Political Ecology of Nagarhole: A Tale of Exploitation and Resistance
On December 21, the Adivasis of Nagarhole started their historic 13-day Padayathra (December 21 - January 2), organised by Nagarhole Adivasi Jammapale Hakku Sthapana Samiti (NAJHSS), the federation of Gram...
30 Questions and a Solution to Start Off Your Year
Dear Reader, How does it feel to have witnessed another revolution round the sun, 12 flippings of the calendar pages, and 365 glances at the headlines showing the endless brutalities...
Bengaluru’s Tunnel Project: A Corporate Scam Pushed as ‘Development’
Over the past year, the Congress government in Karnataka has repeatedly claimed that it had ‘no money’ to run public transport. In January, BMTC fares were increased by 15%, and...
Farmers of Anekal vs. State of Karnataka
In Bengaluru the post-90’s boom has manifested in the expansion of the city limits, at the cost of fertile land owned and tilled by farmers for multiple generations. In this...
The Himalaya in Labour
The month of September has heralded a popular uprising in the neighbouring country of Nepal that is landlocked on three sides by India. The uprising in Nepal widely dubbed by...
Devanahalli Farmers Create History
Over three years of persistent struggle by the farmers of Devanahalli gained a momentous victory on the 15th of July, when the Siddaramaiah government was forced to drop the forcible...
Defuse the Ticking Bomb of Climate Crisis: The Path to Climate Justice is Red
As we inch closer to observing another World Environment Day mandated by the United Nations to fall on the 5th of June every year, the hundreds of treaties, summits, and...
Promises Made and Evaded by the Congress in Karnataka
It has been two years since Congress was voted to form the government in Karnataka. The electoral victory was hailed by many. It was expected to be a counter to...
Congress, RSS and Dogras: Jammu, 1947
On 5th and 6th Nov, 350,000 Jammuites were cut into pieces like vegetables and young girls were abducted. On 5th Nov 1947, under facilitation of Hari Singh, an enormous number...
PUCL Condemns Death Sentence to 10 Convicts in Jhiram Valley Case!
PUCL Chhattisgarh condemns the death sentence awarded by the Special NIA Court, Jagdalpur, to 10 convicts of the 2013 Jhiram Valley attack case. Death penalty is opposed to the Constitutional...
HypocRSSy Targets Gen-Z
With the recent success of the Gen-Z protests that led to the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan, different reactions are being observed from different state players. While the BJP, police, judiciary,...
Spark Reading Circle Condemns the Militarisation of the Villages and Violence Against the Adivasi Residents of Tijimali!
On the eve of 10th September 2026, the Odisha police and CRPF forces cordoned off the village of Kantamal and partially the village of Bondel, demonstrating its disregard for adivasi...
Nepal Floods 2026: Will Historical Emitters Compensate for Losses and Damages?
Written with the help of Akhil Mythri, Climate Researcher, NIAS Late August this year, videos showing falling bridges, vehicles being swept away and buildings breaking apart as sounds of people...
First Anniversary of the People’s Republic of China
From “For a Lasting Peace, For a People’s Democracy”, organ of the Communist Information Bureau, September 29, 1950 International imperialism received a crushing blow as a result of the victory...
Greedy Bengaluru Authority (GBA)
is unsubstantiated. But, setting that aside for a moment, anyone with common sense can understand that the work of Pourakarmikas is among the most oppressive forms of labour, marked by...
Elections, Gyanesh Kumar, and Beyond!
Last year, the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process was undertaken by the ECI, which deprived lakhs of voters of their democratic rights. Though it was clear that this attack was...
ISRO and the Privatisation of India’s Space Sector
A sense of uneasiness has recently surfaced within the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) over its future. In September 2026, nine employee associations sought clarification from the ISRO leadership over...