J&K: Act to End such Impunity

Enable GingerCPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on December 24THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the brutal killing of three civilians in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir while they were in custody of the army.Mohammad Showkat, Safeer Hussain and Shabir Ahmad were rounded up by army personnel and subjected to severe torture which resulted in their deaths. The J&K administration has announced compensation for the families of deceased. But that is not enough. There has to be a speedy investig

India's Reichstag Fire Moment: Mass Suspension of Opposition Lawmakers Is a Step toward Decapitating the Essence of Democracy

NINETY years ago, a major fire engulfed the Reichstag building, the seat of the German parliament. Adolf Hitler, the four-week-old chancellor of Germany, used it as a ruse to clamp down on the opposition and forge ahead with his devious political project. In 2023 in India, the provocation was just a question that led to the mass suspension of opposition MPs in both the house of Indian parliament. The recently concluded winter session of parliament left several blots on our democracy and will go down in history for all the wrong reasons.

2024: A Great Battle Ahead

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×THE year 2023 ends with the dark shadow of the genocidal massacre of Palestinians in Gaza by the Israeli war-machine.

Kerala: SFI Continues Protest against Chancellor

The SFI continued to hold protests against the nominations of the members associated with different Sangh Parivar organisations to the senate of the University of Calicut.

Historic Nava Kerala Sadas Concludes LDF Govt Vows to Overcome Hurdles Enforced by Centre

THE historic Nava Kerala Sadas, during which the entire cabinet of the Government of Kerala travelled across the assembly constituencies, concluded on December 23 in Thiruvananthapuram. The journey to engage with the public from all 240 constituencies in the state began on November 18 from the Manjeshwar assembly segment in Kasargod district.This public outreach programme, the first of its kind with the entire cabinet directly interacting with the people, aimed to apprise the public of the developmental activities of the LDF government.

Longer Working Hours: What about Returns?

ONCE again a moral appeal to the young people of India came from the doyen of IT industry that they should be diligent and be ready to work longer hours up to 70 hours a week. Currently the youth that is the age group of 15-29 constitutes 28 per cent of India’s population which is going to come down to about 23 per cent in 2036.

An Education Policy for Colonising Minds

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×IMPERIALIST hegemony over the third world is exercised not just through arms and economic might but also through the hegemony of ideas, by making the victims see the world the way imperialism wants them to see it. A pre-requisite for freedom in the third world therefore is to shake off this colonisation of the mind, and to seek truth beyond the distortions of imperialism.

New Labour Codes Getting Ready for Enforcement

DURING the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, when the toiling masses across the country were fully engaged in the struggle for their lives and livelihoods, the Modi-led BJP government seized the moment to advance significant initiatives in Independent India, including the corporatization of agricultural land and labour system reforms. In a week, from September 20 to 27, 2020, including a weekend, the government swiftly passed three farm bills and four labour codes through both houses of parliament.

The Vacuity of the Free Trade Argument

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger× IMAGINE a country that is exposed to relatively unrestricted trade. There are two obvious problems that it can face because of this trade policy: the first is a balance of payments problem because its exports are insufficient relative to its imports. And the second is the creation of unemployment, and more generally of domestic resources remaining idle, because domestic goods cannot compete with imports.

Uttarakhand Tunnel Collapse: A Result of Degrading Nature and Humans

MARX said that the labour and nature together constituted the dual source of all wealth. Capitalism as a system has intrinsically been geared for profit maximisation regardless of human needs or natural limits. The ruling class seems to think that nature is a ‘free gift’ to capital and workers are their wage-slaves.

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