South African Patients Need our Solidarity

A few days back, the health minister of South Africa, Dr Motsoaledi, characterised an elaborate plot hatched by large multinational drug companies as "genocide" and a conspiracy of "satanic magnitude". He was referring to public disclosures of a detailed plan to derail proposed reforms of South Africa’s patent system.

The Indispensability of Marxism

WE have been hearing of late remarks like “We do not believe in ‘Isms’” and “Divisions between the Left and the Right are things of the past”. Since these remarks emanate from quarters that supposedly strike a chord with the contemporary youth, they deserve to be taken seriously. Besides, they constitute part of an intellectual tradition that has been recently in vogue, which holds that all “grand narratives”, of which Marxism is a classic example, are passé.

Miscarriage of Justice

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) issued the following statement on January 25, 2013.
THE decision of the army court of inquiry to close the case on the Pathribal killing of five civilians in Kashmir is a travesty of justice.
It may be recalled that the CBI had investigated the matter and chargesheeted five army officers on the charges of abduction and murder.

For Stability and Prosperity : A Coalition of Secular Democratic Alternative

ADDRESSING the nation on the eve of the Republic Day, President Pranab Mukherjee articulated the almost universal concern in the country over the failure to meet people’s aspirations. Hailing the establishment and evolution of Indian democracy, he said, “I am not a cynic because I know that democracy has this marvellous ability to self-correct. It is the physician that heals itself, and 2014 must become a year of healing after the fractured and contentious politics of the last few years”.

Sit-In against India-Japan Nuclear Agreement

A SIT-IN was organised on January 25, 2014 by Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (CNDP) at Jantar-Mantar in New Delhi against the visit of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, as the chief guest for this year’s Republic Day ceremony on January 26, 2014. His visit was linked with the proposed finalisation of signing of the India-Japan nuclear agreement, which the two governments have been pushing for a long time. January 25 was declared as the National Day of Protest against the India-Japan Nuclear agreement.

MB: Ideological Warrior of the CPI(M)

WE are observing the birth centenary year of Comrade M Basavapunnaiah which began on December 14, 2013. M Basavapunnaiah was one of the key leaders of the Communist Party. Like many leaders of his generation, MB made an all-sided contribution to the development of the Communist movement in the country. From being a student activist he directly joined the Communist Party in 1934 unlike many of his contemporaries who came to the Communist Party after being in the Congress and the Congress Socialist Party.

Polit Bureau Communique

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) met in New Delhi on January 21 and 22, 2014. It has issued the following statement on January 22, 2014.

CURB PRICE RISE OF LPG CYLINDERS

The CPI(M) and the Left parties have been protesting against the exorbitant rise in the price of unsubsidised gas cylinders and the ceiling on subsidised gas cylinders of nine per year. Protests against this price rise were held in various parts of the country. In Kerala alone in 1400 places CPI(M) leaders began indefinite hunger strike from January 15.

CITU Congratulates Employees for Their Historic Strike in Haryana

The following is the statement issued by the Centre of Indian Trade Unions on January 22

Non-Cong, Non-BJP Alliances Can Transform Polity: Yechury

ONLY strong alliances forged by Left parties with non-Congress, non-BJP secular parties like BJD, JD(U), JD(S), AIADMK and others, can help drive out the "twin evils" of corruption and fundamentalism from the country, said CPI(M) Polit Bureau member and MP, Sitaram Yechury.

‘Ensure Passage of Street Vendors Bill’

CPI(M) MP and general secretary of CITU, Tapan Sen, has written the following letter to prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh on 25th December seeking his intervention in urgently passing the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Bill, 2013 in Rajya Sabha. A copy of this letter has been sent to union labour and employment minister, Oscar Fernandes.

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