Manipur CM Must Go

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on July 21THE horrific atrocity in Manipur against two tribal women of stripping, parading and gangrape of one of them along with the murder of two family members who tried to save her, has outraged the country. The BJP government of Manipur is directly implicated in providing impunity to the perpetrators of this atrocity as its police took no action even though the FIR was lodged with tremendous courage by the victims’ families within two weeks of the incident.

An Unaccountable Prime Minister

THE events in Manipur, which dominated the national political situation over the past nearly three months, have brought out a startling feature of governance under Narendra Modi.

Govt Should Wait for SC Verdict on Petitions Challenging Reorganisation Act

J&K Reorganisation Amendment (2023) BillTHE CPI(M) Jammu and Kashmir unit, on July 26, said that the proposed J&K Reorganisation Amendment (2023) Bill, allowing reservation of seats for Kashmiri Pandits and migrants from PoK is being introduced in the parliament at a time when the Supreme court has begun hearing a clutch of petitions filed by the CPI(M) and other petitioners, challenging the J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019 itself. The central government should have waited for the apex court's final verdict before proposing an amendment bill.

Moncada: The Dawn of the Cuban Revolution

On the 70th anniversary of the attack on Moncada, Cuban intellectual José Ernesto Novaez Guerrero reflects on its historical significance.

Food Inflation: Is It Only About Weather?

ONCE again, working people feel the heat of rise in vegetable, rice and pulses price and an increase in CPI general index in June 2023. The inflation rate is a general increase in prices, moderated since November 2022 after long episodes of high inflation. As we know that core inflation which excludes commodities such as food, fuel and light, that generally show high fluctuations in prices, remained stable after falling sharply in April-May 2023.

The Oppenheimer Paradox: The Power of Science and the Weakness of Scientists

THE new blockbuster film on Oppenheimer has brought back the memories of the first nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima. It has raised complex questions on the nature of the society that permitted such bombs to be developed and used and the stockpiling of nuclear arsenals that can destroy the world many times over. Did the infamous McCarthy era and hunting for reds everywhere have any relationship with the pathology of a society that suppressed its guilt over the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, substituting it instead with a belief in its exceptionalism?

Indian State from a Public Sector Perspective

DUE to the Indian bourgeoisie's incapacity and reluctance to invest in capital-intensive industries, the newly independent Indian state was compelled to assume a productive role, which led to the establishment of the public sector. During its welfare stage until 1991, it acted as the producer and provider of various essential goods, social services, and infrastructure.

Maha: AARM Holds Convention in Nagpur

THE RSS and Sangh Parivar cannot provide justice to the adivasis , CPI(M) Polit Bureau member, Brinda Karat, said addressing a large adivasi gathering in Butibori, in Nagpur. She criticised the changes brought in by the Modi government in the Forest Rights Act, and said it is an attack on adivasis. The Forest Rights Act was a relief provided for the historic injustices faced by adivasis, she said and emphasized that it secures their culture and collectiveness.Brinda Karat also criticised the Uniform Civil Code, which the Law Commission itself deemed unnecessary.

Protest against Manipur Incident

Various women's organisations alongwith AIDWA held a protest at Manipur Bhawan in New Delhi on July 20, condemning the horrific incident in Manipur where two women were paraded naked and sexually assaulted. The protest demanded immediate action against the accused people.

When Can There Be a Fall in the Rate of Profit?

SEVERAL major economists have put forward theories predicting a falling tendency of the rate of profit under capitalism; Marx had seen in this fact an awareness on their part of the essential transitoriness of the capitalist system. But while some of these theories have logical validity, others do not. Among the latter is Adam Smith’s theory.Adam Smith had attributed the falling tendency of the rate of profit to the fact of “excessive” capital accumulation.

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