LeftWord Books

LeftWord Books, located in New Delhi, is a publishing company dedicated to showcasing leftist perspectives in India and South Asia. Our focus is on producing insightful and analytical literature across various topics, with a particular emphasis on Marxist theory. We aim to represent the concerns of the working class and support movements for social change. Established in 1999, LeftWord also operates the May Day Bookstore and Café, situated next to Studio Safdar, a theater space. LeftWord Books functions as the publishing arm of Naya Rasta Publishers Pvt Ltd.

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The Withdrawal

Aug 14, 2024 | mayday.leftword.com | Noam Chomsky |Vijay Prashad |Angela Davis

Two of our most celebrated intellectuals grapple with the uncertain aftermath of the American collapse in Afghanistan.
Untouchable Freedom

Apr 18, 2024 | mayday.leftword.com | Vijay Prashad |Suraj Yengde

“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 an important north Indian Dalit community.” – American Historical Review “A balanced but not uncritical treatment.” – Journal of Asian Studies “Excellent . . . enlightening.” – Journal of Social History “A painful saga of exploitation . . .
Mutiny

Mar 21, 2024 | mayday.leftword.com | Vijay Prashad |Peter Mertens

Paperback 978-93-92018-63-3 LeftWord Books, New Delhi, 2024 Language: English 244 pages 5.5 x 8.5 inches Price INR 450.00 Book Club Price INR 315.00 INR 450.00 In stock “A lot of people in the North are angry. Their ability to be wealthy-ish in their own community is gone, and they’re finding it hard to make sense of that.
An Education for Rita

Jan 15, 2024 | mayday.leftword.com | Brinda Karat

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 of them are men, workers from the Birla Cotton Textile Mill. One is a woman. She has given up an airline job in London, and dreams of drama school, to come back to India to join the communist party. With arrest a real possibility, she is asked to take on a new name.
Overload, Creep, Excess

Sep 19, 2023 | mayday.leftword.com | Nishant Shah |Ashish Rajadhyaksha |Nafis Hasan

Paperback 978-93-92018-52-7 LeftWord Books, New Delhi, 2023 Language: English 310 pages 5.5 x 8.5 inches Price INR 595.00 Book Club Price INR 417.00 INR 595.00 In stock This book locates India’s flourishing internet within a complex 24-year history that has seen an unprecedented re-organization of social and political life.
इक दौर हमारा बाक़ी है

Mar 10, 2023 | mayday.leftword.com | Aijaz Ahmad |Vijay Prashad

एजाज़ अहमद को पढ़ना आज के भारत को समझने के लिए बेहद ज़रूरी है। वह भारतीय राजनीति में धुर दक्षिणपंथ के उभार और वर्तमान शासकवर्ग के चरित्र को समझने का सूत्र देते हैं। उन्होंने 1992 में बाबरी मस्जिद के विध्वंस के बाद ही हिंदुत्व के उदय और समाज में उसके बढ़ते वर्चस्व की व्याख्या करते हुए स्पष्ट किया था किस तरह निजीकरण के एजेंडे ने दक्षिणपंथ के लिए ज़मीन तैयार की। उन्होंने संकेत किया था कि भारत में लोकतांत्रिक संस्थाओं और प्रक्रियाओं के ज़रिये ही फ़ासीवादी ताक़तें सत्ता पर पकड़ मज़बूत करेंगी और...
The Political Marx

Feb 23, 2023 | mayday.leftword.com | Aijaz Ahmad |Vijay Prashad

For a thinker whose revolutionary ideas have had such a decisive impact on the world, it is ironic that Marx’s own political writings remain so neglected. His political writings are often seen as texts written instrumentally to earn money, which he often desperately needed, or they are seen as beautiful texts with little connection to his economic studies and writings.
Our Own Path to Socialism

Feb 11, 2023 | mayday.leftword.com | Hugo Lara Chávez |Vijay Prashad
Body on the Barricades

Oct 6, 2018 | mayday.leftword.com | Brahma Prakash