Welcome Judgment on Sec. 66A

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on March 24, 2015.THE judgment of the Supreme Court striking down Section 66A of the IT Act has come out in defence of civil liberties and fundamental rights of citizens.The draconian provision of 66A was used to arrest people who express dissenting views against the government and the State and to suppress criticism of those in power.The Polit Bureau welcomes this landmark judgment.

LAND ACQUISITION BILL AMENDMENTS: PM Modi’s Disinformation Campaign

THE Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels launched Hitler’s fascistic propaganda blitz advancing a famous dictum which went as follows: If you tell a big enough lie, frequently enough, it becomes the truth. Over the past few decades, it appeared that the RSS/BJP had mastered this technique. A number of instances can be listed. Take one, for instance: the entire propaganda leading to the demolition of the Babri Masjid and the campaign for the construction of a temple at that very place was orchestrated around an assertion that this exact place was where Rama was born. Any historical ev

Re-examining the Political-Tactical Line

THE Central Committee of the CPI(M) has issued two draft documents for discussion in the Party at all levels before the 21st Party Congress to be held in Visakhapatnam in April. The first draft is, as always, the Draft Political Resolution which sets out the political-tactical line for the future, which is the main agenda of the Party Congress.

Massive Demonstration against Coal Mines Bill

HUNDREDS of coal workers staged a demonstration in New Delhi on March 18 to oppose the government’s move for denationalisation of the coal sector. The demonstrators urged the parliamentarians not to pass the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Bill, 2014 as it is likely to doom the economy of a vast Indian society, push the miners into slavery and pave the way for insecure mining.

ANDHRA PRADESH: Heroic Struggle of Anganwadi Workers

THE anganwadi workers scored an emphatic victory over the unwilling Andhra Pradesh state government after their spirited struggle in the heart of Hyderabad. Thousands of anganwadi workers from Andhra Pradesh marched on the streets of Hyderabad braving severe repression let loose on them by the Telugu Desam government. The anganwadi workers were protesting against the anti-people and anti-worker policies of the Modi led NDA government at the centre and Chandrababu led TDP government in the state. More than 1,00,000 workers and helpers across the state took part in the protest activities.

Syrian Communist Party Leader Shot Dead

A CENTRAL secretariat member of the Syrian Communist Party, Muhann (Hani) Jebara, was shot dead by an armed criminal gang near his home in "Tejara zone" of capital Damascus in the morning of March 12. Comrade Muhann was a real symbol of hardworking and dedicated Communist who fought for the interests of the masses, which was clear from his brave activities in the Damascus Governorate Council for many years.

IS on a Killing Spree

THE brutal beheadings of two Japanese citizens and the torching of the Jordanian pilot who were in the captivity of the Islamic State (IS) were the latest instances of the group’s total disregard for basic humanitarian norms. The IS propagandists claim that they are only replicating on a smaller scale what the US and its allies did on a bigger scale with their bombings on civilian areas in Iraq and the torture that was practiced in Abu Ghraib and other CIA run centers.

THE WEEK IN PARLIAMENT

THE NDA government managed to push through the land acquisition bill in the Lok Sabha this week while a united opposition made it clear that the path of the contentious bills, especially those resulting out of ordinances, would hardly be smooth in the Rajya Sabha and would required to stand the test of parliamentary scrutiny.

WEST BENGAL: State Conference Calls to Intensify Struggles

THE 24th state conference of the CPI(M) West Bengal committee started with a massive rally at the Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata on March 8 and after five-days of deliberations concluded on March 13 with the battle cry to ‘Oust Trinamool, Save Bengal’.

MAHARASHTRA: A Conference of Unity and Confidence

THE 21st Maharashtra state conference of the CPI(M) began on March 14, 2015 – the death anniversary of Karl Marx and the birth anniversary of Albert Einstein – with a massive rally of over 20,000 people at Kalwan in Nashik district. The large gathering comprised mainly adivasi peasants from all the rural tehsils of Nashik district. Kalwan (ST) is the state assembly constituency that was won by J P Gavit for the CPI(M) last year in October 2014.

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