Education as a Tradable Service

UNDER the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), education is to become a tradable service. In August 2005, India had made a market access offer in the sphere of higher education under the GATS; this offer will become a firm commitment later this month at the Nairobi ministerial meeting, which is set to bring the Doha Round of WTO negotiations to a final conclusion, unless India withdraws from it.

Tarigami Addresses Rally in Vijayawada On Protection of Communal Harmony

ATTEMPTS are being made by the BJP, VHP, RSS and other Sangh Parivar forces to divide the people on the basis of religion, cautioned CPI(M) leader from Jammu and Kashmir, Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami. He was addressing a well-attended public meeting on ‘protection of communal harmony in our country’, organised by Aawaz in Vijayawada on December 6.Tarigami, Central Committee member of the Party and a member of Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly, exhorted the people to remain alert against such divisive forces.

Thinking Together

a) It seems some people in Kerala are disappointed with our approach to Hindus and this may be one of the reasons why the RSS, BJP and caste organisations are growing. Is this true?

b) When the Left comes to power, the minister for education is a minority community person or a party that is representing them. Why is this so?

c) Many Hindu temples were taken over as government property, but not even a single mosque or church were taken over either by the LDF or UDF governments.

S Muralidharan, Coimbatore

Left Parties Hold Jathas across Punjab against Growing Intolerance

FOUR Left parties -- CPI(M), CPI, CPM Punjab and CPI(ML) Liberation -- held a week-long jatha programme in Punjab from December 1 to 7 against growing intolerance in the country and to spread the message of peace and communal harmony. The programme was also in support of the 15-point charter of demands of Left parties, containing the burning issues facing the people of the state. The programme got a very encouraging and good response from people all over Punjab.

MAHARASHTRA: CPI(M) Leads the Siege to Wada SDO Office for Six Days

THE CPI(M) led an unprecedented 5,000-strong siege of both the SDO and tehsil offices at Wada in Palghar district from November 16, 2015 for six days and five nights continuously, till the evening of November 21. The CPI(M) Wada and Vikramgad tehsil committees jointly organised this struggle, forcing the government to concede all the demands and start immediate implementation. The AIKS, DYFI and AIDWA joined this struggle in full strength.

Tripura Local Body Polls Held

POLLING to the Agartala municipal corporation and 18 other urban local bodies elections including 13 municipal councils and five nagar panchayats and bye elections to 10 seats of the three-tier panchayats passed off peacefully on December 9. From the early hours of the day itself, people started queuing up in front of the polling stations. Everywhere there was festive mood as women, as usual, came to vote in large numbers. The final figures are yet to be confirmed, but according to primary estimates, more than 85 percent casting was recorded.

CPI(M) Calls on People to be Prepared for Wider Struggles

“GET prepared for a wider battle. When the TMC is taking over different areas, we should concentrate on winning the minds of the people. We have to launch a greater struggle, through mass resistance and mass mobilisation.

Review Court Order Restricting Right to Contest In Local Elections in Haryana

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on December 10.THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) considers the latest ruling of the Supreme Court upholding minimum education qualifications as a prerequisite for candidates contesting panchayat polls in Haryana as being violative of the fundamental feature of universal suffrage guaranteed to all citizens of India by the Indian Constitution. Universal suffrage is not limited only to the right to vote. All those who have the right to vote also automatically have th

CPI(M) Fully Immersed in TN Flood Relief Work

THOUSANDS of cadres of Communist Party of India (Marxist) and class and mass organisations are engaging themselves in full swing in the flood relief works across Chennai, Cuddalore, Kanchipuram, Thiruvallur, Villupuram, Nagapattinam districts and Pudhucherry, which were worst affected in the recent heavy rains.The Party led by CPI(M) Polit Bureau member and state secretary G Ramakrishnan is visiting each and every part of Chennai and distributing relief materials to the affected people.

Left Parties March against Communal Hate Offensive

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