Using War to Save American Capitalism

THE old year has passed into history, leaving behind war, inflation, recession, and relentless attacks on working class rights and democracy by right wing goons. The ecological disaster created by capitalist modes of production and consumption is converging with all other elements created by the crisis of capitalism to give the global youth a bleak future. The political system in America, the heart of global capitalism, is crumbling.

Time to Resist, Struggle and Defeat Imperialism

WITHIN a week after the swearing in of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as the president of Brazil, supporters of Jair Bolsonaro, who was defeated in the elections attacked the three wings of the government in Brazil. They tried to occupy the legislature, judiciary and executive buildings in Brasilia, the capital city. Timely intervention of the federal government nipped in bud their attempt to destabilise the democratically elected government of Lula.What had happened in Brazil is more or less a replica of what the supporters of Donald Trump tried to do on January 6, 2021 in Washington, US.

On to the 17th Conference of CITU

BENGALURU, the Silicon City of India is all ready to host the 17th conference of CITU. The city is hosting the national conference of CITU for the second time. The 12th conference of CITU was held in the city almost exactly fifteen years ago, on January 17-21, 2007.The venue of the conference, Gayathri Vihar, Palace Grounds in Bengaluru, is named Shymal Chakraborty Nagar, after the former national vice president of CITU and former president of its West Bengal state committee. The dais is named Ranjana Nirula – Raghunath Singh Manch.

Pincer Attack: The Communal Corporate Raid on Higher Education

BEFORE the dust has settled over the brazen attempt by the UGC to anchor a campaign titled ‘India: The Mother of Democracy’ a second salvo has been fired. UGC seeks to set out a Hindutva narrative of the Indian past over the last 5,000 years. As espoused by the likes of Savarkar and Golwalkar, it reduces the complex genesis of India of interface and assimilation of many diverse traditions.

Israel – an Apartheid State – Deepens Its Oppression of the Palestinians

ON January 8, 2023, the Israeli government revoked the travel permit of Riyad al-Maliki. This act is not unusual, since Israel controls the movements of all Palestinians and routinely denies Palestinians the right to mobility, especially between the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Gaza, and the territories designated as Israel. The apartheid wall that snakes around the West Bank has a few gates where Palestinians stand in long, interminable queues where they experience terrible humiliation trying to go to work in Israel or trying to meet family members separated by the Israeli occupation.

Freebies and Lollipops to the Corporates

CUTTING down expenditures that impact upon the poor while bailing out the corporates has been the hallmark of neoliberal policies. Profit making by any means and favouring the rich by way of offering subsidies from state exchequer to the big corporates is being legitimised as pro-market and development enhancing strategies. Hardly any issues are being raised by the mainstream media on these sops while subsidies to farmers or to the middle class in terms of provisioning of electricity, water, education or health services has been termed as ‘freebies’ granted from tax payers money.

AIPSO Condemns Attacks on Democracy in Brazil

THE All India Peace and Solidarity Organisation (AIPSO), in a statement issued on January 9, has condemned the right-wing attempts to destabilise the recently elected government of President Lula in Brazil. The far right-wing supporters of Jair Bolsonaro, who was defeated in the recently concluded presidential elections in Brazil, attempted to occupy the Congress, judiciary and executive buildings in Brazil.

Citizens Call ‘Save Constitution, Save Democracy’

COMBATING right reactionary onslaught on constitution, its ethos and core values, All India Lawyers Union (AILU), Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) Democratic Teachers Front (DTF) jointly organised a national convention on ‘Save Constitution, Save Democracy’ on January 7, in New Delhi.Justice V Gopala Gowda, former judge of the Supreme Court of India inaugurated the convention.

AIDWA National Conference: Fight against Corporate-Communal Nexus

THE 13th national conference of the All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) was held at Thiruvananthapuram from January 6-9, 2023. The conference was held at M C Josephine Nagar, Tagore Theatre. Over 850 delegates, observers, and special invitees from 26 states and union territories attended the conference.On January 6th morning, AIDWA flag was hoisted by its national president, Malini Bhattacharya. Thereafter delegates paid their homage to the founders and martyrs of the movement.

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