Telangana: Struggle Continues for House Sites and against Repression

AS the struggle for house sites in Telangana intensifies, so does the oppression by both the police and goondas against the fighting people. In Chennur, a horde of over hundred goondas launched an attack, setting fire to the humble dwellings of poor people.

TN: Massive Response to CPI(M) Picket Call

MORE than a lakh people, including youth and women in Tamil Nadu, responded to the nationwide picket call given by the CPI(M) Central Committee, to protest the skyrocketing prices of essential commodities and growing unemployment.On September 7, they gathered in large numbers and raised their voices against the disastrous economic policies of the BJP government, which have been affecting the livelihood of the people over the last nine years.

Maha: SKM Formation Convention Held in Mumbai

THE formation convention of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) in Maharashtra was enthusiastically held on September 5, 2023 at the Yashwantrao Chavan Centre near Mantralaya (secretariat) in the heart of South Mumbai. It mobilised over 1,000 selected peasant activists from all over the state. They belonged to several different organisations, of which 13 were the main ones. They included a large number of women and adivasi peasants.Seven central leaders of the SKM addressed the convention.

Bihar: Auto & E-Rickshaw Workers Strike Evokes Good Response

THE ongoing metro construction work in Patna has led to significant displacement among daily wage earners, especially auto and e-rickshaw drivers, pavement vendors, and other small-scale traders. The continuous construction of flyovers, road widening, and underground tunnels for the metro rail has brought suffering to the countless slum dwellers, who form a significant portion of the urban population. They provide various services and even contribute to the urban economy's GDP.

Apple Growers Raise Concerns over Suspension of Market Intervention Scheme

IN a memorandum to the lieutenant governor of Jammu & Kashmir, Srinagar, sent on September 13, the Apple Farmers’ Federation of India (AFFI), underlined the calamity that awaits the apple growers of Jammu & Kashmir this marketing season due to the suspension of the Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) by the union government. The MIS played an important role in procuring inferior quality C-grade apples in the Valley since 2017, when the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) first launched the scheme.

WB: AIDWA Holds Rally of Resistance in Kolkata

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×THE All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA), West Bengal committee organised a mammoth rally against anti-women policies of Modi and Mamata governments at Rani Rashmoni Avenue on September 8 to convey the message of taking forward the spirit of resistance witnessed in the panchayat elections and to protest against the increasing incidents of women's violence.

Adivasi Adhikar Rashtriya Manch Holds Maharashtra State Conference

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×THE Adivasi Adhikar Rashtriya Manch (AARM) Maharashtra committee organised its fourth state conference on September 4, 2023, at the B T Ranadive Memorial Bhawan in Belapur, New Mumbai. 117 delegates from 10 districts attended the conference. The venue was named after Kumar Shiralkar, the hall after Barkya Mangat and Ratan Budhar, and the stage after Dr Chintaman Gavit. They were all prominent leaders of the AARM.

Resolution of INDIA Parties: To Jointly Contest the Forthcoming Elections to the Lok Sabha

Below we publish the resolution adopted by the political parties who are part of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA). The resolution was released on September 1, 2023.WE, the INDIA parties, hereby resolve to contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections together as far as possible.

National Dalit Summit Calls for March to Parliament on Dec 4

A NATIONAL Dalit Summit was held in Hyderabad on August 26-27 where more than 300 delegates from various dalit, mass and social organisations from all across the country participated.

WB: Massive Gathering amid Rain in Kolkata for Martyrs’ Day Meet

MARTYRS ' Day was observed in Kolkata on August 31, in memory of the martyrs of the 1959 food movement that had culminated into a rally of thousands of hunger marchers who went to Esplanade, Kolkata, on August 31 to demand adequate food for all and were brutally lathi-charged by the police without any warning and without any provocation whatsoever, leaving 80 dead.Since then, August 31 has been observed as Martyrs Day on a massive scale every year. The Left Front announced a meeting on August 31 this year at Esplanade in memory of the martyrs.

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