CPI(M) Leader Writes to Supreme Court Justice On his Comments on ‘Freebies’

Brinda Karat, CPI(M) Polit Bureau member and former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha had written an open letter BR Gavai, Supreme Court Justice on February 14 regarding the reported comments made by him about `freebies’. Below we publish the text of the letter.I WRITE this open letter to you as one who has been engaged in various capacities in social and political work among the labouring classes, particularly poor women.

Modi in Trump’s Darbar

PRIME Minister Modi’s visit to the White House on February 13 was meant to illustrate how close Modi was to his friend, Donald Trump, and to bask over the photo-op that it presented. Instead, what Modi’s short visit to Washington underlined was the subaltern status that India has been reduced to under Modi’s watch.There was no tearing hurry for the Indian prime minister to have an official meeting with President Trump.

AP: CPI(M) State Conference Calls for Combatting Communalism

THE 27th conference of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Andhra Pradesh called for uniting all Left and secular forces to combat the growing communalism in the state. The conference resolved to resist government policies that allocate public funds and assets to corporates while burdening the people. It also emphasized strengthening the Party’s independent base, which is crucial for building Left unity. The conference was held in Nellore from February 1 to 3, 2025. Nellore is the home district of Comrade P Sundarayya, the founder of the communist movement in South India.

West Bengal's Education Crisis: SFI Leads Protest March

“WHERE the mind is without fear and the head is held high…” Rabindranath Tagore's vision of free knowledge is contradicted by the current education system, which under capitalist rule, controls knowledge to benefit the ruling class. The National Education Policy (NEP), the RSS model, excludes the poor and indoctrinates others to serve corporates and Hindutva ideological interests.The state of education in Bengal paints a grim picture. The closure of schools is rampant, and the student-teacher ratios are incredibly poor.

Corporate Aggression Forces Working People To Unite for Counteroffensive

THE political situation at the all India level has been increasingly influenced by the main contradiction between capital and labour and the consistent corporate efforts to intensify the exploitation of the two major producing classes – workers and farmers.

The Week in Parliament

THE Budget Session of Parliament began on January 31 with President Droupadi Murmu's address to a joint sitting of both the Houses. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget for 2025-26 on February 1. Overall, the budget was disappointing as people had high expectations from it. There is nothing in the budget for the general public. The expectation that the budget would strengthen the public sector and help generate more employment in the country has not materialised. There are no measures aimed at curbing price rise.

TN: CPI(M)-led Movement Defeats Corporate Mining in Madurai

IN a historic victory for people's movements, the Union Ministry of Mines announced on January 23, 2025, the complete cancellation of the tungsten mining project in Melur, Madurai. The decision followed a meeting between Union Minister G Kishan Reddy and a delegation of farmers, acknowledging the need to protect the Arittapatti Biodiversity Heritage Site and its cultural significance.

The Inhumanity Engendered by Capitalism

GEORG Lukacs, the renowned Marxist philosopher had once remarked that “even the worst socialism was better than the best capitalism”. That remark made in 1969 and repeated in 1971, no doubt on the basis of Lukacs’ perception of actually existing socialism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe with which he was familiar, had been treated sceptically even in Western Left circles at the time.

'Emperor' Trump and Imperial US Expansionism

TRUMP is back. His foreign policy announcements, or rather, interventions, clearly show his intentions. What were imagined as statements made by a maniac are now turning out to be pronouncements made with all due seriousness. The real meaning of making ‘America Great Again’ is now becoming crystal clear.Trump started his first day as president by signing many executive orders, one among them is renaming the Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America. Innocuous it might seem, but it signals the imperial ambitions of the US. Historically, the US has occupied many territories belonging to Mexico.

Disabled People’s Assembly

THOUSANDS of disabled people from various parts of the country representing fourteen organisations met at Jantar in a Disabled People’s Assembly, on February 10.

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