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12. 03. 2024

Sending Police to Beat Us up Won’t Silence Us: Pinarayi’s Speech in the Legislative Assembly after Emergency

Sending Police to Beat Us up Won’t Silence Us: Pinarayi’s Speech in the Legislative Assembly after Emergency

Pinarayi Vijayan was among the first ten opposition MLAs who were taken into custody immediately after the declaration of Emergency in 1975.

On the night of September 28

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LEFTWORD BOOKS

LeftWord Books is a New Delhi-based publishing house that seeks to reflect the views of the left in India and South Asia. We publish critical and analytical works on a range of subjects, and pay special attention to works on Marxist theory. We project the interests of the working people and movements for social transformation.

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19.07.2024 @ Palestinian Resistance to the Ongoing Nakba in Gaza

We invite you to join us for an enlightening and critical talk by Prabir Purkayastha, where we will delve into the ongoing Nakba in Gaza and the resilient Palestinian resistance. This event promise ...

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13.07.2024 @ दिल्ली पार्टी के इतिहास के कुछ पन्ने (1975-85)

'रीता ने जो सीखा'

लोकार्पणसान्निध्यः कॉमरेड के.एम. तिवारी

शनिवार, 13 ...

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BOOKS FROM LEFTWORD . . .

Food & Farming

Food & Farming

Vidyun Sabhaney, Orijit Sen, Harsho Mohan Chattoraj

INR 495.00

'Here is a clear-eyed look at the most basic human right of all, the right to food, and why so many people - including those who grow food - go hungry or remain undernourished.' – Githa Hariharan...

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  1. Food & Farming
    Food & Farming

    Orijit Sen, Vidyun Sabhaney, Harsho Mohan Chattoraj

    INR 495

    'Here is a clear-eyed look at the most basic human right of all, the right to food, and why so many people - including those who grow food - go hungry or remain undernourished.' – Githa Hariharan...

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  2. NATO: A Reckoning with the Atlantic Alliance
    NATO: A Reckoning with the Atlantic Alliance

    Sevim Dagdelen

    INR 250

    Since 1997, NATO, the world’s most powerful military alliance, has created more insecurity than security. This book, a bestseller in German by one of Europe’s most important left politicians, s...

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  3. Reading Capital to Smash Capitalism
    Reading Capital to Smash Capitalism

    Vijay Prashad, E. Ahmet Tonak, OlÍvia Carolino Pires, Chris Caruso, Emiliano López

    INR 250

    In Capital, Marx provides a theory of the enduring contradictions of capitalism. Marx’s identification of the structure of capitalism, and the method by which he uncovered that structure, provide...

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  4. Body on the Barricades
    Body on the Barricades

    Brahma Prakash

    INR 260

    ‘This set of essays is a series of meditations on hatred, tenderness, grief, mourning, labour, resistance, social justice and the possibilities of meaning and solidarity, all viewed through the l...

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  5. Untouchable Freedom
    Untouchable Freedom

    Vijay Prashad

    INR 450

    “This book treats the Balmikis, a marginalized community, as a conscious entity, and highlights their agency.” – Dr Vaishali, historian

    “Acute social and political observations on a...

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  6. What is to be Done?
    What is to be Done?

    V.I. Lenin

    INR 350

    ‘Without a revolutionary theory, there can be no revolutionary movement.’ — Lenin

    V.I. Lenin (1870–1924) took forward Marxist theory and practice in critical areas. Imperialism,...

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  7. An Education for Rita
    An Education for Rita

    Brinda Karat

    INR 350

    August 1975. The Emergency is barely two months old. A group of communists meet at night in a small room in Kamla Nagar in north Delhi. They sit on the floor around a flickering oil lamp. Thirteen ...

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  8. Knowledge as Commons
    Knowledge as Commons

    Prabir Purkayastha

    INR 335

    Do the needs of society drive science and technology? Or do developments in science and technology provide the motor force of history? Has this relationship changed over time? Knowledge as Commons ...

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  9. Keeping Up the Good Fight
    Keeping Up the Good Fight

    Prabir Purkayastha

    INR 300

    September 25, 1975. The students of Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi had called for a strike to protest the expulsion of Ashoklata Jain, an elected councillor of the studen...

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  10. Keeping Up the Good Fight
    Keeping Up the Good Fight

    Prabir Purkayastha

    INR 425

    September 25, 1975. The students of Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi had called for a strike to protest the expulsion of Ashoklata Jain, an elected councillor of the studen...

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  11. Chile's Allende
    Chile's Allende

    Victor Figueroa Clark

    INR 500

    At 9.15 a.m. on September 11, 1973, minutes before US-backed military jets bombed the Presidential Palace, the President of Chile, Salvador Allende, took to the radio and addressed his fellow citiz...

