Support the July 9 General Strike
Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, Revolutionary Socialist Party and All India Forward Bloc issued a joint statement on June 24, 2025
THE five Left parties extend their full support to the countrywide General Strike called on July 9, 2025, by the Joint Platform of Trade Unions, comprising ten Central Trade Unions (CTUs) and independent all-India sectoral federations and associations. The General Strike has been called mainly against the implementation of the Labour Codes, which are a key part of the corporate agenda aimed at severely curtailing the basic democratic rights of workers, including their right to organise and undertake collective action.
The BJP-led government, now in its third term, is aggressively advancing its neoliberal agenda, of which the Labour Codes are a central component. It is aggressively moving towards privatisation of vital national resources, particularly in strategic sectors such as defence and communications. It is also seeking to suppress all opposition to these anti-worker policies.
The July 9 General Strike reiterates the demands raised by the trade unions, which also reflect the concerns of peasants, agricultural workers, and the broader public. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha, agricultural workers’ organisations have also extended their support to the General Strike and called for massive mobilisations on the day. The General Strike, along with these solidarity actions by peasantry, will help strengthen the unity of the working people against attempts to divide them and spread hatred.
The Left parties call upon the people to support the General Strike and urge all our units to actively campaign and mobilise in large numbers to ensure its success.
Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist Liberation), Revolutionary Socialist Party and Forward Bloc issued the following joint statement on 22 June 2025
Condemn US Bombing of Iran
THE five Left parties – CPI(M), CPI, CPI(ML) Liberation, RSP and Forward Bloc – strongly condemn the United States' bombing of Iran. This is a grave violation of Iranian sovereignty and the UN Charter, and it will inflame global tensions, destabilise West Asia and have severe economic repercussions.
The US and Israel are justifying their attacks by claiming that Iran was on the verge of developing a nuclear weapon. However, it is important to note that the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, stated on June 19: “We did not have any proof of a systematic effort to move into a nuclear weapon”. Even US intelligence agencies acknowledged that they did not possess conclusive evidence indicating that Iran was developing a nuclear weapon. Furthermore, Iran remains a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Despite these facts, Israel launched an attack on Iran on June 12, to sabotage any potential negotiations between Iran and the US. Now, the US has joined Israel in this act of aggression, even though President Trump had given a two-week window for talks. This clearly demonstrates that the US-Israel axis has little regard for their own intelligence assessments or any diplomatic process, and is intent on imposing war on Iran and the entire West Asian region. This makes it evident that the real intention is to destroy Iran, establish imperialist hegemony over West Asia, and control the global flow of resources. This attack is aimed at serving the interests of the military-industrial complex and enabling international capital to navigate its way out of the prolonged crisis.
The US deployed B-2 stealth bombers to drop bunker-busting bombs on Iran, reenacting the invasion of Iraq, which was also launched on similarly unverified claims that were later proven false. It is ironic that the US, the only country to have ever used a nuclear weapon – despite Japan being ready to negotiate at the end of the Second World War – is now speaking about the threat of nuclear weapons!
The US attack will, in all likelihood, drastically escalate the conflict, with disastrous implications for global peace and the livelihoods of ordinary people – especially in countries like India, which rely heavily on West Asia for oil imports and opportunities for migrant labour. The already burdened working masses will be the worst affected by the economic fallout of the war.
The Indian government must immediately abandon its pro-US, pro-Israel foreign policy stance and join global efforts to stop the war. We call upon all our units to immediately organise protest actions against this act of imperialist aggression and urge all peace-loving people of our country to join us in condemning the US attack.
