Tripura Assembly Bye-Election: Victory Celebration Turns into attacks on the Opposition

The ruling party, BJP, in Tripura, started celebrating victory in three out of four constituencies where bye-elections were held on June 23, with physical attacks on the opposition. The BJP has chosen this victory to suppress the opposition using its miscreants in complicity with some pet police officials.

Transition from Fossil Fuel to Renewables: Challenges and Tasks before Working Class

HUMANS live from nature, i.e., nature is our body, and we must maintain a continuing dialogue with it if we are not to die -- Karl Marx, 1844Many of the world’s biggest corporate houses have started concerted campaign in favour of transition from fossil-fuel to renewable sources of energy. In this holy race of saving the Earth from worsening environment situation, India’s biggest corporates are also not falling behind.

Rajasthan: Take Strict Punitive Action against the Culprits and Ensure Peace

THE state committee of CPI(M) in Rajasthan strongly condemned the brutal and barbaric murder of a tailor by slitting his throat in Udaipur city. The Party stated that this incident is an embarrassment to humanity. There seems to be a planned motive of communal anti-social elements behind doing such a dastardly act and then making it viral on social media. The motive of these killers is to promote communal hatred by destroying the social harmony of the state.The CPI(M) appealed to the people of the state to maintain peace and harmony.

Withdraw Cases and Release Teesta and Others

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on June 26 THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) condemns the arrest of Teesta Setalvad who fought relentlessly for justice for the victims of the 2002 Gujarat violence. Her arrest is an ominous threat to all democratic minded citizens not to dare to question the role of the State or the government under whose regime communal violence takes place.

Rush Relief: Devastating Floods in Assam

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on June 25THE devastating floods in Assam have taken a heavy toll of human life and property in both the Brahmaputra valley and the Barak valley. Over 60 lakh people in 32 out of the 35 districts are battling for survival. Over a hundred have unfortunately lost their lives. Over 1.08 lakh hectares of crop land have submerged and over 2000 kms of roads have been badly damaged. Thousands of livestock perished.The BJP led governments, both union and the state have miserably failed to tackle the flood situation.

Anti-Imperialist Struggle: Role of Communists and the left

In the run-up to the 75th Anniversary of India’s Independence, we publish a series of articles from the files of the People’s Democracy, which appeared on important anniversaries of independence. The first in the series is the article by Comrade P Ramachandran, then Polit Bureau member of the CPI(M) that appeared in the PD issue dated August 16, 1998. This article was written on the occasion of the Golden jubilee celebrations of our independence.THE role of the Left in the anti-imperialist movement in our country has been in focus for many years now.

Apple Farmers’ Workshop in Srinagar

AS the third initiative in a row AIKS and P Sundarayya Memorial Trust organised the all-India workshop of apple farmers in Srinagar on June 22-23, 2022. Apple farmers from Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh participated in it along with experts from Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture – CITH, Srinagar, Sher-e Kashmir University of Agriculture Science and Technology, Kashmir (SKUAST-K), Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi and All India Peoples Science Network.Hannan Mollah, general secretary of AIKS, inaugurated the workshop.

Will Monkeypox See a Replay of AIDS and Covid-19?

WITH more than 4,000 cases (as on June 30, 2022), the recent outbreak of monkeypox in Europe and North America has become international news. World Health Organisation (WHO) has reacted by monitoring the progress of monkeypox globally and issuing guidelines regarding testing, and taking immediate measures. But WHO has not yet declared monkeypox a public health emergency.As long as monkeypox was confined to Africa, where similar outbreaks have been happening in Central and West Africa for years, it raised little concern.

The Coup in Maharashtra: A Sordid Saga

THE cat, at last, has come out of the bag. Devendra Fadnavis, ever eager to come back to power, by hook or crook, finally reached the doorstep of the Raj Bhavan in Mumbai. The gentleman sent from above occupying the gubernatorial seat, to come in handy whenever the RSS bosses wished, has been more eager for the former’s comeback than the come-backer himself.

CPI(M) and CPV Bilateral Meeting

THE Communist Party of India (Marxist) had an online bilateral meeting with the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) on June 29, 2022. The CPI(M) delegation was led by Sitaram Yechury, general secretary and consisted of Nilotpal Basu, Polit Bureau member and R Arun Kumar, Central Committee member. The CPV delegation was led by Vo Van Thuong, Polit Bureau member, and standing member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee’s (CPVCC) secretariat.

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