Critique of the Gotha Programme 30

WHILE working for the implementation of the general task of building proletarian political parties on the basis of the internationalist ideas of Marxism, Marx and Engels at the same time stressed the importance of taking into account the distinctive features of the development of each country, the difficulties and obstacles that confront the working class movement in its progress.By the end of the 1870s, revolutionary working class parties had sprung up in quite a few countries: in Austria in 1874, in Denmark in 1876, and in Belgium and Spain in 1879.

Budget a Desperate Bid by Modi Government to Attract Votes

THE interim union budget for 2019-20, placed in parliament by interim finance minister Piyush Goyal on February 1, is a fraudulent attempt to cheat the people in a desperate bid by the BJP-led government to attract votes when defeat in the ensuing parliamentary election is staring at its face.Various class and mass organisations of the CPI(M) have rejected the budget, the last before the term of this BJP government led by Narendra Modi ends, as another jumla.

WEST BENGAL: Brigade Turns into Red Sea

TENS of thousands of people, in some estimates a million, thronged the Brigade Parade Ground on February 3 at the call of the Left Front, to assert alternative policies and politics. One of the largest ever mobilisations in Kolkata’s historic ground threw up a challenge to the communal and political polarisation in the state, triggering a new stage of confidence as well as struggle.The rally came as a follow up of series of struggles of different sections of toiling people and huge rallies and padajatras in the state.

Budget 2019-20: An Election Jumla

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on February 1, 2019THE Modi government has now become famous for supressing and manipulating data and offering jumlas to the people. The interim budget for 2019-20 is yet another exercise in the same vein.

Some Experiences and Lessons from the Women’s Wall

ON January 29, the AIDWA Kerala state committee had a review meeting of the organisation’s work in the broader campaign for the historic Women’s Wall on January 1 this year. Some of the experiences and the lessons have a wider significance for progressive movements that seek to challenge and change the unequal status quo.As is known the decision for such a Womens’ Wall programme was taken at the initial meeting called by the chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

Decry US efforts to Destabilise Venezuela

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, has written a letter to the prime minister on January 25, on the brazen intervention of United States of America in the internal affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. He urged the PM to declare to the world that India stands committed to both democracy and sanctity of the sovereignty of independent countries and the right of the Venezuelan people to choose their own government.USA has recognised the leader of the opposition groups in Venezuela as the president of the country, going against the democratic verdict of the Venezuelan people w

AIFFWF Opposes Coastal Regulation Zone 2018

THE working committee of the All India Fishers and Fisheries Workers’ Federation met in Hingalganj in North 24 Paraganas district of West Bengal on January 22, 2019. More than 40 working committee members and invitees from seven states including Tripura, Kerala, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka participated in the meeting. Meetings of the subcommittees on marine, inland and allied sectors, constituted by the AIFFWF working committee met prior to this meeting and discussed the issues of fishers and fisheries workers in those sectors.

PUNJAB: Left Parties Hold Big Rally in Ludhiana

LEFT Parties -- CPI and CPI(M) have jointly organised a huge state-level rally in Ludhiana on January 28. People from every nook and corner of Punjab participated in the rally. A big section of the participants were agricultural workers, peasants, MNREGA workers, village chowkidars, artisans, industrial workers and daily wage workers.

Ayodhya: No Change in Status-quo

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on January 29THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) expresses its strong disapproval of the petition moved by the central government in the Supreme Court to ‘remove the status quo on the non-disputed land’ that it had acquired in Ayodhya. It wants to hand over this land to the Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas that had been set up by the VHP to undertake the construction of the Ram temple on the site. In 1993, the Supreme Court had ordered that the status quo be maintained on 67 acres of land that had been acquired. The centre n

Withdraw Citizenship (Amendment) Bill – All India Protest on February 4, 2019

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statements on January 25, 2019THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) expresses its deep anguish over the growing sense of disquiet and agitation of the people across the North East of the country over the proposed Citizenship (Amendment) Bill which has been passed by the Lok Sabha and awaits the passage in the Rajya Sabha. The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill infringes on the basic premise of our constitution of common citizenship regardless of diversities of caste, creed, gender, ethnicity and culture.

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