Brazen misuse of power

THE crime branch of the Delhi police has fabricated a conspiracy theory which seeks to link anti-CAA protesters with the communal violence which took place in north-east Delhi in end February. The pattern of arrests, the cases and charge-sheets filed, reveal the real conspiracy which has been hatched under the aegis of Amit Shah’s home ministry.

Anti-Farmer Ordinances Burnt across India

THE All India Kisan Sabha, in a statement issued on June 10, has congratulated the peasantry and workers for coming out in lakhs to burn the anti-farmer ordinances brought by the Narendra Modi led BJP government.

Agri Workers Protest for Food, Work & Social Security

AGRICULTURE workers organised protests throughout the country on June 4 to demand food, work and social security for the rural masses in the times of crises. The protest demonstrations were organised from village to district level in 15 states. Through this struggle rural proletariat raised their demands and conveyed its message clear and loud: the wealth of the country belongs to its people and we shall have it; we need food, employment, education, health and social security for people.

Corporatisation of Peasant Agriculture: Freedom for Agro-Business, Slavery for Peasantry

‘It is a historic day today for agriculture. The country gained freedom in 1947, but farmers are getting freedom through this ordinance,” union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar said during a press conference on June 3. This is the manner how the RSS led syndicate used to rollout their propaganda.

Hold Consultations on Education & Exams

THE unplanned and abrupt announcement of the national lockdown was made as the academic year was ending and many examinations were either in progress or were scheduled to take place. The sudden announcement has not just disrupted the academic year but has brought in uncertainty among students about their future. The National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled, in a statement issued on June 7, has said that while it has impacted all students, the disabled and the marginalised are the worst affected.

Uttar Pradesh – Reality Check

UTTAR Pradesh is always in the news. Most recently, several laudatory articles appeared in the national press praising the measures taken by the strongman chief minister to deal with the corona crisis. Some of the sheen was lost, however, when a video in which the principal of the GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, one of the foremost medical institutions of north India, rants against first the Jamaatis whom she refers to as ‘terrorists’ who do not deserve hospitalisation and treatment. She goes on to castigate the entire minority community. While our Party

The Problem of External Debt

THERE is a massive problem of external debt building up for the third world, of which the recent Argentine debt crisis was only one manifestation. At the root of the problem is the collapse of primary commodity prices in the world market which began in April 2011.

Glorious Telangana Armed People’s Struggle – II

THE upsurge of the Telangana peasants shook the Nizam’s rule to its foundations. In order to re-establish control over his domains, the Nizam resorted to large-scale terror. The newly independent Indian government concluded a stand-still agreement with the Nizam and supplied his government with arms and ammunition. Armed storm-troopers, ‘razakars’, were organised and let loose on the villagers, with the government’s backing. Looting, arson, torture, murder and rape became widespread.

Rescind These Ordinances

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on June 4

THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly opposes the three ordinances approved by the union cabinet yesterday regarding agriculture.

TRIPURA: Scared of Blood Donation Camps? Infallible Signs of BJP's Losing Ground

IS the BJP in Tripura now afraid of even blood donation camps organised by the Left? Nothing else explains the barbaric attack of the ruling party hoodlums on the blood donation camp organised by the Students’ Federation of India and the Democratic Youth Federation of India on Sunday, May 31 in Agartala itself.

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