CPI(M) to Hold All India Protest Day on Nov 26 Against BJP Govt’s Moves to Subvert MGNREGA

The CPI(M) will organise a Mass Dharna in Delhi on Nov 26 led by chief minister of Tripura, Manik Sarkar against BJP government’s moves to curtail MGNREGA, which is a serious onslaught on the rights and livelihood of the rural poor. It calls upon all the democratic forces and mass organisations to unitedly oppose these changes.

Punish the Guilty

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on November 5, 2014.

THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the brutal killing in Chattargram, Kashmir of two innocent schoolboys, one of them a student of Class 7, by the army. Two others were seriously injured in the firing.

Week Long Protest Campaign by Six Left Parties

A meeting of six Left parties – Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Revolutionary Socialist Party, All India Forward Bloc, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)-Liberation and Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) was held in New Delhi on November 1, 2014. They have issued the following statement.

CPI(M) Delegation Meets Vietnam PM

CPI(M) Delegation led by General Secretary Prakash Karat met Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, who was on a State visit to India, on November 27 . The other members of the delegation were Sitaram Yechury, Polit Bureau member and R Arun Kumar, member, International Department of the CPI(M).

PM’s Hollow Claims on Bringing Back Black Money

ONE after another, all the election promises made by Prime Minister Modi during his whirlwind nationwide campaign, in a corporate jet, are turning out to be completely hollow – full of bluster and no substance. On earlier occasions, we had exposed the feature of this Modi government with regard to its so-called `economic miracles’, achhe din aanewale hain etc etc. Now it is the turn of the prime minister’s bluster concerning the claim that `his government’ will ensure that all the illegal black money stashed away in foreign banks in financial `havens’ will be brought back to the

I am (A)Santhosh

MY name is Santosh. I am eight years old. I stay in Jayanagar in Benguluru. I do not know why he had hit me on that day, when I said the place where I stay. I do not understand why all of you are coming to me today. If all this has got something to do with the place where I stay, please tell me what is it? I am not understanding anything.All of it had started on that Sunday when I went to play near the temple. All my friends are playing happily when we saw that the poojari of the nearby temple distributing prasadam to the people.

Dalit Agricultural Worker Women’s Meet in Punjab

AS part of the implementation of the call given by the 8th all India conference of All India Agricultural Workers’ Union held at Warangal in Telangana recently, the Punjab state unit of AIAWU held a convention of Dalit women agricultural workers on October 4 at Jalandhar.

Afghan Political Impasse Ends

AS many Afghanistan watchers had predicted from the outset, a power sharing deal between Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, the contenders for the presidency was announced with much fanfare on September 22. Under the deal, Ghani has duly been sworn in as president of the country.

Love Jihad: RSS Unleashes Weapon of Hate

Pichhle saal dange hue, khoob hui khoon ki barish.Agle saal achhi hogi fasal matdaan ki.-Gorakh Pandey(Last year there were riots, an ample monsoon of blood.Next year will bring a rich harvest during elections.)IT has been a long standing strategy of the BJP and the RSS to try and divide the society on communal lines and use the dogmatic thinking and blind-fold ignorance of some people as side-kicks to gain electoral success. One of the latest ploys for polarisation framed by some communal Hindutva outfits is a myth called ‘Love Jihad’.

KARNATAKA: Thousands March Demanding Land Rights and Action against Land Mafia

BANGALORE was a sea of Red on October 13 as more than 20,000 peasants, agricultural workers and rural masses came from across Karnataka and marched for land rights for the landless, rights over the Bagair-Hukum land and forest land being cultivated by over 16 lakh poor peasants, homestead land for the homeless, and against corporate takeover of land. As the unprecedented mobilisation rose up over the Anand Rao Circle Flyover and descended to reach the Freedom Park with thousands of Red flags fluttering high it was a sight to behold.

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