Adivasis and Communists in Post-Reform Kerala

In 1957, Kerala was the first state to democratically elect a Communist government. Ever since, Communism has set the agenda of the Left in the state and still receives the support of a majority of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe voters.

Luisa Steur: "Adivasis and Communists in Post-Reform Kerala - Neoliberalism, Political Disillusionment, and the Indigenist Challenge" in Savage Attack - Tribal Insurgency in India, Social Science Press, 2014