Powerloom Workers Stage Massive Rally

ON May 20, 2015, over 15,000 powerloom workers from all four major powerloom centres of Maharashtra held a large and militant rally at Azad Maidan in Mumbai. Although it was held under the banner of the Powerloom Workers Joint Action Committee, the mobilisation of the CITU was by far the largest.

Yechury Underlines Need for Reservations in Private Sector

DODDI Komaraiah Bhavan, commemorating Telangana armed struggle hero from Nalgonda district Doddi Komaraiah, was inaugurated by CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury in Nalgonda town on Tuesday, June 02nd. It will be a centre for conducting multifarious activities with involvement of various mass organisations. CPI(M) Central Committee member Cherupalli Seetharamulu hoisted the Party flag while veteran leader Anantharama Sharma unveiled Doddi Komaraiah memorial arch.

Evil Nexus against RTE Act in Tamilnadu:SFI Organises Militant Protests

THE Students' Federation of India organised militant protests across Tamilnadu against the evil nexus of the private schools and the school education department of the government of Tamilnadu, on June 9.J Rajmohan , SFI state secretary, who led a protest at the Directorate of School Education in Chennai asked the government to monitor the fees, since many private schools charge higher than the amount stipulated by the fee fixation committee.There are several schools in the state that charge two to three times higher than the amount fixed by the committee.

Assault on Free Speech will be Strongly Resisted

THE authorities of the IIT Madras have withdrawn the decision to derecognise the student association named Ambedkar-Periyar Study Circle (APSC) on June 6, 2015. It has happened not because of the goodwill of the officials but due to the nationwide struggle launched by democratic and progressive forces in our country. APSC had been derecognised by the dean of students of IIT Madras at the instigation of the ministry of human resource development on May 28, 2015.

Nestle Must Not Escape Liability After Poisoning a Whole Generation

THE recent controversy on safety concerns surrounding Maggi noodles – the popular instant noodle brands of the Swiss transnational company (TNC), Nestle – raises a number of issues that have not been explored in much of the media reports. The entire controversy erupted after a conscientious Food and Drug inspector in UP got samples of Maggi instant noodles tested for the presence of toxic and impermissible ingredients.

Statewide Campaign on Peoples’ Issues

From Our Special Correspondent in KolkataTHE Left Front has decided to organiSe statewide campaign on burning issues of people for a fortnight from June 12. Seven major issues have been identified for the campaign movement. The first issue is defence and restoration of democratic rights in the state. Explaining the contours of the movement, Left Front chairman Biman Basu has said that democratic and civil rights of every section of the people were under attack in the TMC regime. The state administration and the ruling party have created a reign of terror and fear across the state.

Struggle against Imperialism & Fundamentalism Cannot be Seen in Isolation

Yechury in Dhaka seminarIMPERIALISM is keen to use the growth of fundamentalist forces in our region to intervene and destabilise our countries and gain a permanent foothold. The struggle against fundamentalism should be a united struggle of all irrespective of their religious affiliations.

Brazen Assault on States’ Rights

THE manner in which the central government headed by Narendra Modi is assaulting the rights of an elected state government is truly brazen. For the past few weeks, the lieutenant governor of Delhi, Najeeb Jung, has been taking one arbitrary decision after another bypassing the chief minister and the council of ministers. The Lt.

Fearing the Word

STOP reading. Stop writing. Stop discussing. These are the new three monkeys that our drawing rooms need to be decorated with. Let go off those three monkeys of Gandhi, that old Gujarati. Here we have now a brand-new Gujarati, the 56-inch, decisive, fashion-icon, 'pradhan sevak'. Give way, the dhoti-clad Gandhi, to the monogrammed suit wearing Narendra Damodar Modi.Forgive me, it is wrong. You can read, you can write, you can discuss...but...here is the caveat.

CPI(M) Condemns Derecognition of APSC

The CPI(M) Tamilnadu state secretariat has issued the following statement on May 29.

THE Ambedkar-Periyar Study Circle (APSC) is a recognised voluntary body of students that has been functioning on the IIT Madras campus. The dean of students at IIT Madras (IITM) has cancelled the recognition given to APSC for its criticism of the economic and social policies of the RSS and the BJP.

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