Peace and Harmony March in Shimla

ON September 27, in a significant display of solidarity, hundreds of citizens gathered in Shimla to participate in a Peace and Harmony March, organised under the banners of numerous democratic and progressive organisations. This march aimed to promote peace and communal harmony in the state, especially in light of recent tensions.

France Raises Aero-Engine Stakes: Game-Changer?

IN the past few weeks, during exchange visits to India and France by security officials, France has seriously upped the ante on its competitors regarding provision of advanced defence hardware and, more importantly, technology transfer to India.

TN: Chaos as Police Dismantle Protest Tent and Threaten Workers at Their Homes

AS Samsung workers continue their determined struggle for their rights, the Tamil Nadu police have stepped in to disrupt and suppress the protest.On the 31st day (October 9) of the ongoing protest, as Samsung workers had announced they would continue their demonstration, the police took action to prevent them from reaching the protest site. They went to workers' homes – specifically threatening women in the workers' families – and overnight, dismantled the protest tent.Despite the police intimidation, workers held their protest in the pouring rain.

On Assembly Election Results

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on October 9THE contrasting results thrown up by Jammu & Kashmir and Haryana state elections, the resounding success in Jammu & Kashmir and the unexpected setback in the latter provide valuable lessons for secular forces in the struggle against BJP in the days to come.In Jammu & Kashmir, the National Conference and its allies won a comfortable majority to form the first elected government after six years of central government’s authoritarian rule. The unambiguous mandate of the people in Jammu & Kashmir is a re

On SC Judgment

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on October 4CPI(M) welcomes the judgment of the Supreme Court which directs the central and state governments to take steps to end the practices of caste discrimination in prisons/jails.

One Nation One Election: Recipe for Sabotaging the Constitution

AMIDST the backdrop of the ruling dispensation's diminishing fortunes in recent and current electoral contexts, the shrill noise over one nation, one election (ONOE) in its first appearance gives the impression that it is an exercise in sloganeering, yet another ‘jumla’. This echoes similar slogans by the BJP-led dispensation, such as one nation, one tax, one nation, one national language, and so on.

Kerala: Pinarayi Writes to Arif Mohammad Khan: Governor Has No Right to Summon Higher Officials

IN a letter written to Kerala governor Arif Mohammad Khan on October 8, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has refused to comply with the governor’s directive to summon the chief secretary and state police chief to appear before him at Raj Bhavan.

Imperialism’s Striving for Expansion

THE “inevitable striving of finance capital”, Lenin had written in Imperialism, (is) “to enlarge its spheres of influence and even its actual territory”. He was writing of course in a world marked by inter-imperialist rivalry, where this striving took the form of a competitive struggle between rival finance capitals that speedily completed the partitioning of the world, leaving no “empty spaces”; only a repartitioning of the world was thenceforth possible, through wars among rival financial oligarchies.

One Year of US Imperialism’s Complicity in Israel’s Gaza Genocide

ONE year ago, as Israel launched its massive war on Gaza after the October 7 Hamas attack, the US government was fully aware its ally was embarking on a campaign that would end up with Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders charged with war crimes. And yet, as the whole world has seen, that advance knowledge did nothing to deter the Biden administration from arming and aiding the genocide that has been perpetrated since.

CITU Condemns Arrest of Union Leaders, Demands TN Govt to Uphold Workers' Right to Unionise

THE Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), in a statement issued on October 9, condemned the arrest of CITU national vice president A S Soundarajan, state secretary E Muthukumar, and other Samsung workers on strike. The removal of the pandal at the protest site in Sriperumbudur by the Tamil Nadu state government was also denounced.

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