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Labour Unrest in India’s Industrial Belt: Experiences, Resistances and Demands of Non-Permanent and Women Workers
  • Labour
  • April 22, 2026

Over the past few months, a wave of worker-led protests has swept across India’s industrial belts—from refineries and factories to gig platforms and domestic workspaces. Triggered by stagnant wages, unsafe conditions, and deepening contractualization without labour rights, these struggles are not isolated eruptions but part of a broader awakening among the country’s working classes. Women […]

Trump the God
  • Commentary
  • April 20, 2026

Trump’s portrayal of himself as Jesus, or anointed by Jesus, is typical of cult leaders.   CHRIS HEDGES APR 20, 2026   During the two years I spent writing “American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America,” I encountered numerous mini-Trumps. These self-proclaimed pastors — very few had any formal religious training — […]

Cartographic digital colonialism across Lebanon and Palestine
  • Commentary
  • April 19, 2026

Greater Israel, beyond the infrastructure of occupation, requires a geography that reflects its claims as though they were already there, rendering the villages as invisible as to make them ready to be claimed, and the Apple and Google digital maps provide exactly the instrument to do so.   April 19, 2026 by Jwan Zreiq   Apple […]

Large Parts of Odisha Witness Protests by Left Allies Against Alleged Repression in Sijimali Region
  • Peoples' Movements
  • April 19, 2026

Protests were held across multiple blocks, Sub-divisional offices and in district headquarters spanning 22 districts of Odisha against the alleged repression and transfer of protected land for corporate interests without due processin in the Sijimali region.   Groundxero | April 19, 2026 By Prakash Kumar Samantsinghar   After conducting a fact-finding exercise on the alleged pre-dawn police action […]

Finally, the ‘Invisibles’ have started to become Visible
  • Labour
  • April 19, 2026

Over the past two-three months, a series of spontaneous, worker-led strikes has erupted across India’s industrial belts—from Barauni to Panipat, Manesar to Noida—cutting across sectors and states. Largely led by contract workers and unfolding without formal leadership or union direction, these struggles challenge the widely held belief that the working class has receded as a […]

ডিলিটেড ভোটারের চোখে পশ্চিমবঙ্গ বিধানসভা নির্বাচন, ২০২৬ (২)
  • News
  • April 19, 2026

নথি থাকা সত্ত্বেও কেন পশ্চিমবঙ্গ বিধানসভা নির্বাচন ২০২৬-এ নিজেদের ভোট দিতে পারবেন না, উত্তর চান নাম বাদ যাওয়া ভোটারেরা   সুদর্শনা চক্রবর্তীর প্রতিবেদন   সামাজিক, অর্থনৈতিক অবস্থান, শহর-গ্রাম-মফস্বল, জাতি-বর্ণ-ধর্ম, লিঙ্গ পরিচিতি সব পেরিয়ে পশ্চিমবঙ্গের নাগরিকদের এক বিশাল অংশ আজ ডিলিটেড ভোটার। তাঁদের চোখে এই নির্বাচন ঠিক কেমন?    মর্জিনা বিবি, গড়িয়াহাট ফ্লাইওভারের নীচের বাসিন্দা, আগে কাগজ কুড়িয়ে […]