CPI(M) Greets PCP on its 20th Congress

Below is the text of the message of greetings given by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) to the Portuguese Communist Party, PCP on its 20th Congress held from December 2-4, 2016 in Lisbon, Portugal. Prakash Karat, CPI(M) Polit Bureau member represented the Party in the Congress as fraternal delegate.DEAR Comrades,On behalf of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), we extend warm fraternal greetings to the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP). We convey our greetings to all the delegates assembled and wish your 20th Congress all success.

Demonetisation as the Basis for a Fiscal Stimulus

A BIZARRE argument is doing the rounds these days. It states that the cash which gets disabled in the “black economy” because of the government’s demonetisation measure, would enable the government to undertake an equivalent amount of expenditure with impunity; it can therefore spend more on infrastructure and other essential areas, or simply provide cash transfers to the people.

TELANGANA: ‘Mahajana Padayatra Should Usher-in Powerful Movements’

GENERAL secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Sitaram Yechury, asserted that the Mahajana Padayatra being conducted by the Party in Telangana is intended for identifying the problems being faced by the people and for social justice and gave a call for building powerful movements of the people for getting assurances given by the rulers implemented. Mahajana Padayatra, which had commenced on October 17 with a team of CPI(M) leaders led by state secretary Tammineni Veerabhadram, already covered a distance of about one thousand kilometers during the first 40 days.

Some Key Dates in the Life of Fidel Castro

13 August 1926: Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is born in Birán.14 January 1934: Fulgencio Batista, head of the Army General Staff, overthrows president.4 September 1945: Fidel Castro enters the University of Havana, enrolling in the faculties of law and social science.July-September 1947: Fidel Castro takes part in preparations for the frustrated Cayo Confites expedition to topple the Rafael Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic.31 March 1948: As part of a trip through several Latin American

The crisis of the power sector reforms – Part II

THE story of the failure of the reforms will not be complete unless we also take into account the failure of the privatisation of distribution. This is what we will examine in the second part of our examination of the power sector reforms.DISTRIBUTION PRIVATISATION – THE STORY OF RELIANCE IN ORISSA & DELHIThe distribution sector reforms are more difficult than inducting private sector in generation. The reasons are obvious.

ANDHRA PRADESH: CPI(M) Padayatra Culminates in a Big Rally

THE Chandra Babu Naidu government is playing with the lives of the people in the merged mandals of Polavaram project by neglecting their sufferings – thundered Brinda Karat in a public meeting held on the culmination of the CPI(M) padayatra, at Chintoor in Andhra Pradesh.The padayatra was undertaken from November 4-28, from Etapaka to Chintoor, and it traversed 225 villages covering around 600 kilometres.

COP22 at Marrakech: New Threats and Old Challenges - I

DESPITE the brave face put up by the Moroccan hosts and the participating delegations from almost 190 countries, the 22nd edition of the world's annual climate summit at Marrakech, was held with a gun pointed at their heads by the president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump. While the finger on the trigger may have been that of the newest hero of global reaction, taking world climate action hostage had the support of the most backward sections of the big capital cheered on by a groundswell of support from some of the most backward sections of the US polity.

Continue Protest Movement

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on November 29, 2016.THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) greets the lakhs of people who came out into the streets on November 28 to protest against the attack on their livelihoods and the burdens imposed upon the people through the withdrawal of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes.Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP have misleadingly called the national protest day as a Bharat bandh. None of the opposition parties which joined the protest had called for a Bharat bandh.

Prime Minister Betrays Commitment

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on November 25.THE Modi government has betrayed the commitment made by the prime minister on November 8 that people will be allowed to exchange the old Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes till December 30.The prime minister had made this announcement on November 8 in his address to the nation. Not only that, he had further stated that the limit for the exchange of old notes will be increased from November 25 till December 30.

Fidel Castro – Presente

25 NOVEMBER 1956 – Fidel Castro, along with 81 other revolutionaries, among whom were Che Guevara and Raul Castro, sets sail on the Granma from the Mexican port of Tuxpan for Cuba, to start an armed struggle for liberation.25 November 2016, exactly sixty years later, Fidel Castro sets sail alone, leaving behind multitudes who claim, 'Yo Soy Fidel or I am Fidel'. Entire Cuba reverberated with this slogan, with many from all around the world joining the chorus.

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