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Hinge, Not Pole: India in a Fragmenting Global Order

Sushovan Dhar — 2026-08-05T07:45:55Z

The first year of Donald Trump's return to the US presidency has accelerated an ongoing transformation: the disintegration of US-led neoliberal globalisation. From the 1990s through the post-2008 period, global capitalism was organised through a structured hierarchy, with US financial dominance, global value chains, and multilateral institutions that secured the conditions for capital accumulation. That architecture is now visibly fraying.

- IVP619 - August 2026 / India

The Cockroach Protests Are Reviving India's Ailing Democracy

Komal Mohite — 2026-07-29T04:42:52Z

India's “Cockroach” youth movement has now forced the resignation of the country's education minister. What began as a single-issue protest mobilization has broadened into one of the biggest challenges Narendra Modi has faced in power.

- IVP618 - July 2026 / India, Public services

West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026 and the Footfalls of Fascism - A Balance Sheet

Kunal Chattopadhyay — 2026-06-09T12:36:41Z

The 2026 West Bengal Assembly election was possibly the most important, not just for the province of West Bengal, but with an all-India significance. The Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies had found in the 2024 Parliamentary elections that they had gone over the peak and were in a decline. With the bulk of India's TV channels and much of the print media owned by a small number of houses all aligned with dominant capitalist groups that support the Modi government, the predictions had been for a massive BJP and NDA sweep. Some Exit Polls even gave them close to 400 seats in the 543 member parliament. In reality the BJP won 240 seats, less than a majority, and even with all its allies it had just 293 seats. It was evident that the fascist chariot was slowing down.

- Features / India

BRICS media are not an alternative for anti-imperial resistance

Farooq Sulehria — 2026-05-17T13:31:37Z

Farooq Sulehria is a member of CADTM-Pakistan. He was in Brazil to attend the First Anti-Fascist Conference in Porto Alegre (March 26-29, 2026). He is the author of the recently published Media Subimperialisms and the Rise of the Global South (Palgrave Macmillan).

- IVP616 - May 2026 / Brazil, South Korea, China, India

8th March and Revolutionary Socialism

Radical Socialist — 2026-03-07T15:44:36Z

“Without organising women workers in hosieries, in jute mills, among hawkers, fighting for their rights, 8th March loses its significance. Today, when neoliberalism and Hindutva-fascism is sharpening assaults, women's rights must also be placed within the context of fighting that.”

- Feminism / Women, India

Why Myanmar's Election Matters for India's Northeast

Sushovan Dhar — 2026-02-05T20:35:01Z

The election marks a new phase in the junta's attempt to legitimise repression at home while stabilising its authority across borders.

- IVP613 - February 2026 / India, Myanmar

Resist Yankee Imperialist Invasion of Venezuela and Support Venezuelan Working People

Radical Socialist — 2026-01-04T11:13:38Z

The US war against Venezuela has moved from the covert to the open stage. US armed forces have bombed Caracas, and according to the US President Trump, they have kidnapped the Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife. This unprovoked assault comes after a prolonged period of imperialist aggression with economic sanctions and murderous strikes against boats in the Caribbean Sea, killing more than 100 people in the past few months.

- Venezuela 2026 / Venezuela, India

Solidarity Against Communal Violence, Fundamentalism, and State Complicity

CPBML, Radical Socialist — 2025-12-26T15:30:09Z

This Joint Political Statement by the Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist–Leninist) and Radical Socialist (India) was issued on 25 December 2025.

- News from around the world / India, Bangladesh

India after the Tianjin summit and in the midst of the climate crisis – an overview

Pierre Rousset, Sushovan Dhar — 2025-10-10T19:19:25Z

On China's initiative, the Tianjin Summit was held on 31 August and 1 September 2025, within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). India was invited to attend. Sushovan Dhar, a political activist and trade unionist in Kolkata, analyses the summit's proceedings and geopolitical implications in this interview. He also examines the nature of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's regime, the link between the climate, democratic and social crises plaguing the country, and the state of the parliamentary and radical left.

- IVP609 - October 2025 / Russia, Pakistan, China, India, Bangladesh

The BRICS and de-dollarisation

Éric Toussaint — 2025-10-07T16:14:10Z

Many perceive the BRICS countries as a counterweight to the dollar-dominated monetary order. However, the facts speak for themselves: at the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro (6–7 July 2025), no real desire to break away from the US currency was expressed. De-dollarisation remains a distant prospect.

- Features / Brazil, Russia, Economy, China, India