The return of the Indian working class
“The country does not mean brick and mortar; the country means its working people”. (Gurazada, the Telugu poet who galvanised…
Category: Analysis
Workers strike with a vengeance
According to V. K. Gupta, one of the joint secretaries of the National Confederation of Bank Employees, 50 million took…
Thousands march against imperialist conquest of Iraq
Leading up to the planned demonstration of 12 April, in Bangalore, there was a week-long campaign demanding, “No to war”.…
Gujarat Elections, 2002 – Communalists profit from hate
Though hardly any of the political observers predicted a defeat for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), very few foresaw the…
Ten million strike against privatisation
Jagadish Chandra, New Socialist Alternative (Nava Samajavaadi Paryaya – the CWI’s section in India) spoke about the struggle against privatisation…