Below we publish the CPI(M) message of greetings to the 14th Congress of the South African Communist Party. MA Baby, Polit Bureau member and head of the International Department of CPI(M) has attended the Congress which was held from July 10-15, 2017 in Pretoria.Comrades,We are today staring at a world where imperialism is intervening in all regions around the globe and even inciting regional wars.

WITH the advent of the BJP in power, Indian cities too got integrated to the overall development of capitalism in the country. There is a changed scenario where the cities are facing a different role in the name of sustainability, apparently is otherwise, for more appropriation of capital. But one thing is universal in the changing paradigm of development in cities and that is the neo-liberal framework in which the cities are being assigned the task. To quote David Harvey, the cities are now changing from just being city managers to city entrepreneurs.

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on June 30.THERE are a number of problems arising from the Goods and Services Tax which is being hastily implemented from July 1, 2017.There is an imminent threat of inflation and an all-round increase in the prices of consumer goods.  This, despite the fact that for a number of commodities the GST rates now fixed are lower than the combined existing rate of centre and state taxes.

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on July 6, 2017.THE visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Israel marks a rupture in the long-held position of India which has viewed Israel as an occupying power of Palestinian territories.The announcement of a “strategic partnership” with Israel in the joint statement, which is a strategic alliance, amounts to a virtual abandonment of the Palestinian cause. This was reinforced by Modi not visiting Ramallah and the Palestinian Authority.

Women were truly the ‘midwives of the revolution’ – they were present at the birth and were crucial in the final stages of deliveryTHE centenary of the Russian Revolution has triggered a great deal of interest, not all of which is helpful or illuminating. However, one aspect of the two revolutions of 1917 which has been almost completely disregarded is the role of women.The commonly accepted view is that Russian women featured only twice in 1917.