Stop Repression on Telangana RTC Employees: CITU

THE Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), in a statement issued on October 7, has demanded the TRS government in Telangana to immediately stop its authoritarian measures to suppress the strike of the state road transport corporation (RTC) workers.

Organiser’s Flawed Vision of the Telecom Sector

IN its July 16, 2019 issue, Organiser, the RSS’s mouth-piece, has spit venom against the public sector in general and against BSNL in particular.

A Centenary of Glorious Struggles and Contributions

THE century, since the formation of the Communist Party of India, constitutes a glorious chapter in the history of modern India – a history of fierce struggles, immense sacrifices of countless revolutionaries during the freedom struggle and subsequently, and significant contributions in bringing people’s issues on to the national agenda. From its very inception, the Communists provided a scientific materialist analysis of contemporary, evolving developments and forwarding solutions needed to improve both people’s livelihood and political structures in independent India. This was based on

Formation of CPI in Tashkent

The glorious history of the Communist movement in India begins with formation of the Communist Party of India in Tashkent on October 17, 1920.

RSS Chief’s Fascistic Talk

THE Vijayadashami address of the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has revealed glimpses of the fascistic ideology which permeates the RSS. The RSS chief took exception to incidents of mob killings being termed as “lynchings”. He said “By branding such incidents by words such as ‘lynching’, denoting traditions which were alien to Bharat and belong elsewhere, efforts are underway to defame our country and the entire Hindu society and create fear among the so-called minority communities”.This single sentence exposes the doublespeak and rabidly communal outlook of the RSS.

Strong Protest against NRC in West Bengal

TENS of thousands of people in West Bengal have come to the streets against NRC proposal at the call of CPI(M) and the Left parties. CPI(M) and the Left have called public rallies, meetings, protest demonstrations on the question of important issues of livelihood of the people. Apart from other issues, NRC or the prospect of it being implemented in West Bengal too has become the focal point of concern among large sections of the people. BJP leaders in West Bengal have consistently threatened to implement NRC in the state too with clear communal overtone.

AIDWA Delegation meets Rape Victim

AN AIDWA delegation comprising Brinda Karat, Subhashini Ali, and other UP leaders; Seema Katiyar-secretary, Neelam Tiwari-joint secretary, Sudha Singh-vice president, Malti Yadav, Pushpa and Maimoona (Delhi) visited Shahjahanpur UP on September 26. Brinda Karat accompanied the family of the rape survivor to the Shahjahanpur district jail and met her.

150th year of Mahatama Gandhi’s birth anniversary: Redouble the Resolve to safeguard the Secular-Democratic Republic

YEAR 2019 is the 150th birth anniversary of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Gandhiji remains the unparalleled mass leader of the Indian people. He successfully mobilised people from the whole of India’s vast diversity in the struggle for independence from British colonial rule.As my generation grew up in post-independent India, a question always arose that demanded an answer. This unrivalled leader of the Indian people would often be living in the house of one of the biggest capitalists in India, Ghanshyam Das Birla.

VIP Rapists Patronised by the BJP Regime

EVEN as India can lay claim to having more progressive and comprehensive laws against sexual assault than many other countries, the subversion of these laws by VIP rapists with the patronage of governments, police and sadly even a section of the judiciary, raise serious questions regarding the denial of justice for victims of sexual assault.The case against Chinmayanand a three time MP of the BJP and a former union minister and “guru” to many leading the present UP regime is the most recent example. The details of the case are well known and need not be repeated here.

The Indomitable Flag of Independence Democracy and Socialism

Ever since the onset of this government there has been a conscious attempt to destroy public funded universities and shift towards a privatised environment in the academic space. In order to achieve so, the government has resorted to cuts in funding by cuts in budgetary allocation in higher education.

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