THE working class in Telangana continues to make progress as their struggles intensify. The demand for housing and house sites is on the rise. Workers from various sectors, including anganwadi, ASHA, gram panchayat, school sweepers, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan employees, and various temporary employees in the medical and health department, have gone on indefinite strikes.
COMRADE Anathalavattom Anandan , senior CPI(M) leader and CITU state president, passed away on October 5, after a prolonged illness. He was 86 years old. He became a devoted organiser of the coir workers very early and he actively led many militant struggles.Comrade Anathalavattom Anandan was an unwavering communist leader throughout his life with a steadfast commitment to the cause of the working class and the downtrodden. With a wealth of experience spanning over seven decades, he emerged as an undisputed leader who will forever be remembered.
C3S bulletin revealed September 2023 was 1.75 degrees Celsius warmer than estimated value for September; Report also says September’s temperature record showed global temperature anomalies more positive than any month in any year in ERA5 datasetAUTUMN this year appeared not to be so pleasant. On the contrary, the world witnessed the hottest September on record globally, that too by a record-breaking margin.
In the statement published below, Jason Pfetcher, manager of Worldwide Media Holdings, clarifies on the provenance of the funds that the for-profit investment vehicle based in the US invested in NewsClickMY name is Jason Pfetcher. I am a lawyer based in the United States. I would like to set the record straight regarding Worldwide Media Holdings LLC (“WMH”) and an investment made by WMH to PPK NewsClick Studio Private Limited (“NewsClick”) in India.I have been an attorney in the United States for over 25 years.
ON September 30, 2023, on the death anniversary of Comrade B Seenivasa Rao, the Tamil Nadu Untouchability Eradication Front (TNEF) initiated direct actions to combat untouchability practices and ensure the rights of dalits. These actions called for immediate intervention by the district administration to address the issues.
CPI(M) West Bengal state committee held a big protest near the Bidhannagar CGO Complex on October 5, demanding that the ED-CBI stop making a mockery of the investigation and arrest and punish the scam kingpins.CPI(M) leaders went to the CGO complex and handed over to officers of the central agency the resolution passed by thousands of people at the gathering. Party state secretary Mohammad Salim warned that the fight would go on in the courtroom and also on the streets.
WHO knows how many Palestinian civilians will be killed by the time this report is published? Among the bodies that cannot be taken to a hospital or a morgue, because there will be no petrol or electricity, will be large numbers of children. They will have hidden in their homes, listening to the sound of the Israeli F-16 bombers coming closer and closer, the explosions advancing toward them like a swarm of red ants on the chase.
Below we publish the statement of the secretariat of the World Peace Council, issued on October 8, 2023THE World Peace Council expresses its deep concern about the circle of bloodshed in Palestine and Israel which has led already to the loss of lives of hundreds of civilians on both sides along with thousands of injuries.
THE central government’s hounding of Newsclick reminds one of the children’s story about a tiger and a goat drinking water from the same stream. The tiger, wanting an excuse to attack the goat, accuses it of muddying the water it is drinking; when the goat points to the impossibility of this, as the tiger is upstream and the water is flowing not to the tiger but away from it, the tiger says: “well, your father had muddied the water I was drinking”.The Modi government has been after Newsclick for months.
THE attack on NewsClick and the arrest of its founding editor, Prabir Purkayastha, and its human resources head, Amit Chakraborty, under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) is a blatant attempt to suppress this news portal, which has been an unabashed critic of the Modi government and its policies. The unprecedented action against NewsClick is also an ominous warning to the entire independent media that the Modi government will go to any extent to stifle its voice. The arrest of Purkayastha and Chakraborty was preceded by the raids in the hou