The Government that Refuses To Learn

WEEKS have gone by since the disastrous second Covid-19 wave unfolded, but the Modi government refuses to realise the folly of its ways and rectify its policies.The supreme court hearing the Covid pandemic issue had raised valid questions and expressed reservations about the vaccine policy of the centre.

Comrade Ranjana Nirula

CENTRE of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) expresses heartfelt grief at the demise of Comrade Ranjana Nirula, working committee member and former treasurer of CITU. She was the convenor of the All India Coordination Committee of ASHA workers (CITU). She passed away on May 10, 2021. She was infected with Covid 19 and was hospitalised on April 27, 2021. She was 75 years old.Ranjana Nirula was born in 1945 in Delhi in an affluent family.. Her father was a doctor in the UN.

Complacency, Insufficient Preparation led to the present Holocaust: Lancet

“INDIA’S Covid -19 emergency”, with this heading, The Lancet, one of the most prestigious international medical journals published its editorial dated May 8, 2021, indicting the Modi government of complacency, insufficient preparation to meet the challenges of the second wave of the pandemic.Below we produce the text of the editorial:The scenes of suffering in India are hard to comprehend.

Communist stalwart Com Gowri Amma passes away

VETERAN communist leader K R Gouri Amma is no more. Firebrand Communist K R Gouri Amma (102) passed away at a private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram on May 11 morning due to age-related ailments.Gouri Amma has had an exciting and lengthy political career in Kerala as a student leader, trade unionist, kisan and women’s leader, and minister in successive Left-led governments. Her life was synonymous with the history of modern Kerala.

Nationwide online Public Meeting on Burning Issues

IN a new initiative, on the evening of May 8, 2021, the CITU, AIKS and AIAWU held a joint nationwide online public meeting on the burning current issues of the people of our country. The public meeting was widely propagated through posters in Hindi, English, and other national languages. Tens of thousands of working people from around 25 states attended the meeting.The speakers were the general secretaries of the three, class organisations – Tapan Sen, Hannan Mollah, and B Venkat.

As Modi Govt. Gropes in the Dark, Courts have been Helping in Covid Crisis

“YOU are driving people into the jaws of death.” “You are painting a rosy picture, not in touch with ground reality.” “You should be booked on murder charges probably.” “What were you doing for the past 10-15 months?” “Are you living on Mars?”These are some of the observations of various high courts in India directed towards governments and other authorities in the past few weeks.

LDF landslide victory in Kerala

ENDORSING the achievement made by the Pinarayi government in the last five years and its effort to resist the communal forces, the people of Kerala have once again voted CPI(M) led Left Democratic Front to power with a thumping majority.

May Day 2021 – Working Class Fights for Defense Against Deadly Pandemic

Besides thousands of lives lost, working people are faced with a dark future as earnings dwindle and a hostile government tries to crush their voices.ON this May Day, working class of India is reeling under the brutal onslaught of the Covid-19 pandemic which has so far taken over lives in India and affected a staggering number of person since last year. While the deadly disease can affect anybody, it has had the most catastrophic effect on poorer sections of society.

May Day Solidarity

The Left parties issued the following statement on May 1, 2021:THE Left parties extend their solidarity with the international working-class on the occasion of May Day. Left Parties join our working class in the struggle to combat the pandemic and safeguard the rights of the working people.India today is in the grip of the worst humanitarian health crisis since independence. Worse, the scourge of the pandemic continues to intensify.

PM urged to Cement Unity of all people during COVID Crisis

THE joint platform of Central Trade Unions and Federations has urged prime minister, Narendra Modi to cement a proactive unity of all people and to meet the challenge posed by the calamity of the second wave of COVID-19.In a letter to the PM on April 28th, the CTUs have said that it is necessary for all sections to feel that the government is taking care of them, especially the toiling masses, who are forced to leave their homes in search of livelihoods.

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