Aggressively Furthering Neo-Liberal Reforms

BY now it is clear, despite all the high pitched rhetoric, that PM Modi is more aggressively pursuing the very same neo-liberal economic reform trajectory that this government has inherited from the earlier UPA government. This is happening like it did initially with Dr Manmohan Singh invoking illusions of an `era of prosperity’ which will convert India into a land of `milk and honey’.

TELANGANA: Seminar on Privatisation in Private Sector

Parliament must legislate to ensure reservations in private sector and to make the corporates accountable for its implementation felt Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) chairman Sukhadeo Thorat. Nowhere in the world is such affirmative action completely voluntary and self regulatory as it is in India now, he pointed out.

21st Party Congress Logo Unveiled

THE logo for the 21st Congress of the CPI(M) was released on November 19 at M B Bhavan in Hyderabad by CPI(M) Polit Bureau member B V Raghavulu. The Party Congress is scheduled to take place from April 14 - 19, 2015 in the port city of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Reflecting the city's identity of being a major port on the east coast and being home to a large working class population, the logo depicts a huge ship draped in red colour, on top of which the working people are standing with raised arms and flags.

Reception Committee for the 21st Congress of CPI(M) Formed

THE 21st Congress of the CPI(M) will be held at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh from April 14-19, 2015.

Bolivia: Morales wins Big

“I am convinced that capitalism is the worst enemy of humanity and the environment; enemy of the entire planet” – Evo Morales.

Save FCI, Save PDS

FOOD Corporation of India (FCI) is a crucial public sector undertaking in respect of public distribution system (PDS). FCI was formed in 1964 and its main objectives were to procure food grains directly from the farmers, supply them for PDS distribution and for maintaining price stability during scarcity. Despite its immense importance, the BJP-led government at the Centre is hell bent on its privatisation.

Coal Ordinance and Workers’ Strike

DECEPTION and dishonesty have become the trade mark of the Modi government at the Centre. A willing press is being used by the government to disseminate half truth or give distorted version of the facts to mislead the people. This they did meticulously at the time of issuing coal ordinance.

97th Anniversary Of The Great October Revolution

SEVENTH November this year will mark the ninety seventh anniversary of the Great October Revolution. It was on this Day in 1917 that a new world free from exploitation and poverty was ushered in. The great advances made by people in the Soviet Union under socialism inspired generations of people and the workers all over the world. However, the young workers born or brought up in a world dominated by imperialist dictated neo-liberal globalisation, in a world where the Soviet Union ceased to exist, might not be able to fully realise the significance of the October Revolution.

Left Parties Intensify Struggle against Akali-BJP Govt in Punjab

FOUR Left parties have intensified their struggle against the callous and adamant attitude of the Akali Dal-BJP coalition government in Punjab towards the just demands of the people of the state like withdrawal of property tax levied in urban areas and the Black Act (Punjab Prevention of Damage to Public and Private Property Act, 2014).

Trade Union Activities in Bihar

SINCE the state-level conference of CITU in Bihar, many organisational and agitation activities have taken place in the state and they have opened up new possibilities of reaching out to the so-far-untouched sections of the organised and un-organised sector workers in private and public institutions and to the vast masses of self-employed groups.

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