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  12. Víctor Jara
    Víctor Jara

    Joan Jara

    INR 500

    “As long as we sing his songs, as long as his courage can inspire us to greater courage, Víctor Jara will never die.” – Pete Seeger

    “An intensely moving account. A love story — a...

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  13. Knowledge as Commons
    Knowledge as Commons

    Prabir Purkayastha

    INR 395

    Do the needs of society drive science and technology? Or do developments in science and technology provide the motor force of history? Has this relationship changed over time? Knowledge as Commons ...

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  14. Body on the Barricades
    Body on the Barricades

    Brahma Prakash

    INR 325

    ‘This set of essays is a series of meditations on hatred, tenderness, grief, mourning, labour, resistance, social justice and the possibilities of meaning and solidarity, all viewed through the l...

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  15. Selected Writings
    Selected Writings

    Ruth First

    INR 150

    Ruth First, born in 1925, held multiple roles during the struggles of her time as a communist militant, journalist, researcher and leading intellectual in South Africa.

    Until her assassinat...

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  16. Labouring Lives
    Labouring Lives

    Archana Aggarwal

    INR 275

    Clothes and cars are sparkling symbols of India’s economic success, but few think about the men and women who toil ceaselessly on the sewing machines and assembly lines to produce them. Based on ...

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HINDI BOOKS

रीता ने जो सीखा

रीता ने जो सीखा

Brinda Karat

INR 295.00

अगस्त 1975, आपातकाल लागू हुए बस दो महीने बीते थे। एक रात उत्तरी दिल्ली के कमला ...

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  1. रीता ने जो सीखा
    रीता ने जो सीखा

    Brinda Karat

    INR 295

    अगस्त 1975, आपातकाल लागू हुए बस दो महीने बीते थे। एक रात उत्तरी दिल्ली के कमला ...

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  2. सावित्रीबाई फुले
    सावित्रीबाई फुले

    Kanak Lata

    INR 225

    भारत में वंचित तबक़े के लिए औपचारिक स्कूली शिक्षा की शुरुआत फुले दंपति (साव...

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  3. नया राजा नये क़िस्से
    नया राजा नये क़िस्से

    Anoop Mani Tripathi

    INR 225

    ‘तो ऐसा करो! राजधानी के सभी गधों को पकड़ कर ज़िलाबदर कर दो!’ राजा ने अपना दूसर...

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  4. अमीरों का मसीहा कोई नहीं
    अमीरों का मसीहा कोई नहीं

    Vishnu Nagar

    INR 200

    “साहबान, मेरी रीढ़ की हड्डी गुम है। किसी को मिले तो बता देना। वैसे न मिले तो ...

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  5. साहित्य, कला और सिनेमा
    साहित्य, कला और सिनेमा

    Jawarimal Parakh

    INR 750

    यह किताब साहित्यिक कृतियों के सिनेमाई रूपांतरण के सैद्धांतिक पक्षों पर प्...

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  6. ओट्टम और अन्य नाटक
    ओट्टम और अन्य नाटक

    Sapan Saran

    INR 175

    ‘सपन सारन के नाटक पढ़ना ज़िंदगी को नई नज़र से देखना है। सपन के पास समाज मनोव...

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  7. ज़ीरो माइल अयोध्या
    ज़ीरो माइल अयोध्या

    Krishna Pratap Singh

    INR 250

    ज़ीरो माइल एक ऐसी सीरीज़ है, जो हमारे चिर-परिचित शहरों को एक नयी नज़र से देखत...

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  8. कुछ और अलगू, कुछ और जुम्मन
    कुछ और अलगू, कुछ और जुम्मन

    Premchand

    INR 250

    ऐसे समय जब कहा जा रहा है कि हिंदू और मुस्लिम दो अलग-अलग संसार हैं, ये कहानिया...

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  9. ज़ीरो माइल अलीगढ़
    ज़ीरो माइल अलीगढ़

    Jaisingh

    INR 250

    ज़ीरो माइल एक ऐसी सीरीज़ है, जो हमारे चिर-परिचित शहरों को एक नयी नज़र से देखत...

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  10. पुस्तक प्रदेश
    पुस्तक प्रदेश

    Ibbar Rabbi

    INR 250

    इब्बार रब्बी की कहानियां संस्मरण और कहानी के बीच आवाजाही करती रहती हैं। उन...

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  11. ज़ीरो माइल मेरठ
    ज़ीरो माइल मेरठ

    Bhuvendra Tyagi

    INR 250

    ज़ीरो माइल एक ऐसी सीरीज़ है, जो हमारे चिर-परिचित शहरों को एक नयी नज़र से देखत...

