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June 2009
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Lessons and Tasks
The results of 2009 elections can be described as a string of surprises not only for many well-entrenched parties and seasoned politicians but also for a host of commonsensical notions... (read full text)
A Preliminary Note
There were 80 CPI(ML) candidates in the fray in the 15th Lok Sabha elections. For nearly two months, the entire organisation dedicated itself to an intensive election campaign defying the... (read full text)
A Closer Look at the Mandate
The success of the Congress and its UPA partners at the hustings have put it in a position to call the shots: fair-weather friends and many foes alike queued up... (read full text)
Current Economic Crisis and India
(The following is excerpted from the larger article ‘New Great Depression and India’, from Aspects of India’s Economy, No. 47, March 2009.- Ed/-) Indian bubble bursts India’s GDP grew during... (read full text)
Indian Foreign Policy and Immediate Neighbours
Even as India was engaged in elections, the infamous role of the Indian government in its policy towards its immediate neighbours was being played out. The Manmohan Singh-led Government has... (read full text)
Fresh Crisis for Fledgling Democracy in Nepal
The recent developments in Nepal should take no one by surprise. When parties with antagonistic class interests (like the NC and the UCPN (M)) join others with very different political... (read full text)
Sri Lanka’s ‘Final Solution’ for the Tamils
On May 18 2009, the Sri Lankan Government declared its ‘final victory’ over the LTTE, by displaying the body of the slain LTTE chief Prabakaran. Since then, the Sri Lankan... (read full text)
Pakistan’s War on Taliban and America’s Af-Pak Gameplan
Even as the US military offensive intensifies in Afghanistan, a parallel offensive by the Pakistani Army, clearly under US pressure, in the country’s autonomous region of Federally Administered Tribal Areas... (read full text)
Talibanisation, Women’s Rights and Imperialism
(The following is an excerpt from Pakistani feminist scholar Humeira Iqtidar’s ‘Who are the Taliban in Swat’, www.opendemocracy.net) Much media attention has focused on the worsening plight of women in... (read full text)
Updates : Barhania Massacre: Popular Protest Forces Administration to Reject Police’ Version
On the eve of phase one of 15th Lok Sabha election the CRPF forces in Jharkhand picked up five innocent tribal villagers from Barhania village, massacred them in cold blood... (read full text)
Update : Convention of the Unorganised & Contract Workers in Pune
A Convention of the Unorganised Workers and Contract Workers organised by the Maharashtra Rajya Sarvashramik Mahasangh held in Pune on 25th April, 2009 at the Ganesh Kala Krida Rangmanch was... (read full text)
Update : Reports from Chhattisgarh
On May Day, CPI(ML) and AICCTU held a ‘Workers’ Respect Rally’ (Mazdoor Swabhimaan Rally) and mass meeting. Around 1000 workers marched in the Rally, which started at Ghadi Chowk, Supela... (read full text)
Reading the Past to Challenge the Present
“Since that day in Cuba, other countries have set off on different roads on the experiment of change: perpetuation of the existing order of things is perpetuation of the crime... (read full text)
Severe Crackdown on Land Struggle in Punjab
The Akali-led NDA Government in Punjab has launched an all-out witch-hunt and attack on agricultural labourers in Mansa district – for the crime of demanding that the Government keep its... (read full text)
May 2009
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Asserting People’s Issues:
The media poll pundits have already declared that there are “no issues” in the 2009 Parliamentary polls. At the same time, the corporate media houses have launched campaigns seeking to... (read full text)
Appropriating Ambedkar
Around 14 April, the 118th Birth Anniversary of Babasaheb Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, the BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate L K Advani accused the Congress of having mistreated Dr. Ambedkar, referring among... (read full text)
The Twin States Must Fight Terror Together
Like us, our western neighbour is bleeding under terrorist — and of recent, also imperialist — attacks. On March 27, as the US president was unveiling his new strategy to... (read full text)
Imperialist Agenda and Popular Resistance
The holding of the second G20 summit in less than four months comes as a measure of the importance the original G7 and its later incarnation G8 now attaches to... (read full text)
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