AISA-led Left Unity Defeats ABVP in JNUSU Election
The AISA-led Left Unity alliance—comprising AISA, SFI and DSF—won a decisive victory in the 2025–26 JNUSU elections held on 4 November, the second election in the same year. Comrade Aditi...
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...
A 100 years of RSS and its Friendship with the Congress
On October 1, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) celebrated its centenary with rallies across at least five states, including Karnataka. While citizens, workers, and students face denial of permission for...
Remembering the Glorious Srikakulam Peasants’ Revolt – Part 2
Naxalbari gave the mass movement a new shape. In October 1968, after consulting Charu Mazumdar, the Ryotanga Sangrama Samiti was formed as a body to seize political power in the...
What is Capitali$m?
Capitalism is an exploitative socio-economic system where the capitalists (the owners of the means of production) extract surplus value by exploiting the labour of workers and reinvest part of it....
The White Man’s Peace: Unmasking the Gaza Deal
Just eight days into the Israel-Hamas ceasefire ‘deal’ brokered by the US, a Palestinian family of eleven was struck by Israel while traveling back to their home. By October 22nd,...
The Choice is yours?
Everybody wants a piece of them The land, The tree, The tiger, The bauxite, The development. But I wonder, Why not the shackles? Why not the screams? Why not the...
The Socio-Educational Survey in Karnataka
Karnataka’s ongoing caste and socio-economic survey has brought many discussions and debates to the surface. The survey aims to collect information about people’s social, educational, and economic backgrounds to understand...
The Right to Belong: Citizenship, State Power, and the People of Ladakh
Who has the right to claim citizenship in India? How should we perform our citizenship so that the state is ready to hear our voices? Identifying as an Indian becomes...
The Great October Socialist Revolution
From the 25th of October 1917, the entire world was shaken by the events unfolding in Russia. A once backward, peasant nation under Tsar Nicholas II, where the most downtrodden...