Heinous Murder of Prof Kalburgi

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on August 31.

THE Polit Bureau expresses its deep shock and condemnation of the dastardly killing of Prof M M Kalburgi, renowned Kannada scholar, writer and former vice chancellor of Kannada University, Hampi. Prof M M Kalburgi was known for his strong views against superstition, obscurantism and for scientific temper.

Magnificent Strike

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on September 2, 2015.

THE Polit Bureau congratulates the working class of India for the magnificent strike they organised today (September 2, 2015). The CPI(M) had extended full support to the strike and the joint demand charter of the ten central trade unions and national and state federations.

Don’t Create Communal Controversies in Late President Kalam’s Name

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on September 1, 2015

Harkishan Singh Surjeet Centenary Celebration held at Jamshedpur

THE year-long birth centenary celebration of Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjeet was inaugurated on August 31 at the Michael John Auditorium in Jamshedpur. The CITU district committee of Kolhan division and the AIDWA committee have initiated the formation of a broad based organising committee to observe the centenary.

CTUs Congratulate Workers For Unprecedented Strike on Sept 2

The following is the statement issued on September 2 by the Central Trade Unions (CTUs) – INTUC, AITUC, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC, TUCC, SEWA, AICCTU, UTUC and LPF. IT has been an unprecedented strike of millions of workers at the call of Central Trade Unions. Response has been as never before. It is the biggest strike ever in the country. This strike has been called by 10 Central Trade Unions. It has been supported by thousands of local unions, unaffiliated associations and federations. It is the broadest unity of the trade unions that has achieved this miracle.

Historic Strike of the Workers

THE countrywide general strike on September 2 called by the Central Trade Unions and independent national federations received massive response from the workers all over the country. Crores of workers employed in almost all the sectors of the economy participated in this strike. Police was used on the workers in several states. The Trinamool government in West Bengal used the brutal force of its police as well as its goons to physically attack the workers on strike. The workers bravely fought back this terror and participated in the strike.

Peasants, Agri workers & Rural Artisans To Join Sept 2 Strike;

Peasants, Agri workers & Rural Artisans To Join Sept 2 Strike; Observe Sept 1 as Demands Day All India organisations of kisan and agricultural workers – All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane), All India Kisan Sabha (Ajoy Bhavan) All India Agriculture Workers Union, Bharathiya Khet Mazdoor Union, All India Krishak Khet Mazdoor Sangathan, All India Kisan Mahasabha, Samyukt Kisan Sabha and Agragami Kisan Sabha have jointly issued the following statement on August 14. THE policy of liberalisation, privatisation and glo

Time to Create New History

HISTORY has not been written by capital alone. The dynamics of capitalism is an expression of unplanned antagonism between labour and capital. The neo-liberal milieu sometimes make us believe that it is the whims and fancies of the capitalist class that go unchallenged and hence capital can make the world of its own image. It had never been so and would not be in the future as well. Discourses that perceive capitalist logic as identical to that of human civilization are ideologically loaded.

Kerala: Dalits Jatha from Kasaragode to Thiruvananthapuram Demands Reservation in Private Sector

HUNDREDS of Dalits from across Kerala participated in a 25-day long jatha from Kasaragode in the state’s north to Thiruvananthapuram in the south, under the banner of Pattikajathi Kshema Samithi (PKS). The march to the state secretariat started from the northernmost district of Kasargode on July 26 and reached Venganoor in Thiruvananthapuram on August 16.

TAMIL NADU: Differently-abled Persons Block Road, Court Arrest

PRESSING for their 10-point demands, members of Tamil Nadu Association for the Rights of All Types of Differently Abled and Caregivers (TARATDAC) staged a road roko at nearly 100 places across the state on August 25.

The protestors said that the state government, besides allocating Rs 5,000 crore for the physically challenged in its budget every year, should extend the monthly assistance of Rs 5,000 for every differently abled person by abolishing its order promulgated on April 14 that stopped the disbursal of monthly assistance to those who were not orphans.

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