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On the death anniversary of comrade V. I. Lenin, I want to share with you the Selection that @LeftWordBooks made a few years ago which I had edited. You can get it here: leftword.com/product/lenin-…. Here's a picture of Comrade Prakash Karat and myself with the edition of What is to Be Done (with an introduction by Prakash). It is the best annotated edition of this crucial text that you are going to find: leftword.com/product/what-i… ¡Viva Lenin!

The massive Adivasi-Mazdoor-Kisan march which began from Charoti in Dahanu tehsil yesterday covered over 35 Km to camp at night in Manor in the Palghar district of Maharashtra. On its second day, how much did this mega march cover? Listen from our comrades at the forefront!

The corporate media is suggesting that the kidnapping of @NicolasMaduro, the President of Venezuela, was an inside job. That is ridiculous. When Seymour Hersh published his citationless article saying that the killing of Osama Bin Laden was worked out with the Pakistanis, he was called a conspiracy theorist. Now, the @FT is trucking in conspiracy theories of its own. And Comrade Tariq Ali seems to have joined the bandwagon. Acting President @delcyrodriguezv is a comrade of Nicolás Maduro from the Socialist League onward, and has served as his Vice President in the tough years. Propaganda in the hybrid war sets people against each other to weaken a process. Do not fall for this nonsense. Reject the information war's rumours and lies!

What the attack on Venezuela shows. 1. That US hyperimperialism is lethal, and as @tri_continental said in our report - dangerous and decadent. 2. The Global South has a new mood, but that new mood is not by itself strong. Countries of the Global South do not have the capacity to resist the brutal and savage wars of the hyper-imperialist power. 3. The stronger countries of the South - China, for instance - are defensive powers, able to defend their borders but not aggressive powers able to contain US hyper-imperialism. 4. The balance of forces in the global class struggle will need to change for US hyperimperialism, with its European allies, to restrain its violent urges, spend less on the military, and more on its own human needs. 5. We need more peace and development and less war and austerity in the world. (pic: me with some young Cuban athletes, trying to change the world by being decent people, and good runners).

We stand with Venezuela.

We stand with #Venezuela and the Bolivarian Revolution. Down with imperialist aggression of the US. #hugochavez #NicholasMaduro leftword.com/product/our-ow…

Safdar Hashmi died 37 years ago today. What happened next? Read extracts from Halla Bol: The Death and Life of Safdar Hashmi by Sudhanva Deshpande. #safdarhashmi @JanamTheatre leftviews.in/en-IN/culture-…

Pleased to share that my book, Body on the Barricades is shortlisted for the prestigious David Bradby Award of the Theatre and Performance Research Association @TaPRA_ with some leading scholars of the field. @LeftWordBooks #login" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">leftword.com/productdetails…

2025 TAPRA Award Nominee "Body on the Barricades" by @bprakash2020 available at leftword.com instagram.com/p/DM7XUflB1Oa/…

Today is 26 July - the start of the Cuban Revolution in 1953. The Cuban Ambassador to India, Juan Carlos Marsan Aguilera (@EmbaCubaIndia), says a few words about the book that Noam Chomsky and I wrote about Cuba, with a foreword by @DiazCanelB, the President of Cuba, and an introduction by @manolo_realengo. The book is now out from @LeftWordBooks (#login" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">leftword.com/productdetails…), but of course also from @thenewpress (thenewpress.org/books/on-cuba/…) and in Spanish from @Capitan_Swing (capitanswing.com/libros/sobre-c…). @BrunoRguezP @CubaMINREX

On Cuba. My short book with Noam Chomsky, now out from -- @LeftWordBooks, #login" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">leftword.com/productdetails….

#bangalore 21 June - Prabir Purkayastha’s memoirs, now in #Kannada

While #Madleen must be released immediately, every Mediterranean port should send boats with aid, solidarity, and humanity to Gaza. They shall sail together—united, they will be unstoppable. #BreakingTheSiege is a legal duty for states, and a moral imperative for all of us.

Inspiring and insightful account of the life of Kenyan writer #ngugiwathiongo. Opened up a new world for me. Thank you #SudhanvaDeshpande @LeftWordBooks How Ngugi wa Thiong’o Turned Away from English to the Language of His People to Write Great Literature m.thewire.in/article/cultur…

Congratulations to Deepa Bhasthi for winning the #InternationalBooker2025 for her translation of #banumushtaq stories. Read Deepa Bhasthi’s recollection of her communist grandpa’s library in this collection ed by @vijayprashad #login" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">leftword.com/productdetails…

Former Prime Minister of Nepal, Madhav Kumar Nepal, leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) reads the book of essays by Sitaram Yechury. To place an order - leftword.com/productdetails… #sitaramyechury #leftwordbooks

Biman Bose, former Politburo Member, CPI(M), talks about the new collection of essays by Sitaram Yechury, edited by Sudhanva Deshpande and Vijay Prashad, from LeftWord Books. He is one of Sitaram Yechury's oldest friends and closest comrades. To Buy - #login" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">leftword.com/productdetails…

From the river to the sea, #Palestine will be free!

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LeftWord Books Managing Editor Sudhanva Deshpande presented a copy of — Praxis of A Socialist edited by him and @vijayprashad to Kerala Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan at the #CPIM24THPARTYCONGRESS. A book of essays by former General Secretary of CPIM, Sitaram Yechury | link 👇