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  12. भगत सिंह के साथी
    भगत सिंह के साथी

    Prabal Saran Agarwal, Harshvardhan Tripathi, Ankur Goswami

    INR 295

    जब भी भारतीय क्रांतिकारी आंदोलन की चर्चा होती है, भगत सिंह का ना...

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  13. मुसाफ़िर की डायरी
    मुसाफ़िर की डायरी

    Khwaja Ahmad Abbas

    INR 450

    उन दिनों दुनिया पर दूसरे महायुद्ध का ख़तरा मंडरा रहा था। चौबीस साल का एक नौ...

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  14. मेरी आवाज़ सुनो
    मेरी आवाज़ सुनो

    Justice K. Chandru

    INR 250

    यह किताब कुछ बहादुर महिलाओं के बारे में है।

    बहादुर इसलिए कि हमारे देश मे...

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  15. अपनों के बीच अजनबी
    अपनों के बीच अजनबी

    Farid Khan

    INR 225

    क्या मुस्लिम नौजवान ‘लव जेहाद’ करना चाहते हैं?

    क्या मुसलमान कश्मीरी आतं...

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  16. जम्बूद्वीपे भरतखंडे महर्षि मार्क्स के हथकंडे
    जम्बूद्वीपे भरतखंडे महर्षि मार्क्स के हथकंडे

    Atul Tiwari

    INR 150

    जब कार्ल मार्क्स को मृत्युलोक से धरती पर कुछ पल बिताने का मौका मिलता है, तो व...

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. . . AND FROM THE INDIE PRESSES

Economic Change in the Lower Cauvery Delta

Economic Change in the Lower Cauvery Delta

Madhura Swaminathan, V. K. Ramachandran, V. Surjit

INR 1,500.00

The essays in the book explore the nature and direction of socio-economic change in the lower Cauvery delta. They draw primarily on the results of two census-type, sc...

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  1. Economic Change in the Lower Cauvery Delta
    Economic Change in the Lower Cauvery Delta

    Madhura Swaminathan, V. K. Ramachandran, V. Surjit

    INR 1,500

    The essays in the book explore the nature and direction of socio-economic change in the lower Cauvery delta. They draw primarily on the results of two census-type, sc...

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  2. River of Stories
    River of Stories

    Orijit Sen

    INR 795

    In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Sardar Sarovar Dam project in Western India became the focal point of a massive grassroots protest. People from all over the co...

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  3. We Mean Business
    We Mean Business

    Vishwajyoti Ghosh, Shrutika Mathur, Nishtha Vadehra

    INR 499

    WE Mean Business is an anthology of graphic narratives by and of twenty inspiring businesswomen from across India. Based on extensive interviews conducted over a year...

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  4. The Biofuels Deception
    The Biofuels Deception

    Okbazghi Yohannes

    INR 695

    There is by now no question among informed people that the Earth is undergoing severe climate change—soon to become catastrophic, if humans don’t take drastic mea...

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  5. Farming and Working under Contract
    Farming and Working under Contract

    INR 1,350

    Contract farming has expanded and deepened its reach under neo-liberalism, alongside the large-scale land acquisitions under way via purchases or lease agreements. Co...

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  6. Teaching Critical Thinking
    Teaching Critical Thinking

    bell hooks

    INR 895

    In Teaching Critical Thinking, renowned cultural critic and progressive educator bell hooks addresses some of the most compelling issues facing teachers...

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  7. Teaching Community
    Teaching Community

    bell hooks

    INR 795

    Ten years ago, bell hooks astonished readers with Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom. Now comes Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope - a p...

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  8. Teaching to Transgress
    Teaching to Transgress

    bell hooks

    INR 895

    In Teaching to Transgress, bell hooks – writer, teacher, and insurgent black intellectual – writes about a new kind of education, education as the practi...

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  9. Resisting Dispossession
    Resisting Dispossession

    Ranjan Padhi, Nigamanand Sadangi

    INR 695

    Resisting Dispossession – The Odisha Story brings to the reader a set of political and social narratives woven around people’s resistance against big dams and min...

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  10. Is this Azaadi?
    Is this Azaadi?

    Anand Chakravarti

    INR 750

    This study of the living conditions of Dalit agricultural laborers in Muktidih Village in southwest Bihar throws light on the problems they face in accessing the basi...

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  11. This Side That Side
    This Side That Side

    Vishwajyoti Ghosh

    INR 695
    The most decisive formative moment in modern South Asian history, Partition has remained a site of constant engagement, investigation and memory-making for over three generations. Over the years, Part...

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