Marxism

Kovai Gnani, renowned Tamil writer and literary critic, passes away in Coimbatore at 85

Gnani worked as an editor for 30 years while becoming the greatest contributor to the Marxist critique of Tamil texts.

Andreas Dresen's Gundermann eulogises its protagonist, but uses his guilt to propel an uneven screenplay

Andreas Dresen's Gundermann screened at the recently concluded 25th Kolkata International Film Festival.

JNUSU election presidential candidate Jitendra Suna is at vanguard of battle against oppression in India

The story of Jitendra Suna, who is contesting as a presidential candidate in the 2019 JNUSU election is an attractive story for the media, particularly since he comes from an 'untouchable' caste

Despite Dalit political assertion, casteism within community keeps issues affecting manual scavengers on the sidelines

The fact that some of the dominant Dalit communities engage in unleashing violence on the members of the scavenger community points at the limitations of the endorsed political ideologies of Ambedkarism, Marxism and feminism/womanism for scavengers

Left-wing parties, facing existential crisis in Lok Sabha election 2019, go full throttle to defend last standing bastion in Kerala

India's once-vibrant communist parties are in danger of falling off the political map in this month's general elections as voters lose their revolutionary fervour.

China promotes images of young, 'drunkard' Karl Marx to capture youth, stresses on Marxism as 'true path'

With chat shows claiming "Marx was Right" and cartoons of his wild youth, China has gone to great lengths to show that the theories of German philosopher Karl Marx are still relevant today, ahead of the 200th anniversary of his birth on Saturday

Ramachandra Guha says jingoism ascendant due to hypocrisy of Left, intellectual, moral, and financial corruption by Gandhis

Historian Ramachandra Guha delivered the 23rd Justice Sunanda Bhandare Memorial Lecture in New Delhi’s India International Centre on 1 November, which happens to be Karnataka Rajyotsava Day and the 61st anniversary of the founding of Karnataka. Here are the key points he made, where he elaborates on the model of constitutional patriotism and then explains the difference between jingoism and patriotism:

Che Guevara's 50th death anniversary: Revisit a reporter's experience of capturing revolutionary's mortal remains

On 10 October, 1967 the Bolivian army presented the body of iconic Marxist guerrilla Ernesto "Che" Guevara to journalists in a makeshift morgue in a small town.

2019 Lok Sabha election: Sitaram Yechury hints at change in CPM's political alignment

The CPM may have a rethink on its tactical line ahead of the 2019 general elections in view of changes in the "concrete conditions" in the national political scenario, party general secretary Sitaram Yechury said

Sitaram Yechury not to seek re-election to Rajya Sabha, hopes to encourage young CPI(M) leaders

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said on Sunday he would not seek re-election to the Rajya Sabha after his second consecutive term ends in August.