Rubber Growers Co-ordination Committee Calls for Protests on Jan 2

IN the context of prolonging crisis due to declining commodity price, and rising peasant suicides, rubber farmers from four major rubber producing states held parliament march and dharna at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on December 1. The farmers demanded the parliament to enact law to protect the small and marginal rubber growers from corporate exploitation. The dharna was inaugurated by Hannan Mollah, ex-MP and general secretary of the AIKS.

Paris Climate Summit: Contradictions And Moving Goalposts

SO COP 21 (Conference of Parties) is finally here and fingers are crossed all over the world that the summit will deliver a definitive outcome. Problem is that nobody is particularly optimistic about how effective that outcome will be in terms of dealing with the clear, present and immediate danger posed by climate change. At the same time, almost everybody is sure that COP21 will end with some concrete agreement, probably named after Paris much like the Kyoto Protocol that it will replace, that will be greeted with applause and hailed as a success.

Convention on Dalit Rights Calls for Fighting Caste Oppression

A STATE level Dalit Rights Convention against caste based discrimination, oppression and exploitation and for social justice was held in Hisar on November 29, 2015. The venue was the Sant Kabir Hostel. The convention was attended by over 1300 delegates coming from all over the state. The participation was beyond the expectations of the organising committee which underlined the urgency and need of such an exercise.The convention was being held in line with the aims and objectives of the national level Dalit Shoshan Mukti Manch.

SC,STs Lag Behind in all Parameters of Development

Below we reproduce the excerpts from the speech made by Jitendra Chaudhury, Lok Sabha MP from Tripura on November 27 who spoke on discussion on commitment to India’s constitution as part of 125th birth anniversary celebration of Dr BR Ambedkar.TODAY we are celebrating the 125th birth anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar.

Thumping Victory of SFI in EFLU, Pondicherry University

UNIVERSITY campuses, being one of the frontliners which sing songs about the dark times and where the future of India is taking side, are sending a clear message to the nation. The victory of Students’ Federation of India (SFI) in students’ union elections in two more central universities -- English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) and Pondicherry University -- last week is not just a result in a campus poll but also a strong political statement which the students of this nation are eager to send to the public.

Kisan Sabha Holds Rally in Sangrur Commemorating Birth Centenary of Com Surjeet

PUNJAB state Kisan Sabha organised an impressive state level rally on issues relating to peasantry in Punjab to commemorate birth centenary of Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjeet at Bhasaur village (Dhuri) in Sangrur district. Hanan Mollah, general secretary, All India Kisan Sabha while addressing the rally said that due to anti-peasantry policies of the successive governments, agriculture has become a loss making profession due to which peasantry has come under heavy debts. Peasants who are unable to pay their debts are committing suicides in large numbers.

Disabled Persons Organisations March to Parliament

Place the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014 for Discussion in ParliamentAROUND ten thousand disabled persons from various parts of the country took out a march to parliament on December 3, 2015 coinciding with World Disability Day.

The Sham That It Was Made

We expected them to speak about us, the dalits, the untouchables. Because, for us, speaking about Babasaheb without speaking about us, is meaningless. We thought they will speak about the attacks on us. We wanted them to speak about people who still shamelessly call us dogs. We hoped that they will talk about things that will help in the education of our children, jobs for us and an improvement in our overall life. For us, Ambedkar is a struggle and we thought that there will be a talk of our struggles in the parliament. Glued to the TV, we watched and watched and watched.

Enthusiastic Women’s Rally Calls for a Huge Victory of Left Front in Municipal Elections

EXPOSE the ugly face of both Congress and BJP in the ensuing municipal elections. Ensure victory of the Left Front in these elections for the overall development of Tripura. Chief minister Manik Sarkar said in a huge rally of women in Agartala on November 19 at the call of AIDWA Tripura state committee.

The meeting in front of the local Rabindra Shatavarshiki Bhavan was the biggest women’s rally in the recent times. Women from all the 49 wards of the Agartala municipal corporation joined the meeting shouting slogans wearing red caps, holding high red flags.

Afghanistan: Taliban on the Offensive

THE fortnight long capture and occupation of the northern Afghan city of Kunduz by the Taliban has further exposed the frailty of the central government in Kabul. Kunduz is the fifth largest city in Afghanistan with a population of more than 300,000. The Taliban in a surprise attack had caught the Afghan security forces, trained and equipped by the West, apparently by surprise. On September 28, a few hundred Taliban fighters attacked the city from different directions and quickly captured the city. According to reports, they had many supporters who had infiltrated into the city.

Search form

Peoples Democracy newsletter