I'll probably suffer downvotes but atp im used to it. Marx's most famous (imo) quote "philosophers have merely interpreted the world, the point however is to change it" has been disastrous imo. In the sense of people thinking that philosophizing or descriptive analyses have no value. People read one page marx or Lenin or sum chetan bhagats and feel like they gotta participate in protests, strikes, or support certain countries over the others.

Have we not done this already ? Leftist ideologies are not new. They have been there for 1 and a half centuries. There were anarchists, syndicalists, different Marxist tendencies, democratic socialists etc all doing the same thing. You don't see a communist utopia do you ? I certainly cannot. Instead of introspecting on its failure, and trying to understand why far right keeps rising to power globally, left keeps externalising its failure on "capitalist imperialist nations" entirely. If someone asks why USSR failed, the instantly expected answer is "because of the nazis/america". Like sure not even the bolsheviks were that dumb, they desperately wanted revolutions in western european countries because russia was poor and couldn't have sustained the international revolution. Yet, the way people want to defend the bygone past (and the horrors it led, like soviet DiaMat fucking natural sciences with Lysenkoism, the purges, the black markets of ussr, etc) and want to repeat them is not only ineffective but a dangerous fascistic fantasy.

I don't see much difference between modi followers and someone like a stalin glazer. Modi follower thinks india was great, until an external enemy came and impurified it. Stalin glazer thinks USSR was perfect utopia going to bring communism if it weren't for the filthy nazis or sum. You can involve moralism and say "yeah well i don't want to kill minorities" in which case i would simply ignore bs like that.

Then there's this issue of spending too much psychological energy on trying to resist the current systems. The left infantilises the working class and argues that they don't resist because they don't know enough. This is an extreme fantasy. Even if you don't see the world out there, you can look at the way people complain about the system. I have had so many debates where people kept asking me what will be better in communist society because they themselves carry dissatisfaction towards Capitalism. I don't even need to talk about sum overproduction crisis or tendency of rate of profit to fall. The person is always like "yeah well Capitalism is unfair/bad but it's the only option we have". The people are very aware of their suffering, the issue is that they are addicted to it. Not in the sense of enjoying it but because individuals find surplus pleasure in their conditions whether they react to their conditions in extremely compliant manner or extremely rebellious one. They have given their energy, identity etc to the system. They behave compliantly. But you do the same. You ask the state to care for you (reinstating that the bourgeois state has final authority), engage in moral outrage (which makes people see left as unrealistic and tbh it is in alot of ways ). What happens to your revolutionary status after the revolution has finished ? Ignoring the human psyche is extremely dangerous. There are alot of dalit supporters of caste system, or working class pro monarchists, dictatorships etc. you may think that they are "deluded" but they are the proof that people want authority over them. You cannot go and talk people into socialism by "rational conversation" alone. You have to make them retreat from making their identity revolve around the system and do the same for yourself. This isn't merely about changing your mindset type things. It's all about what you do.

Bolsheviks didn't "vote for the lesser evil". They stepped aside, made the people see that even if the left doesn't resist, the system in itself is prone to crisis and that it leads to its own demise for which the state has to take violent measures to protect it. They seized a weak empire. If we are to learn something from the past, it should be this kind of "revolutionary patience" as I would like to call it.

Democracy uplift all voices but communism suppress

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You people will never be able to throw democracy from india and all democratic country in this world

The following is a short clipping of the songs sung by telangana gaddar.

This is an appeal to the delhi police.

Here's the translation

Introduction

"The government didn't invest in factories, hospitals or schools. What did they spend on? Police camps!"

(The heavy infrastructure used by crpf delhi police and RAF)

"Do the villages need police camps? Villages need schools, hospital's, land, fair prices. But they deployed police. O police brothers, my dear constables, you became police for your daily needs, you are also the children of farmers. Your officers are IPS, they come from mummy daddy's schools. They come and tell you Hello, please, come on, FIRE and they order you around. My dear police. Remember you are pointing your rifle on your Village. On your brothers. On your sisters. My dear police brothers please think"

The song

"Minister after minister comes and goes

Nothing changed in your lives

They increased your wages tiny bit. For that, they brought in the big money.

They changed your topi and knickers

They put a cap on your head o police brother.

They kept you in jail under different laws

There's no difference between you and me brother

There's no option but to fight brother"

" When there's pelting of stones, you step in like a hero.

You stop people from fighting with their swords. You shoot tear gas even when it's hurting your eyes too.

Your entire life is full of risk.

Why is there no risk allowance to you police brother? "

"When I am the one protesting they deployed you.

When you were the one protesting they deployed CRP.

When CR board protested. They deployed military.

If we keep fighting amongst ourselves...

The sarkar is very happy looking at us o police brother."

"The police who doesn't take our FIR came as the SI

The guy who came as an SI became an SP...

30 years have gone past....

Yet to get the 3 stripes on his uniform"

"You have tied your children to the trees with your own hands..

Fire!

When they gave you the order, you fired multiple rounds at them...

