No Amount of Terror Could Force them to Surrender

WOMEN leaders, along with CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat recently visited some of the worst affected villages in West Bengal and talked to families who experienced bitter tragedies. These villages are gravely terrorised. But the women showed marvellous courage and asserted that they would never surrender. Brahman Chawk: Arming itself for the War Which is due to be Waged Renubala Mondal’s grandson got hit by a bullet fired by TMC goons on the poll day during the fifth phase of the last Lok Sabha elections.

DYFI Observes Hiroshima Day in Tripura

ON August 6, on the occasion of Hiroshima day, the Democratic Youth Federation of India has organised a rally in Agartala to protest against the imperialist blue print of war across the globe and Israeli attacks in Gaza Strip. The protest march started with a release of a white pigeon by Sisir Deb, general secretary of Tripura Sanskriti Samanway Kendra.

Desh Sewak Commemorate Sixth Death Anniversary of Comrade Surjeet

A FUNCTION was organised on August 1 at Bhakna Bhawan in Chandigarh to commemorate the 6th death anniversary of Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjeet, an exceptional Communist and former general secretary of the CPI (M). A large number of people attended the function, organised by leading Punjabi daily Desh Sewak. CPI (M) central secretariat member Joginder Sharma was the chief speaker. Welcoming party leaders and people to the event, CEO of Desh Sewak Vijay Misra said Comrade Surjeet was a farsighted leader and could foresee the impending control of the corporate sector over th

Improper Comments of Judge

Improper Comments of Judge The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on August 3, 2014 THE views expressed by Supreme Court Justice A R Dave about the teaching of the Gita and the Mahabaratha in schools, is improper and unwarranted. What Justice Dave has advocated is religious instruction in all schools from Class I.

Israeli Aggression on Palestine: Countrywide Protest called on August 8, 9

SEVERAL mass and class organisations have strongly condemned the brutal killings of the innocent people of Palestine by Israel and its imperialist associates including the USA, and have appealed to the people of India to demonstrate their anger against the “war against humanity”. CITU, AIKS, AIAWU, AIDWA, DYFI and SFI have resolved to hold joint mass action at district and taluk centres across the country on August 8 and 9, 2014, and appealed to all sections of the people of India to demonstrate their anger against the inhuman, ongoing brutal killings of innocent people of Palestine by Is

Resist BJP’s Efforts to Disintegrate our Social Fabric

DURING the course of the 2014 general elections, we had pointed out, more than once, various features of the Narendra Modi-led BJP campaign that led to the unmistakable conclusion that `development’ and `Gujarat model’ employed as election mascots were only the veil concealing the actual ground reality of the campaign that focused on the sharpening of communal polarisation.

Mid-Day Meal Workers March to Parliament

SCORES of Mid-Day Meal workers held a march to parliament on August 5, in support of their demands including immediate implementation of the declared increase of Rs 1,000 in honorarium and regularisation of jobs of nearly 26 lakh such workers with provision for pension.Nearly 5,000 Mid-Day Meal workers from across the country, under the aegis of the CITU-affiliated All India Coordination Committee of Mid-Day Meal Workers (AICCMDMW), gathered at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi for the march.

Thailand Coup

THE Thai army, as most commentators in the region had predicted, has finally taken the first decisive step towards staging yet another coup to oust a democratically elected government. On May 20, an announcement on the Army run radio, said that the country was placed under martial law. The media has been put under strict censorship. The army spokesman specified that the civilian government would be allowed to function under the current caretaker ministry. The justice minister, Chalkasem Nitisri, has said that the army had taken the step without consulting the government.

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DYFI Holds Successful State Camp in Maharashtra

THE Maharashtra state committee of the Democratic Youth Federation of India has organised a three-day study camp at the state level in which 108 youth leaders from 17 districts participated. The DYFI Pune district committee and well-wishers in Pune district hosted the camp which was held from June 13 to 15, 2014 at the Shramik Bhawan at Akurdi.DYFI founder state secretary and CITU state vice president Mahendra Singh inaugurated the camp on the morning of June 13.

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