Greater Noida Farmers Restart Struggle for Land Rights

ON January 30, farmers of Greater Noida restarted their struggle demanding the BJP-led Yogi Adityanath government of Uttar Pradesh to implement the written assurances by the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA).

‘Keeping Up the Good Fight’ Released in Tamil

THE Tamil translation of the book Keeping Up the Good Fight by online news portal NewsClick’s founding editor Prabir Purkayastha who has been booked under the draconian clauses of UAPA, titled Porattam Thodarkiradhu was released in Chennai on January 26, 2024 – the 75th Republic day.

WB: SFI Conference Pledges Continued Resistance to Misrule

THE 38th West Bengal state conference of SFI was held in Malda from January 22-24, 2024. The conference underscored that the SFI has to fight more vigorously against the way BJP and RSS are playing politics in the name of religion and conspiring to destroy India's syncretic culture and modern education system. In actuality BJP aims to steal the dreams of students from marginalised poor families and create a situation in which the right to quality education will fall exclusively into the hands of the rich. The National Education Policy 2020 is doing just that.

SKM and CTUs Call for Countrywide Mobilisations, with Industrial/Sectoral Strike & Grameen Bandh on Feb 16

Below we publish the joint press statement issued by Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) and Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions/ Federations/Associations released at the press conference held on January 17, 2024 in New Delhi.THE Samyukta Kisan Morcha and the Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions /Federations/Associations had a series of meetings to review the joint and independent campaign and actions called by the first ever joint all India convention of workers and farmers on August 24, 2023 at New Delhi.SKM and CTUs noted with concern the current developments of th

Massive Human Chain against Centre's Neglect of Kerala

UNDER the banner of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), lakhs of people from all walks of life participated in a massive human chain protest on January 20, against the union government's hostile attitude towards the state of Kerala.

WB: Foundation Stone Laid for Jyoti Basu Centre for Social Studies and Research

JANUARY 17 was the 15th death anniversary of Jyoti Basu, the towering person of the post-independence Indian communist movement. On this day, along with laying the foundation stone of Jyoti Basu Centre for Social Studies and Research (JBCSSR) building, a seminar was organised at the construction site in Jyoti Basu Nagar, in the New Town. The topic of the seminar was “The Challenge to Safeguard Our Secular Democratic Republic”. CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury and Party state secretary Md Salim took part in the discussion.

Student Organisations Come Together to Reject NEP and BJP

UNDER the banner of ‘United Students of India’, 16 student organisations jointly gave a call for march to the parliament on January 12, 2024. This concluded into a gathering of thousands of students at Jantar Matar from all across India.

Kerala CM on Ayodhya Temple Inauguration

Below we publish the statement issued by Kerala chief minister, Pinarayi Vijayan, on January 22.SECULARISM is the soul of the democratic republic of India. It has been part of our identity as a nation right from the days of our national movement. Those belonging to different faiths and those who were not part of any religion had taken active part in our freedom struggle.

Tripura: BJP’s ‘Sushashan’ Turns Out To Be Notorious ‘Dushashan’

THE inaugural session of the Tripura assembly for the current year commenced with the governor's speech on January 5 and extended until January 11, 2024. While some less critical matters were on the agenda, the primary focus was on the presentation and adoption of the governor's speech.

AP: Anganwadi Workers and Helpers End over a Month-long Successful Strike

THE historic 42-day strike of anganwadi workers and helpers in Andhra Pradesh concluded successfully, as the state government accepted 11 out of the 13 demands raised by the striking workers. The strike, initiated by the AP Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Union (CITU), AP Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Association (AITUC), and AP Pragatisheela Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Union (IFTU), commenced on December 12 and lasted until January 22, achieving its goals.Throughout the 42 days, the strike progressed through various stages, involving anganwadi workers and helpers across the state.

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