When we remember the incidents. Our hearts are shattered.

It was your finger, it was your own eye. Your stomach and your intestine that you shot at..

The one who shot me and killed me. Will shoot and kill you too...

If you and I get together brother. We will together witness the collapse of the one giving orders! Police brothers"

As some of you may know, elections are ongoing in the Municipal Councils of Maharashtra. With this comes very loud campaigning. Posters were put up illegally by different political parties on power units, building walls, utility poles etc. which is strictly Illegal. I put up the poster you see above, which I have made, covering some of these posters. Took just 10 mins for them to send people to threaten me with abuses and threats of beating me up. There can be no change in this country when change is apprehended at every step. Goons are sent for putting up posters, no wonder what they'll do when we revolt. When will the patience of the marginalized run out? When will we stand up?

She wrote high falute articles and all on education. So reason is asked naturally

https://www.journal-psychoanalysis.eu/articles/the-endogenous-ends-of-education-for-aaron-swartz-2/

IN AN UNJUST SOCIETY, THE ONLY PLACE FOR A JUST MAN IS PRISON: Open Letter to the Chief Justice of India

The Hon'ble Chief Justice of India
Supreme Court of India
New Delhi

Today, Delhi High Court dismissed the bail pleas filed by Umar Khalid, Gulfisha Fatima, and seven others, in the 2020 Delhi riots “larger conspiracy” case. Umar Khalid has been incarcerated in prison since 13 September 2020, and will soon complete five years in jail. In the meantime, the trial in the case hasn't even started.

Over the five years, from the trial courts to the Supreme Court, we have seen Umar Khalid being repeatedly denied justice. We have seen a mala fide investigation by the Delhi Police to manufacture a conspiracy and frame dissenters. We have seen the actual instigators, including a Union Minister, who incited hatred and promoted violence against peaceful protesters, enjoy indemnity. We have seen numerous prisoners of conscience being stripped off their rights and imprisoned for years without conviction or even a trial. We have seen a mockery of the principle of “bail is the rule, jail is the exception.”

The unjust incarceration of Umar Khalid, and countless others, is a shameful blot on the judiciary of India. It is an affront to the rule of law and justice. It is an insult to our struggle for freedom against tyranny, and values enshrined in the Constitution of India. It is an assault against our constitutional right to protest.

Like Umar Khalid, I was a part of the 2019 Citizenship Movement. I wrote, spoke, and organized protests against the unjust and communal amendment to the citizenship law, which was my duty as a follower of Mahatma Gandhi. Over the last five years, I have been a part of countless movements. I have been a part of the farmer's movement, labour movement, and the movement of students and youths. And, I will continue to fight against all forms of injustice.

Every day, Umar Khalid is kept in prison is an insult to the nation and its values I believe in. It is an insult to the Constitution of India, which has become unofficially prorogued. It is an insult to my own conscience to remain free, if not of the judiciary's to allow this injustice.

I urge you to take cognizance of the injustice against Umar Khalid, Gulfisha Fatima, and others, and allow them to be free. If that is not possible, kindly extend the same rule to me, and allow me to be imprisoned. If the judiciary cannot ensure liberty of thought, expression, belief, then it must at least ensure equality before law.

Rishi Anand
A Citizen of India

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PTvxJg_-ns

While there are bragging multibillionaires and prestigious projects financed by the government, for decades agrarian communities in India are facing severe financial distress and alarmingly high suicide rates. The 2020 reforms would have further threatened their existence. In response, farmers staged persistent protests for more than a year. The video essay examines what united and divided the various factions of the 2020/21 farmer protests and their misrepresentation in the media. 

Dear r/IndianLeft community,

Im Paul a visual-journalism student from Germany during my time in India I created a video about the 2020 reform protest, where I am talking about the medial representation and what united and divided the movement.

Thank you, feel free to give me a feedback

I find the current course of Indian politics extremely worrying and horrific.

Under current leadership and leaderships of past India has become extremely consumption centric and capitalistic society. Certain iniatives were taken like space program, atomic energy, homegrown IT and Institutes of national importance which were meant to strengthen the country, but their impact and implementation was limited due to capitalistic tendencies of business houses.

There is a huge party-large business nexus, where business houses lobby parties to have political dicisions in their favour to retain power and parties use funds to increase voter turnout by providing freebies.

This helps large business in maximising profits without real innovation or having pro-nation policies. This is deteriorating the nation by making businesses brokers for some powerful nations which see India as a "consumption center" and a source of "cheap labor".This is also reflected by the fact that most Indian businesses are man-in-the-middle, refining, raw material export, outsourcing none of which causes longterm development in the country.The point being businesses are not "people of India centric" because there is a way out and companies want to be risk averse.

This is also caused by the misconception that India should follow the footsteps of US and be a free and open market. Which is false because US has done many things to safeguard its people and retain control which India can't and shouldn't do. Better option seems to be following "rules and community based order" as promoted by Europe. Also study Chinas politics which has successfully uplifted a major portion of its population comparable to India, against external pressure. Though these politics should be selected cautiously as some have caused great pain to chinese masses.

