Tripura: Huge Turnout in CITU Rally

CITU Tripura state committee has organised a mammoth central rally in Agartala on January 8 to protest against the anti-worker and anti-people policies of the government. Working people from all over the state reached Swami Vivekananda Ground, and participated in the rally in huge numbers.The ruling party BJP tried all sorts of intimidating means to prevent people from reaching the rally ground. Bus and vehicle owners were threatened not to spare vehicles for transportation of the participants.

TN: Governor’s Antipathy to Federalism

THAT Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi is on an overdrive to serve his masters at the Centre was proved once again when he, during his customary address to the Assembly, intentionally omitted important phrases and words from the speech prepared by the state government and subsequently approved by him.

Book on Key Issues in Education Sells More than Two Lakh Copies!

A BOOK sells at the most 10,000 copies in Tamil Nadu. The figure for Kerala is said to be 100,000. (Kerala's population is less than half of Tamil Nadu's.) But Ayesha, a book in Tamil relating to children's education, written by a dedicated teacher who is also a wonderful narrator, has crossed 200,000 in sales! This great achievement was celebrated at a meeting on January 5, 2023, organised by Bharathi Puthakalayam, the publisher of the book, at its book gallery for children in Chennai.

The Man-made Disaster in Joshimath

IT appears that nothing short of a total disaster will convince authorities, especially under the present government, that reckless development without addressing environmental or social issues, does not lead to progress. The unfolding tragedy in Joshimath, considered a holy town for being the gateway to the hill shrine of Badrinath, is but the latest in a long series of disasters in the Uttarakhand Himalayas caused by unrestrained construction, infrastructure and urbanisation in these fragile mountains.

The Impending World Recession

THE IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva has now openly admitted that the year 2023 will witness the slowing down of the world economy to a point where as much as one-third of it will see an actual contraction in gross domestic product. This is because all the three major economic powers in the world, the US, the European Union, and China, will witness slowdowns, the last of these because of the renewed Covid upsurge.

Polit Bureau Statements

Condemn RSS Chief’s Atrocious CommentsTHE RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s atrocious comments in an interview to RSS weeklies, constitutes an open and blatant challenge to the constitution of India, to equal rights of all citizens and to the rule of law. He has threatened the Muslim minority community that they will have to give up ideas of “supremacy” to remain safe.

Using War to Save American Capitalism

THE old year has passed into history, leaving behind war, inflation, recession, and relentless attacks on working class rights and democracy by right wing goons. The ecological disaster created by capitalist modes of production and consumption is converging with all other elements created by the crisis of capitalism to give the global youth a bleak future. The political system in America, the heart of global capitalism, is crumbling.

Time to Resist, Struggle and Defeat Imperialism

WITHIN a week after the swearing in of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as the president of Brazil, supporters of Jair Bolsonaro, who was defeated in the elections attacked the three wings of the government in Brazil. They tried to occupy the legislature, judiciary and executive buildings in Brasilia, the capital city. Timely intervention of the federal government nipped in bud their attempt to destabilise the democratically elected government of Lula.What had happened in Brazil is more or less a replica of what the supporters of Donald Trump tried to do on January 6, 2021 in Washington, US.

On to the 17th Conference of CITU

BENGALURU, the Silicon City of India is all ready to host the 17th conference of CITU. The city is hosting the national conference of CITU for the second time. The 12th conference of CITU was held in the city almost exactly fifteen years ago, on January 17-21, 2007.The venue of the conference, Gayathri Vihar, Palace Grounds in Bengaluru, is named Shymal Chakraborty Nagar, after the former national vice president of CITU and former president of its West Bengal state committee. The dais is named Ranjana Nirula – Raghunath Singh Manch.

Pincer Attack: The Communal Corporate Raid on Higher Education

BEFORE the dust has settled over the brazen attempt by the UGC to anchor a campaign titled ‘India: The Mother of Democracy’ a second salvo has been fired. UGC seeks to set out a Hindutva narrative of the Indian past over the last 5,000 years. As espoused by the likes of Savarkar and Golwalkar, it reduces the complex genesis of India of interface and assimilation of many diverse traditions.

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