THE national conference of the All India Peace and Solidarity Organisation (AIPSO), held at Raipur in Chhattisgarh, has given a call to resist the attack on the fundamental values of the Indian constitution launched through the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), National Population Register (NPR) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC). About 280 representatives from 20 states have attended the three-day meet, held between January 3 and 5.
THE Indian History Congress (IHC) met for its 80th annual session at Kannur, Kerala, on December 28-30, 2019. The Kannur University hosted the session, receiving a generous grant from the government of Kerala for the purpose. Over 1300 delegates attended the session from all parts of India.
The Communist Party of India had come out with its Draft Platform of Action, while the Meerut trial was on and before the Meerut trial accused made their General Statement. Copies of the Draft were widely circulated at the Karachi session of the Indian National Congress in March 1931. The entire text of the Draft was published in the IMPRECOR, the journal of the Comintern. Basing itself on Marxism-Leninism, this Draft linked the success of anti-imperialist struggle, with the agrarian revolution and the abolition of all social inequalities.
THE 9th conference of the AIAWU concluded successfully from January 1 to 3, 2020 at Kannur Kerala, with a call to intensify the struggle of agricultural workers on the issues of employment, land, and wage and against social oppression. Conference elected 147 members general council. A working committee was elected with 58 members. A Vijayaraghavan was elected as president and B Venkat as general secretary. The conference was attended by the 973 delegates from 14 states with 160 women delegates. INAUGURATION
MUMBAI joined the rest of the country on January 5 with vigour. From midnight on January 5 till midnight on January 6, thousands of people in Mumbai from all walks of life, irrespective of age, religion and caste, occupied the historic monument of the Gateway of India to denounce the heinous attack by RSS-BJP-ABVP masked hoodlums on JNU students and faculty members. The grievous attack on JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh and other students and teachers was condemned and the demand was made to unmask and take immediate and stringent action against the Sangh Parivar hoodlums.
WHAT do you do on an evening of dissent, especially at a time when the very essence of the Indian constitution is under grave threat? You dance, you draw, you perform and yes, you sing. For as the vibrant banners, strung at the annual SAHMAT cultural event, reminded us of Bertolt Brecht’s iconic words, “Yes, there will be singing about the dark times”.
The following is the statement issued at a press conference held on January 7, in New Delhi after CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Subhashini Ali visited various centres of Uttar Pradesh.
THE movement against the CAA, NPR and NRC has been going on throughout Andhra Pradesh for the last three weeks. State convention was conducted to gather all the sections who oppose the draconian CAA, NPR and NRC on December 23 at M B Vignana kendram, Vijayawada. P Madhu, CPI(M) state secretary, MA Gafoor, CPI(M) Central Committee member, K Ramakrishna, CPI state secretary, Congress leader Tulasi Reddy and others spoke in the convention and exposed the danger of NRC related mischievous deeds of Modi government.
IT is well understood that the current ruling dispensation in New Delhi promises a lot, but delivers little. Driven by the single point agenda to grab headlines, the government rarely puts in the hard work to work out the details for implementing the policies.
IF a head-load worker were to ask a bourgeois economist “Why does Ambani have so much wealth but I do not?”, that economist’s answer would be that Ambani has certain “special qualities” which the headload worker lacks. Bourgeois economists however are not all agreed on what exactly these “special qualities” are that are supposed to explain wealth inequalities.