Countrywide Actions Planned to Mark One Year of Historic Farmers’ Struggle

THE historic farmers’ struggle in India will complete one full year on November 26, 2021. It surely marks a world record in people’s struggles in recent times. It also marks another world record in the sheer callousness and insensitivity of the BJP-RSS-led central government.

Rajasthan: CPI(M) State Conference Calls for Strengthening the Party

THE 23rd Rajasthan state conference of the CPI(M) was held in Sikar from October 31 to November 2, 2021. It began with flag hoisting by Hetram Beniwal, a senior leader of the Party. After paying floral tributes at the martyr's altar, the open session of the conference commenced which was presided over by Brijendra Singh Mil.

Manipur State Conference of CPI(M)

THE 19th Manipur state conference of the CPI(M) was held in Imphal on October 30. Inaugurating the conference, Party Central Committee member Suprakash Talukdar gave the call for defeating the authoritarian-communal BJP regimes at the centre and in Manipur, and for forging a strong Left and democratic movement and expanding the mass base of the Party in the state.

BJP’s Violent Drive to Make a Mockery of Tripura Urban Bodies Polls

THE election to 20 urban bodies in Tripura has been declared to be held on November 25. The elections have been pending since December 2020 because the ruling BJP was waiting for its convenient time and used the Covid pandemic as an excuse. The urban bodies include Agartala Municipal Corporation having a total of 3,45,239 electors, 13 municipal councils having a total of 2,04,706 voters and six nagar panchayats with 44,827 electorates. The total number of seats in all the urban bodies is 334.

Statement of Solidarity with Cuba: ¡NO PASARÁN!

Below we publish the text of the statement issued by the Communist and Workers’ Parties on November 10

THE Cuban Revolution, whose 62nd anniversary is approaching, is a milestone in the history of the class struggles. The Cuban people fighting for independence, equality, freedom and justice have achieved all the above under the banner of socialism and revolution.

Bihar: On Assembly By-election Results

THE results of the by-election to two assembly constituencies in Bihar have created a political storm out of nothing. The two seats – Kusheshwarsthan and Tarapur – had been won by the JD(U) in the 2020 assembly election and the by-election was necessitated after the demise of the legislators due to Covid-19. While the ruling NDA constituents were united and put up a joint fight, the unity between the Congress and the RJD could not be sustained.

AP: Protests against Petroleum Price Rise

THE Left parties staged protests against the steep hike in prices of petroleum products throughout Andhra Pradesh on October 28. These include rasta rokos, sit-in dharnas, pulling autos with ropes, cooking on firewood etc. Protests were organised in Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Kurnool, Nellore and other cities and in many mandal head quarters. The protesters raised slogans against the central government and prime minister Narendra Modi.

MAHA: Shaheed Kalash Yatra Begins From Pune

THE Lakhimpur Kheri Shaheed Kalash Yatra in Maharashtra began with great enthusiasm on October 27, 2021 at Pune from Mahatma Jotirao Phule's historic house, which has long ago been declared as a national monument. Mahatma Phule (1827-1890) was a champion of the peasantry, an inveterate opponent of the caste system and of women’s oppression, and the author of seminal works like ‘Slavery’ and ‘The Whipcord of the Peasant’. His wife Savitribai Phule was the founder of the first girls’ school in India in 1848.

JHARKHAND: CPI(M) State Conference Vows to Strengthen the Party

THE Santal hool or rebellion of 1855 holds a prominent place in the history of our struggle for independence. The Santal peasantry of what today comprises the Santal Pargana Commissionery of Jharkhand rebelled against the reckless exploitation of peasants and tribal communities by East India Company and zamindars acting as stooges of the British.

Farmers’ Suicides Increase, India Slips Further In World Hunger Index

A LARGE number of Indian diaspora in the United Kingdom, who are supporters of the historic farmers' movement in India, gathered in Glasgow last week to protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Holding placards that said "Struggle of Indian farmers is our struggle" and with banners that called Modi a "killer of hundreds of innocent protestors", these people of Indian origin extended their support to the protesting farmers in India.

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