Lahore Bombing Condemned

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on March 28, 2016.

THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) expresses its deep shock and outrage at the suicide bombing in a park in Lahore, Pakistan, which has killed 70 persons mostly women and children and injured more than 300. This attack was particularly heinous as the perpetrators have themselves claimed that they targeted the Christian community who had gone to the park on Easter Sunday.

On Marxism and the Caste Question

THE intellectual effervescence, leading to the emergence of a new Left discourse incorporating the caste question, that has appeared in several campuses around the country in the wake of the Hindutva forces’ attack on institutions of higher learning and creativity, brings to the fore once more the relationship between the Marxist approach and the issue of caste oppression.

TELANGANA: Nava Telangana Celebrates First Anniversary

THE first anniversary of Nava Telangana, Telugu daily was celebrated at a function organised at Sundarayya Vignana Kendram in Hyderabad on March 21. In this connection, a seminar on ‘Civil Society and the Role of Media’ was held which was presided over by S Veeraiah, editor of Nava Telangana and member of the Central Committee of the CPI(M). Justice K Chandru, retired judge of the Madras High Court, and editors and former editors of several newspapers participated in the seminar.

LDF All Set for the Fight

THE CPI(M) led Left Democratic Front in Kerala has announced its list of 124 candidates for the elections to the 140 member Kerala legislative assembly. There are 12 women and 11 independent candidates in the list.

CPSU Workers to Prepare for Nationwide Strike

A meeting of the unions in central public sector undertakings (CPSUs) was held at the CITU Centre in New Delhi on March 11. It was attended by around 135 leading comrades representing almost all major CPSUs in the country.

Tangible Benefits to Rich & Intangible Benefits to the Rural Poor

THE second full budget and third one by finance minister Arun Jaitley has been applauded for “revival of rural India”. In his budget speech, Jaitley said the buoyancy in tax income, an indicator of the market’s confidence in the Modi government, has helped them spend more than the earmarked amount while sticking to the fiscal discipline. The government blatantly concealed the fact that the buoyancy in tax income is only in terms of direct taxes which does not need any confidence of the market in the government of the day.

TMC ‘stung’; People Uniting to End Corruption, Misrule in Bengal

A sting operation, conducted by news portal Narada News, has shown 11 front-ranking leaders of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and a police officer being bribed by a Chennai-based company for assistance in getting business contracts in West Bengal. Leaders like Mukul Roy, Subrata Mukherjee, Sovan Chatterjee, Subhendu Adhikari, Madan Mitra, Saugata Roy, Sultan Ahmad, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar and Prasun Banerjee are not only seen collecting bribes but even bargaining shamelessly in the video.

Corruption in TMC Regime: People’s Poverty vs Rulers’ Prosperity

TRINAMOOL Congress came to power in West Bengal in 2011. In the last five years, the people of West Bengal have experienced complete denial of both public and private investment in welfare of the masses. Trinamool Congress, after coming to power, resorted to political intolerance towards the Left forces. This was happening in the immediate phase after gaining power. Political intolerance was followed by financial extortions from families of known Left voters as well as forced displacements of families of Left parties from their localities.

ASSAM: CPI(M) is Working Hard to Regain Sorbhog Assembly Seat

IN the political landscape of Assam, Sorbhog Assembly Constituency occupies a special place. This is the only Assembly seat in Assam which enjoys the distinction of electing CPI (M) candidates as many as five times. In 1978, party won the seat for the first time when party leader Hemen Das was elected with a huge majority. Later, the party retained the seat in 1983 amidst the violence of Assam Movement.

James Connolly: Irish Revolutionary Hero & Marxist

THE people of the Republic of Ireland have observed the centenary of the historic Easter Uprising which took place in 1916. This uprising was a landmark in the struggle of the Irish people against British imperialism for independence. It was a catalytic event which eventually led to the armed struggle which culminated in the Irish Free State being set up in 1921 with dominion status in the British Empire. The Easter Uprising saw 1500 armed volunteers occupy the General Post Office and other buildings in the heart of Dublin and proclaiming the Free State of Ireland.

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