ALL India convention on MNREGA was organised by AIAWU on November 4, 2019 in Mavlankar Hall, New Delhi. The meeting was presided over by S Thirunavukkarasu, B Venkat, Suneet Chopra, Susan Kodi, and Amiyo Patra. More than 520 delegates from 12 states attended the convention. Brinda Karat, member Polit Bureau CPI(M), inaugurated the convention. She underlined the importance of the land issue and land reforms in the present scenario and congratulated AIAWU for their struggles on the land question.

THE opposition of kisan and democratic movements forced Narendra Modi to beat a retreat on the question of signing Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement.  For the last several years, the Modi government was engaged in discussing on this agreement.

MANABENDRA Nath Roy, popularly known as M N Roy, was an important figure in the early days of the Communist movement in India.  Roy was the initiator of the formation of the Communist Party in Tashkent in October 1920.  He played a pioneering role in spreading Marxist ideas and the role of a Communist Party amongst the fledgling Communist groups which emerged in India from 1921 onwards.M N Roy’s revolutionary life was a colourful one and he went through many adventurous times before becoming a prominent figure in the Communist International. Roy was born in a village, Arbelia, in the 24 Par

THE strike by the workers of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) has emerged as one of the most significant struggles against privatisation.  48,000 employees of the TSRTC have been on an indefinite strike for over a month, from October 5.  The unity and determination of the striking workers in the face of brazen threats by the chief minister, K Chandrashekar Rao, police repression and victimisation have been remarkable. The workers went on strike demanding merger of the RTC with the government, pay revision, recruitment to various posts among other demands.  The demand f

WE now see a new Anglo-Mysore War being waged: the RSS has aligned with the British to deny Tipu Sultan his role in Indian history. Yediyurappa says Tipu was “not a freedom fighter”, a strange argument to give for dropping all reference to Tipu from history books. It must be difficult for a mind schooled – or more correctly lobotomised – in the RSS School of History to understand that the Anglo Mysore Wars were not wars for Indian independence, but a part of colonial wars that the British waged.