Hurdles India Faces

EVERY day brings fresh evidence of the hurdles India faces as chairperson of the G-20 group in showcasing to the world, in the words of the prime minister, that it is "such a rich and living democracy of the world."The hurdles are placed not by ordinary citizens but by the actions of the central government and of functionaries at various levels of the ruling party.

Verify Entries & Prepare a New Electoral Roll for MLC Elections in AP

THE Andhra Pradesh state committee of CPI(M) has raised alarm over the large-scale entry of ineligible names in the electoral rolls prepared for the legislative council elections scheduled in Andhra Pradesh.

AIFAWH Conference Resolves to Take Struggles to New Heights

THE tenth national conference of the three-decade old All India Federation of Anganwadi Workers and Helpers (AIFAWH) was held from December 6-9, 2022 at the historic city of Madurai in Tamil Nadu.Reviewing the experiences of the struggles held in the last three years against the pandemic, malnutrition and hunger as well as the unprecedented struggles against the anti-ICDS policies of the governments in various states, the conference resolved “to heighten our struggles and equip our organisation to take on the corporate communal regime and the capitalist order.

'Save Power Sector, Save India' A Call for Resistance and Defiance

JANTAR Mantar witnessed presumably the largest ever assembly of electricity employees and engineers under the banner of National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees and Engineers (NCCOEEE) on November 23, 2022. NCCOEEE is the broadest conglomeration of electricity-related federations operating throughout the country. Earlier on August 2, NCCOEEE held a national convention and called upon 2.7 million electricity employees and engineers to join the nationwide struggle to oppose the Electricity Amendment (EA) Bill on the day of its introduction in parliament.

AP: ‘Save the Country from Communal Forces’

THE ‘Secular Constitution Protection Forum’ formed in Andhra Pradesh called on the people to come forward to fight against communal forces in the spirit of freedom movement. In connection with Babri Masjid demolition day, on December 6, the Secular Constitutional Protection Forum has organised a state convention on communal trends of the Modi led BJP central government and threat to constitutional rights. The meeting was held at MB Vignan Kendram, Vijayawada and was chaired by Jelli Wilson, former MLC.

Thoothukudi Firing Investigation Report Indicts the Govt and District Administration

“DID we fight against the government? No, we fought against a private company. And yet bullets were the answers we received. Is it fair?”Amid the chaos and screams, this was the question raised by the mother of Snowlin - a young woman who took part in the Sterlite protests and fell victim to the gunfire.Justice Aruna Jagadeesan was appointed a day after to probe into the 2018 May 22nd shooting that killed and injured people protesting against Sterlite.

The Working Class under Neo-Liberalism

A NEO-LIBERAL regime entails a spontaneous change in the balance of class power against the working class everywhere. This happens for a number of reasons. First, since capital becomes globally mobile while labour is not, such globally mobile capital gets an opportunity to pit the working class of one country against that of another.

Demand for Delisting Tribals BJP’s Communal Agenda

JHARKHAND state secretariat of the CPI(M) strongly opposed the politics of RSS sponsored Janjati Suraksha Manch which is dividing the tribals in the name of religion and raising the demand to exclude tribals from the ST list who have adopted Christianity or Islam. The adivasis ethnically belong to the tribals in our country as well as in different countries of the world and irrespective of their religion, their status as tribals does not change.

CPI(M) Pays Condolence to Comrade Jiang Zemin

THE Communist Party of India (Marxist) is saddened to hear the news of the demise of Comrade Jiang Zemin, former general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the president of the Peoples’ Republic of China. He was 96 years old.Comrade Jiang Zemin was a prominent leader belonging to the CPC's third generation and is remembered for his ‘Theory of Three Represents’.

The Future has a Party – PCP National Conference Concludes

THE Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) held its Special National Conference in November 2022, two years after its 21st Congress. The Conference had two main points as its agenda – one, a review of the political situation in the country, assessments made by the Party Congress and the interventions of the PCP and two, election of a new general secretary.The National Conference of the PCP is in a way a mid-term review, carried out in an extensive manner. The draft Political Resolution prepared for the Conference was discussed thoroughly within the Party.

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