Tripura: Impressive Rally Celebrates Victory of Kisan Movement

ON December 24, Agartala, the capital city of Tripura, witnessed a web of red flags elevated high by thousands of kisans to celebrate victory of the year-long kisan struggle in the country and to press for the urgent issues that the peasantry of the state has been striving hard to settle. There is no alternative to a sustained united struggle to overthrow the anti-peasant, anti-worker RSS-BJP government that has been foisted on the people of Tripura through hoax promises.

Tripura: Fight Divisive Forces with Unity, Determination: Manik Sarkar

TRIPURA Rajya UpajatiGanamukti Parishad (GMP) observed the 77th formation day of Janashiksha Samityon December 27 to remember the pivotal role the organisation made in promoting literacy among the Tribal youth of Tripura. A meeting was held in Agartala Town Hall to mark the day.The former chief minister and Polit Bureau member, Manik Sarkar said the embryo of GMP developed into the womb of Janashiksha Samity. Tribal-nontribal unity surged in the state in spite of sectarian provocations because of the GMP.

Chhattisgarh: State Conference Calls for Strengthening People’s Struggles

The 7th Chhattisgarh state conference of the CPI(M) was held on December 21-22, 2021 in Korba. The conference started with flag hoisting by Gajendra Jha and garlanding and wreath-laying on the martyr column by the delegates.

Bring Back the Girls to Class: SFI’s Girls Convention Call

SIXTH all India girls’ convention of SFI was held successfully in Sikar, Rajasthan, from December 17-19, 2021, with the slogan of combating gendered push out in educational institutes. The anti-people government at the centre has coupled up the challenges put forward by the pandemic and its unprecedented affect on the common mass. A huge number of students from marginalised families are forced to leave studies and commit to an unhealthy work atmosphere due to the financial meltdown and apathy of the ruling government.

Historic Farmers’ Struggle in India: An Overview

THE unprecedented farmers’ struggle that began at the borders of India’s capital Delhi on November 26, 2020, and which won a historic victory over the reactionary forces of corporate communalism and also imperialism a full one year and fifteen days later on December 11, 2021, has been by far the largest, the longest and the most powerful nationwide farmers’ struggle in the history of India, and also in the world.

AIKS Convention Resolves to Fight for Guaranteed MSP

THE AIKS held a convention of 153 leading activists of the frontline states of the recently concluded farmers’ struggle, at the HKS Surjeet Bhawan in New Delhi on December 21. It was the first such convention after the victory and the suspension of the historic farmers’ struggle on December 11.

Valiant Struggle of Electricity Employees and Engineers in J&K

ELECTRICITY employees and engineers of Jammu and Kashmir achieved a major victory after a valiant struggle through an indefinite strike call from December 17-18 midnight against the move to privatise the power sector that has been initiated through the formation of a joint venture company with J&K Power Transmission Corporation Limited (PTCL) and Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL).The national chapter of the National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees and Engineers (NCCOEEE) conveyed its warm greetings and salute to all electricity employees and engineers of Ja

Tripura Govt on Aggressive Privatisation Move

TOEING the line of aggressive privatisation being pursued by the centre, the BJP-led government in Tripura is taking one after another measure to hand over various departments and services to private hands. Now it is the turn of the education department to be axed.

Successful Two-Day Bank Strike

AROUND 10 lakh employees and officers observed two-day countrywide bank strike on December 16-17, 2021 at the call of the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), an umbrella of the unions/associations of the banking industry. The strike was observed to oppose listing of Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill 2021 in the business schedule for ongoing winter session of the parliament to facilitate privatisation of public sector banks as announced by the union finance minister during presentation of budget for 2021-22.

KARNATAKA: Farmers Assembly Demands Repeal of Three State Farm Laws

ON December 12, 2021, a large farmers' assembly was held at Belagavi in Karnataka under the banner of the Samyukta Horata (united struggle), Karnataka, to celebrate the repeal of the three central farm laws and to put pressure on the BJP's Karnataka state government to repeal the three different anti-farmer farm laws that it forced through the state assembly last year. The Karnataka state assembly was meeting in Belagavi from December 13.

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