WB: Massive Gathering amid Rain in Kolkata for Martyrs’ Day Meet

MARTYRS ' Day was observed in Kolkata on August 31, in memory of the martyrs of the 1959 food movement that had culminated into a rally of thousands of hunger marchers who went to Esplanade, Kolkata, on August 31 to demand adequate food for all and were brutally lathi-charged by the police without any warning and without any provocation whatsoever, leaving 80 dead.Since then, August 31 has been observed as Martyrs Day on a massive scale every year. The Left Front announced a meeting on August 31 this year at Esplanade in memory of the martyrs.

Believing One’s Own False Theories

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×LIBERAL bourgeois writers tend to explain the problems that arise under capitalism not by the immanent tendencies of the system but by the capriciousness of particular governments. This way they can continue to believe in their own false theories that prettify capitalism, while putting the blame for the travails it generates on political bloody-mindedness.

ASHA Workers Fight against Haryana Government

OVER 20,000 Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers in Haryana have been on strike since August 8. However, the government has not shown any interest in resolving their issues through negotiations.Be it central or state governments, every day, new tasks are being imposed on ASHA workers in addition to their basic 40 tasks.

National Tyre Workers’ Convention

THE All India Tyre Workers’ Convention took place in Kottayam, Kerala on August 20, 2023. The convention commenced with the flag hoisting ceremony led by CITU vice-president A Soundararajan. Welcoming the delegates, CITU national secretary and Kerala general secretary, Elamaram Kareem MP, extended his greetings. The convention, presided over by CITU national secretary K Chandran Pillai, saw the participation of 162 representatives from tyre workers across 13 manufacturing plants spanning five states: Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala, Telangana, and Karnataka.

AP: Protests against Price Rise and Unemployment

RESPONDING to the call given by the CPI(M) Central Committee to organise protests against price rise and unemployment, the Andhra Pradesh state committee of the CPI(M) held various protest activities from August 30 to September 4.The Party State Committee implemented the campaign in a phased manner across various levels. Door-to-door distribution of pamphlets explaining the policies of both the central and state governments, focusing on issues related to the rising prices and unemployment took place on August 30-31, during which signatures were collected from residents.

AIKS Demands Rolling Back of Oil Palm Plantation Mission in Assam

THE All India Kisan Sabha, in a statement issued on August 31, has noted with grave concern that despite opposition from agriculture scientists, environmentalists, farmers’ organisations, and political parties, the Narendra Modi-led union government has begun an oil palm plantation mission in Tinsukia district of Assam on August 8, 2023 under the National Mission on Edible Oils-Oil Palm (NMEO-OP). The government of Assam has allocated over one lakh hectares of valuable agricultural land to big corporates like Patanjali and Godrej, with plans to expand the mission to one million hectares.

The Unfolding Adani Saga: Fig Leaf is Gone

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×IN January-February, the second richest man of the world and his companies suffered a topsy-turvy in the share market. All the Adani companies’ shares experienced intense downslide. And the valuation of his wealth was halved and his position in the global wealth list slid down below the 20th position.The US-based short seller, Hindenburg, produced a report that wreaked havoc on Adani's wealth.

The Expansion of BRICS

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×THE 15th Summit of the BRICS held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from August 22-24, 2023, concluded with its expansion. Six new countries have been invited to join the group from January 1, 2024. Saudi Arabia, Iran, Egypt, UAE, Ethiopia and Argentina now join Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa in the BRICS.

Adani Affair: No Cover-up

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on August 31FRESH evidence has emerged about the Adani group’s manipulation of stock prices of its companies to inflate their value and assets. The Financial Times and The Guardian have, based on inputs from the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, revealed how two close associates of Vinod Adani used an investm

Onion Prices Zooming Up to the Moon

Apart from the usual weather issues, is anybody investigating the collusion among big traders and price manipulation through hoarding?WHILE onion prices have been in the backbreaking Rs30-50 per kilogramme range in retail markets, it is remarkable – and intriguing – that wholesale prices in the four major onion producing states have risen relentlessly over the past month.

Search form

Peoples Democracy newsletter