A Regressive Contractionary Budget

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on July 23IN the context of the economic realities of high levels of unemployment, high food inflation rate, unprecedented widening of inequalities and the slowing down of private investment, the budget should have focused on expanding economic activities. Instead, its proposals are contractionary and regressive.

Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand BJP Govts Must Rescind This Divisive Order

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on July 20

THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly condemns the decision by the BJP state governments in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand directing all eateries along the entire stretch of the Kanwar Yatra route to display the owners' names. Clearly, this is designed to sharpen communal polarisation and foster tensions among religious communities.

Withdraw Criminal Cases against Palestinian Solidarity

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on July 19:THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) demands the immediate withdrawal of criminal cases filed against people for waving Palestinian flags during Muharram processions.

NPRD Condemns Ableist Remarks amid IAS Officer Scandal

THE National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD) has issued a statement on July 21, in response to the recent scandal involving trainee IAS officer Puja Khandekar, who has been accused of multiple frauds. The NPRD's statement highlights the disturbing ableist attitudes revealed by several high-ranking officials in the wake of the scandal, calling out their inherent prejudices against disabled individuals.Amitabh Kant, vice chairperson of Niti Aayog, called for a "review" of the system of reservations for the disabled, a move that NPRD says is rooted in bias.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong – An Eminent Leader Who Devoted His Whole Life to the Country and People

To Lam(President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and Polit Bureau member)GENERAL Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong, a thinker, a culturalist, a theoretical flag of the Party, and an eminent student who has constantly studied and followed great President Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, morality, and lifestyle, has devoted his lifetime to the revolutionary cause of our Party and nation, as well as the country and the people.

Cuba’s Problems Multiply, But Proposals for What to Do Are in Short Supply

THE Cuban economy is the worst it’s been since the “Special Period” following the end of the Soviet Union. The country is in the midst of a years-long economic contraction that’s affecting food production and the availability of medicines.

Comrade Samir Chakraborty

COMRADE Samir Chakraborty, a prominent communist leader, CPI(M) West Tripura district secretariat member, and former Tripura state committee member of the Party, breathed his last at dawn on July 18th at ISL Hospital, Agartala. He had been admitted to the hospital the previous day with multiple health issues, including chest pain. He was a chronic diabetic patient. He was 73 years old.

Reduced Wage Share and the Reserve Army of Labour

THE radical shift in labour relations from regimes of standard employment to fragmented and flexibilised labour force under neoliberalism is signified by a radical shift of responsibilities of the reproduction of labour force from the capitalist employer to the State through the denial of indirect wage payments to workers. One of the major achievements of labour movement in the past was the recognition of elements as constituents of wage and benefits that ensured the reproduction of labour force in its totality.

Budget 2024-25: A Frightening Obduracy

THERE is massive unemployment in the country that especially afflicts the youth; there is a huge and persistent inflation in food prices; there is acute and unprecedented rural distress; there is a crisis in the petty production sector; and income and wealth inequality has reached levels where the whole world is talking about it. One would have thought that a budget presented in the midst of all this would have shown some urgency, some boldness for tackling these issues. But no, not the 2024-25 budget presented by the NDA government to parliament on July 23.

WB: Manikchak Villagers Demand Electricity, Face Police Firing

SEVERE power cuts lasting over twelve hours a day had been going on at a stretch for the past two months. The prolonged outages had caused disruptions in educational and agricultural activities, and children were falling ill due to the sweltering heat. Frustrated with the situation, the villagers of Enayetpur in Manikchak decided on July 18 to rise in protest blocking the road in a demonstration against the authorities. Driven to desperation, they dared to demand a basic necessity: a more reliable power supply.

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