Struggles and Movements

Street Vendor Evictions in Bengaluru: A State-led Crime Against the Working Class

adminSeptember 14, 2026September 14, 2026

In 2023, as Karnataka was heading for elections , the current Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi came to Bengaluru and held a convention with Powrakarmikas...

Anatomy of a Cockroach

DannyJuly 16, 2026August 3, 2026

The economic reforms of the 1990s, and the developments that followed, proved catastrophic for many sections of Indian society. Among those affected were the youth, who were crushed under ever-increasing...

Struggles and Movements

Who Encroached on Whom?

SharanyaJuly 11, 2026August 3, 2026

In India, we have often come across success stories of how several recognised restaurant chains first started as humble roadside stalls or as street food carts. These stories celebrate individuals...

Fascism Struggles and Movements

NOIDA Workers’ Protest: Facing the State Down

AdibaMay 15, 2026June 7, 2026

The protest by factory workers in NOIDA, which made headlines in the mainstream media only when it turned violent, is a struggle against inhumane working and living conditions, worsened by...

Environment Struggles and Movements

Defending the Jal-Jangal-Jameen of Sijimali

VidyaMay 13, 2026June 7, 2026

For over three years now, thousands of adivasi and dalit villagers in Rayagada and Kalahandi districts in Odisha have been protesting the proposed bauxite mining project contract granted to Vedanta...

Struggles and Movements

North Karnataka and its Call for Statehood

PrakashDecember 8, 2025January 11, 2026

The debate over regional imbalance in Karnataka has resurfaced, driven by familiar concerns that have persisted for decades. A recent letter by Kagawad MLA Bharamagouda Kage to the Chief Minister...

Struggles and Movements

“We Must Fiercely Defend Our Agricultural Land”

adminAugust 4, 2025September 4, 2025

Interview with Ramesh Cheemachanahalli, core committee member, Bhoo-swadhina Virodhi Horata Samiti on the historic Devanahalli struggle. Q. The Karnataka government has withdrawn the Devanahalli land acquisition notification after 1198 days...

Environment Struggles and Movements

Ballari: A Story of Loot, Betrayal, and Resistance

SachinJune 1, 2025July 14, 2025

In early May 2025 a special CBI court in Telangana’s Nampally convicted former Karnataka minister and BJP MLA, Gali Janardhan Reddy and three others in the long-running Obulapuram Mining Company...

Environment Struggles and Movements

Eviction, Exploitation, and Resistance: The Struggle of the Jenu Kurubas in Nagarhole Forest

GangaJune 1, 2025July 14, 2025

On May 10, 2025, members of the All India Students’ Association (AISA) and Adivasi Sangharsh Morcha (ASM) visited a forest area in Nagarhole, Karnataka, to express solidarity with around 52...

Struggles and Movements

Trade Unions Call Nationwide Strike on May 20

adminApril 12, 2025June 12, 2025

On March 18, a coalition of 10 central trade unions, excluding the RSS-affiliated Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), announced a nationwide strike on May 20. This strike is a defiant response...