Peoples Democracy

May Day in J&K: Remembering Chicago and Zaldagar, Renewing the Struggle for Workers’ RightsAbass Rather

INTERNATIONAL Labour Day, popularly known as May Day, is observed across the world on May 1. It serves as a power...

Public Asset, Private Loot: The Struggle for Land & Livelihood in Jharkhand’s Pachwara Coal BlocksPrateek Mishra

In the forested plateau of Santhal Pargana in Jharkhand, a vast and violent transformation is underway. Beneath the hills and agricultural lands of this region lie some of eastern India’s most valuable coal reserves. Over the past two decades, mining of these re...

On Assam Election Results: BJP-Led Alliance Returns to Power for Third Consecutive Term Despite Widespread Public Discontent - CPI(M)

Initial Statement issued by the Assam State Committee of the CPI(M) 

The BJP-led alliance has returned to power in Assam for a third consecutive term with an overwhelming majority of seats. The fact that the...

What is Economic Development?Prabhat Patnaik

WHEN Adam Smith’s opus in 1776 took an increase in wealth as the desideratum of a nation’s policy, he was not suggesting that the question of income distribution between different classes did not matter. Likewise David Ricardo was by no means unconcerned with an improvement in the living conditi...

Distress Brewing ……..may Reflect in Anger

 A crisis is looming as the war on Iran by the United States and Israel begins to affect all sections of society in Andhra Pradesh.

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the cancellation of cargo flights have brought exports to Gulf countries to a halt, severely impacting producers of bananas, mangoes, coconuts, prawns, an...