A Comrade’s Blog

Toiling Masses Rise to Resist Neo-liberal Onslaught The general strike on 9th July gave a glimpse of the anger of the workers and the toiling people against their worsening conditions imposed by the neo-liberal policies aggressively pursued by the NDA government led by Modi. The call for the general strike Read more

– Jacob Clint The Wan Hai 503 fire is not just an accident — it is the symptom of a larger illness. An industry that carries over 80% of the world’s trade cannot afford to operate with outdated safety mechanisms and blind regulatory eyes. As Karl Marx aptly wrote in Read more

– Jacob Clint The capsizing of the MSC ELSA 3 off the coast of Kochi on May 24, 2025, was undoubtedly a tragic event, and our hearts go out to all those affected. As the LDF government, its immediate priority was, and remains, the safety and well-being of citizens and Read more

– Jacob Clint ON December 2, 2024, Sarbananda Sonowal, the Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, presented the Coastal Shipping Bill 2024 in the Lok Sabha. The bill aims to promote coastal trade using Indian-flagged vessels owned and operated by Indian citizens for commercial needs. The bill also grants the Read more

The International Class-oriented Trade Union Movement, the workers, and the militant unions all over the globe honor with struggles the 139th anniversary of the workers’ struggle in Chicago in 1886.  The World Federation of Trade Unions, the most historic international trade union organisation, representing more than 105 million workers all Read more

On this May Day 2025, CITU extends revolutionary greetings to the working people of theworld who are bitterly fighting to defend the hard-earned rights and combating the aggressive onslaught of the neoliberal capitalist order engulfed in systemic crisis. CITU holds high its commitment to proletarian internationalism and stand in solidarity Read more

Sudip Dutta National Secretary, CITU The use of the term Neo-fascism by a section of Left to characterize the current ruling political dispensation in India has ignited a serious debate within the Left as well as other political camps and social groups. Some of them want to put the label Read more

Nationwide General Strike on May 20, 2025 Tapan Sen  General Secretary The Indian Working Class movement is facing  an unprecedented and challenging situation, stemming from the deepening systemic crisis of contemporary capitalism. The ruling class’s response has become increasingly aggressive and brutally authoritarian, systematically stripping people of their democratic rights Read more

K. Hemalata President, CITU Despite passing the Labour Codes in Parliament, the Modi led BJP government could not notify them for implementation for more than four years. The united working class movement strongly opposed and resisted their implementation through country wide struggles including general strikes. Returning to power for the Read more

Since India’s economic liberalization in 1991, the Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions (CTUs)—comprising 10 major unions like Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS), Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), All India United Trade Union Centre (AIUTUC), Trade Union Coordination Read more