AIKS CKC Meet Urges July 9 Strike Success, Slams Modi Govt’s Pro-US Trade Agreement

THE Central Kisan Committee (CKC) meeting of the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) held from June 28-30, 2025 at the E K Nayanar Academy, Kannur, Kerala, decided to hold massive protests on July 9 along with the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) at the tehsil level, and work actively to make the General Strike called by the Central Trade Unions (CTUs) a massive success.The meeting discussed the grim agrarian scenario in the country, and the anti-farmer, pro-corporate policies of the BJP-led NDA government.

Remembering RSS Surrender during Emergency

ON the 50th anniversary of the Emergency, BJP and RSS are full of righteous fervour, recalling those dark days. They are marking the day as Samvidhan Hatya Divas (Murder of Constitution Day), with Home Minister Amit Shah releasing a book recording reminiscences of how Prime Minister Modi, then a pracharak of RSS, went underground and carried out various organisational tasks.

Multi Polarity Underpins the ILC Meeting

THE 113th International Labour Conference (ILC), held in Geneva from June 2-13, 2025, concluded with the adoption of a Convention and Recommendations on Biological Hazards, a resolution on standard-setting discussions on the platform economy, and a general discussion on promoting transitions towards formality.

RSS’s Intent Exposed

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on June 27, 2025

THE Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly denounces the proposal made by the RSS general secretary to remove the words ‘socialist’ and ‘secular’ from the Preamble of the Indian Constitution. This proposal exposes the RSS’s long-standing objective of subverting the Constitution and its intent to transform India into a Hindu Rashtra, in pursuit of its Hindutva project.

Scrap the ELI Scheme

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on July 2, 2025THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) opposes the approval granted by the Union Cabinet to the Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme, which is designed to transfer public money to big corporate houses. This is yet another attempt by the BJP-led central government to benefit corporates at the cost of workers.

July 9 Strike: Turning Point against Neoliberalism

THE working class of the country is all set to go on a massive countrywide general strike on July 9, 2025. Standing shoulder to shoulder with the working class will be the peasantry – both peasants and agricultural workers, who will be flooding the streets across the country in solidarity with the workers.

Electoral Roll Revision in Bihar Risks Mass Disenfranchisement

NILOTPAL Basu, Polit Bureau member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), has written to the Chief Election Commissioner expressing strong opposition to the "Special Intensive Revision" of electoral rolls currently underway in Bihar. In a letter dated June 27, Basu raised serious concerns about the methodology and timing of the revision, warning that the process may lead to large-scale disenfranchisement and vitiate the pre-election atmosphere in the state.Referring to the Election Commission’s communication (Letter No. 23/2025-ERS Vol.

CITU Demands Compliance with Industrial Safety Norms; Punishment to Those Responsible for Accidents

THE Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), in a statement issued on July 1, expressed deep shock and grief over the loss of workers' lives and injuries caused by the reactor blast at Sigachi Chemical Factory in Telangana and the blast at a cracker factory in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu. CITU conveyed its heartfelt condolences to the families of the deceased workers.The actual death toll from the reactor blast at Sigachi Chemical Industry in Sangareddy, Telangana – reported to be 44 so far, many of whom are migrant workers – is still being confirmed.

WB: Protests over Campus Gang-Rape, TMC under Fire

THE entire state of West Bengal is reeling from two horrifying incidents, both allegedly involving the Trinamool Congress, which have thrust critical issues of violence, campus safety, political patronage, and police accountability into the spotlight.On the day of the Kaliganj by-election results (June 23), a 10-year-old girl, Tamanna Khatun, the daughter of a CPI(M) supporter, was tragically killed by a socket bomb hurled from a Trinamool Congress procession in Molyandi village.

Behind Polavaram: Hidden Labour Exploitation

UNDER the heavily fortified Polavaram Multi-Purpose Irrigation Project, a clandestine operation is underway, marked by widespread and unprecedented violations of labour laws. The site, transformed into a virtual fortress, is a prohibited zone for any form of trade union activity. Behind the imposing security presence and the refusal of entry to any trade union, lies a deliberate strategy to conceal the brutal exploitation of workers and to suppress any organised efforts to demand fair treatment and adherence to basic labour rights.

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