CITU Runs Campaign, MAY 30 to June 15

AS a follow-up of the call given by its all-India conference at Kannur (Kerala) from April 4 to 8, the May 26 meeting of the state CITU office bearers decided to launch a mass campaign and agitation on the demands which were highlighted during the February 20-21 strike by all the central trade unions and on the burning demands of various sections of the workers in Punjab.

In consequence, actions were organised during the period from May 30 to June 15.

CPI(M) Workers Court Arrest All Over Rajasthan

IT was a pride moment for the state of Rajasthan that over ten thousand people, despite the blazing heat at 48 degree Celsius of temperature, and notwithstanding the season of marriages in the state, marched and courted arrest in mass civil disobedience in Rajasthan on May 31, as part of a countrywide action programme. As reported earlier, CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat courted arrest outside the Collectorate in Jaipur, along with 500 protestors, on this day.

Next day, all the prominent newspapers carried the news along with photographs.

PROCESSION, RALLY

For a Vaccine to Protect from Predatory Drug MNCs

HELD in Chennai recently, a national convention called for a countrywide people’s movement to make the government of India (GoI) commit to producing life saving and essential drugs and vaccines instead of allowing the private sector to exploit the health conditions of the poor people. It also urged the GoI to allocate five per cent of the GDP for the health sector.

Fire Storm on Solar Scam; Govt on Verge of Collapse!

DARK clouds of a political turmoil are hovering over Oommen Chandy’s future as the chief minister, as the kingpin of a solar plan scam involving several crores of rupees has revealed about her nexus with the chief minister and his colleagues.

State Sponsored Violence to Sabotage Democracy in HPU Campus

HIMACHAL Pradesh University is known for its democratic environment in the campus along with academic excellence. HPU is unique in terms of its cheaper fee structure and subsidised education which it caters to the common students of the state right from its foundation in 1970. It is second to Jawaharlal Nehru University in having lowest fee structure in India. Due to these features, this prestigious institution has been serving very well to provide higher education to the students coming from families having low incomes.

Protesting a Rape is a Crime in Mamata’s Wonderland

HERE’S how Mamata Banerjee, the ‘firebrand’ chief minister of West Bengal, exposed herself. In a most bizarre manner she demonstrated to the whole world that she would not allow any questions, any protests in her supposed fiefdom.

Mayhem in Panchayat Elections

AS this report goes to press, the fate of panchayat elections in West Bengal is hanging in absolute uncertainty. The continuing refusal of the state administration to clarify the security arrangements, incessant requests of state election commission in this regard, coupled with widespread terrorisation by the ruling party have created an unprecedented situation in the state. Panchayat elections have been held seven times during the period of Left Front government, but the state has not experienced such a catastrophe.

Ghadar Centenary in England

THIS year is the year of Ghadar Party Centenary and it is being celebrated all over the world. Ghadar Party was formalised in America in 1913 with an aim to fight against racism and inhumane treatment Indian people were experiencing in America, Canada and many other countries. They soon realised that such treatment was due to British colonisation. They redirected their aim to work to free India from foreign rule that had impoverished Indian people, which forced them to travel thousands of miles away from the homeland in search of livelihood.

SFI Organises School For Hindi States

THE Students Federation of India (SFI) organised a successful three days long school for its activists in the Hindi speaking states was successfully in Chandigarh from June 3 to 5. A total of 91 activists from 10 states participated in the school which was first such exercise after a similar school in Delhi in 2007. Spread over five sessions, the school covered Marxist philosophy, current political situation, identity politics, organisation, and educational policy framework.

WHY A SCHOOL FOR HINDI STATES

AIKS Leaders Flay Neo-Liberal Policies

ON June 7, leaders of the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) made a scathing attack on the ruinous policies being pursued by both the Central and the Haryana state governments while holding these responsible for indebtedness of the peasantry. The occasion was a mass rally of the peasant masses in Hissar when the Central Kisan Council of AIKS held its meeting here.

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