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Michael Laxer
Jun 104 min read
CPI(M) analysis concludes Indian elections constituted a "significant setback" for the governing BJP, calls for vigilance
Flags fly at a rally in Kerala in April - image via the CPI(M) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) Polit Bureau met on June 9...
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Michael Laxer
Jun 52 min read
Communists in India call election a "people's verdict" and "setback for BJP" while decrying lack of fairness
Flags wave at a CPI(M) rally in late April - image via the CPI(M) Both the Communist Party of India (CPI) and Communist Party of India...
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Michael Laxer
May 151 min read
India’s BJP Defends the Super Rich by Giving Wealth Redistribution Policy a Sectarian Color During General Elections
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an event in March, 2024 -- Prime Minister's Office, GODL-India <https://data.gov.in/sites/default/...
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Michael Laxer
Apr 2914 min read
Under Modi, the Northeast Is More United With India, but More Divided Within
India’s ruling BJP claims to have overcome the “tyranny of distance” that has plagued Northeast India, but its politics have created...
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Michael Laxer
Apr 258 min read
Modi Could Squander an Unprecedented Chance at Normalizing India-Pakistan Ties
Mired in economic and internal crises, Pakistan is primed for normalization and trade with India—but Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 241 min read
Close to Two Million Join Human Chain in Kerala Against BJP-Led National Government’s Apathy
Image via the Democratic Youth Federation of India By Global News Service On January 20, more than two million people joined the massive...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 234 min read
'India Lurches Toward Full-Fledged Fascism' as Modi Opens Contentious Hindu Temple
"The people of India have struggled for decades to secure a democracy that is secular, just, and equal. Modi must not be permitted to rob...
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Michael Laxer
Dec 20, 20235 min read
The Suffocation of Democracy in India
By Vijay Prashad On December 18 and 19, 141 members of the two houses of India’s Parliament were suspended, as of December 19, by the...
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