WB: Kolkata Erupts in Protest over Massacre in Gaza

IN keeping with its anti-imperialist spirit, Kolkata rallied to demand an end to Israeli genocide in Gaza. On November 8th afternoon, the peace-loving people of Kolkata responding to the joint call of ten Left parties voiced their protest by joining a huge march from Mahajati Sadan in central Kolkata to Ramlila Park in Moulali. Many people from the districts of South Bengal also came and participated in this march. Thousands of people shouted slogans against Israeli aggression while demanding an end to attacks on Gaza.

AP: Praja Rakshanabheri Campaign: Reaching People and Explaining Alternative Political Policies

THE CPI(M) Andhra Pradesh committee initiated a programme to engage with the public and explain the alternative political policies and Party's political stance. This two-month-long programme encompassed a two-day state-level seminar, held on October 7-8, participated by delegates from different districts. Seminars on 23 distinct issues were held at key centres and district headquarters across the state. On October 16, the Party's state committee convened to finalise the programme details, including jatha routes and mobilisation for the rally.

Immediately Stop this Genocide of Palestinians

The Left parties – CPI(M), CPI, CPI(ML), AIFB and RSP – have issued the following statement on November 11THE Left Parties are strongly critical of the Modi government for its refusal to join the global call for an immediate ceasefire at the India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue.Left Parties had earlier urged the Modi government to stop endorsing US-Israeli genocide. At the 2+2 dialogue, there was a call for “humanitarian pause”, with India reiterating a 2-State solution.

Comrade Basudeb Acharia

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on November 13, 2023THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) expresses its profound grief at the death of veteran communist, parliamentarian and trade union leader, Basudeb Acharia. He died today at Hyderabad where he was admitted to a hospital owing to age-related illness. He was 81.Born on July 11, 1942, in Purulia, Acharia was involved in politics from his student life. He left his job as a school teacher and became a full time worker of the Party.

Comrade N Sankariah

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on November 15, 2023THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) expresses deep grief at the passing away of Comrade N Sankariah, veteran leader of the CPI(M) and one of the oldest Communist leaders of the country. He was 102 years old.Sankariah, as a student of the American College in Madurai, joined the freedom struggle. He was arrested just before his final examinations and thus could not get his degree.

The Biggest Palestine Solidarity March in London

ON November 11, London witnessed the largest of the marches in solidarity with Palestine. Nearly 8,00,000 people marched together from Hyde Park in Central London to the US embassy, demanding immediate ceasefire in Gaza. This, in fact, is the third march organised in London in three weeks – each march bigger than the one held the earlier week. This shows the growing anger among the people against the continuing attacks in Gaza, which has already led to the death of more than 12,000 people. This includes more than 4,000 children.

Madhya Pradesh: Sick under BJP Rule

MADHYA Pradesh is a state ruled longest by the BJP after Gujarat. The BJP has ruled the state from 2002 till now with a one and a half year interruption of a Congress government (which was toppled through defections).

Massive Meeting in Kozhikode in Solidarity with Palestine

THE CPI(M) Kerala state committee held a massive rally and public meeting extending solidarity with Palestine, in Kozhikode on November 11, the death anniversary of Yasser Arafat, the former president of the Palestinian National Authority.

Com Sankaraiah Continues to Inspire And Guide Activists across Generations

Paying homage to Comrade N Sankaraiah, People’s Democracy reproduces an article on N Sankaraiah written by G Ramakrishnan, CPI(M) Polit Bureau member, on the occasion of his birth centenary. This article was published by People’s Democracy in the issue dated July 18, 2021.BORN on July 15, 1922, Comrade N Sankaraiah, widely known as NS, enters the hundredth year of his life on July 15, 2021. He has made his mark as a versatile leader in the fields of politics, society, economy, ideology, culture and so on.

Towards Socialism of the Twenty-First Century

THE collapse of the Soviet Union was a sigh of relief to the imperialist forces of the world who were desperately trying to suffocate the emerging alternative that in a lightning pace not only could achieve the growth and development of the advanced economies of the world but more importantly could offer an alternative system against the global hegemony of capital.In 1931, Stalin remarked that Russia was about fifty to hundred years behind the level of growth of productive forces achieved by advanced capitalist countries and that gap needs to be covered within ten years.

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