AP: ‘Save the Country from Communal Forces’

THE ‘Secular Constitution Protection Forum’ formed in Andhra Pradesh called on the people to come forward to fight against communal forces in the spirit of freedom movement. In connection with Babri Masjid demolition day, on December 6, the Secular Constitutional Protection Forum has organised a state convention on communal trends of the Modi led BJP central government and threat to constitutional rights. The meeting was held at MB Vignan Kendram, Vijayawada and was chaired by Jelli Wilson, former MLC.

Thoothukudi Firing Investigation Report Indicts the Govt and District Administration

“DID we fight against the government? No, we fought against a private company. And yet bullets were the answers we received. Is it fair?”Amid the chaos and screams, this was the question raised by the mother of Snowlin - a young woman who took part in the Sterlite protests and fell victim to the gunfire.Justice Aruna Jagadeesan was appointed a day after to probe into the 2018 May 22nd shooting that killed and injured people protesting against Sterlite.

The Working Class under Neo-Liberalism

A NEO-LIBERAL regime entails a spontaneous change in the balance of class power against the working class everywhere. This happens for a number of reasons. First, since capital becomes globally mobile while labour is not, such globally mobile capital gets an opportunity to pit the working class of one country against that of another.

Demand for Delisting Tribals BJP’s Communal Agenda

JHARKHAND state secretariat of the CPI(M) strongly opposed the politics of RSS sponsored Janjati Suraksha Manch which is dividing the tribals in the name of religion and raising the demand to exclude tribals from the ST list who have adopted Christianity or Islam. The adivasis ethnically belong to the tribals in our country as well as in different countries of the world and irrespective of their religion, their status as tribals does not change.

CPI(M) Pays Condolence to Comrade Jiang Zemin

THE Communist Party of India (Marxist) is saddened to hear the news of the demise of Comrade Jiang Zemin, former general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the president of the Peoples’ Republic of China. He was 96 years old.Comrade Jiang Zemin was a prominent leader belonging to the CPC's third generation and is remembered for his ‘Theory of Three Represents’.

The Future has a Party – PCP National Conference Concludes

THE Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) held its Special National Conference in November 2022, two years after its 21st Congress. The Conference had two main points as its agenda – one, a review of the political situation in the country, assessments made by the Party Congress and the interventions of the PCP and two, election of a new general secretary.The National Conference of the PCP is in a way a mid-term review, carried out in an extensive manner. The draft Political Resolution prepared for the Conference was discussed thoroughly within the Party.

Hypocrisy of the Rich Countries and the Green Energy’s Storage Problem

THE crux of the issue is that non-fossil, or even a low fossil fuel path, will need grid-level storage costs to drop by a factor of 10 times what they are today! If they don't, then the grid supply will become unreliable, with cascading costs for the people and the economy.That green energy has a storage problem did not bother us earlier. Coal or gas-fired plants on the grid can be used to meet the shortfall due to the variable supply from renewables. The shortage of renewables is not a problem as long as renewables are not the major source of supply for the grid.

Fidel is wherever a Cuban does good

"Being Fidel's brother is a privilege," Raúl has said about the Commander-in-Chief, whose example has inspired him and the whole island.

As a child, he saw him as a promising young man. Energetic, as boys tend to be, Raúl would only receive criticism, but Fidel felt that there was something more in him, a future; that is why he took him under his protection, not to pamper him or applaud his hazing, but to see him grow as a good man.

DSMM Holds Third Conference

THE third national conference of the Dalit Shoshan Mukti Manch (DSMM) was held at Rahul Sankrityaynan Nagar at Begusarai, Bihar for three days from December 3-5. The conference was attended by over 300 delegates from all across the country who participated in the discussions and in the election of the new leadership.

Digital Currency: Need To Tread Cautiously

THE Reserve Bank of India (RBI), being the central bank of our country, came out with a concept note on Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) on October 7, 2022. Within a month of issuance of this note which was intended to create awareness about the digital currency among the general public, RBI has come out hurriedly with the pilot issuance of whole sale CBDC on November 1, 2022; further retail digital currency has been introduced on December 1, 2022.

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