PUNJAB: SFI-DYFI Observe Bhagat Singh's Birth Anniversary

THE Punjab units of Students’ Federation of India and the Democratic Youth Federation of India have organised a massive rally on the occasion of the 110th birthday of Shaheed-e-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh at his native village Khatkar kalan on September 28.

Fact Sheet on RSS/BJP Violence In Kerala

· In Kerala it is the CPI(M) and other constituents of the LDF that have been at the receiving end of the murderous attacks mounted by the RSS and its outfits.

PB Hails Struggles of Various Sections of People

CPI(M) Polit Bureau met on October 2, 2017 and has issued the following statement THE Polit Bureau hails the struggles of the kisans in Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh which is now spreading to various other parts of the country. The Modi government must immediately implement its election promise of announcing a minimum support price of one and a half times the production cost as also a loan waiver.

Repelling the Kornilov Rebellion – August 1917

THE Sixth Congress of the Bolsheviks was held secretly from 26th July to 3rd August in Petrograd. 157 delegates with vote and 128 observers representing 240,000 members participated in the Congress. Lenin could not personally participate in the Congress as he was in exile. In absentia, he guided the proceedings of the Congress from his place of concealment. Stalin presented the report on current situation and replied to the discussions.

Mass Shootings, Gun Violence and the Pathology of the US as a Terror State

THE Las Vegas mass shooting by a lone gunman, with a death toll of 59 and 527 injured, raises many questions. Why is the person involved – a 64-year Stephen Paddock – not being considered a terrorist by the police and the US administration? Why is gun violence so much higher in the US than any other country? And for the rest of the world, does the US invasion of other countries have any correlation with its gun violence? Or does reaching for the gun to shoot so easily, also encourage violence as a mode of “solving” international problems?The easy one first – who is a terrorist in the US?

MAHARASHTRA: Massive Joint Kisan Convention Steps Up Struggle against BJP Regime

A MASSIVE statewide convention of over 10,000 peasants was held at Jalgaon on September 26, 2017 under the banner of the Coordination Committee of Farmers’ Organisations of Maharashtra. This was the next step in the ongoing struggle for loan waiver and remunerative prices, directed against the BJP-led government in the state and at the centre. The last major joint action on August 14 had seen over two lakh peasants blocking all the national highways and state highways (chakka Jaam) in more than 200 centres in 31 districts of Maharashtra.

JHARKHAND: Roll-Back the Draconian Bills

THE State level convention of the Left parties, mass organisations and social organisations held at Social Development Centre, Ranchi on September 23, demanded immediate roll back of the following black bills brought by the BJP led NDA government of Jharkhandi) Jharkhand Freedom of Religion Bill-2017ii) Remedy & Right to fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill-2017.The latter indicates intent of usurping land for the big corporate houses while the former aims at breaking the historical unity of tribals forg

J&K: RSS Chief’s assertions on Kashmir eye-opener

THE statement of RSS chief that constitutional amendments were needed to fully integrate Jammu and Kashmir with the rest of the country is an eye opener for those who have still illusions about the intentions of the RSS and its affiliates.It is not surprising because RSS and its political affiliates Bhartiya Jan Sangh and BJP has consistent position about the Article 370. The special status of J&K was always an eyesore for them.

HIMACHAL PRADESH: CPI(M) Prepares for Assembly Elections

THE elections to the Himachal Pradesh state assembly may be announced any day and are expected to be in the second week of November 2017. The CPI(M) well in advance, has released its list of candidates who have even started the campaign in their respective constituencies. The Party is contesting in 13 seats that include four in Shimla , three in Mandi, two in Hamirpur and one each in Kullu, Solan, Sirmour and Lahaul and Spiti districts.The CPI(M) earlier had won two seats in Mandi and another in Shimla.

The Class Content of Goods and Services Tax

THE discussion on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) until now has focussed almost exclusively on the distribution of its burden across commodities, on the difficulties of meeting its stringent bureaucratic demands, and on the delays in obtaining claims for refunds. Even the view that it is pushing the economy into a recession has attributed this looming recession merely to its stringent procedural demands which supposedly have tied most sellers in knots.

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