West Bengal's Healthcare Crisis: More than Just a Doctor's Strike

THE last shreds of the Trinamool government's dignity were stripped away during the chief minister's televised meeting with protesting junior doctors on October 21 to resolve the impasse stemming from the rape and murder of the student doctor at RG Kar Medical Hospital. In no uncertain terms, she declared her unwavering support for the perpetrators, past, present, and future.

On Bahraich Communal Violence

BAHRAICH is an extremely poor and backward district in Uttar Pradesh. It has a very low literacy rate and also a negative sex ratio with only 819 women to 1000 men, despite the fact that the district witnesses a fairly high rate of out-migration. Muslims make up about 35 per cent of the total population and, in the urban areas, they outnumber Hindus. Some of them have become fairly prosperous because of their involvement with crafts like jewellery-making, woodwork etc.The district is politically polarised with a large section of Hindus voting for the BJP while the Muslims are, in the mai

AP: CPI(M) Commemorates Lenin’s Death Centenary

ON the occasion of the centenary of the death of Vladimir Lenin, the Andhra Pradesh committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) held three seminars across Vijayawada, Guntur, and Anantapur to discuss the relevance of Leninism in contemporary India.The discussions addressed a wide array of issues from communalism and centralised electoral policies to economic inequality.

Victory for the People of Puducherry: Ration Shops to Reopen After Long Struggle

IN a major victory for the people of Puducherry, the state government has finally agreed to reopen all ration shops across the union territory after a prolonged struggle led by the CPI(M) against the closure of these essential outlets.

UP: CPI(M) Holds Condolence Meeting for Sitaram Yechury

THE Uttar Pradesh state committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) organised a state-level condolence meeting for Comrade Sitaram Yechury, general secretary of CPI(M) on October 6, 2024, at the CPI(M) state office in Lucknow. Apart from CPI(M), CPI, CPI(ML) and the Forward Bloc, prominent leaders of Indian National Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal and Loktantrik Janata Dal also paid tributes to Comrade Sitaram Yechury.

The Great Petroleum Price Robbery Continues

SINCE April this year, price of crude oil that India imports has fallen from 89.44 dollars per barrel to 73.59 dollars per barrel. That is a drop of nearly 18 per cent. It is this oil which is refined and sold in India as petrol, diesel and various other petro-based products.Since 2010, the government has supposedly withdrawn from fixing the retail price of petrol (diesel since 2014) claiming that prices will be determined by the market. That means that it should be determined by international prices.

Telangana: CPI(M) Protests at Adani Aerospace Facility For Drone Supply to Israel

THE Communist Party of India (Marxist) staged a protest at the Adani Missiles and Defense Systems building in Pahadi Sharif, Hyderabad on October 21, condemning the supply of Hermes 900 drones by Adani Aerospace to Israel. The protest, organised by the Ranga Reddy district committee, demanded an immediate halt to these exports, calling on the Indian government to end its support for Israel's military actions.

TN: Madurai Prepares for the 24th Congress of CPI(M) Thousand-member Reception committee Formed

THE 24th Congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) will be held from April 2 to 6, 2025, in Madurai, a city that has a unique place in both India's freedom struggle and the history of the Left movement.When the late CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury was first elected as general secretary, he visited Madurai, where Party members gave him an enthusiastic welcome.

Kerala: Thumping Victory for SFI in Students' Union elections

THE Students’ Federation of India (SFI) secured a significant victory in the Kannur University college union elections, winning 45 out of the 65 college unions spread across Kasaragod, Kannur and Wayanad districts. In the second phase of the election held in Kannur University, SFI achieved complete victory in all the five departmental centres where the elections were held.SFI also won has a landslide victory in the college union elections in Calicut University. SFI won in 102 out of the 171 colleges where elections were held on an organisational basis.

Indian Civil Society Demands Democratic Financial System, Calls for World Bank/IMF Shutdown

On the 80th anniversary of the Bretton Woods institutions, World Bank and IMF, Indian civil society groups call for creation of a ‘new, democratic, decentralised’ global financial system.Close to 200 individuals and civil society groups have called for the creation of a new democratic and decentralised financial system that prioritises sustainability and equality.Representing a wide range of social movements, campaigns, and grassroots organisations and campaigns, a statement endorsed by close to 200 signatories has demanded the shutdown of the two Bretton Woods institu

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