Com Surjeet's Anniversary Meeting

STRENGTHENING the resolve to defend our secular democratic republic with all our might and defeating RSS/BJP efforts to destroy it will be the best tribute to Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjeet, said Sitaram Yechury while speaking to a gathering at Bhakna Bhawan, Chandigarh on the occasion of Comrade Surjeet's 13th death anniversary on July 29, 2021.Sitaram Yechury recalled his long association and opportunity to attend many meetings at international and national levels with Comrade Surjeet.

The Pitfalls of Running with the Empire And Hunting with Nationalism

LAST week the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken was in New Delhi and his deputy, Wendy Sherman was in Beijing. Blinken’s India visit was to strengthen the existing strategic bonds between the two countries that are poles apart in terms of power.

TN: Comrade N Sankaraiah, now the Emeritus Tamilian

THE birth centenary of Comrade N Sankaraiah, one of the doyens of the communist movement in Tamil Nadu began with a fantastic start on July 15, 2021, as the district committees across the state came forward to celebrate the occasion with hoisting red flags in their neighbourhoods.

Polit Bureau Communique

CPI(M) Polit Bureau met online on July 31, 2021. It has issued the following statement on August 1, 2021COVID PANDEMICEven the official data shows that there is a rise in the average Covid positive rates in the country. To prevent this from reaching the stage of a catastrophic third wave, it is imperative that the rate of vaccination increases exponentially. So far, a mere 10.83 per cent of all adults are fully vaccinated. Every state government is reporting shortages. Central government procurement has been tardy.

Kerala’s Exemplary Record in Covid-19 Management

OVER the past two weeks, the Covid-19 situation in Kerala has become a topic of national discussion. This unusual media attention on Kerala was inspired by a large-scale social media campaign launched by supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Their argument was that Kerala was a “failed model” in managing Covid-19. As evidence, they cited the rising number of daily infections and high test-positivity rates (TPR) in Kerala.

International Solidarity with the Cuban Revolution

WHEN news arrived on July 11, 2021 in Havana, Cuba, of protests in the Cuban town of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba’s President Miguel Díaz-Canel arrived there by the afternoon, met with the protestors and talked with them about their frustrations. Dissatisfaction is normal in any society, particularly during the uncertainty of the pandemic with the economic problems it has exacerbated.

Equality and Scarcity

MANY would remember that the Soviet Union and other Eastern European socialist countries used to be characterized by long queues of consumers for several commodities.

Floods, Drought, Heat, Fire – Welcome to Climate Change!

MANY parts of the world experienced extremes of climate and their consequences during June and July 2021. Whereas definitive attribution of particular weather events to specific causes has always been difficult given the numerous variables involved, scientists have almost unanimously ascribed this summer’s events all over the northern hemisphere to climate change. Even within that context, two aspects have been noteworthy. First the intensity, indeed ferocity, of the climate events and their impacts.

Protest against Electricity (Amendment) Bill

AT the call of the National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees & Engineers (NCCOEEE), hundreds of power sector employees and engineers started the second day of the four-day Satyagraha at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on August 4. The protest was against the unilateral announcement of the central government to pass Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2021 in the current monsoon session of parliament. The second day was meant for Eastern India.By 10 am in the morning, more than one hundred members of NCCOEEE constituents reached the venue.

Dubious Stand on OBC Reservation

THE announcement by the Modi government providing for 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and 10 per cent reservation for Economically Weaker Sections in the all-India quota for undergraduate and postgraduate medical and dental courses from the current academic year is being hailed by the BJP and its supporters as an example of the Modi government’s commitment for the welfare of OBCs.

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