Bihar: Deep Grief over Children’s Death due to Encephalitis

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on June 17THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) expresses its deep grief at the death of nearly hundred children who have succumbed to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Bihar, particularly in Muzaffarpur.

US: Yet another Attempt to Strangulate Cuba

THE US had invoked the Title III of Helms-Burton Act on Cuba for the first time since its enactment in 1996. This is yet another attempt by the US to subjugate Cuba and run its dictates on the socialist country. The US ruling establishment thinks that it can decisively come out of the global economic crisis only by capturing the natural resources and markets of all the developing countries. It is with this objective that the US hawks are flying to all the corners of the world.

CPI(M) Submits Note in All Party Meeting

Below we publish the note submitted by Sitaram Yechury, general secretary of CPI(M), at the meeting of heads of all political parties represented in parliament on June 19, 2019.ON behalf of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), I express my thanks for being invited to this meeting and present our views. The listed agenda consists of five issues: (a) ways to improve the productivity of the parliament; (b) one country one election; (c) building of a New India in the 75th year of Independence; (d) programme and commitments to celebrate Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary; and

DYFI State Camp takes up Cudgels against Unemployment

THE DYFI Maharashtra state committee organised a three-day study camp for its leading activists at Uran, in Raigad district, from June 14-16, 2019. It was attended by 150 delegates from 18 districts and included 15 young women.

West Bengal: Left Parties Rally for Peace and Harmony

THOUSANDS of people marched through streets in Kolkata, protesting against ongoing post-poll violence in West Bengal. Left parties and other supporting parties participated in the massive rally.West Bengal is witness to unending violence perpetrated by the TMC and the BJP in different parts of the state. More than 10 people have already died in clashes. Apart from loss of life, attack on houses, shops, arson, terror in villages have increased. In parts of the state, particularly in Barrackpore industrial area, this has turned communal too.

Initiate a Credible Process of Dialogue and Reconciliation

AS the BJP government led by Narendra Modi has taken over the office for the second term, socio-political predicaments are deepening in Kashmir day-by-day. People in Kashmir, especially the youth, have been pushed to the wall.

India’s GDP Growth in the Recent Period

THE “Gross Domestic Product” is a concept rooted in an epistemic position which is intrinsically incapable of recognising the existence of a “surplus” in society. A simple example will make this clear. Suppose we have an agrarian economy in which 100 peasants produce 100 units of food; and suppose 50 of these are taken by an overlord through taxes, for consumption by his family and hangers-on. These 50 units will be readily recognised as constituting a “surplus” out of the total output of 100. But the concept of GDP would not recognise this.

ILO Joins Hands with Modi Govt to Reduce Minimum Wage of Workers

IN the ongoing world economic crisis situation, there is a rightward political shift worldwide. This is resulting in the pursuit of an aggressive neoliberal economic agenda in favour of the corporates and against all sections of the working people. It is leading to cuts in wages, social security, subsidies, employment, rights, and increase in taxation -- as designed by the international finance capital -- combined with a country-specific divisive agenda.

HATE, THREAT & VIOLENCE: In ‘New India’, Mediapersons, Youths Arrested for Social Media Posts Critical of BJP Leaders

IN the first two weeks of June, about a dozen young men and journalists have been arrested across the country, primarily for social media posts critical of BJP chief ministers and leaders. After the Narendra Modi government assumed office for a second term, such news started trickling in from various parts of the country, particularly states ruled by the BJP.The Uttar Pradesh government, led by the BJP, led the effort to threaten and intimidate, thereby silence critical voices.

Death Stalks Bihar, Exposes Hollowness of NDA Govt’s Inclusive Growth Claim

When sorrows come, they come not single spies,But in battalions - William Shakespeare (Hamlet) BIHAR is in mourning. It has lost more than a hundred children in the age group of 1 to 12 years to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Muzaffarpur, Champaran, Sitamarhi and some other adjoining districts. Heat stroke has also devoured the lives of another hundred people in southern part of the state, particularly Aurangabad, Gaya and Nawada.The recurrence of tragedies of such magnitude never disturbs the ruling dispensation of Bihar.

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