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Work-Life Balance and the Right to Disconnect

ONE of the major issues facing the modern employment sector today is the challenge of maintaining a work-life balance. The relationship between life and work has been a constant throughout human history – people have always sought work to improve their living standards. However, in the present era, significant transformations have taken place in our work culture.Exploitation has become a defining feature of the contemporary capitalist system.

Endangering Our Citizens for Dodgy US Reactors

RECENT press reports, e.g., Indian Express, May 19, indicate that the Modi government is moving towards changing Indian laws in atomic energy to help easier entry of US private capital in this sector. This is not only for the import of nuclear plants and machinery but also to take ownership of such plants. The two laws, according to the reports, are The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act 2010 and The Atomic Energy Act 1962.

Victory Day 1945: The Fall of Berlin and the Defeat of Nazi Germany in Second World War

THE fall of Berlin on May 8th/9th in the Second World War is widely celebrated as the Victory Day as it heralded the defeat of Nazi Germany. Though the World War in the Pacific, East Asia and South East Asia continued for another four months, it was only an attempt by Japan to secure better terms of surrender, particularly for its “God” Emperor. As various historians have shown, the atom bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was not the end of Second World War, but the start of the Cold War against Soviet Union.

Media’s Shameful Role in Recent Hostilities

THE recent 100-hours of active hostilities between India and Pakistan was also the occasion for a hysterical media circus which saw all principles and ethics thrown out of the windows, to be replaced by wild and deranged claims, even wilder advice on military tactics, and euphoric celebrations that hardly resonated with most of the befuddled viewers. Presumably, the same must have been happening in Pakistan.It all started on April 22, when Pakistan backed terrorists killed 26 tourists in Pahalgam shocking the world with its barbarity.

Systemic Agricultural Crisis and The Changing Worker Landscape

MANIK Ghonshetwad, an agricultural worker from Ambulga village in Mukhed taluka of Nanded district, Maharashtra, is seasonally employed on farmlands during specific months of the year. He works in June and July for soybean or cotton cultivation, in August and September for weeding (manually or with herbicides), and in December and January for harvesting. However, this work is sporadic, with only a few days of employment in each of these months. The limited number of working days in agriculture in his village and neighbouring areas is insufficient to meet his family’s basic needs.

Fascism: Last Refuge of Finance Capital

"Fascism is a most ferocious attack by capital on the mass of the working people;"Fascism is unbridled chauvinism and predatory war;"Fascism is rabid reaction and counter-revolution;"Fascism is the most vicious enemy of the working class and of all working people."(Dimitrov in his address to the 7th Congress of the Communist International) Below we reproduce an article published in the People's Democracy on the occasion of the 50 years of the Victory

80th Anniversary of the Victory over Fascism

Celebrating the 80th anniversary of the historic victory over fascism, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) organised an International Anti-Fascist Forum, from April 21-25, in Moscow. This author participated in the programme as a representative of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).THIS May 9th the entire world will be observing the 80th anniversary of the victory over fascism. It is on this day in 1945, the Soviet Union’s Red Army hoisted the Red Flag over the Reichstag in Berlin, after comprehensively defeating Hitler’s fascist hordes.

Encounters with Two Women Revolutionaries in Cuba

THE other remarkable woman I met was the landlady of my comrades from Karnataka who were in Cuba with me.  They had no idea of her history and thought that she was just a very nice, thoughtful old lady who was very hospitable and generous.  One morning, one of them saw her taking something out of a box and looking at it.  When she saw that he was looking at her, she quickly put it away.  He asked her what it was and she wouldn’t answer, just brushing away his question but when he insisted she told him that it was a medal that had been given to her by Fidel.When I heard about this, I was ver

Modi Govt’s Attack on Statutory Boards Undermines Rights of Contract Workers

THE Modi government has consistently attempted to undermine and cripple tripartite bodies established under various labour laws. Specifically, it has not convened the Indian Labour Conference (ILC) for the past 11 years, and it has either avoided holding consultative meetings or, when meetings are held, excluded certain central trade unions.

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