The Modi government’s stand on the US-Israel aggression on Iran has starkly exposed the heart of the foreign policy it has been pursuing for the past nearly 12 years. There is no semblance of an independent foreign policy or strategic autonomy left. Instead, what is in place is a foreign policy aligned to the strategic interests of the United States, in other words, the foreign policy of a subordinate ally.
World oil prices have finally crossed $100 per barrel this week-end and have even touched $110. Considering the fact that they were around $69 per barrel before the beginning of imperialist aggression against Iran, this represents a very steep climb in just the course of a week. It has been caused less by any actual shortage arising from Iran’s closing of the Strait of Hormuz than by the anticipation of such a shortage arising. This rise is...
The US-Israeli war on Iran is now in well into its third week and, despite deployment of the overwhelming military superiority of the US and Israel, there seems to be no end in sight. Israel is continuing its bloodthirsty “decapitation” campaign against the top political, civilian and military leadership. It has murdered the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the internationally respected security chief and regime interlocutor Ali Larijani and...
To continue the historic mission in Kerala, the CPI(M) has released its list of candidates for the upcoming assembly elections to be held on April 9, CPI(M) State Secretary M V Govindan announced in a press conference in Thiruvananthapuram. The lineup of 81 candidats includes Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who led Kerala for a decade while implementing world renowned welfare and development projects, to Sharaf Ali,...
The Left Front has released its list of candidates for the election to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) and the by-election to the Dharmanagar Assembly constituency even before the announcement of the poll schedule. The list was announced at a press conference held at Dasharath Deb Smriti Bhavan by Manik Dey, convenor of the Tripura Left Front Committee, on March 9. CPI(M) Tripura...
AS many as 178 houses were handed over by the LDF government in Kerala to the survivors of the Wayanad landslides of 2024 earlier this month. It marked the first phase of a township being built by the state government. Title deeds of the land were also handed over to the families. An action plan has been prepared to provide all the survivors with their own land and houses before the onset of the monsoon. As a result of the disaster, an entire locality disappeared...
ON February 27, two days before the Israeli and US aircraft and missiles struck Iran, US President Donald Trump told reporters in the White House that he was interested in a ‘friendly takeover’ of Cuba. On January 3, the US had kidnapped the Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, and then on January 29, Trump signed Executive Order no. 14380 to prevent any country from supplying oil to Cuba. Within two months, from early January to early March, the...
At a time when Omani-mediated talks were underway, the blue waters that once represented economic prosperity and connectivity have turned into a graveyard of metals and a stage for a high-stakes war. The escalating imperialist war on Iran, waged by the United States and Israel with regime change as their prime objective, has spread beyond West Asia, creeping into the Indian doorstep. At the...
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly condemns the deplorable attitude of the Union government towards the illegal war unleashed by the United States-Israel combine against Iran. The Union government’s silence and inaction undermine India’s independent foreign policy and weaken the country’s long-standing anti-imperialist and non-aligned legacy.
Professor K N Panikkar, one of the pre-eminent historians of modern India and a fellow traveller of the progressive and democratic forces, passed away in Thiruvananthapuram on March 9. He was 89. Panikkar was born in Guruvayur. He graduated from Government Victoria College, Palakkad, where he was an activist of the student federation. He completed his...
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