February 2015

[From Liberation, November 1990.] Comrades and friends, On behalf of the Party’s Central Committee I extend my warm greetings to all of you. The whole country is today engulfed in flames. The so-called

[From Liberation, January 1991.] The euphoria is over. By its very nature a euphoria is always short-lived, and, if VP Singh could survive for nearly eleven months it is no mean

[From Liberation, May 1993.] Our Calcutta Congress resolved to intensify the efforts for left unity with the ultimate vision of a single Communist Party in India. In the last three months

[From Liberation, September 1993. Excerpts.] People’s Democracy (hereafter PD), the central organ of CPI(M), in its August 15 issue, while commenting upon our review of Rashtrlya Ekta Abhiyan (REA), has launched

[Speech at a convention on Dunkel Draft organised by CPI(ML) New Democracy on October 14, 1993. From Liberation, November 1993.] First of all, I would like to congratulate the organisers of

[Editorial in Liberation, July 1995.] Countdown for 1996 parliamentary elections has begun. In the fast-moving political developments, men and events seem to be repeating themselves. The dialectic of the situation, however,

[From Liberation, January 1996.] Our Party as well as SUCI and PWP, besides CPI(M), RSP and Forward Bloc, were invited to attend the opening session of the CPI’s recently held Sixteenth

[Speech at the Adhikar rally in New Delhi on 8 March 1996. From Liberation, April 1996.] Comrades, As far as I can see, I see only red flags. It is said that

[Interview by Ramji Rai, Editor of Lokyuddh. From Liberation, June 1996.] How do you assess the present political situation? The present political situation has demolished many myths. In the scramble for power,

[This article, translated from Bengali, first appeared in the October 1996 special issue of Deshbrati.] At the time of writing this article, a significant change has taken place in the Congress

[From the Political-Organisational Report of the Sixth Party Congress.] Congress Decline In the 1996 parliamentary elections, Congress(I), the main political party of the Indian ruling classes, was voted out of power. Its

[From Liberation, January 1998.] The first phase of the UF-Congress cooperation came to an abrupt end, even earlier than expected. Despite the cooling period allowed by the President neither the UF

[From Liberation, April 1998.] The Fall of UF and the Rise of BJP The Varanasi Congress had taken serious note of the looming threat of BJP coming to power at the centre.

[Speech delivered at the seminar organised by Forum for Democratic Initiatives in New Delhi on 15 June 1998. The text of the speech was published in July 1998 issue of

[Excerpts from the speech delivered at a seminar held on 4 August 1998 in Siliguri. From Liberation, September 1998.] The Pokhran blast has provided the necessary impetus for a new phase

[From Liberation, October 1998.] Two weeks back, while commenting on the Panchamarhi Conclave of the Congress(I) we had written in ML Update, "The official Left, in particular, had pinned much of

[Excerpts from the last article of Comrade Vinod Mishra. From Liberation, January 1999.] The changing international climate The year 1998 had been one more tumultuous year in this era of great uncertainties.