Regressive Tendencies in Discourse on Sustainable Agriculture

TWO recent developments have drawn our attention to the urgent need to advance towards sustainable agricultural production. The first is the worsening state of food security in the last decade, as reported recently by the Global Hunger Index 2021 and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) report, titled The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021. Food security, notes the Global Hunger Index report, “is under assault on multiple fronts.

Global Wealth Inequality Deepens, Pandemic Added to It

THE Global Inequality Report 2022, released last week, has confirmed what common people were painfully aware of – the rich have become richer and the poor have become even poorer. The report has marshalled an enormous amount of data from countries across the world to reveal that the richest 2,750 billionaires now own 3.5 per cent of world’s wealth while the poorest 388 crore people of the world (50 per cent of world’s population) own a mere 2 per cent of global wealth.Unsurprisingly, data from India follows the global trend.

Withdraw this Decision of Haryana CM

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on December 11THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the extremely objectionable statement made by the chief minister of Haryana, Manohar Lal Khattar, yesterday.

Congratulations to the Kisan Movement

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on December 11THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) congratulates the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), various kisan and agricultural workers organisations and the peasantry on their historic victory forcing the Modi government to repeal the three black laws that ensure corporate control and takeover of the agriculture sector.

US Democracy Summit: Devil Singing Hymns

THE two day virtual Democracy Summit organised by the United States (December 9-10) began with Joe Biden’s admission that democracy is on a decline in the US along with various other countries. Apart from this candid admission, there is no effort made to look into the reasons for this decline and own up responsibility. Of course one cannot expect it, because the very idea of the summit stems from the purpose ‘to act’ and export their flawed model of democracy, ‘push back on authoritarianism, fight corruption, promote and protect human rights’.

One Historic Battle Won, But War Will Continue!

DECEMBER 9, 2021 marked the day when an epic one year long battle of the farmers of India ended in a magnificent victory.

Remove J&K and Ladakh High Court Chief Justice from Office

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury wrote a letter to Ram Nath Kovind, president of India, on December 16, bring to his notice a very serious complaint against Pankaj Mithal, the chief justice of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, who has violated his oath and compromised the constitutional office held by him.Mithal addressed a programme organised by an organisation affiliated to the RSS on December 5, 2021 at Jammu and spoke against the Constitution of India.It has been widely reported in the media that Mithal addressed a seminar organised by the Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parish

Com N Ramakrishnan, an Untiring Chronicler of the Party

WHEN it came to knowing about milestone events in the history of communist movement of India in general, and that of Tamil Nadu in particular, or to knowing about the lives of leaders dedicated to the cause of working class, it was to Comrade N Ramakrishnan, known among comrades as NR, that leaders and activists of the CPI(M) in Tamil Nadu invariably turned to.

UP: CPI(M) demands anImpartial Inquiry in Gohri Incident

A HEART-RENDING incident of the murder of four persons belonging to a dalit community in Allahabad shocked the residents of the region. The incident took place in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj, where the bodies of a 50-year-old man, his 45-year-old wife, 16-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son were found in their house.The incident took place in Gohri village. According to media reports the police said that the family was attacked with a sharp weapon and that there were serious injuries on their bodies.

Booster Shots and Omicron: Many Questions

THERE is much discussion these days on whether to introduce booster shots in India, both generally in response to the Covid pandemic and in the specific context of the Omicron variant of the virus. So far, recommendations for boosters by many experts are being made based on very thin evidence about effectiveness of boosters for protection against infection or transmission and, importantly, against serious disease, hospitalisation and death, which are the primary objectives of vaccination programmes.

Search form

Peoples Democracy newsletter