Peoples Democracy

Neo-Liberalism and The IntelligentsiaPrabhat Patnaik

ONE important feature of neo-liberal capitalism in a third world country like India is the chasm it introduces between the working people and the intelligentsia. In the colonial period in India several members of the intelligentsia took it upon themselves to highlight the misery to which the Indian people had been subjected ...

Joint Letter of Opposition Parties to Chief Justice of India

On June 28, 2026, twenty-three opposition parties sent a joint letter to the Chief Justice of India highlighting the grave danger to democracy in the country and seeking the judiciary’s intervention. The following is the text of the letter:

Esteemed Ho...

Judiciary in these Dark Times of Hate Mongering

THE process of decolonisation in India was initiated, and the Constitution was drawn up, to ensure an equilibrium based on the principle of checks and balances between the three organs of the state – legislature, exec...

Call for Nationwide Protests Against Amendments to NFSA

All India Agricultural Workers’ Union (AIAWU), All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA), All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) and Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) have issued the following statement on July 8, 2026:

All India Agricultural Workers’ Union, All...

Withdraw Proposed Amendment to National Food Security Act

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on July 7, 2026

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly opposes the proposed amendment to the National Food Security Act (NFSA), which seeks to change the entitlement criteria under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) from a househol...