Punjab: CPI(M) State Conference Strengthens Unity

THE 23rd state conference of Punjab state committee of CPI(M) was held at Ludhiana from November 24-25, 2021. Sitaram Yechury, CPI(M) general secretary along with Nilotpal Basu, Polit Bureau member and in-charge of Punjab state committee remained present on both days to guide the conference on behalf of the Central Committee. Gurchetan Singh Bassi unfurled the Party Flag.

Protests across Kerala against Price Rise

Two-day protest meetings and demonstrations were held across Kerala on the call of the CPI(M) on November 23 demanding the union government to lower fuel taxes and bring down prices of essential commodities.EVEN as oil prices in the international market have picked up again after plunging initially following reports of the United States and other countries, including India, planning to release crude stockpiles in a coordinated effort to lower global energy prices, domestic price rise has raised anger against union government policies in Kerala.Following the call of the state commit

Stop Intimidation: Hold Impartial Probe into Loni Encounter

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on November 30THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) condemns and rejects the utterly false and malicious accusations being made by the BJP MLA of Loni, Ghaziabad against Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat of “encouraging cow slaughter” of “creating communal disharmony” etc., and trying to pressure police to file an FIR against her.This is after a CPI(M) delegation led by Brinda Karat visited the homes of the victims of the recent police atrocity in Loni, where the police inflicted identical injuries on seven young men, all Muslims in

Tripura: Restore Democracy, Countermand Elections in Rigged Polls

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on November 26THE municipal elections held in Tripura on November 25 comprising the Agartala municipal corporation and 19 other municipal bodies was converted into an outright farce by the ruling BJP.Prior to the polling day, in Agartala and other towns, gangs of BJP men began visiting houses and threatening CPI(M) candidates, polling agents and local leaders warning them not to go out on polling day. Threats of physical violence and driving their families out of their houses were issued. On polling day, in Agartala, Dharmanag

Not Omicron but the Greed of Capital Threatens the World

OMICRON, a new SARS-CoV-2 strain, first detected in the Gauteng province of South Africa, has been acknowledged by WHO as a “variant of concern”. Already, cases have been reported from other countries, making clear that Omicron is unlikely to be contained geographically. If it outperforms Delta in creating new infections, it may then replace Delta as the dominant variant in Covid-19 infections, as Delta has done to the earlier variants.

Latin America Votes against US Imperialism

DEMOCRATIC action across Latin America in the month of November delivered a series of rebukes against the political desire emanating from the United States government. In two significant presidential elections in Central America (Nicaragua and Honduras), the parties of the right-wing – favoured by Washington, DC – suffered defeat at the hands of the Left.

Kerala: LDF Protests Centre's Disruption

ON NOVEMBER 30, 2021, Left Democratic Front mobilised thousands of people to express state’s protest against center’s approach to sabotage the developmental projects. Dharnas organised in district centers have sent a strong message to the central government and the Congress led opposition, who join hands with the the centre to disrupt the developmental pace.Kerala Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan, while inaugurating a dharna before Raj Bhavan in Thiruvananthapuram, said that the central projects are the rights of the state, not a general gift of the central government.

Hold an Independent Inquiry into Loni Incident

A LETTER was written to the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh by Brinda Karat, Polit Bureau member of the CPI(M) and K M Tewari, Delhi state secretary of the Party on November 26, 2021. The letter demanded the chief minister to institute an independent inquiry into the Loni police encounter in Ghaziabad district.

Hated Farm Laws Repealed, But Without Grace or Democratic Procedure

HISTORY was made in India on November 29, 2021, when the BJP-RSS central government was forced to repeal the hated farm laws in parliament. However, this was done in typical Modi style, without an iota of grace, truth or democratic procedure. There was no debate allowed at all on the bill tabled to repeal the three laws. Consequently, the repeal took only four minutes.Even as this historical development of repeal of three black laws took place, more than 686 farmers have sacrificed their lives in a peaceful and persistent year long protest.

AIDWA Calls for Militant Struggles against Price Rise, Hunger & Unemployment

THE first physical central executive committee (CEC) meeting of the All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) after the Covid pandemic struck in March 2020, was held on November 20-21, 2021 at the Harkishan Singh Surjeet Bhawan in New Delhi. It was also the first physical CEC meeting after the AIDWA all India conference at Mumbai in December 2019. Members from 21 states attended this meeting. President Malini Bhattacharya, along with vice-president Rampari chaired different sessions of the meeting.

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