Not Omicron but the Greed of Capital Threatens the World

OMICRON, a new SARS-CoV-2 strain, first detected in the Gauteng province of South Africa, has been acknowledged by WHO as a “variant of concern”. Already, cases have been reported from other countries, making clear that Omicron is unlikely to be contained geographically. If it outperforms Delta in creating new infections, it may then replace Delta as the dominant variant in Covid-19 infections, as Delta has done to the earlier variants.

Latin America Votes against US Imperialism

DEMOCRATIC action across Latin America in the month of November delivered a series of rebukes against the political desire emanating from the United States government. In two significant presidential elections in Central America (Nicaragua and Honduras), the parties of the right-wing – favoured by Washington, DC – suffered defeat at the hands of the Left.

Kerala: LDF Protests Centre's Disruption

ON NOVEMBER 30, 2021, Left Democratic Front mobilised thousands of people to express state’s protest against center’s approach to sabotage the developmental projects. Dharnas organised in district centers have sent a strong message to the central government and the Congress led opposition, who join hands with the the centre to disrupt the developmental pace.Kerala Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan, while inaugurating a dharna before Raj Bhavan in Thiruvananthapuram, said that the central projects are the rights of the state, not a general gift of the central government.

Hold an Independent Inquiry into Loni Incident

A LETTER was written to the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh by Brinda Karat, Polit Bureau member of the CPI(M) and K M Tewari, Delhi state secretary of the Party on November 26, 2021. The letter demanded the chief minister to institute an independent inquiry into the Loni police encounter in Ghaziabad district.

Hated Farm Laws Repealed, But Without Grace or Democratic Procedure

HISTORY was made in India on November 29, 2021, when the BJP-RSS central government was forced to repeal the hated farm laws in parliament. However, this was done in typical Modi style, without an iota of grace, truth or democratic procedure. There was no debate allowed at all on the bill tabled to repeal the three laws. Consequently, the repeal took only four minutes.Even as this historical development of repeal of three black laws took place, more than 686 farmers have sacrificed their lives in a peaceful and persistent year long protest.

AIDWA Calls for Militant Struggles against Price Rise, Hunger & Unemployment

THE first physical central executive committee (CEC) meeting of the All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) after the Covid pandemic struck in March 2020, was held on November 20-21, 2021 at the Harkishan Singh Surjeet Bhawan in New Delhi. It was also the first physical CEC meeting after the AIDWA all India conference at Mumbai in December 2019. Members from 21 states attended this meeting. President Malini Bhattacharya, along with vice-president Rampari chaired different sessions of the meeting.

Plan to destroy Indigenous Defence Manufacturing Capability

CENTRAL government issued an order on September 24, 2021, to dissolve the ordnance factory board(OFB) with effect from October 1, 2021.

Delhi: Workers’ Strike Leaves an Imprint

A SUCCESSFUL workers’ strike took place in Delhi on November 25. The call was given by the trade unions and CITU played an important role in effective implementation.

BJP’s Contempt for Parliament

THE first day of the winter session of parliament revealed a great deal of what the Modi government’s attitude to parliament is – outright contempt for parliament and its democratic functioning.Contrary to what prime minister Modi had declared, at the outset, that the government is willing to discuss any issue and reply to any question raised by the opposition, the ruling party refused to allow any discussion on the repeal of the three farm laws and attendant issues.Just as the government had ran through the three farm laws in September 2020 without any proper discussion and scrutiny by the

Tripura: Farce of a Rigged Election

THE farce enacted in the name of municipal elections in Tripura has led to the BJP “winning” 329 of the 334 seats in the 20 urban local bodies, including the Agartala municipal corporation. Of these, 112 seats were won unopposed by which seven local bodies were captured without a contest. For the 13 other urban bodies, including the Agartala corporation, elections were held on November 25. What was witnessed was large-scale booth capturing, attacks on polling agents of opposition candidates and prevention of voters wanting to cast their vote. As a result, all 51 seats in the Agartala cor

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