Ashok Mitra: Moments and Memories

IT was a memorial meeting with a difference. In fact, it was a celebration of the extra-ordinary rich life of a multi-faceted personality, Leftist thinker, and finance minister in the Left Front goverment of West Bengal, columnist, author, academician, planner, and bureaucrat – all rolled into one. The meeting took place at the Constitution Club, New Delhi on May 26.

JAKKA VENKAIAH

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on May 30THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) mourns the passing away of Comrade Jakka Venkaiah, veteran leader of the Party in Andhra Pradesh and a former member of the Central Committee.Jakka Venkaiah played a key role in building the Communist Party in Nellore district.

Vice-Like Grip of India-US Relations

THE real consequences of the strategic alliance with the United States have begun unfolding. Not in the way the Modi government wanted to project it, but in a manner counterproductive to India’s national interests and security concerns. Two recent developments highlight how India’s military and strategic ties with the US are rebounding and harming our vital interests. TARGETTING IRANPresident Trump has unilaterally announced America’s withdrawal from the nuclear agreement with Iran.

FOUR YEARS OF NDA GOVERNMENT: “Pol Khol, Halla Bol” Protest across the Country

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

The Gathering Storm Clouds

THE last time the Indian economy had faced a serious macro-economic disruption, as distinct from the more or less steady poverty-enhancement that accompanies its growth performance, was in 2013, when the rupee had depreciated sharply.

TELANGANA: Com P Sundarayya’s 33rd Death Anniversary Observed

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.

France 1968 and 2018 : Fifty Years On, the spirit of May 1968 Surges Through France Again

EXACTLY fifty years ago this month, France was aflame. In one of the world’s most developed capitalist economies, the ‘impossible’ – the prospect of revolution from below – struck suddenly with resounding force, fury and festivity. Students and workers in their millions spilled onto the streets, closing factories, occupying campuses and triggering the biggest general strike France has ever known.

POLIT BUREAU COMMUNIQUE

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.

Police Firing on People in TN

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on May 23, 2018THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the police firing on people protesting against the Sterlite Copper Industry in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, which has led to the death of twelve people and injuries to over a hundred.

Venezuela Elections – Overcoming Odds, Maduro Triumphs

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.

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