The World at Crossroads

THE Financial Times of London is one of the most “respectable” bourgeois newspapers in the world. Even this newspaper has now come to recognise something which the Left has been saying for quite some time. In an editorial on April 3, 2020, it wrote: “Radical reforms in reversing the prevailing policy direction of the last four decades will need to be put on the table. Governments will have to accept a more active role in the economy.

Delhi: Relief Work carried out in Lockdown

THE central government imposed a lock-down / curfew in the entire country from March 25, 2020. The people in Delhi-NCR and in other states/UTs in the country were caught unaware by the sudden announcement, which now appears to have been announced without any planning and preparation. Casual workers, who were dependent upon the daily wages, were staring at the crisis. It was a question of their survival. No work for them meant no wages; impacting their abilities to procure food.

TELANGANA: CPI(M) Opposes Electricity Amendment Bill

THE Electricity Amendment Bill introduced by the central government should be withdrawn forthwith, the CPI(M) demanded. Statewide protests with placards were held. On May 24, decrying the Modi government’s actions, a protest was held at the RTC cross roads with placards. CPI(M) state secretary, Tammineni Veerabhadram expressed anxiety that this bill violates the rights of the states and is against the interests of the states. Encroaching into the subjects within the state jurisdiction seems to be the main objective of the centre, he warned.

Electricity Bill 2020: A Road to Complete Darkness

WHEN the whole world is living tensed over the Covid-19 pandemic, the central government has been trying to cook up an anti-people reform in the electricity sector. The Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2020, to amend the parent act of 2003, has been published by the ministry of power. They are in hurry to introduce the reforms in the electricity sector in spite of the people facing an unprecedented and devastating impact of the pandemic. The aim of the bill is total privatisation of the sector. During the pandemic, people are experiencing the importance of the public sector, universally.

Post Pandemic Education: Knowledge or Privilege

ON May 20, 2020 various Left students’ organisations along with the elected students’ unions across the country under the banner of ‘All India Forum to Save Public Education’ gave a nationwide protest call, demanding safe return of students stuck outside, rejecting online examination and against the political targeting of student activists. The demands of fee waivers for current semester and immediate disbursement of fellowships were also raised. The campaign received huge participation across the country.

The Glorious Telangana People’s Armed Struggle – I

THE Telangana People’s Armed Struggle is one of the glorious phases in the freedom struggle of our country and also of the communist movement. The struggle, which started against the feudal exploitation of the Nizam rule in the erstwhile Hyderabad State in 1946, continued till 1951.

Depositors lose Rs 120 crore in CKP Bank

THE moratorium declared on Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative(PMC) Bank in September 2019 had sent shock waves throughout the country. The depositors of this bank could not withdraw more than Rs 50,000. Deposits of about Rs 12,000 crore got stuck up and due to this abominable situation, nearly 10 depositors lost their precious lives. The PMC crisis brought the concern about limit of the DICGC (Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation-owned subsidiary of Reserve Bank of India) coverage of one lakh rupees to the public domain and that eventuall

Even in Crisis BJP does Business Costing Lives of the People

THE epidemic of Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the already putrefying socio-economic system in India. There has been heart rendering stories of pain, apathy of workers walking back to their homes immediately after the first lockdown was announced in the country. The massive unemployment with over 120 million job loss during the period of the lockdown has further accentuated the misery of the people.

Peasants & Agri Workers Protest Against BJP Govt’s Apathy

THE nationwide protest by peasants and agricultural workers on May 27, 2020 witnessed unprecedented turnout. People came out in large numbers to express their anger against the Narendra Modi led BJP government and different state governments that have remained insensitive to their plight.

LDF Goverment: Four Years Exemplary Record

THE completion of four years of the LDF government in Kerala on May 25 was invested with a special significance. It came in the midst of the Covid-19 epidemic, the tackling of which, by the state government, has earned it widespread appreciation in the country and abroad.

The effective manner in which Kerala has met the coronavirus threat is not an isolated episode. Behind it lies a history and a social and political background.

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