AIPSO Condemns Arrest of University Students in US

THE All India Peace and Solidarity Organisation (AIPSO), in a statement issued on April 28, has unequivocally condemned the recent arrests of university students in the United States who were peacefully protesting against Israeli aggression on Gaza and stood in solidarity with the Palestinian people.

AIDWA Demands Strong Action against Hassan MP

THE All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA), in a statement issued on April 29, has expressed its anger and disgust against the revelations made about a sitting MP and a candidate in the Lok Sabha poll from Hassan, Karnataka, Prajwal Revanna who is the grandson of H D Deve Gowda and leader of the JD(S) which is an ally of the BJP. The Karnataka government has filed an FIR against him and constituted an SIT to enquire into the serious accusations of sexual harassment that he faces. There had been talk of his misdemeanors earlier too but he had been given relief by the High Court.

Modi Raj for the Super Rich

THE obnoxious speech of Narendra Modi on April 21 at Banswara, Rajasthan was notable for its vicious attack on Muslims and demonising any redistribution policy as a handing over of the gold and property of Hindus to the “infiltrators”. The bigotry displayed in this speech has understandably attracted widespread condemnation.

Elites in the Global North Are Scared to Talk About Palestine

ISRAELI bombs continue to fall on Gaza, killing Palestinian civilians with abandon. Al Jazeera published a story about the destruction of 24 hospitals in Gaza, each of them bombed mercilessly by the Israeli military. Half of the 35,000 Palestinians killed by Israel were children, their bodies littering the overwhelmed morgues and mosques of Gaza.

Left Front Demands Countermanding of Elections and Fresh Poll in Tripura

THE BJP has resorted to pre-planned all-out rigging and made the election to Tripura West (Gen) parliamentary constituency and bye-election to 7-Ramnagar assembly constituency a complete farce.

TN: CPI(M) Demands Action on PM Modi for his Hate Speech

HEAT waves were forecasted a few days earlier in Chennai and other parts of the state of Tamil Nadu, and the summer heat has already begun. The election-related heat and intense campaigning culminated with the state going to polls in the first phase on April 19.

Rural Labour in the Modi Years

BY now it is well-established by several researchers that the real wage rate in rural India, whether of agricultural labour or of rural labour in general, remained virtually stagnant between 2014-15 and 2022-23 (Das and Usami in Review of Agrarian Studies, July-December 2023; Dreze and Khera’s findings reported in The Telegraph, April 21, 2024).

Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU): May Day Manifesto 2024

ON this May Day 2024,THE Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) extends warm fraternal greetings to the working people across the world who are fighting capitalist onslaught and to protect their hard won rights and their unity.CITU greets and congratulates the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), the only class oriented and militant global trade union, for being in the forefront in uniting the workers all over the world to fight against imperialism and capitalist exploitation.CITU greets the working class of socialist countries, China, Cuba, Vietnam and North Korea.

CPI(M) Writes to EC Demanding Action Against PM’s Hate Speeches

Sitaram Yechury, general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has addressed a letter to Rajiv Kumar, chief election commissioner, Election Commission of India on April 22, seeking initiation of action against Narendra Modi for his hate speeches. Below we publish the text of the letter.ENCLOSED please find clippings from The Hindu, Indian Express and the Times of India – all from the front pages of their Delhi editions of April 22, 2024.

Karnataka: Elect Those Who Work for People: CPI(M) Leaders

The voice of those who work for the people should resonate in the Lok Sabha. Therefore, CPI(M) candidate Munivenkattapa should be elected by the working people, said CPI(M) Central Committee member K Hemalata.She addressed a public meeting held in Nelamangala to campaign for the Party's Lok Sabha candidate for the Chikkaballapura Lok Sabha constituency.

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