THOUSANDS of people under the banner of Jan Ekta Jan Adhikar Andolan (JEJAA) came out in 23 state capitals and many district headquarters on May 23 to expose and protest the four years of the Modi led NDA government. In New Delhi, thousands of people from Delhi and NCR marched from Mandi House to Parliament Street in the scorching heat shouting “Ache Din ki loot hai jaari danga, mahangai aur berozgari, Bahut hui janata ki loot, Badlo ab Modi Sarkar” (the loot of ‘Ache din’ of mob violence, price rise and unemployment - is on, enough of the loot of people, change Modi government)In the publi

RICH tributes were paid to Comrade P Sundarayya, the founder-general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), on the occasion of his 33rd death anniversary. Delivering Sundarayya Memorial Lecture on Law, Courts and Society, at a function organised by Sundarayya Vignana Kendram at Baghlingampally in Hyderabad on May 19, Justice B P Jeevan Reddy, a former judge of the Supreme Court, explained that Sundarayya, through his simplicity and life-style, continued to be a source of inspiration for the present-day generation.

CPI(M) Polit Bureau met in New Delhi on May 21, 2018. It has issued the following statement:KARNATAKA ASSEMBLY ELECTIONSTHE Polit Bureau welcomed the developments in Karnataka where the BJP/RSS’s attempts to cobble a majority through horse-trading have been thwarted. The BJP had made it a practice to form governments even after losing elections like they have done in Goa, Manipur, Meghalaya and entering the Bihar government, betraying people’s mandate.

VENEZUELAN President Nicolas Maduro was re-elected as the president on May 20, with 6.2 million votes, beating out his closest rival Henri Falcon, who secured 1.9 million votes. Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) announced the result stating that Maduro had won with 67.79 per cent of all votes cast, ahead of Henri Falcon, who won 21.01 per cent.

 #MARX at 200 has triggered major efforts by several Communist Parties, progressives, social scientists, academia and those simply looking for alternatives to the contemporary neoliberal dead end.