Remembering Hiroshima and the Threat of Nuclear Extinction

THIS August 6, 80 years after the first use of the atom bomb against a section of humanity, reminds us all of the inhumanity of nuclear weapons and the threat to all human lives. But this year, we have to address two new questions. Does the dominant section of the US strategic establishment under President Trump believe that the nuclear weapons are usable and a nuclear war can be won?

BIHAR: CPI(M) Condoles the Death of CPI State Secretary

THE CPI(M) Bihar state secretariat has condoled the death of Comrade Satya Narayan Singh, Bihar state secretary of CPI and former member of legislative assembly from Chatham, in Khagaria district. He passed away at the AIIMS-Patna on August 3. He was infected with Covid-19.A condolence meeting was organised at CPI(M) Bihar state committee office on August 4. His death has caused an irreparable loss to the Left movement in the state.

AP: CPI(M) Senior Leaders Sunnam Rajaiah, Shadrak Succumb to Covid-19

THE Communist Party of India (Marxist) Andhra Pradesh unit has lost two senior leaders to Covid-19, on August 4. Comrade Sunnam Rajaiah, 62, state secretariat member and Comrade T Shadrak, 62, member of the state control commission, have both succumbed to the viral infection, leaving a huge void for the Party. The Party state committee paid homage to the leaders and called for statewide condolence meetings for a week.

Ayodhya: Conflating State, Religion and Politics

THE Bhumi Pujan ceremony for the Ram temple at Ayodhya, though organised by the Ram Janmabhoomi Trust, became an official function with the prime minister laying the foundation for the temple with the Uttar Pradesh chief minister and governor in attendance. August 5, thus, marks an important stage in the political project of Hindutva; the building of a Ram temple at the site where the Babri Masjid stood was a centerpiece of its mobilising strategy to shape a Hindu majoritarian State. For the BJP-RSS combine, the Ram temple project is a matter of “national honour” setting right the

US Tech War on China & the 5G Battlefield

THE US tech war on China continues, banning Chinese equipment from its network, and asking its 5-Eyes partners and NATO allies to follow suit. It is a market and a technology denial regime that seeks to win back the market that the US and European countries have lost to China.International trade assumed that goods and equipment could be sourced from any part of the world. The first breach in this scheme was the earlier round of US sanctions on Huawei last year, that any company that used 25 per cent or more of US content has to obey the US sanctions rules.

DELHI: Set up Independent Probe: Citizens Demand

CITIZENS of Delhi on July 28, from all walks of life, have in a letter to chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal demanded an independent probe under a retired judge into the communal violence in Delhi. The totally one sided and politically motivated reports of the Delhi police regarding the communal violence is also in sharp contrast to the report and recommendations of the Delhi Minority Commission. This makes the setting up of such a probe all the more urgent.

TRIPURA: Crisis in Every Sphere and Thus Desperate Bid to Suppress People’s Anger

SLOPPY handling of the Covid-19 pandemic by the BJP-IPFT coalition government forced Tripura to the brink of community spread. The tiny state’s Covid-19 infection tally has crossed 4,000 with 17 deaths, whereas in the beginning of the nationwide lockdown (March-end) the number was one or two – people with history of travel outside.The facts that concern everybody are that a good number of Covid-19 patients have no travel history and the infection tally is growing in leaps and bounds.

Rajasthan: Governor Acting Unconsitutionally

RAJASTHAN state secretariat of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has termed the disgusting tactics of the BJP, which are constantly being adopted for conspiring to demolish the democratically elected state-government in the state, against the Constitution of India and killing democracy.The state secretary of the party, Amaram, issued a press statement on July 24 saying that for the past several days, the BJP has been continuously ignoring all democratic norms.

Quarantined Education, Unlocked Students' Protest

SINCE the beginning of the Corona Crisis, SFI has been working with people all over the country.

Oppose and Protest BJP's Self subservience: Yechury

PLACING the Central Committee decisions in a press conference held on July 27 , Sitaram Yechury, general secretary of the CPI(M) said that on the 16 demands of the people of the country a week long campaign and protests will be organised throughout the country by the Party units from August 20-26. He said, owing to the pandemic the CC meeting was held online.The CC has castigated the central government for mismanaging the Covid 19 pandemic. The BJP, instead of fighting it out at the inception was keener to settle scores in Delhi and then topple the government in Madhya Pradesh.

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