Build Broad United Struggles against Land Acquisition Ordinance

Hannan Mollah and Atul Kumar Anjan, general secretaries of All India Kisan Sabha and All India Kisan Sabha (Windsor Place) have jointly issued the following statement on January 13:

Comrade Perin Chandra

COMRADE Perin Chandra passed away peacefully on January 7, 2015 after 96 years of an active and eventful life as a communist and peace activist, loved and admired by all.

Preparing for Broader Struggles

PARTY conferences in West Bengal have focused on the emerging situation in the state and the necessity of translating the growing discontent among the people into concrete struggles. Nine district conferences have been completed till January 15, after the special meeting of the branches and local and zonal level conferences.

PM Modi’s ‘Illusions’: Gas Balloons

THIS week has seen a very well choreographed and orchestrated campaign to woo international finance capital to India. Prime Minister Modi seeking to realise his “Make in India” campaign was physically omnipresent at the Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2015. PM Modi has made a clear shift from the slogan of “Made in India” that he thundered from the Red Fort in his first address to the nation on Independence Day to the slogan of “Make in India” that he advanced at a yet another choreographed event at the Madison Square Gardens in New York on his visit to the UN.

Defeating Neo-Liberal Policies & Communalism

THE CPI(M) and the Left has to rededicate itself and lead wider peoples movements to defeat the pro-rich, pro-corporate neo-liberal economic policies and communalism, exhorted Prakash Karat, CPI(M) general secretary while addressing the open session of the 20th Odisha state conference of the CPI(M) at Bhubaneswar. The only way to combat and defeat the twin dangers of neo-liberalism and communalism is to strengthen the CPI(M) and the Left and to further widen the mass movements.

CITU Congratulates Coal Workers For the Heroic Strike

The following is the statement issued by the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) on January 8:

THE Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) congratulates the coal workers all over the country for their heroic two days’ strike action in all the coal mines and establishments spread over around 40 districts braving police repressions and attacks by the contractor-mafia combine. The strike completely paralysed operations in most of the coal mines under Coal India Ltd and Singareni Collieries Ltd.

5-Day Coal Strike Begins

ON the call of all major central trade unions -- BMS, INTUC, AITUC, CITU and HMS, a five-day coal industry strike began across the country on January 7. CITU-affiliated All India Coal Workers Federation general secretary Jibon Roy said about seven lakh workers have joined the strike.

AIFAWH Organises National Seminar on Malnutrition in India & the ICDS as ‘Mission’

INDIA, the ‘Republic of Hunger’, has gone from bad to worse in hunger, and the fight to save the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme, which provides supplementary nutrition to nearly 10 crore beneficiaries is very important for the country’s future, said Prof. Utsa Patnaik. In a very lucid manner, she explained the plight of the people under the neo-liberal policies to the audience who were mainly the anganwadi union leaders from different states. She said that their work in the anganwadis and their fight in the union is important for the future of the country.

Draft Road Transport and Safety Bill Retrogative and Anti-people

THE All India Road Transport Workers’ Federation (AIRTWF) organised a two-day seminar-cum-workshop at Tirupati on December 6 and 7 to discuss the pros and cons of the Draft Road Transport and Safety Bill, 2014 and its implications. The meeting was hosted by the APSRTC Staff and Workers Federation and was attended by political leaders, transport experts and professionals, legal experts and representatives of state motor vehicle departments, besides federation members and leaders.

Putin in India

THE Russian President, Vladimir Putin was in Delhi in the second week of December to participate in the annual India-Russia summit that has become an annual event since 2000. President Putin and Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee had signed the historic Declaration on Strategic Partnership that year. Though the Russian president was in the Indian capital for only a day, the 2014 summit has yielded a raft of substantive agreements.

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