CITU-AIKS-AIAWU State Convention Gives Joint Struggle Call

THREE class organisations in Maharashtra – CITU, AIKS, AIAWU – came together to hold their first-ever statewide joint struggle convention at Parbhani in the drought-stricken backward region of Marathwada on October 31, 2015. The aim was to launch massive statewide struggles of the working people on their burning problems which are getting aggravated with the neo-liberal policies of the BJP-led central and state governments; and to defend the unity of the toiling sections against the onslaught of the reactionary and divisive forces of communalism and casteism.

Vimanas, Rockets, and Tipu Sultan

THE RSS and its camp followers have a strange relationship to imagination. They take the imagination of the mythology, and present it as matter of fact history. When it comes to the scientific imagination – how to create new sciences – they fall back on the sterile claim that we having nothing new to discover, as all of it has been already done by our sages in the past. This is the Batra version of science, available in the Gujarat text books. This view of science is also endorsed by the prime minister, Narendra Modi.

The Inversion of Reason

IN the era of finance capital, the familiar distortion of reality which lies in thinking that society is flourishing when the financial markets are on an uptrend, has its logical obverse in the equally familiar thought that the economic malaise in society arises exclusively because of some malfunctioning in the world of finance; and such malfunctioning in turn is attributed not to any intrinsic problems associated with this world of finance itself but to the unwise interference on the part of some external entity, notably the State, due to its having abandoned the principles of “sound finan

Thinking Together

According to the organisational rules of CPI(M), election is to be held for committees at every level. As per clause 15, the outgoing committee will propose a panel. Any member present can object about any name so proposed and can even propose name or names of candidates with their consent. The proposed panel with additional names will then go for voting by secret ballot. If there is no additional name, then the panel will be accepted by raising hands.

My questions in this background are:

KARNATAKA: Sangh Parivar Whips Up Communal Passion on Tipu Birthday

THE BJP and the Sangh Parivar in Karnataka once again are in the game of disturbing communal harmony in the state. This time around it was on the pretext of opposing the birth anniversary celebrations of 18th century ruler of Mysore, Tipu Sultan. The Congress government in Karnataka has decided to celebrate the Tipu birthday officially from this year onwards and it prepared to conduct official functions throughout the state on November 10.

Bar Bribery Scam: Kerala Finance Minister K M Mani Resigns

FINALLY, Kerala finance and law minister K M Mani has resigned. As Kerala’s longest serving MLA, who has never lost an assembly election and has been a minister for record 13 times, Mani had repeatedly rubbished demands for his resignation after bribery allegations first surfaced one year ago. The allegation was that he took a huge bribe to defer the new policy decisions on closure of all bars in the state, other than those attached to five star hotels. But in November 9, Kerala High Court made scathing attacks against the minister.

LDF Wins Mayoral Post in 5 of 6 Corporations

THE CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) has won elections to the mayoral post in five of the six corporations in Kerala. Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Kozhikode, Thrissur and Kannur are the corporations where LDF has won, while Congress won the mayoral post in Kochi Corporation. All five mayors of LDF are from CPI(M). LDF won the chairperson's post in 43 of 86 municipalities in the state. UDF won in 38 municipalities, and BJP and the Development Front bagged one each.

Plenum to Begin With Ten Lakh Plus Rally at Kolkata

THE CPI(M)'s Plenum on Organisation from December 27-31, will begin with an unprecedented public rally at historic Brigade Parade Ground of Kolkata. More than ten lakh people will be attending this rally. Party's top leaders from Bengal, along with CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury told a press conference on November 15. To journalists questions, CPI(M) state secretary Suryakant Mishra said that whatever repressive TMC government does, it cannot stop this massive mobilisation of people in Bengal. Logo for proposed plenum was also released at this occasion.

Preparations for CPI(M)’s Plenum on Organisation

THE details of the Organisational Plenum have been finalised. Plenum will be held from December 27 to 31, 2015 at Kolkata. It will be attended by 436 delegates. There will be a report on Party Organisation and a resolution which will be adopted at the Plenum.

Condemn This Terror

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), now in session at New Delhi, has issued the following statements on November 14, 2015.

THE Central Committee of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the terror attacks at least at six places in Paris that have already claimed over 145 innocent lives. The recent spate of terror attacks in Baghdad, Beirut and now Paris appear to be related to US/NATO military interventions.

The Central Committee of the CPI(M) deeply mourns the death of innocent people in these terror attacks and condemns such barbaric terror.

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