Communism has not lost all its relevance in India. But unless the political Left revamps, learns from its mistakes and setbacks, and reinvents itself, it risks becoming immaterial
M.A. Baby, general secretary, CPI(M), discusses electoral tactics, rebuilding the parliamentary Left, and the challenges of governance amid rising communalism and neoliberal policies
India’s secular intellectual space will continue to draw its sustenance from the Leftist school
Trinamool Congress’s setbacks have revived Left hopes, but rebuilding the lost base in West Bengal will prove harder
In Tripura, CPI(M) faces shrinking rural, tribal and Bengali-speaking working-class support, threatening its revival
The political Left in Latin America is communist in its opposition to imperial power and support for the working classes, not necessarily in ideology
Three decades after Communism’s collapse, the Soviet mindset still shapes Russia’s politics, identity and future
Economic success masks deeper questions about China’s socialist credentials, democracy and labour rights
Claims about the end of Marxism overlook how socialist ideas still adapt and persist worldwide
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