Rising Exploitation amidst ‘Humanitarian Crises’

ONCE again it is clear by emerging trends in employment, that wages and returns to labour and the conditions of employment are determined in capitalism not by any moral judgment of nutritional necessity or by any universal norm derived from a metaphysical notion of ‘humanity’, but purely conditioned by the relative bargaining power of contesting classes.The current pandemic has an extensive impact on human life at large with the virus mutating continuously and infecting human bodies escaping the shields of various preventive measures including vaccines.

Karnataka: CPI(M) Condemns BJP’s Divisive Communal Policies

CPI (M) Karnataka state committee, in a statement issued on February 10, 2022, has condemned the unnecessary controversy of ‘hijab and saffron shawl’ which started in a college in Udupi and has created a communal divide among students in educational institutions across the state. It has urged the state government to make sincere efforts to stop it.Communal organisations are responsible for this controversy and present state of affairs in the state.

Haryana: Anganwadi Workers Protest Near CM’s Residence

AS the state-wide strike of the anganwadi workers and helpers in Haryana enters its third month, they staged a mahapadav near chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s residence in Karnal on February 14, demanding the government to resume talks with the agitating workers. Over 30,000 anganwadi workers and helpers from 18 districts took part in the programme. They also took out a rally in the city, raising slogans against the BJP-JJP coalition government in the state.February 14th marks the 68th day of the indefinite strike of the anganwadi workers and helpers in Haryana.

US Bluster on Ukraine

THE inception of the current crisis on Ukraine lies in the continuing eastward expansion of NATO. Contrary to what was promised to Russia by the United States in the post-Soviet period that NATO would not expand eastward, all the East European countries and the Baltic states, which were part of the Warsaw Treaty were brought into the NATO. Russia now fears that Ukraine and Georgia, that were part of the Soviet Union, are next in line.

Unite to Defend Federalism

SOME chief ministers of the opposition-ruled states have been discussing about the need for a united stand to defend federalism and to counter the onslaught of the Modi government on centre-state relations.The need for a united stand of state governments in defense of states’ rights cannot be overstated. The Modi government has, in its second term, stepped up the drive to centralise and concentrate all powers in its hands; no sphere of centre-state relations has been spared from the depredations of the centre. The most extreme step was the dismantling of the state of Jammu & Kashmir i

CITU Supports Struggle against Privatisation of Chandigarh Electricity Department

Below we publish the statement issued by the Centre of Indian Trade Unions on February 15THE central government has decided to privatise the Chandigarh Union Territory Electricity Department. This is the cheapest and efficient electricity provider to the city and suburb populations. Moreover it is a profit making entity.In utter defiance of the judicial dictum, the city electricity department will be bundled into a company and its share would be transferred to a private company.

WB: Loot-storm Behind the Green-storm in Municipal Elections

WEST Bengal witnessed another mockery of ‘elections’ in four municipal corporations, where TMC gangs looted hundreds of booths with the help of the state administration and police. Elections to four municipal corporations – Siliguri, Bidhannagar, Chandannagar and Asansol took place on February 12.

An Unimaginable Contrast

MUCH has been written about the immense increase in economic inequality that has occurred of late and various startling figures have been provided by bodies like Oxfam, which has just come out with a report titled Inequality Kills. This shows that the wealth of the 10 richest men has doubled since the pandemic began while the incomes of 99 per cent of the population of the world are lower today than before the pandemic.

Victory for SFI Movement

DIFFERENT studies conducted by UNICEF, at different times, during the last two years after the breakout of the pandemic, have shown over and over again that reading, writing and arithmetic skills of children are being severely disadvantaged because of prolonged closure of schools, and this was adversely affecting their path to progress.

Hindi Belt tightens for the BJP

BIHAR in 2020 witnessed a state assembly election where the JD(U)-BJP coalition emerged victorious, but not before it got a big scare. In coalition with Left parties, the RJD emerged as the single-largest party and the call of ‘unemployment’ by Tejaswi got a phenomenal response in the middle of a raging pandemic.Could UP finish what Bihar had just started?

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