West Bengal: Struggle against CAA to continue on the streets

THE Kolkatta district committee of the CPI(M) held a massive rally against the CAA and the proposed NPR and NRC. The rally was held at Shaheed Minar, Kolkatta on January 20, 2020. Thousands of people from different sections of the society participated in the rally. The public meeting was addressed by Surjya Kanta Mishra, state secretary of CPI(M), Mohammad Salim, Polit Bureau member of the Party and other leaders.

RALLY AFTER CC MEETING Repeal CAA: CPI(M)

SITARAM Yechury, general secretary of the CPI(M) demanded the repeal of Citizenship (Amendment) Act{CAA} 2019 as it is anti-constitutional - it links religion and citizenship, which, he said is ultra vires to the constitution of India. He said the amendment to the Citizenship Act goes against the fundamentals of the constitution. He opined this in a press conference and in a public meeting of CPI(M) after three day central committee meeting held in EMS Academy in Thiruvananthapuram on January 19, 2020.

After Trump’s Stupid Acts, Can the US and Iran Avoid a Disastrous Collision?

WITH the US walking out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)—more commonly known as the Iran accord—we all enter into a heightened zone of danger. Trump is threatening a war on Iran through his statements and tweets, and by his actions, assassinating a serving Iranian General. A war in the region threatens the entire oil and shipping infrastructure of West Asia.

India’s shameful record on wealth inequality

WEALTH data are quite unreliable; and wealth distribution data even more so. Not much faith can be reposed on the absolute figures; but cross-country comparisons, and also movements in the shares of the top decile or percentile of the population over time in any country, are less likely to be affected by the infirmity of the absolute figures.

Karnataka: Massive rally in Gulbarga against CAA

A MASSIVE rally, with an estimated participation of over five lakh people, on January 21, 2020 in Gulbarga, Karnataka gave a clarion call for a civil disobedience against the central government for implementing the CAA(Citizenship Amendment Act). The call for the rally was given by the Karnataka People’s Forum(KPF) comprising political parties and other sections of the civil society. The major political parties of the KPF are Congress, JD(S), CPI, SUCI and the CPI(M) along with some of the major groups working amongst the tribals and the dalits.

Delhi CPI(M) to contest three seats

THE CPI(M) Delhi state committee has announced the following names for the Delhi assembly elections, which will be held on February 8, 2020.

1. Badarpur- Jagdish Chand
2. Karawal Nagar- Ranjit Tiwari
3. Wazirpur – Nathu Ram

CITU Conference Call: Unite in Struggle to Reclaim what is rightfully ours

THE historic juncture in which the 16th all India conference of CITU began on January 23 in Chennai, was ringing loud and clear. In the backdrop of breathless mounting of attacks on the lives and livelihood of the toiling people and on their hard-won rights for collective bargaining on the one hand, and on the other, the building resistance all across the country to fight back these attacks, specially the magnificent All India General Strike held just two weeks back – the challenges before the conference are clear and grave.

Central Committee Communique

THE Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) met at EMS Academy, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, from January 17 to 19, 2020. It has issued the following statement on January 19.

Maharashtra: Scrap NPS, restore old pension scheme

A JOINT convention by employees of central and state government, railways and teachers was held in Mumbai on December 24, 2019 demanding the scrapping of NPS(new pension scheme) and restoration of the OPS(old pension scheme).

Successful grameen Bharat bandh

A CALL for ‘rural hartal’ - grameen Bharat bandh on January 8, 2020 was given in the meeting of Central Kisan Council(CKC) of the All India Kisan Sabha(AIKS), on November 22, 2019. The call of grameen Bharat bandh was also endorsed by the All India Kisan Sangharsh Co-ordination Committee (AIKSCC), in a convention which was held on November 29-30, 2019 at Delhi. Support to the January 8 industrial strike, a call given by the 10 central trade unions was also endorsed by the convention.

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