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Hinge, Not Pole: India in a Fragmenting Global Order

17 April 2026 - by Sushovan Dhar

The first year of Donald Trump’s return to the US presidency has accelerated an ongoing transformation: the disintegration of US-led neoliberal globalisation. From the 1990s through the post-2008 period, global capitalism was organised through a (…)
After the Labour Codes: the political meaning of India’s February 12 strike

27 February 2026 - by Sushovan Dhar

February 12, 2026, witnessed millions of workers across India participating in a nationwide general strike called by the joint platform of central trade unions. Measured purely by participation, the strike formed part of a familiar repertoire of (…)
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Capital Consolidates, Labour Adjusts: Reading the Union Budget

18 February 2026 - by Shweta Damle

The 13th budget of the BJP government and the ninth presented by the current finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, mark not merely another fiscal exercise but the consolidation of a capital-led growth model anchored in infrastructure expansion, (…)
Consolidation Without Redistribution: The Budget and the Remaking of the Indian State

8 February 2026 - by Sushovan Dhar

“India’s fiscal credibility today rests on a deliberate shift toward capital formation.” – Economic Survey 2025–26 The Economic Survey 2025–26 defines India’s fiscal credibility in narrow but confident terms. It emphasises a deliberate (…)
India : Our fight is for the workers

28 January 2026 - by Shaik Salauddin, Tanya Singh

In this interview with the Progressive International’s Tanya Singh, Shaik Salauddin, a trade union leader in Hyderabad, India, details the strategic mobilisation of Indian gig workers against the dangerous pressures of “10-minute delivery” (…)
Why Washington has made China its central strategic adversary?

19 January 2026 - by Eric Toussaint

For nearly three decades, China was seen by Washington as an essential economic partner from which it could benefit, destined to prosper within the US-dominated international capitalist order. This approach has been shattered. In the space of ten (…)
From Guarantee to Allocation: Rural Workers and the Indian State

11 January 2026 - by Sankha Subhra Biswas

The enactment of the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act (VB-G RAM G), 2025 represents the legal culmination of a process that has been unfolding in India for over a decade: the gradual displacement of (…)
Delhi’s Toxic Air Is a Political Choice: Working-Class Lungs as Collateral Damage

22 December 2025 - by Sankha Subhra Biswas

Every winter, the Delhi NCR region greets its citizens with a familiar grim situation. The sky dims, visibility plummets, and the very air seems to turn against its inhabitants. Schools close, hospitals become overwhelmed, and people are advised (…)
What the night teaches: toward a New Left in an age of unfreedom

22 December 2025 - by Sushovan Dhar

Something fundamental has shifted in India. We can sense it not only in the obvious places—parliament, television studios, election rallies—but in the slower, quieter zones of life: in schools, where fear becomes a language; around village wells, (…)
India : Working-Class Priorities as the Principle for Climate Action

11 November 2025 - by Soutrik Goswami

“Climate change is not a separate issue—it is the terrain where all social contradictions intersect... To genuinely confront the crisis, we must reclaim climate action as a political and class project. It must be rooted in redistribution, public (…)
India after the Tianjin summit and in the midst of the climate crisis – an overview

29 September 2025 - by Sushovan Dhar

On China’s initiative, the Tianjin Summit was held on 31 August and 1 September 2025, within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). India was invited to attend. Sushovan Dhar, a political activist and trade unionist in (…)
Why Does Historian Eric Toussaint Accuse China, India And Russia of Being "Silent Accomplices” in the Horror in Palestine?

