Aijaz Ahmad: A Warrior for Marxism

PROFESSOR Aijaz Ahmad, who passed away last week in Irvine, California, was one of the foremost Marxist intellectuals of our times. His significance as a Marxist theoretician came to prominence in the period after the retreat of socialism in the late 1980s and which led to the dismantling of the Soviet Union in 1991.His erudition and talents were wide-ranging. He began his work as an Urdu writer and literary critic.

Scheme Workers March to Parliament

Condemns the draconian ESMA, retrenchment and repression on anganwadi, ASHA and MDM workers in Haryana, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh Resolves to make the general strike on March 28-29, 2022 a grand success ON March 15, around 1,500 anganwadi, ASHA and mid-day meal workers from Delhi, Haryana and Punjab under the leadership of All India Federation of Anganwadi Workers and Helpers (AIFAWH), Mid Day Meal Workers Federation of India (MDMWFI) and All India Coordination Committee of ASHA Workers (AICCAW) assembled at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, in protest during the

Supreme Court Must Stay Karnataka HC Verdict

THE Karnataka High Court in its order on March 15, has held that wearing of hijab is not essential to the practice of Islam; that college development committees (CDCs) have a right to prescribe a uniform; and that Muslim girls must comply with whatever uniform is prescribed by their college. Women’s organisations and activists, in a joint statement issued on March 15, have appealed to the Supreme Court to issue an immediate stay on the Karnataka HC order as it will have a far-reaching negative impact on the safety, dignity, and right to education of Muslim girls and women.

An Unfortunate Judgement

THE Karnataka High Court judgement is a blow against the universal right to education without discrimination, guaranteed by the law and the constitution of India. There are many questionable aspects of the judgement.

AP: Red Books Day Observed Enthusiastically

RED books day was observed enthusiastically by the CPI(M) leaders, cadres and followers throughout Andhra Pradesh. Prajasakti and Visalandhra publishing houses jointly conducted a meeting in Vijayawada at the Marx Engels statue square. Left intellectuals and sympathizers took part in the programmes at many places.

CPI(M) Kerala State Conference: A Road-Map to March Forward

THE Kerala state conference of the CPI(M) that took place in connection with the 23rd Party Congress to be held at Kannur from April 6-10, 2022, was convened from March 1-4, at Marine Drive, Cochin. The conference took place in an atmosphere of euphoria and festivity as it was the first state conference held after the LDF ensured a historic continuity in government for the first time in the history of the state.

West Bengal: Sustained Student-Youth Protest

STUDENTS and youth in West Bengal are leading a sustained fight demanding arrest and punishment for the culprits in the Anis Khan murder case. Anis, a student leader and social activist, was killed by men in police uniform in Amta in Howrah district.Students and youth organisations have staged a sustained sit-in in front of Amta police station after the brutal murder. DYFI, SFI and other Left student and youth organisations had called for a rally towards Howrah Rural Police Superintendent’s office in Panchla on February 26.

Haryana: Scheme Workers Movement Braves Repression of the State Government

WHILE the BJP government has continued its onslaught to crush the long-running scheme workers' movement in Haryana, adopting all the tactics of repression, at the same time, thousands of women are marching ahead fighting the repression of the government run by the RSS.The BJP government exposed itself in the matter of the state level demonstration of ASHA workers on February 17. For a long time, especially since the time of Corona pandemic, all the 20,000 ASHA workers of the state have been agitating. The workload on them has increased manifold since the pandemic, but instead of increasin

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

THE Bihar state conference of the Party was held from March 6-8, 2022 at Samastipur, the land of martyrs who sacrificed their lives holding red flags in their hands fighting for land and against feudal oppression since the 1970’s.In the run up to the Party state conference, Samastipur Party had organised a ‘Shaheed yatra’ from each and every village where comrades had been murdered by the class enemies. This yatra recalled the sacrifices of the comrades in building the Party.

Organise, Fight for the Rights of Railway Contract Workers: National Convention of Railway Contract Workers

THE national convention of railway contract workers held at Visakhapatnam on February 25, 2022 called upon the railway contract workers to organise and develop a strong countrywide movement to fight for the rights of the railway contract workers.The convention, which was initially scheduled to be held in the end of January this year, had to be deferred due to the third wave of Covid pandemic.

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