Rubber Farmers Take on Tyre Cartel

THE All India Kisan Sabha and Kerala Karshaka Sangham that represents the largest rubber producing state of Kerala along with rubber farmers have sought to intervene against the monopoly tyre companies that have formed a cartel against the interests of consumers and farmers.

AI Kill-lists Drive Israeli Genocide in Gaza

AN investigation conducted by Israeli-Palestinian magazine “+972” has made explosive revelations about Israel’s use of artificial intelligence (AI)-generated “kill lists” to target supposed Palestinian militants in Gaza through bombing attacks that resulted in mass civilian casualties during its genocidal campaign in Gaza since 7 October, 2023. The report states that an AI computer programme called “Lavender” played a central role in the unprecedented bombing of Palestinians, especially during the early stages of the war.

Telangana: Siricilla Weavers Emerge Victorious After 48 Days of Struggle

POWER looms, the heartbeat of Telangana’s Siricilla, have stopped working due to the decisions of the central government and the previous BRS-led Telangana government, leaving more than 30,000 weavers’ families high and dry. But the weavers, after putting up united struggles for 48 days, emerged victorious, and the power looms have started to beat rhythmically. The working class has proved that Siricilla is not a ‘place of suicides’ but a ‘place of struggles’. Even though the grief of losing two people to the struggle is never-ending, the victory at the end of the struggle has increased th

Punjab: CPI(M) Holds Election Campaign in Jalandhar

A BIG rally was organised in the historical village of Bundala, Jalandhar district, on April 11, 2024, to inaugurate the election campaign of Master Parshotam Lal Bilga, CPI(M) candidate from the Jalandhar constituency. Bundala holds significance as the native village of Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjeet.Addressing the gathering, CPI(M) state secretary Sukhwinder Singh Sekhon outlined the unfulfilled promises of the BJP government led by Narendra Modi during the parliamentary elections of 2014 and 2019.

BJP's Promises and Betrayals

DURING the 2014 and 2019 parliament elections, Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party made promises to Indian voters on some important key issues. These promises were not just made verbally but were included in their election manifestos. However, during the election campaign, Narendra Modi and others went even further by making bigger assurances and creating hype. It is the responsibility of any political party to fulfill the promises they made in their election manifestos once they come to power.

Climate Change and Extreme Events: An Update

THE UN World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) last month released its State of the Climate Report 2023, which not only confirms the fears of most observers that global warming has reached alarming levels, but also offers much evidence that climate change and its attendant impacts are advancing much faster than earlier thought.RECORD-BREAKING YEAR The WMO Report shows that “the year 2023 broke every single climate indicator.” The global average temperature in 2023 was 1.45 deg C ± 0.12 C above the 1850-1900 industrial era average.

Bihar: Huge Election Meeting in Khagaria

ON April 15, 2024, a massive and enthusiastic public meeting of the INDIA bloc was held at Khagaria in Bihar after the CPI(M)-INDIA candidate Sanjay Kumar submitted his election nomination form earlier in the day. Red flags of the Left, green flags of the RJD, tricoloured flags of the Congress, adorned the venue in large numbers.

CPI(M) Writes to EC on PM’s Speeches

Sitaram Yechury, CPI(M) general secretary wrote a letter to Rajiv Kumar, chief election commissioner, Election Commission of India on April 13, 2024. The letter pertains to the content of some of the speeches made by the prime minister, Narendra Modi, during the election campaign.

In the BJP Regime, Healthcare is Business

THE BJP has already started its campaign for the 2024 General Election with PM Modi making a "guarantee" in healthcare. However, what is happening is a gradual transformation of the healthcare system into a 'commodity' and its corporatisation.India adopted the Alma Atta Declaration of 1978, aiming for "Health for All by 2000 AD" through a free universal public healthcare system.

Fetishising the Growth Rate of GDP

JOHN Stuart Mill was among the foremost liberal thinkers of modern times who wrote extensively on economics and philosophy. Though under the influence of his wife Harriet Taylor Mill, he came closer towards socialism late in his life, it was a kind of cooperative socialism that attracted him; he continues to be regarded primarily as a pre-eminent liberal thinker. Economists of Mill’s time were haunted by the fear of the imminence of a stationary state, that is, a state of simple reproduction or zero growth-rate, in which there would be no further capital accumulation.

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