Adivasi Adhikar Sangharsh Sammelan

Adivasis from Every Region of the Country Join HandsTo Protest Modi Govt's Attack on their RightsFOR the first time since the Modi government was elected to power in May 2014, adivasis from across the country assembled at Mavlankar Hall, New Delhi, in the Adivasi Adhikar Sangharsh Sammelan on August 5.The convention organised jointly by the Adivasi Adhikar Rashtriya Manch, Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Mahasabha, Bharat Jan Andolan and Campaign for Survival and Dignity was attended by representatives from more than eighteen states.More than a thousand people gat

Shielding Wrongdoing

THE monsoon session of parliament has been stalled ever since it began on July 21. The main reason for this is the Modi government’s obduracy in refusing to even recognise that there are serious charges against a union minister and against the two chief ministers of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. After refusing to respond to the opposition demand that action be taken in these three cases, throughout the prime minister has remained silent.

August Campaign Against Modi Govt Policies

MAHARASHTRAImpressive Mumbai Rally Begins Campaign against Modi RegimeMariam DhawaleON August 1, 2015, the CPI(M) Maharashtra state committee began the nationwide campaign against the anti-people and pro-corporate policies, the communal conspiracies and the corruption scandals of the BJP-led Modi regime at the centre, and the BJP-led Phadnavis regime in the state, by organising an impressive rally of over 10,000 people.

KARNATAKA: Dalit Witness Found Dead

IN the early hours of July 10, the dead body of Dodda Veeresh Gudisali was found by the side of a railway track at the outskirts of Koppala, Karnataka. He was a dalit from Marakumbi village of Gangavathi taluk. He was an important witness in the case pertaining to the incident of atrocity on dalits that occurred at Marakumbi, a year ago. He was about 45. He has left behind him his wife and two sons. A death note is said to have been recovered which suggests that he committed suicide.

Tripura Rajya Upajati Ganamukti Parishad Holds Convention

IN the face of attacks unleashed by the Modi government, the CPl(M) and the Left champions the rights of the tribal masses, said CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat in the one day special organisational convention of the GMP held in Agartala. The convention attended by more than 1000 delegates from all over the state was also addressed by CPI(M) Tripura state secretary Bijan Dhar and CPI(M) Central Committee member and GMP vice president Aghor Debbarma.

FTII Students Protest Saffronisation of the Institute

SINCE its foundation, the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), has been a nursery for cinema practices and education in the country. This unique institute has been a space which has always encouraged, cultivated and protected freedom of thought, expression and experimentation. The stature of FTII is clearly reflected in the collective body of work of its students - both in the mainstream film industry, as well as in vibrant regional cinema.

DYFI Expresses Solidarity with Nepal

A DELEGATION of the central executive committee of the Democratic Youth Federation of India visited Nepal on July 18 under the leadership of Avoy Mukherjee, general secretary and handed a cheque equaling to ten lakh of Nepali rupees to Nepal Youth Federation, earthquake relief fund collected from across India by its activists.

The delegation visited many sites of destruction and shelter camps.

The Week in Parliament

THE monsoon session of Parliament began on a stormy note on July 21. The Rajya Sabha witnessed multiple adjournments with the opposition demanding resignation of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje over the Lalit Modi controversy, and Shivraj Singh Chouhan of Madhya Pradesh over the Vyapam scam, while the Lok Sabha was adjourned for the whole day after making obituary reference on account of a sitting member’s death.

Cuba Si ! Yankee No !

IT is 62 years since Fidel Castro, who is now 88-year old, had burst into limelight. On July 26, 1953, he had led a band of activists into attacking the Moncada garrisons and along with it the little known Bayamo garrisons. Though the attack carried out against the Batista dictatorship was a failure and Fidel, along with others was imprisoned, it did not deter them from planning the future course of action. It is during the course of his trial that he gave the famous speech, 'History Will Absolve Me'.

AIDWA Starts “Pass the Bill, because ‘honour’ kills” Campaign

THE recent years in India have witnessed a rapid capitalist transformation accompanied by a regressive feudal consciousness, emergence of identity politics and consolidation of caste panchayats in defence of status quo. The conflicts which arise due to these processes are most visible in the sphere of marriage practices and the basis on which social relationships are established.

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