Wars Fuel Epidemics and Pandemics

WARS often create conditions ripe for the spread of epidemics and pandemics. These conflicts benefit the arms industry and uphold power structures in capitalist economies. But they also cause immense collateral damage to civilian populations, extending suffering beyond the battlefield. The relationship between warfare and the spread of infectious diseases is complex and historically significant, with many conflicts facilitating disease transmission and leading to widespread health crises.

TN: Left Parties Protest against Union Budget

THE whole country watched in horror as finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the union budget, which is designed to punish those states that rejected the lies of the BJP in the recent Lok Sabha elections. The state of Tamil Nadu bore the brunt of her animosity in multiple ways.Condemning this vindictive attitude, the Left Parties of Tamil Nadu, namely the CPI(M), CPI, and CPI(ML-Liberation) have decided to launch a statewide picketing programme on August 1.

Supreme Court Verdict on Sub Categorisation of SC/STs: Result of Long-Drawn Struggle

IT was a historic moment in India's journey for social justice when six of the seven judges on the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court held that state governments have the right to sub-classify SC/ST communities to advance the cause of affirmative action.

Maha: State Govt Spreads Communal Fire

“For some political forces Shivaji, Phule, Shahu, Dr B R Ambedkar are mere names to repeat ad nauseum for political gains while they are in fact an anathema to them. The real enemies of these great figures and their teachings are currently in office in the state. The ruling alliance led by the BJP in Maharashtra is itself disturbing peace and social tranquillity in the state,” said Subhashini Ali, Polit Bureau member of the CPI(M), while addressing a well attended public meeting at Kolhapur on August 6, 2024.

Birth Centenary of Com Pushpalal-A Revolutionary Communist Leader of Nepal

Comrade Pushpalal was born in 1924, in Bhangeri village of Ramechhap District of Nepal, in a lower-middle-class family. He was the second brother of the great martyr Gangalal and a brilliant person from his early childhood.Being a person from the martyr’s family, he had some radical thinking in his mind towards society and thought to do something for the majority of poor and exploited people of the country – Nepal, by raising their voices for justice, against class exploitation and social oppression.

Modi Govt Must Stop Arms Supply to Israel

THE International Day of Solidarity with Palestine was observed by the Left parties on August 3, at Jantar Mantar.

Polit Bureau Communique

CPI(M) Polit Bureau met on August 6, 2024. It has issued the following statement.WAYANAD TRAGEDYThe Polit Bureau noted the fact that at times when natural disasters strike Kerala the people have risen in unison as one person to overcome the challenges. The PB heard a report on the extensive efforts being made by the LDF government for the rehabilitation of the people while providing relief.

Red Salute Comrade Buddhadeb Bhattacharya

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on August 8THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) expresses its profound grief at the passing away of Comrade Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, outstanding leader of the Party and former chief minister of West Bengal. He was aged 80 years and had been in ailing health for some time. Buddhadeb Bhattacharya joined the Party in 1966 in his student days. He participated in various struggles of the student and youth movements. He became the state secretary of West Bengal Democratic Youth Federation in 1968. He was elected to the

Kerala CM's Response to Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Below we publish the statement given by Kerala chief minister, Pinarayi Vijayan, at a press conference held on August 6.KERALA has yet to recover from the psychological trauma inflicted by a natural disaster that claimed numerous lives, left many more in uncertainty, and devastated an entire region. To prevent such disasters from recurring, we must collaboratively devise improved systems through scientific methods. This is essential in an era marked by global crises such as global warming and climate change.

Tripura: Gandachhara: A Warning for Peace, Ethnic Harmony, and Stability

GANDACHHARA, a small sub-divisional township in the Dhalai District of Tripura, known for its unique ethnic harmony and peaceful coexistence between tribal and Bengali communities, has recently experienced an unprecedented and destructive backlash. This violence, targeting a specific ethnic group residing in Gandachhara town and nearby villages, was perpetrated by a faction of tribal youths.Gandachhara is a sub-division with a small Bengali community, primarily refugees resettled from what is now Bangladesh in the 1950s, alongside the indigenous tribal population.

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