UNDER the leadership of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), and All India Agricultural Workers Union (AIAWU), the working classes of India, including workers, peasants, and agricultural workers, have decided to step up their ongoing struggles in response to the government's anti-farmer and anti-worker policies.A statement issued by the three organisations on March 10, mentions that a joint campaign was launched after the convention held in Delhi on September 5, 2022 to address issues that affect the people and mobilise them to demand pro-people policies t

THE AIKS in Maharashtra began a 10,000-strong kisan long march from Nashik to Mumbai on March 13, 2023 on a 17-point charter of demands, the most prominent among which was remunerative price particularly for onions, and also for cotton, soyabean, tur, green gram, milk, and hirda.

THE national conference of All India Peace and Solidarity Organisation (AIPSO) held on March 4-5, 2023  in Chandigarh, resolved to strengthen the anti-imperialist, peace movement in our country. The Punjab state committee of the AIPSO hosted the conference in which nearly 270 delegates from 21 states participated.

THE Kerala CPI(M)’s major political campaign, Janakeeya Prathirodha Jatha   (People’s Resistance March), was inaugurated at Kasargode on February 20 and it will conclude on March 18 at Putherikandam Maidan in Thiruvananthapuram after marching through all the 140 assembly constituencies in the state. The jatha is led by MV Govindan, Polit Bureau member and state secretary of the Party, and the jatha team consists of CS Sujatha, M Swaraj, Jaik C Thomas and KT Jaleel with PK Biju as the manager.THE CONTEXTThe jatha is taking place in the background of severe financial

ELECTIONS to Tripura assembly were held on February 16 and the results were declared on March 2, along with Meghalaya and Nagaland, where elections were held on February 27.The Tripura results reveal that in the 60-member legislative assembly, BJP-led ruling alliance got a thin majority – winning 33 seats. They lost 11 seats which they secured in the 2018 election. The CPI(M) won in 11 seats, witnessing a reduction of 5 seats it had won in 2018 (when there was a direct contest between the Left Front and the BJP alliance).