Challenges in COP 27: Private Greed of Capital vs Society’s Survival

COP 27 is underway in Sharm el-Sheikh. Although the Ukraine War and the US mid-term elections have shifted our immediate focus away from how we are faring in our battle against global warming, it still remains a central concern of our epoch. Reports indicate not only are we failing to meet our climate change goals, but we are also failing them by a large margin.

On EWS Reservation

A CONSTITUTION Bench of the Supreme Court has, by a split verdict of 3 to 2 upheld the validity of the 103rd constitutional amendment which provided reservation for economically weaker sections (EWS) from within the general category.

Tripura: AIDWA Conference Evokes Encouraging Response

THE 20th state conference of All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) was held on November 1-2, 2022 at Agartala. The open session held on November 1 at the Town Hall, was attended by delegates coming from different parts of the state. Representatives from other mass organisations were also present in the session.The conference started with flag hoisting by the AIDWA state president Ramani Deb Barma. Thereafter floral tributes were paid to the martyrs who laid down their lives for the cause of people. The delegate session started after that.

Towards 35th Conference of All India Kisan Sabha

SINCE the 33rd conference of the Kisan Sabha, a new trend emerged in the peasant movement. Kisan Sabha always stressed on the need for independent movements as it strengthens the organisation, spreads its influence, creates confidence within the organisation and helps to draw other organisations towards a united struggle. This led to the slogan of “Kisan Sabha in all villages and all kisans in Kisan Sabha”. The entire history of AIKS proved it. But AIKS gave equal importance to building a united kisan movement.

CPC 20th Congress: ‘Dare to Say What Has Never Been Said and Do What Has Never Been Done’

IMMEDIATELY after the conclusion of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), on October 25, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC led the first group study session of the Polit Bureau. This was to ‘study, understand and implement’ the guiding principles of the 20th Congress. The meeting emphasised that the tasks set forth by the 20th Congress ought to be implemented in all aspects of economic and social development, by being prepared to face all kinds of complex issues.The report presented to the 20th Congress gave great importance to theoretical development of Marxism.

Tripura: October Revolution Anniversary Observed

THE 105th anniversary of the October Revolution was observed all across the state in Tripura. A hall meeting at Rabindra Shatabarshiki Bhavan in Agartala was held on November 8.In the morning, at all the Party and trade union offices, red flags were hoisted. Floral tributes were paid to Karl Marx, Fredrick Engels, Lenin and Stalin at many places. Party offices were decorated with red lights and flags. In the state committee office of CPI(M) in Agartala, red flag was hoisted by senior kisan leader and former Polit Bureau member of the Party, Hannan Mollah.

TN: Thoothukkudi Firing: Punish the Real Instigators Also, Urges CPI(M)

THE real instigators of Thoothukkudi firing should not be let out from the ambit of enquiry, urged K Balakrishnan, CPI(M) state secretary at a convention held in Chennai on November 2.

Give More Time for Opinions on Review of Personal Law: AIDWA

THE All India Democratic Women’s Association has sent a memorandum to Sushil Kumar Modi, MP and Chair, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law & Justice, on November 4, regarding the review of personal law which is sought to be undertaken by the committee. A press communiqué issued on behalf of the Standing Committee on October 11, 2022, asked for memoranda concerning the entire gamut of personal law within a short period of 21 days.

The Triumph of the City

THE triumph of the City of London, the one square kilometre next to Liverpool Street station that houses the citadel of British finance, is complete. Not only did it get rid of one British prime minister, whom it distrusted, in the space of just 44 days, but even got a new one of its choice installed forthwith. Rishi Sunak is being called many things: the first British Asian prime minister, the first Hindu prime minister, and so on. These facts about him however are inconsequential; notwithstanding the hullabaloo in India over his appointment, these facts are mere trivia.

The October Revolution And Tasks before Indian Working Class

THE Great October Socialist Revolution, 105 years ago, and the formation of the Soviet Union a century back, had changed the course of human history.The October Revolution, which began on November 7, ushered in a new society free from exploitation of one human being by another.

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