Two-Day Strike by BPCL Workers

A NATIONAL convention against privatisation of BPCL was held at the BPCL Kochi refinery premises on February 9, 2020 under the banner of all the three national federations, AIPWF, NFPW and PGWFI. Delegates from all over the country representing all the branches of oil and natural gas - production, refining, pipeline and marketing representing ONGC, OIL, GAIL, IOCL, BPCL, HPCL, MRPL, Balmer Lawrie, Pawan Hans and more participated in the convention. Tapan Sen, general secretary-CITU inaugurated the convention.

AIAWU Slams Centre for Meagre Budget Allocations to Agrarian Sector

THE central working committee of the All India Agricultural Workers Union (AIAWU) said that the union budget 2020-21 is pro-corporate and anti-people.

CORONAVIRUS OR COVID-19: China Supercharged Conventional Epidemic Control With Modern Science and Technology

THE novel coronavirus or COVID-19 epidemic appears to be under control in China, but could create new epicentres in South Korea, Italy and Iran. If this happens and creates multiple countries acting as new centres of the epidemic, we could be moving towards a pandemic. South Korea saw 214 new infections on February 24, though reports indicate a sharp drop in new infections. Northern Italy is now under lockdown, and has emerged as another centre of the epidemic, with people returning from Italy spreading the infections to other countries.

The Uses of “Populism”

CLASS struggle occurs in the realm of concepts too. The World Bank for instance systematically counters Left concepts by employing a novel tactic: it uses the very same concepts as are used by the Left, but gives them a wholly different meaning; as a result they either come to mean something entirely different from what the Left had originally meant by them, or, at the very least, they become fuzzy and hence useless to the Left. In either case the power of the Left concept is neutralised.For example, the term “structural” used to be an integral part of the Left lexicon.

Trump in India

THE visit of United States president, Donald Trump, to India was like none other by an American president in recent times. Though a State visit, the highlight was the “Namaste Trump” event at the Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad, where Narendra Modi enacted an Indian version of ‘Howdy Modi’ in Houston last year. However it would not be correct to dismiss this show as just ‘optics’, or, a tamasha.

DELHI: Left Parties Appeal on Current Prevailing Situation

AN urgent meeting of the Left parties of Delhi state was held on February 25, to take note of violence and rioting in North-East Delhi yesterday. It took a serious objection to the fact that BJP leader Kapil Mishra on February 23 at Babarpur threatened the anti-CAA, NRC, NPR protesters as an extra judicial authority in the presence of a senior police officer. In fact, he should be held responsible for the rioting.

Defending the Constitution is the Patriotic Duty of every Indian: Yechury

A MASSIVE rally organised in Bijapur, Karnataka, by the Samvidhaan Bachao Aandolan, was well attended by over 400,000 people on February 24. Sitaram Yechury, general secretary of the CPI(M) addressed it along with other leaders that includes Siddaramaiah, former chief minister of Karnataka and Mallikarjun Kharge, former leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha.Sitaram Yechury while addressing the rally said that Modi and Shah have paranoia of terming all those who oppose them as “anti-nationals”. This is done to hide their abject failure in ruling this country.

ANDHRA PRADESH: One Lakh Telugu copies of Communist Manifesto Published

Book release, Sales and Reading Programmes throughout the Telugu States in 400 Centres61,000 Sold Out in One Day in AP and TelanganaONE lakh copies of Communist Manifesto were published in Telugu in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Left parties leaders and cadres mobiliSed people in a big way and observed the Red Books Day enthusiastically on February 21. Five Left publications Prajasakti, Nava Telangana, Visalandhra, Nava Chetana and Peacock Classics jointly published one lakh copies of the Manifesto in Telugu. The book includes ‘Communist Principles’ also.

Protest against US President’s Visit

THE All India Peace and Solidarity Organisation (AIPSO), along with various other mass organisations and social movements organised a protest demonstration opposing the visit of US President Donald Trump on February 24, 2020 at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi.Hundreds of people representing the common people of our country – workers, kisans, women, youth, students – participated in the demonstration.Leaders denounced the unwarranted welcome accorded to the US president by the Indian government.

Odisha: Rally against CAA-NPR-NRC in Bhubaneswar

ADDRESSING a state-level mass rally at Odisha’s state capital, Bhubaneswar on February 13, the CPI(M) general secretary, Sitaram Yechury called upon the people to rise in unison to defeat the trident attack of the Modi-Shah led BJP government through the CAA-NPR-NRC and save the constitution and the secular democratic Republic.

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