Lockdown: What about the People?

THERE have been two national broadcasts by Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding the tackling of the coronavirus pandemic, yet there is no economic package still from the government to meet the imminent economic recession and the massive disruption to the livelihoods and incomes of the people.

Cuba: The Revolution’s Humanist Practice

Amidst the battle against Covid-19 on the island, the Cuban government has decided to continue international medical collaboration joining efforts around the world to contain the epidemic

#CubaSalva has taken off as a hashtag on social media and is even used in popular conversation, beyond the Internet, to refer to our country’s position in the complex situation the world is experiencing with the exploding Covid-19 pandemic.

CITU Writes to the PM on Measures to Tackle Corona Crisis

Below we publish the letter written by the CITU to the prime minister on March 24.

THE Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) and the entire trade union movement of the country urges upon your urgent intervention in certain crucial aspects of addressing the situation in the country since coronavirus pandemic, including its prevention and containment.

AIRTWF Demands Aid to Transport Workers amidst Corona Crisis

THE All India Road Transport Workers’ Federation (AIRTWF), wrote to Nitin Gadkari, minister for road transport and highways, on March 21, appealing the government to supply essential commodities at free of cost to the poor and unorganised workers in the transport sector, in the background of the coronavirus disease pandemic.

Weekly Update on Covid-19

Below we publish the Situation and the Peoples Health Movement response issued by Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA) and All India People’s Science Network (AIPSN) on March 24, 2020

Ensure Immediate Financial Allocation for Food & Livelihood Support: AIKS & AIAWU

Below we publish the text of the letter written by the All India Kisan Sabha and All India Agricultural Workers' Union to the prime minister, on March 26, regarding the Covid-19 and lockdown, seeking mitigation of the suffering of the peasantry and toiling masses.

MAHARASHTRA: AIKS Holds Dharna on Land Issues

THE AIKS Maharashtra state council held a state level day-long dharna of hundreds of peasants outside the divisional commissionerate at Aurangabad, which is the centre of the Marathwada region, on March 13, 2020.

AIAWU Demands Unemployment Allowance for Agri Workers

THE country is in a fear psychosis because of the ever increasing cases of coronavirus infected, which need to be prevented from going out of hand. All public institutions starting from Supreme Court to educational institutions are going through self imposed quarantines. Several government offices have become temporarily dysfunctional. The government itself is asking people to restrict themselves to their homes.

How Other Countries are Dealing with the Economic Fall-Out of Coronovirus

United Kingdom: UK unveiled a range of financial measures including £330bn in loans, £20bn in other aid, a business rates holiday, and grants for retailers and pubs. Statutory sick pay of £94.25 per week will be available from the first day of illness rather than the fourth.

Women Resolve to Defend Constitution & Women’s Rights, Oppose Violence

MARCH 8 International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated all over the world to reiterate the struggle for equality, justice and a violence free life for women. The German revolutionary Clara Zetkin proposed in the International Socialist Women’s Conference held in Copenhagen, Denmark in August 1910 that March 8 be celebrated as International Women’s Day. 100 women delegates from 17 countries agreed with the idea as a strategy to promote equal rights including suffrage for women. Women demanded that they be given the right to vote and to hold public office.

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