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Resisting the Bulldozer Attacks

THE Citizens March on May 11, 2022, turned out to be a stern warning from thousands of Delhiites that they won’t allow the RSS-BJP to bulldoze their constitutional rights.Brinda Karat, Polit Bureau Member of the CPI(M) while speaking at the march said the RSS-BJP bulldozer which runs through the livelihood of the working people of Delhi stops in front of the encroachment of their cronies and elites. She said the united might of the working class would give a befitting reply to the RSS-BJP in the coming days.

Casualisation of Bank Jobs Leading to Exploitation

SERVICE conditions of bank employees in the country were first codified in the Sastry Award at the industry level in 1952 and subsequently amended in the Desai Award in 1958. The era of bilateral discussions commenced in 1966. The first bipartite settlement was arrived on October 19, 1966, between the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) and trade unions of bank employees. The latest in the series, the 11th bipartite settlement, was signed on November 11, 2020, with retrospective effect from November 1, 2017.

Miles to Go: For Dignified Treatment of Disabled Travellers

The more things change, the more they remain the same, said French writer and critic Jean-Baptiste Alphonse KarrNOTHING can be more apt in describing the situation arising out of the unfortunate incident of the denial of boarding on an IndiGo flight to a teenager with a disability at the Ranchi airport on May 8, 2022.Ten years back, in February 2012, Jeeja Ghosh, a disability rights activist and frequent traveller, was deboarded from a Spicejet flight. Ironically, she was on her way to speak on disability issues at an international conference in Goa.

The Sri Lanka Crisis: People’s Resistance

THE May 9 incidents of violence in Sri Lanka brought into sharp relief the deteriorating situation caused by the grave economic crisis which has gripped the country. The economic crisis has now engulfed the political system and the entire society.At the heart of this maelstrom is the Rajapaksa family regime. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who wields executive power has pressurised his elder brother, Mahinda Rajapaksa, to resign as prime minister in an effort to salvage the tottering regime.

TN: Comrade MNS Venkataraman

COMRADE MNS Venkataraman (65), Tamil Nadu state secretariat member of CPI(M), passed away due to cardiac arrest on May 1 at 10.45 pm. He was returning to Madurai after addressing a May Day meeting at Cumbum, Theni district. He was travelling in a bus and on the way when he felt uneasy, and the bus crew helped him with a drink at a roadside shop where he took his last breath. He is survived by his wife, Padmini, and son, Surya.Born on May 17, 1957, in M Reddiyapatti village, Comrade Venkataraman graduated with B.Sc. (Geology) at Tuticorin.

Necessity and Limitation of Reservations In Achieving Social Equality

ISSUES related to reservation have been cropping up in various parts of the country. Various groups are agitating in different states for their sectional demands. To further their electoral interests, bourgeois political parties, directly or indirectly, are promoting these sectional agitations and demands. Especially the RSS has been assiduously utilising these issues, not out of any love for the weaker sections, but as a part of their social engineering strategies to penetrate into different castes and communities for its project of strengthening Hindutva ideology.

Against the Severe Onslaught on Rights of Education

THE 23rd Congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) condemns the attacks launched on the education system by the present BJP dispensation. The pace of privatisation and commercialisation of education, an integral part of neoliberal policies, increased after the BJP came to power.  The intention is to withdraw the State from education and let private corporates occupy that space. These policies are a direct attack on quantity, quality and equity in education.During the pandemic, closure of educational institutions, sudden push towards online learning added to the distress.

Fight for the Rights of Inter-State Migrant Workers

THE 23rd Congress of Communist Party of India (Marxist) condemns the gross apathy of the Modi government towards the plight of the crores of migrant workers in the country.While accurate data on the number of migrant workers is not available, data from the Census of India 2011 indicate that there were 5.6 crore inter-state migrant workers in India. In 2020 their number was estimated at 10 crores.  Their labour is vital to all sectors of the economy. They work in the formal and informal sectors, in urban and rural areas, and in agriculture, industry, and services.

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