Incredible Resistance by Farmers

NOTHING like this was ever seen in India during the last few decades – a government waging war against its own people, its own farmers, the annadatas of our country.But that is precisely what the BJP-RSS governments and their police – both at the centre and in Haryana – did. They directed the force of water cannons on the farmers of Punjab and Haryana. They slapped a murder charge on a youth farmer who climbed up the tanker and switched off the water cannons. They attacked farmers with innumerable tear gas shells. They resorted to brutal lathicharges.

AP: Engels Bicentenary Observed in Andhra Pradesh

FREDERICK Engels’ bicentenary was observed throughout Andhra Pradesh. The district and local units of CPI(M) and the leaders of Left parties paid tributes at the statue of Marx and Engels at Vijayawada. V Srinivasa Rao, Central Committee Member of CPI(M) explained about the relevance of the literature and the work of Marx and Engels for the emancipation of the proletariat.

The Life and work of Frederick Engels, Outstanding Dates

November 28, 1820: Frederick Engels is born in Barmen into the family of a textile manufacturer, Friedrich Engels, and his wife, Elisabeth (née van Haar).1837-1838: Frederick Engels begins working in his father's office and moves to Bremen to learn commerceMarch 1839-March 1841: Engels devotes his leisure to ‘world literature’, philosophy, and history; publishes his ‘Letters from Wuppertal’ and his poems, reviews and essays in various literary periodicals.September 1841-October 1842: Engels does military service with an artillery brigade in Berlin.

KERALA: Police Act Amendment Will Not be Implemented: Pinarayi

KERALA chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan informed the media on November 23, that the amendment to the Kerala Police Act will not be implemented as various opinions came up from different sections.The governor has promulgated an ordinance regarding this.Earlier the Kerala state government had decided to bring an amendment as an effort to stop false propaganda which questions the citizen's individual freedom and constitution-given dignity, through social media and through other means.There are criticisms and complaints from various corners of society against defamatory, false and obscene propag

NOVEMBER 26 GENERAL STRIKE: Global Solidarity with India’s Working Class

TRADE unions from a number of countries, including some constituents of the World Federation of Trade Unions, have expressed solidarity with the working class of India who observed a nationwide General Strike on November 26.In its message, the Pancyprian Federation of Labour (PEO) conveyed the class solidarity and support of Cyprus workers to the working class of India.

Madhya Pradesh By-election: Not BJP’s Victory but Congress’s Defeat

TWENTY-EIGHT assembly seats went to the by-polls in Madhya Pradesh. In 2018 assembly elections to the MP there was a decisive mandate against the BJP’s 15 years rule and it was defeated. As the Corona pandemic was spreading its fangs, 22 MLA’s of the Congress were bought by the BJP on an alleged amount of Rs 35 crore each and toppled the government and the mandate of 2018. After assuming power, the BJP continued to buy three more Congress MLA’s and made them resign from the assembly.

Make Nov 26 Grameen Harthal Successful: AIKS

THE All India KisanSabha (Ajoy Bhavan) and All India Kisan Sabha (36, Pt.RS Shukla Lane), in a statement issued on November 18, have jointly appealed the peasantry and agricultural workers across the country to observe grameen harthal on November 26, 2020, in solidarity with the general strike call given by the joint platforms of ten central trade unions, sectoral federations and associations. The village units of both the AIKS’ will join hands with trade union activists and organise chakka jaam (road blockade) struggle at village/block centers on that day.The units of both the AIKS in Har

Kerala Vows to Steadfastly Protect its Achievements

REALISING the clandestine and evil designs of various central agencies to topple the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government and scuttle the achievements made in the state in the last four years, lakhs and lakhs of people of Kerala rallied behind the LDF to announce their solidarity with the government. People, most of whom are the beneficiaries of the LDF government’s schemes, gathered in more than 30,000 centres in the state, and vowed to protect the government and its pro-people measures.

A Laudable Decision

THE CPI(M) in Kerala made a conscious decision to give more opportunities to youth and women in the upcoming local body elections in the state. The Party has fielded young candidates who are active members of the student and youth movement. In Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, 66 per cent of the CPI(M)’s candidates are women and many of them are under 30 years of age.In 2009, it was the CPI(M)-led LDF government which made a provision for 50 per cent for reserving the president and vice-president posts in panchayats, block panchayats, and district panchayats in the state for women.

TAMIL NADU: CWFI Holds Statewide Protest demanding Welfare Measures

The Construction Workers Federation of India (CWFI) held a statewide protest in Tamil Nadu demanding the implementation of welfare measures through the welfare board. There is undue delay in sanctioning scholarship for education, accident and death relief from the board. The other major demand is the sanctioning of Rs 3,000 as pension for construction workers above 60 years of age. The CWFI condemned the anti-worker policies of the state and the union government and opposed the codification of the labour laws.

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