Convene Special Session of Parliament To Discuss Issues Concerning Dalits

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury has written to the minister for parliamentary affairs, Venkaiah Naidu, on May 6, 2015 asking him to take measures to convene a special session of parliament on the occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of Dr B R Ambedkar, to discuss issues concerning the dalits in our country. Below we reproduce the text of the letter.

On Transport Strike

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on April 30, 2015.

THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) congratulates the road transport workers and employees for their successful and massive all India strike. Workers belonging to the public transport, private buses, autorickshaws, taxis and trucks numbering two crore workers participated in the strike.

Successful Strike in West Bengal

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on April 30, 2015.

THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) congratulates the people of West Bengal for the successful general strike and hartal they observed today in the state.

Despite large scale arrests, threats, intimidations and the unleashing of unprecedented violence by the state police and the ruling Trinamool Congress, the hartal evoked a spontaneous response from all walks of people in the state.

Protest Fuel Price Hike

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on May 1, 2015.

THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly condemns the massive hike in the prices of petrol and diesel announced by the Modi government.

This will lead to the cascading of the inflationary spiral imposing unprecedented burdens on the working people, once again in a big way.

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) calls upon the people to protest against this latest imposition of burdens on their livelihood.

Magnificent Victory in Tripura

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on May 6, 2015.

THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) congratulates the people of Tripura for the magnificent victory that they bestowed on the Tripura Left Front in the elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC).

70th Anniversary: Victory over Fascism: An Epochal Event

THE Second World War, or, the war against fascism, was one of the truly epochal events of the 20th century. The war was like no other in history because of its global scale and the immense destruction of human lives and productive capacities. It also exemplified the collision of various historical forces set in the background of the worst crisis faced by capitalism and imperialism. The barbarous force which emerged in the inter-war period, between the First and the Second World Wars, was the phenomenon of fascism and its German variant Nazism.

Massive Rally against Land Acquisition Ordinance

THE Bhoomi Adhikar Sangharsh Rally on May 5, 2015 saw thousands of peasants, agricultural workers, adivasis and toiling masses marching to the parliament with the demand that the Land Acquisition Ordinance 2015 be fully scrapped and warned the BJP-led government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi that they will not allow the loot of land and deliberate destruction of peasant agriculture.

Undermining Parliamentary Democracy

THE CPI(M)’s recently concluded 21st Congress spoke of the trident of challenges facing the country and the people. The aggressive pursuit of the neo-liberal policies of economic reforms; the relentless onslaughts on the secular democratic foundations of the Indian republic by the sharpening of communal polarisation and the movement towards an authoritarian rule through the erosion of democratic institutions and methods considered sacrosanct in a parliamentary democracy, constitute the current constellation of challenges before us.

Message From the Fraternal Parties

Partido Comunista PortuguêsDear Comrades,ON the occasion of the 21st Congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) we convey warm and fraternal greetings of the Portuguese Communist Party and our wishes of success for the discussion and conclusions of your Congress.

70th Anniversary of the Victory over Fascism

ON this 9th of May, the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War will be observed. The rising of the Red Flag on the Reichstag, a day before in 1945, signaled the end of the war and the decisive defeat of the Nazi, fascist forces. Hitler, who symbolised the evil Nazi-fascists, committed suicide in his bunker on April 30, 1945, with the Red Army only streets away in Berlin.

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