China in the Twenty-First Century – Present and Future

THE Left members of the European parliament are organised as GUE/NGL (The European Left/Nordic Green Left) under the presidentship of Die Linke (German Left Party) which has the largest representation in the European parliament. GUE/NGL organised a seminar on 'China in the 21st Century – Present and Future' on June 6-7, 2013 at the European parliament in Brussels.

DPRK Caution Not Misplaced

ON April 16, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) spelt out its response to the “US high ranking officials” who were reportedly vying with each other “to talk about dialogue” with it.

Malaysia Witnesses Political Polarisation

THE results of the closely contested general elections, held on May 5, have come as a stark revelation of the highly polarised nature of Malaysian politics. Though the united opposition won over 50 per cent of the votes, it could not even manage to secure a simple majority in the national legislature. Some 85 per cent of the country’s 13.3 million voters had turned out to cast their ballots in what was being described as a “watershed” election.

Comrade Satpal Dang

The following is the message of condolence sent by Sitaram Yechury, Polit Bureau member of the CPI(M) to Sudhakar Reddy, general secretary of the

Communist Party of India on the demise of Comrade Satpal Dang. The message was sent on June 17, 2013.

Arrest Jindal, Dasari N Rao: CPI(M)

THE Haryana state committee of the CPI(M) has demanded immediate arrest of Congress member of parliament, Navin Jindal, in the wake of registration of an FIR by the CBI against him, and of the former minister of state Dasari Narayan Rao for their active involvement in the infamous Coalgate scam. The CBI has filed the case on the basis of substantial proof of procuring coal block allotments through the offer of a huge amount of money as bribe and also through commitment of a fraud by furnishing wrong affidavits.

CITU Runs Campaign, MAY 30 to June 15

AS a follow-up of the call given by its all-India conference at Kannur (Kerala) from April 4 to 8, the May 26 meeting of the state CITU office bearers decided to launch a mass campaign and agitation on the demands which were highlighted during the February 20-21 strike by all the central trade unions and on the burning demands of various sections of the workers in Punjab.

In consequence, actions were organised during the period from May 30 to June 15.

CPI(M) Workers Court Arrest All Over Rajasthan

IT was a pride moment for the state of Rajasthan that over ten thousand people, despite the blazing heat at 48 degree Celsius of temperature, and notwithstanding the season of marriages in the state, marched and courted arrest in mass civil disobedience in Rajasthan on May 31, as part of a countrywide action programme. As reported earlier, CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat courted arrest outside the Collectorate in Jaipur, along with 500 protestors, on this day.

Next day, all the prominent newspapers carried the news along with photographs.

PROCESSION, RALLY

For a Vaccine to Protect from Predatory Drug MNCs

HELD in Chennai recently, a national convention called for a countrywide people’s movement to make the government of India (GoI) commit to producing life saving and essential drugs and vaccines instead of allowing the private sector to exploit the health conditions of the poor people. It also urged the GoI to allocate five per cent of the GDP for the health sector.

Fire Storm on Solar Scam; Govt on Verge of Collapse!

DARK clouds of a political turmoil are hovering over Oommen Chandy’s future as the chief minister, as the kingpin of a solar plan scam involving several crores of rupees has revealed about her nexus with the chief minister and his colleagues.

State Sponsored Violence to Sabotage Democracy in HPU Campus

HIMACHAL Pradesh University is known for its democratic environment in the campus along with academic excellence. HPU is unique in terms of its cheaper fee structure and subsidised education which it caters to the common students of the state right from its foundation in 1970. It is second to Jawaharlal Nehru University in having lowest fee structure in India. Due to these features, this prestigious institution has been serving very well to provide higher education to the students coming from families having low incomes.

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