Anganwadi Federation to Hold Nation-wide Protests from Aug 20-23

THE All India Federation of Anganwadi Workers and Helpers has in a statement issued on August 21 condemned the heinous rape and murder of the anganwadi worker Dipali Giri in West Bengal and called for protest demonstrations.

AIFAWH has strongly condemned the heinous murder of Dipali Giri, an anganwadi worker, wife of Byomkesh Giri of Sunia, Kanthi, East Medinipur. She was stripped, paraded naked, gang raped and hacked to death by the TMC goons in the village. Her body was then hanged on August 18, 2014.

TAMILNADU CPI(M) Protests against Sand Mafia in Vellore

HUNDREDS of activists of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) took out a 13-km march from Walajapet to Mel Visharam in Vellore district of Tamil Nadu on August 14, urging the government to protect the River Palar from sand mining mafia.

The movement was a culmination of protests against rampant sand mining in the state as well as in the River Palar which flows through Vellore district.

Taxi Drivers in Steadfast Resistance to Repression

KOLKATA was surprised when there was no ‘taxi’ on the streets on August 7. Whoever thinks of Kolkata always recollects a picture of it with yellow cars with blue strips on it. Kolkata taxis are mostly driven by migrants who, in search of bread and butter, have become cab drivers in Kolkata and nearby places. Fifty thousand cabs roaming around Kolkata serve as a basic and the only means to earn a livelihood for a huge number of people.

Condolence Meeting for Com Vijender Sharma Held

WITH a resolve to carry on Comrade Vijender Sharma’s unfulfilled tasks, a condolence meeting on August 14 paid homage to the departed comrade. Hundreds of Party workers, members of the intelligentsia, Delhi University teachers participated in the meeting held at the Constitution Club in New Delhi. The meeting adopted a condolence resolution moved by the Delhi state committee secretary PMS Grewal. K M Tiwari conducted the proceedings.

Counter Aggressive Implementation of Neo-Liberal Policies by Centre: Karat

THE CPI (M) shall work to increase its own strength and to forge a wider Left platform to counter the aggressive implementation of neo-liberal policies by the Narendra Modi government, party General Secretary Prakash Karat has said.At the same time, the party will work to bring together all the Left, democratic and secular forces to oppose the attempts of the Hindutva forces to endanger the secular fabric and communal harmony in the country, Karat said at a function in Agartala on August 14.

US-China: Rising Tensions

RECENT months have witnessed a steady deterioration in relations between Washington and Beijing. The acceleration in the process started with the visit of President Barack Obama to Tokyo, where he re-emphasised his political support for Japan’s claim to the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu islands in the East China Sea. The American president had also explicitly stated that if hostilities broke out between China and Japan, the US is bound by treaty to come to the defense of its long time ally.

Ferguson Shooting Exposes Deep-rooted Racial Schism in the US

SINCE the last fortnight Ferguson, a town in Missouri, United States, is burning with indignation and protests. The spark that lit off the protests is the shooting of an 18-year old Afro-American, Michael Brown. The New York Times in its editorial stated that the “circumstances of Mr. Brown’s death are, inevitably, in dispute. Witnesses said he was walking home from a convenience store when stopped by an officer for walking in the middle of the street, and they accused the officer of shooting him multiple times when his hands were raised over his head. The police said Mr.

AIDWA Protests against Brutal Gang-Rape & Murder of its Activist in West Bengal

IN yet another gruesome attack, a woman was brutally gang-raped and murdered on August 17, 2014, in village Sunia, Kanthi in Purba Medinipur district of West Bengal. The state has been a victim of innumerable atrocities on women as well as internally displaced families due to the political vengeance resorted to by the Trinamool Congress. Thousands and thousands of families are forced to stay out of their homes, displaced due to their affiliation to the CPI(M). With the aid of the police and the administration, the TMC has been continuously targeting these families and unleashing terror.

Sarasvati Theories & the Constraints of Geography

SARASVATI river has for some years been at the centre of attention of government departments and organisations concerned with culture, archaeology and history. Its lower reaches were seen to lie, under the Gulf of Cambay by the minister of human resources development, and its sources were placed high in the Himalayas by the minister of culture of the NDA government in a formal statement.

‘Clean India’: Is the Modi Govt Serious?

‘CLEAN India’, this is one of the slogans given by Prime Minister Modi in his much acclaimed speech on Independence Day. Modi announced that by 2019 all habitations will have safe drinking water and each school will have a toilet and all villages will have latrines for women. The basic infrastructure of 500 small towns will be upgraded. While the repeated announcement of a sanitation drive is always welcome, the launching of a total sanitation and Clean India Campaign is not unique to ‘Modi’s vision’.

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