Peoples Democracy newsletter

Peoples Democracy newsletter

The Scourge of Unemployment

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×THE unemployment situation is worse today than it has ever been in post-independence India. There are two distinct elements that have contributed to this situation. One is the fact that the output recovery from the fall caused by the pandemic-linked lockdown has not been accompanied by a comparable employment recovery.

The Regional Consequences of Israel’s Genocidal War against the Palestinians

ISRAEL’S genocidal war – despite the case opened at the International Court of Justice – continues unabated. Hundreds of Palestinians are killed each day, many of them children. Key infrastructure – including universities and hospitals – are being bombed and demolished, as Israel lays out its future for Gaza: a region of the Occupied Palestine Territory which Israel is seeking to ethnically cleanse (there is even a plan to expel Palestinians to Rwanda, following a policy that Israel has had in place for deporting asylum seekers since 2017).

SKM and CTUs Call for Countrywide Mobilisations, with Industrial/Sectoral Strike & Grameen Bandh on Feb 16

Below we publish the joint press statement issued by Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) and Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions/ Federations/Associations released at the press conference held on January 17, 2024 in New Delhi.THE Samyukta Kisan Morcha and the Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions /Federations/Associations had a series of meetings to review the joint and independent campaign and actions called by the first ever joint all India convention of workers and farmers on August 24, 2023 at New Delhi.SKM and CTUs noted with concern the current developments of th

Gross Misuse of Power

Enable GingerCPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on January 19THE Government of India has issued an “office memorandum”, declaring that all government offices, central institutions and industrial establishments will remain closed till 2.30 pm on January 22, to “enable employees to participate in the celebrations for Ram Lalla Pran Pratishtha at Ayodhya”.  It is reported that state governments led by the BJP have taken similar steps.

What would Lenin Do?

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×WE are all taught that there are no ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’ in history. In spite of it, many a times we always pose the question, ‘what if’, to deal with certain pressing issues confronting our present. Collecting few of such imaginary questions, a book was published – ‘What would Marx Do?’ as part of a series titled ‘How the Greatest Political Theorists would Solve Your Everyday Problems’.

What would Lenin Do?

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×WE are all taught that there are no ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’ in history. In spite of it, many a times we always pose the question, ‘what if’, to deal with certain pressing issues confronting our present. Collecting few of such imaginary questions, a book was published – ‘What would Marx Do?’ as part of a series titled ‘How the Greatest Political Theorists would Solve Your Everyday Problems’.

WB: Foundation Stone Laid for Jyoti Basu Centre for Social Studies and Research

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×JANUARY 17 was the 15th death anniversary of Jyoti Basu, the towering person of the post-independence Indian communist movement. On this day,  along with laying the foundation stone of Jyoti Basu Centre for Social Studies and Research (JBCSSR)  building, a seminar was organised at the construction site in Jyoti Basu Nagar, in the New Town.

Hathras: Metaphor for Manuvadi Injustice

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in GingerדIT is we who are the prisoners. Those who gangraped and murdered our sister, committed terrible atrocities on her, are free. They are walking around the village like victors. But we cannot step out of our home.” These words were spoken by Satinder Kumar, the 33 year old elder brother of the girl known as the Hathras victim to Subhashini Ali and myself when we travelled to their village Bul Garhi, on January 17.

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - Peoples Democracy newsletter