United Resistance to Anti-Farmer Bills And What it Holds for the Future

THE Pratirodh Diwas or Resistance Day against the three Anti-Farmer Bills on September 25, 2020 has by far been the most widespread action and met with the biggest response from peasants in recent times. It saw massive participation across the length and breadth of the country.The bandh called in Haryana and Punjab was total and widespread in Uttar Pradesh. The police repression unleashed in Haryana instead of deterring farmers only ensured even greater participation. In Punjab, the blockade of rail lines is continuing.

EEFI Lauds UP Electricity Employees for Fighting Privatisation

THE Electricity Employees Federation of India (EEFI), in a statement issued on October 7, has conveyed warm greetings to all the participants and constituent organisations of Vidyut Karmachari Sanjukta Sangharsha Samity (VKSSS), UP, for their heroic struggle to oppose the move of Uttar Pradesh government to privatise electricity distribution. Lauding the efforts of VKSSS, it said that the unity of the electricity employees made them victorious and that they have set an example before the working class of our country.

Countrywide Protest against Atrocities on Dalits, Women & Socially Backward Sections on Oct 13

Below we publish the statement issued by CITU, AIKS and AIAWU on October 7THE increase in atrocities against marginalised sections of society, gang rapes and mob lynching are integrally linked to the government project of marginalisation of dalits and oppressed sections under the crisis-ridden neoliberal order.

BSNL Unions to Observe Black Day

THE All Unions and Associations of BSNL (AUAB) issued a notice to the DoT and the BSNL management, for observing a ‘black day’ on October 1, 2020, which happens to be the 20th foundation day of BSNL. Instead of celebrating the 20th foundation day, the employees of BSNL have decided to observe it as a black day. This decision was taken, since the future of BSNL and its employees are getting darker by the passage of every single day.It is already six months, since BSNL's 4G tender has been cancelled, on the plea that its conditions had violated government's “make in India” policy.

Bihar: Left part of Mahagathbandan, a Formidable Alternative

THE Bihar assembly election will witness a direct fight between the “Mahagathbandhan”, comprising RJD, Congress, CPI(M), CPI, CPI(ML) on the one side and the BJP-JD(U) on the other.The smaller parties representing caste and such other interests, bereft of any social and political ideologies are fighting for their existence by allying with either of the alliances. The situation is still fluid and the last word on the nature of alliance is yet to be written.

Asymmetric Effects of Growth and Stagnation

GROWTH under capitalism is associated with an increase in absolute poverty.

In the Jaws of the Quad

THE ministerial level quadrilateral meeting comprising the United States, Japan, Australia and India was held in Tokyo on October 6. Known as the Quad, the four country grouping is fast shaping up as a military alliance targeted at China. The foreign minister, S Jaishankar, had stated in September that India will not become part of an “alliance system”. But the developments concerning the Quad belie this stance.

UP: Descent into Barbarism

THE death of a 19-year old dalit girl due to brutal gang-rape and torture in Hathras and the way the Uttar Pradesh police and administration have handled it, is a horrifying yet instructive tutorial on the nature of the Adityanath regime in UP.The family of the girl faced indifference and hostility in filing an FIR.

Monsoon Session: Left Resists Govt Efforts to Undermine Parliamentary Democracy

IN the monsoon session of Rajya Sabha, the Left parties led by the CPI(M) opposed the ordinance raj of the NDA regime, which is devoid of all decorum India has followed in parliamentary democracy. Despite being small in numbers, the CPI(M) has led the resistance in Rajya Sabha against the undemocratic, anti-farmer and anti-worker legislations brought in by the NDA regime.The CPI(M), along with other Left and democratic parties, took strong stance against the ordinance raj in the house.

The Move towards a De Facto Unitary State

FEDERALISM is one of the basic features of the Indian constitution. In the constituent assembly, Professor K T Shah wanted the term “federal”, together with the term “secular”, included in the preamble itself, but Dr Ambedkar rejected it on the grounds that the federal and secular character of the republic was understood and did not need specification. The constitution in its seventh schedule spelt out the jurisdictions of the centre and the states in two lists, and areas of common jurisdiction in a third list.

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