Midday Meal Workers to Hold Actions, July 3

THE Midday Meal Workers Union (CITU) organised on June 4 a state level convention of midday meal workers in Desh Bhagat Yadgar Hall of Jalandhar (Punjab). Over 800 midday meal workers from every corner of the state participated in the convention that turned to be a big success. Harpal Kaur (Barnala), Charanjeet Kaur (Boparai) and Jasmel Kaur (Sangrur) jointly chaired the convention.

CPI(M) Appeals for Huge Left Front Victory

THE Tripura state committee of the CPI(M) has appealed to the masses to ensure a huge victory of the Left Front in the ensuing elections to the three tier panchayati raj bodies; these polls are scheduled to be held on July 15. A resolution to this effect was adopted in the recently concluded meeting of the CPI(M) state committee on June 14.

CPI(M) greets CPUSA on its 30th National Convention

Below we publish the text of the greetings sent by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) to the Communist Party of the United States of America on its 30th National Convention held in Chicago from June 13-15, 2014.

SFI Holds Successful State Camp

THE Maharashtra state committee of the Students Federation of India (SFI) successfully organised a state study camp from June 5 to 8, 2014, at Aadarsh Vidyalaya in Mumbai. A total of 187 delegates from 14 districts of the state, including 43 girl students, attended the camp. The state camp commenced with the hoisting of the flag by SFI state president Mohan Jadhav. After the delegates paid homage at the martyrs column, SFI state secretary Datta Chavan made the introductory and welcome speech.

RIL Accused of Stealing ONGC Gas

On June 12, CITU general secretary Tapan Sen addressed the following letter to Dharmendra Pradhan, ministry of petroleum and natural gas, regarding the theft of natural gas from its Bay of Bengal block by the Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL).

Thought Surveillance/Manipulation

Parmar’s new book documents in fascinating detail how Ford, Carnegie and Rockefeller foundations, successfully decimated Socialist movements in Indonesia, Chile and Nigeria, and installed pro-American capitalist governments.

Iraq on the Boil

CHILLING reports of massacres are pouring from Iraq. Hundreds of civilians are gruesomely killed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants. ISIS is an outfit created, funded and armed by the US to destabilise the region. The declared goal of the ISIS is the creation of an Islamic state in Syria (and Iraq) and the return of the Islamic caliphate, which ended after the fall of the Ottoman empire in 1924. In an offensive that took the world by surprise, the ISIS militia ran amok over vast swathes of Iraqi territory, stomping over Mosul, the second most important city of Iraq.

100% FDI in Indian Defence Industries: “Nationalists” Ditch Self-Reliance?

THE only reason there is a question mark at the end of the title is that, although a policy note is pending consideration by the cabinet, the BJP-led government has not yet announced its decision. But the drumbeats in support of a policy to further liberalise the defence manufacturing sector to FDI are growing louder, led by Indian corporates with clear vested interests, as well as some strategic experts advancing a spurious logic and some economists and miscellaneous commentators who perennially clamour for FDI in any and all spheres, as if it were the panacea for all difficulties.

SAHMAT Condemns Threat to Artiste

THROUGH a press statement issued from New Delhi on June 9, 2014, the Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust (SAHMAT) strongly condemned the threat issued to renowned singer Shubha Mudgal in California. There, a pro-Modi supporter of Hindutva threatened Mudgal at a concert, for her vocal and public opposition to the Hindutva forces.

RSS: The Anti-Constitutional “Power Centre” of the Modi Sarkar

THE role of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh in the 2014 general election has been astonishing not only in its extent and influence, but even more so, in its very public and direct involvement in the most significant political event in the nation’s calendar. The door-to-door campaigning and booth management by more than six lakh RSS cadres who worked under RSS committees during the general elections, is now going to be repeated for the impending Delhi assembly elections. The organisation has again announced that the BJP cannot be relied upon to carry out these tasks efficiently.

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