27 August 2025 - by Eric Toussaint

While the skies over Gaza are stained red and Palestinian children die under the rubble, the emerging powers of the planet — the BRICS — prefer to look the other way. Have they become silent accomplices to one of the greatest crimes of our era? (…)
Political self-determination for Kashmir

22 June 2025 - by Sushovan Dhar

The recent Indo-Pakistani armed conflict, accompanied by bellicose rhetoric and jingoism between the nuclear-armed neighbours, has heightened tensions in the South Asian region. Ultimately, US President Donald Trump reportedly brokered a (…)
Inclusive Growth or Entrapment? Unpacking the Microfinance Paradox in India

24 May 2025 - by Soumya Sahin

Abstract Microfinance in India emerged with a promise—to democratise credit and empower the poor. But behind the polished rhetoric of “financial inclusion” lies a more complicated truth. This article explores the rise of microfinance not just as (…)
For the Rulers of India and Pakistan, War Fever Is a Boon

17 May 2025 - by Sushovan Dhar, Farooq Sulehria

The governments of India and Pakistan pulled back from the brink over Kashmir because neither can afford a full-scale war. Bellicose rhetoric and a climate of strident nationalism have helped both governments as they face problems on the domestic (…)
Say no to war! Forge class unity from below!

8 May 2025 - by Alternative Viewpoint

The Indian government has stated that in the early hours of May 7th, the Indian armed forces commenced ‘Operation Sindoor’, characterised as a “focused, measured, and non-escalatory” strike aimed at targeting “terrorist infrastructure” in (…)
Growing State Debt & Attack on Federalism in India

24 February 2025 - by Sankha Subhra Biswas

At the CADTM South Asia meeting in Colombo, held from Thursday, 30 January to Saturday, 1 February, 2025, Sankha Subhra Biswas spoke about the growing debt crisis of the governments across various states in India and its impact on the federal (…)
South Asia: ‘It’s crucial to fight the far right in Pakistan and the region’

17 September 2024 - by Farooq Tariq , Israel Dutra

Though it is one of the most dynamic regions of world capitalism, public knows little about South Asia. But the recent student rebellion in Bangladesh has brought to the fore this region marked by instability, which includes populous countries (…)
Reclaim the Night!

25 August 2024 - by Sankha Subhra Biswas, Salmali Das

Though the sun is rising in the east, rain is pouring, and tides are visiting to and fro in the Ganges, nothing can diminish the spark that was raised against the heinous rape that happened at one of the most premium medical colleges, known as R. (…)
Peasants and Politics in Neoliberal India: The 2020-21 Peasant Movement

19 August 2024 - by Paramjit Singh

The persistence of peasantry in the Global South and imperialism’s necessity to integrate it into its accumulation network has given birth to a new agrarian question. This question centers around policies and efforts employed by imperialist (…)
India : Analysis of Budget 2024–25, Part 1: Declining Budget Outlay

19 June 2024 - by Neeraj Jain

We have shown in considerable detail in previous articles published in the Janata Weekly on the economic situation in the country in early 2024 that the Indian economy is in deep crisis. The actual growth rate of the economy is much less than is (…)
India : popular movements, not elections, will bring transformative change

28 April 2024 - by Sushovan Dhar

With the exception of a brief period, India has been more fortunate than many other nations in being able to maintain parliamentary rule over the last 77 years. With 900 million voters—more than the populations of Europe and Australia put (…)
India: Modi and the rise of the billionaire Raj

27 April 2024 - by Michael Roberts

A general election in India starts today. 970m Indians, more than 10% of the world’s population, will head to the polls in what will be the largest election in history for the Lok Sabha (House of the People) parliamentary elections. The poll (…)
Farmers’ mobilizations back on track

13 April 2024 - by Sushovan Dhar

After the major mobilizations of 2020-2021, which led to victories in terms of demands, the government had succeeded in stabilizing the situation. On the eve of parliamentary elections, farmers are mobilizing again. Thousands of farmers (…)
View from India: a retrospective of Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Narenda Modi in late January 2024

23 March 2024 - by Pierre Rousset, Sushovan Dhar

Emmanuel Macron visited India on 25 and 26 January. The interview below was prepared for this occasion. However, for reasons largely beyond our control, its finalisation was postponed until now. Better late than never? Sushovan Dhar is an (…)