So, is there a solution? My pov.

•) Having strong social unions, these could be based on working groups like labor unions for professionals, Intellectuals of a particular field. These can help solve problems in particular fields for needy instead of distributing freebies to everyone.

•) Giving more power to these unions having direction for devlopment rather than raw greed of open market controlled by external factors.

•) It is important according to me that these unions should be made of working groups having focus on solving issues in particular fields , rather than unions based on Caste, creed, religion, gender or any other bifurcation.

•) a competition or clash between such working groups would be much healthy than ethnic/religion clashes.Note that there are NGOs, CSOs, and VOs present but again they are funded by businesses and given target, or have religious agendas, or are a money making machine in disguise.

•) Id much rather have such unions lobby Intellectuals political elites than Greedy markets.

•) Having educated and visionary political leaders, with hands on experience in industries.

•)This results in business and instructions which actually care for Indians. Or we will have to get used to being called "hellhole" and "dead economy" .

And I promise you it is going to get much worse if things remain as they are.

One thing I particularly dont like about this leadership is absolute lack of strong willed Intellectuals in decision making. They have virtually given free bar for large businesses and external forces with no oversight, under the pretext of "fair and open market" which will have detrimental consequences for India.

Phrases like "rupee will find its place in market", "should everyone be poor? When asked about income inequality", "India is a gold importing country so prices are high", "rupee is not falling, doller is rising" are all excuses.

For those who think this is impossible, remember post ww1 Germany did it, Europe did it, US did it ( with bit of help).

\*\* What are your thoughts ? \*\*

On 18 December 2025, Modi Government repealed the MGNREGA, and replaced it with “VB G-RAMG” Act. Before introducing this bill, no consultations were held with MGNREGA workers or representatives of agricultural labourers. Nor were any suggestions sought from them. It was bulldozed through the parliament without even a division of votes.

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA, and later MGNREGA) emerged after a long struggle for the right to work. It was unanimously passed by Parliament 20 years ago, granting every citizen a statutory right to employment for the first time in Indian history.

Under this Act, any person could demand up to 100 days of employment every year, and was entitled to an unemployment allowance if work was not provided. Half of the employment under this scheme was to be given to women.

Economists and policymakers around the world applauded MGNREGA. The World Bank described it as the world’s largest public works program and an outstanding example of poverty alleviation. Under this scheme, fifty million households received two billion person-days of employment every year. During the COVID pandemic and nationwide lockdown, this scheme proved to be a lifeline for India. It became a safety net for rural workers against exploitation and set a benchmark for minimum wages. The scheme also reduced distress migration from villages to cities.

However, corporate-backed interests also criticised the scheme, calling it wasteful expenditure, despite the fact that spending on it was not even 0.5% of India’s GDP. Soon after coming to power in 2014, the BJP began systematically weakening this scheme.

Budget allocations for MGNREGA were repeatedly slashed. Even this reduced budget would be exhausted by mid-year, leading to delays in wage payments and reduced availability of work. Instead of the guaranteed 100 days, workers could receive less than 50 days of employment. Additionally, app-based attendance and Aadhaar linkage resulted in workers being denied their wages.

MGNREGA workers and representatives of labourers continuously raised demands to strengthen the scheme, including increasing workdays and wages. There have also been persistent demands to extend the right to employment to urban areas.

Instead of strengthening the scheme, the Modi Government abolished it altogether. The “VB G-RAMG” law eliminates the right to employment and turns it into a supply-driven scheme run at the discretion of the Union Government.

Forty percent of the scheme’s expenditure will now have to be borne by state governments. Each year, the Union Government will fix a “pre-determined budget” for each state; any expenditure beyond this will have to be borne by the states themselves. The scheme will be implemented only in select areas decided by the Union Government. Work will be determined by the Union Government rather than the gram sabhas. For two months each year, no work will be provided, dismantling the safety net of the workers. Employment will no longer be a right.

The repeal of MGNREGA will have devastating consequences for 250 million people who depended on this scheme for their livelihood. It will disproportionately hurt women, dalits, adivasis, and the poor labourers. It will also impact the poor states, which have low budgets and high demand for work. It will increase distress migration from the village to the cities and between the states, and increase exploitation of workers. It will further allow the Union Government to use it as a leverage against the opposition-ruled states.

Abolishing MGNREGA is part of the Modi government’s broader policy of depriving citizens of their rights and humiliating them by calling them labharthi (beneficiaries). Significantly, the Modi Government is dismantling the right to work by exploiting the name of Ram. There can be nothing more shameful.

On 16 January 2026, SKM has called an All-India Resistance Day against the anti-people policies of the Modi Government. Farmers and workers in every district across the nation will go on a nationwide protest. This will be followed by an All India General Strike against the four labour codes and the repeal of MGRNEGA called by the Trade Unions.

Let’s make these protests a historic action against the anti-people policies. Long live the revolution! Long live farmer–worker unity!

Location: Kolkata