AIKS ROLE IN FARMERS’ STRUGGLETHE AIKS has been an important constituent of the AIKSCC and the SKM ever since their inception. In this capacity, it played a major role in the collective decision making and implementation of the just-concluded farmers’ struggle. Whenever contentious issues came up, the AIKS always took a principled stand on them, for strengthening the unity of the SKM.Within the SKM, the AIKS also took the initiative to strengthen worker-peasant unity and the unity of farmers with other sections of the people.
FOR the first time in 33 years, Jana Natya Manch (Janam) did not perform a play on January 1.It was on that day in 1989 that Janam was attacked while performing a street play, Halla Bol, on the outskirts of Delhi, in Jhandapur village of Sahibabad, in support of CITU. Two people were killed in the attack – Ram Bahadur, a young Nepali migrant worker who had recently become a father, was shot dead, and Safdar Hashmi, Janam’s charismatic leader was bludgeoned on the head and left for dead. He died in hospital the following day.
EVEN two weeks after the hate-mongering dharma sansad in Haridwar on December 17 to 19, where calls were given to attack Muslims and eliminate them by mass murder, there has not been a single arrest. The first FIR lodged had only one name, that too of a Muslim who converted to Hinduism. Subsequently, after another FIR was filed, four more names were added including that of Yati Narsinghanand, the organiser of the event.On January 1, the Uttarakhand police had announced a special investigation team (SIT) to investigate the matter and the police officer-in-charge, when asked if arr
THE 7th state conference of CPI(M) Uttarakhand concluded with a strong party building, mass movement and a resolve to ensure the defeat of communal forces in the state.RALLY AND OPEN SESSIONThe conference was held from December 24-26, 2021 at Comrade Virendra Bhandari Nagar and Comrade Satyaprakash Manch, Jain Dharamshala, Dehradun.
THE chief minister of Punjab, Charanjit Singh Channi, dedicated three projects to the people in Jalandhar on December 24. These projects are in the memory of great freedom fighter, prominent communist leader & long time general secretary of CPI(M), Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjeet at his native village Bundala Manjhki ( Jalandhar). The chief minister placed a 'Harkishan Singh Surjeet Marg'(name of the road) plaque on the road from Barapind to Jandiala. Comrade Surjeet was once elected as an MLA from Barapind constituency.
AS the UP elections draw closer, the visits of the prime minister to the state are becoming an almost everyday affair. These visits are well-choreographed events with Narendra Modi alone at the centre whether under the focus of laser lights or on a high podium. Each event is used to announce a plethora of ‘gifts’ to the people ranging from a spanking, shiny new look Vishwanath Mandir in Varanasi to cash transfers to women’s SHGs. These state-sponsored events are also utilised in the most brazen fashion to pour vitriol on opposition leaders, Akhilesh Yadav in particular, and, of course, M
ON December 24, Agartala, the capital city of Tripura, witnessed a web of red flags elevated high by thousands of kisans to celebrate victory of the year-long kisan struggle in the country and to press for the urgent issues that the peasantry of the state has been striving hard to settle. There is no alternative to a sustained united struggle to overthrow the anti-peasant, anti-worker RSS-BJP government that has been foisted on the people of Tripura through hoax promises.
THE civilian casualty files(CCF), published by The New York Times in December 2020 has once again exposed that the US has no regard for rule-based order.
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on December 24:THE extreme hate speeches and incitement to violence against Muslims at the so-called dharam sansad in Haridwar is a flagrant violation of the Constitution, the legal framework. The speeches are akin to supporting terrorist acts including against former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh.It could continue without hindrance for three days because of the impunity such people enjoy under the BJP-led governments.