“Let it be clear delivery workers are not slaves of algorithms. We will not accept unsafe ‘10-minute delivery’ models, arbitrary ID blocking, or denial of dignity and social security. If repression continues, our resistance will only grow stronger. The gig economy cannot be built on the broken bodies and silenced voices of workers.” Groundxero | Dec […]
Across all governments – the Union govt. in particular, many state governments and multiple political parties; there is a consensus that workers’ rights can be compromised and violated, in the pursuit of ‘ease of doing business’, and in the service of ever greater private profits. Groundxero | December 29, 2025 As several Indian […]
Rural workers and peasants registered under MGNREGS across the country will submit a resolution to the President of India to demand restore and enrich MGNREGA in the Special Gram Sabhas. Groundxero | December 24, 2025 The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) has called upon rural workers and peasants registered under MGNREGS across the country […]
Opposition to the VB–G–RAM–G Act intensified as more than 10,000 rural agricultural workers marched to Raj Bhavan in Kolkata. Trade unions simultaneously called for a nationwide push to openly reject the law in upcoming Gram Sabhas and demand for a restoration of MGNREGA. Groundxero | December 23, 2025 Opposition to the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee […]
The CTUs warned that if the Modi government proceeds with notifying rules under the codes without repealing them, the February strike could be followed by multi-day general strikes and expanded sectoral actions. Groundxero | 23 December 2025 India’s central trade unions (CTUs) have called for a nationwide general strike on February 12, 2026, intensifying resistance […]
Tens of thousands of Portuguese workers walked off the job in the country’s first general strike in 12 years. The massive show of force is a direct challenge to the right-wing government’s aggressive assault on labor rights, wages, and collective bargaining. Groundxero Report| December 14, 2025 Portugal was brought to a standstill on December 11 […]
The message from All India Workers’ Rights Day was clear: far from silencing opposition, the Modi government’s labour reforms have galvanised a new phase of working-class resistance that is likely to deepen in the period ahead. Groundxero | December 14, 2025 Thousands of workers across India marked All India Workers’ Rights Day on Sunday, […]
The Paschim Banga Khet Majoor Samity has issued a legal notice for contempt of court against both the State and Central Governments for failing to restart MGNREGA work in West Bengal. Groundxero | December 12, 2025 On 10 December 2025, the Paschim Banga Khet Majoor Samity (PBKMS) issued a legal notice for contempt of court […]
The World Inequality Report situates India as one of the world’s most unequal large economies with its world’s “fastest-growing economy” narrative standing in sharp contrast with an equally extreme concentration of income and wealth at the top. Groundxero | 10 December 2025 The World Inequality Report 2026, released on Wednesday, brings out alarming statistics of the staggering […]
After the massive nationwide mobilisations of workers against the labour codes on 26th November 2025, the joint platform of central trade unions have announced a fresh phase of intensified agitations, culminating in a countrywide General Strike in February 2026. Groundxero | 9 December 2025 The Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions (CTUs) and Sectoral Federations/Associations […]
“We are joining Make Amazon Pay to demand the most basic rights: safety, dignity, and the chance to go home alive,” said one Amazon worker from India. Groundxero Report | Dec 1, 2025 Amazon workers across the world once again turned Black Friday—the corporation’s busiest shopping day—into a day of resistance. From 29 November […]
With the labour codes notified and the government signalling no sign of retreat, an open confrontation between India’s working class and a Corporate–State nexus intent on dismantling the last protections of labour law seems imminent. Groundxero Report | 26 November 2025 Thousands of workers, farmers and agricultural laborers staged protests across the country […]
“ফরেস্ট অফিসার, বনকর্মী তাঁদের আচরণ, গ্রামবাসী, দরিদ্র মৎস্যজীবী মানুষদের সঙ্গে তাঁদের ব্যবহার অত্যন্ত সামন্ততান্ত্রিক, মনে হয় এই বন-জঙ্গলে তাদের জমিদারি চলে। এই আচরণের বিরূদ্ধেও জোরদার প্রতিবাদ-আন্দোলন অবশ্যই গড়ে ওঠা প্রয়োজন।” সুদর্শনা চক্রবর্তী-র প্রতিবেদন Groundxero | NOV 25, 2025 “ওনারা আমাদেরকে আর জঙ্গলে যেতে দেবে না, মাছ-কাঁকড়া ধরতে দেবে না, ভবিষ্যতে। এখনও না হলে ওরা ডোঙা […]
How the US dollar’s status as the world’s reserve currency allows America to export its inflation and live beyond its means – at everyone else’s expense By Jaime Bravo and Jorge Coulon In August 1971, then-US President Richard Nixon announced the suspension of the dollar’s convertibility into gold. This closed a cycle […]
Trump’s trade policies are an admission of capitalism’s failures. Perhaps finally enough people have learned the lessons of the past so that we can build an economy that works for working people. By Richard Wolff Nov 24, 2025 Common Dreams A short response to this essay’s title is: “because he, and the US system […]