White Hydrogen: Not the New Saviour

THE energy and climate change universe is abuzz with the new developments around discovery of large deposits of natural or “white” hydrogen, with many commentators hailing it as great news and a potential game-changer in the battle against climate change. Fossil-fuel related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are today, even after so many international emissions control agreements and considerable installed capacity in renewable energy, still 91 per cent of global CO2 emissions.

An Unprecedented Human Tragedy is Playing Out in Palestine

AS we are witnessing a tragedy of gigantic proportions unfolding before the world, the news of dozens of people have been killed in an Israeli air raid on the Jabalia refugee camp in Northern Gaza. “More than 50 people have been killed”, the director of the Indonesian hospital informed the media. He further stated, that the hospital was yet to provide the number of causalities as the victims were still being counted.When material for this piece was being collected, the data was posing a horrific story. People killed: 8,525 of which children were 3,595 and women 2,187.

The Power of Workers in the Fight against Capital

THE power of the automobile workers in the US prevailed over the might of the capital. The “stand-up’ strike which lasted for over a month long, was called off after their trade union, United Auto Workers (UAW), reached agreements with the three automobile giants: General Motors, Stellantis and Ford. This is a major victory for the workers and once again demonstrates the power of the working class.

Maha: AIKS Holds State Level Study Camp

THE All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) has had several massive, effective and victorious struggles in Maharashtra during the last few years. Many of them have been documented in these columns. Apart from state conferences, there have been regular two-day state organisational workshops of the AIKS. However, state level study camps were not so regular.To overcome this weakness, the AIKS held a three-day Maharashtra state study camp in Pune city from October 16-18, 2023. A total of 142 main activists from 19 districts attended.

CPI(M) Demands Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza

THE Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) conducted a dharna on October 29 in solidarity with Palestine and condemning Israeli aggression. All the members of the Central Committee, including the Polit Bureau members, participated in the dharna.Sitaram Yechury, general secretary of the CPI(M), in his inaugural address, strongly denounced Israel's aggression against Palestine. He emphasised that Israel's aerial and ground offensive aimed to displace all Palestinians from Gaza and occupy the region.

Communal Stand on Israel’s War on Gaza

UNION minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, by seeking to make communal capital out of the bomb blasts at a Christian group gathering in Kalamassery in Kerala, has exposed the vicious nature of the campaign the BJP-RSS circles are conducting regarding Israel’s war on Gaza.Chandrasekhar, immediately after the blasts, hinted that jihadi elements had targeted a Christian congregation. He blamed the Kerala government because it had “allowed” a Hamas leader to address a gathering and as a consequence within twenty four hours the bomb blasts had occurred.

Chhattisgarh: CPI(M) Appeals People to Defeat BJP in the State

THE Communist Party of India (Marxist) has called upon the general public in Chhattisgarh to ensure the defeat of the BJP and the presence of the Left in the state assembly. This will also put a stop to the communal politics of Hindutva and the anti-people politics of alliance with corporates and will focus on the basic issues of the people. The politics of people's struggle will get strengthened.

Central Committee Communique

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×The Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) met in New Delhi on October 27-29, 2023. It has issued the following statement:Kerala: Bomb BlastThe Central Committee strongly condemned the bomb blasts that took place at a convention centre in Ernakulam, which led to the unfortunate death of three persons and injuries to several others.

Concerns of Service-led Growth and Employment

THE trajectory of growth in India is often characterised by a service led growth which seems to be a general pattern of many developing countries undergoing pre-mature deindustrialisation. It is also evident from the fact that the importance of manufacturing and industry in India’s GDP remained more or less stagnant as the share of industry in India’s GDP only increased by 3 percentage points from an average of 24 per cent in the 1970s to 27 per cent in 2021-22.

Opposing Imperialism is the First Task of Communists: Karat

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×Below we publish the text of the speech delivered by Prakash Karat, CPI(M) Polit Bureau member at the seminar organised by the Pramod Dasgupta Memorial Trust on ‘The Communist Manifesto @ 175 and the Present Times’.

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