Impact of October Revolution on Education

THE Soviet educational system stemmed from the Great October Socialist Revolution. `Land, Peace and Bread’ were the clarion slogans which inspired the workers, peasants, soldiers and toiling masses into the revolutionary upsurge. After the revolution, the Bolshevik government underlined the importance of laying a strong educational foundation for the building of socialism.

Unadulterated Authoritarian Rule

THE last few days have thrown up some disturbing portents of authoritarianism.

CPI(M) Holds Workshop on Caste Oppression for Hindi States

THE Communist Party of India (Marxist) held a two-day workshop on caste oppression for the Hindi speaking states. 68 comrades from 10 states attended the workshop. The workshop underscored that for developing the Party and the Left and democratic movement in the Hindi-speaking states, it is essential to take up social issues. Among the various social problems, the major issue is of the deep-rooted caste system and the caste oppression engendered by it. Class exploitation and caste oppression are inextricably intertwined.

The Making of Personality Cult

THE Narendra Modi government decided to decisively respond to the terrorist attack on the army camp at Uri on September 18, in which 19 soldiers were killed. Prime Minister Narendra Modi led from the front and his first statement on September 24, while participating at the BJP national council meeting in Kozhikode, was that there is nationwide “aakrosh (anger)”.

Mayakovysky

When I look for the grandest day of my life,rummaging in all I’ve gone through and seen. I name without doubt or internal strifeOctober 25, 1917. The Smolny throbs in a buzz of excitement. Grenades hang on seamen like partridges. Bayonets zigzag like flashes of lightning.Below stand machine-gunners belted with cartridges. No aimless shuffling in the corridors;with bombs and rifles no one’s a novice. “Comrade Stalin wants to see you.Here’s the orders:armoured cars –to the General Post Office.” “Comrade Trotsky’s instructions.”“Right!” ─he dashed forwardand the man’s navy ribbons flashed: “

Kisan Sangharsh Jatha Sets off from Virudhunagar

THE Kisan Sangharsh Jatha has begun from the historic Deshabandhu Grounds in Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu on November 2, 2016. The venue is named after Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das who had visited the place in the height of the freedom struggle and has witnessed the beginning of many historic struggles. It was from Virudhunagar that Tyagi Shankarlinganar hailed. He carried on a historic fast unto death for 76 days demanding the naming of the state as “Tamizhagam” or the land of Tamils.

PCP Central Committee Resolution

PCP Central Committee Resolution Centennial of the October Revolution – Socialism, Necessary Today and For the Future THE year 2017 marks the centennial of the October 1917 Socialist Revolution.The October Revolution is the major event in the historical process of emancipation of the exploited, the oppressed, the workers and the peoples, a process which has been marked by important revolutionary events from the days of primitive society, through slavery, feudalism and capitalism.After thousands of years of societies in which the so

Bhopal Killings: Order Judicial Enquiry

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on November 1.THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) expresses serious doubts about the veracity of the claims being made with regard to the encounter in Bhopal in which eight undertrials, whose guilt had not been established, were killed. The eight killed are suspected to have links with the SIMI and were facing trial in various cases. How the accused could have escaped from a high security prison, also raises serious questions.

7th of November: Ode to a Day of Victories

7th of November: Ode to a Day of Victories Pablo Neruda (1941) I greet you, Soviet Union, on this day,With humility: I am a writer and a poet.My father was railroad worker: we were always poor.Yesterday I was with you, far off, in my littlecountry of great rains.

Pinarayi Launches Paddy Cultivation on Land Set apart for Aranmula Airport

ASSERTING that the proposed airport in Aranmula in Pathanamthitta district cannot be allowed in view of environmental concerns, the CPI(M)-led LDF government started on October 30 sowing of paddy on about 56 hectares of land acquired for the project, promoted by KGS Group. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan kick-started sowing on the land as locals and farmers cheered. “The LDF government is not against establishment of new airports. We only said the airport cannot be allowed here as it will mean destroying nature and environment. We do not want an airport here.

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