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1 Excerpts from The British Rule In India London, Friday, June 10,1853 ... Hindustan is an Italy of Asiatic dimensions, the Himalayas for the Alps, the plains of Bengal for the plains of Lombardy,

Extracts From Second Congress Documents 1 Excerpts from Lenin’s Theses On National And Colonial

1 Letter To CPT Regarding Formation of CPI No. 638 / 20 XII 1920 / Tashkent TURKESTAN BUREAU To : The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Turkestan It is hereby testified that the

1 The Capitalist Offensive In India The capitalist offensive in Europe is naturally followed by an offensive of the Indian capital against native labour. The European offensive was the result of capital's

1 Analysis of Bardoli The heroic struggle of the Bardoli peasantry has come to a close with the Government consenting to reduce the amount of increase in assessments from 20% to 5%.

1 The Action Programme of The Labour And Kisan Party of India Labour (1) To devise means and methods to save the labour fighters and their families put to suffering while in discharge

(Extracts from articles, pamphlets etc.) The Initial Period (1921-25) 1 Excerpts From Gandhi Vs. Lenin — by SA Dange Gandhi and Lenin Common Aim: To destroy social evils of the day, especially the misery of the poor

1 Extracts From The President’s Address[1] — M Singaravelu [This is a long address interspersed with pieces of poetry including a stanza of the International, and contains many sub- heads which we have had

7 Problems of the Anti-Imperialist Struggle in India There is no doubt whatever that India to-day stands at the cross roads. ... The young Communist Party of India continues to make every effort

1 WORKERS OF THK WORLD UNITE ! GANASHAKTI English Edition Price : One Pice (Publish from GANASIHAKTI PUBLISHING HOUSE, Calcutta.) Vol. I. No 1. SUNDAY, 30th SEPTEMBER, 1934. “CONGRESS SOCIALISM”—A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS. A Crituque of the Programme

Our Differences[1] There are communists who do not approve of the line we propose to follow. The founders of our party were the pioneers of the revolutionary proletarian movement in this

1 A Manifesto of the Young Communist International to the Revolutionary Organisation of Youth ... Youth organisation must consist of worker, peasant and intellectual youths, who participate in the everyday struggle of

1 Bolshevism And India (A note prepared by the Government of India in 1920) The danger of Bolshevism to India lies not in a military victory of Bolshevik arms but in the insidious

The Formative Years Summed Up The strategic perspective of the communist movement during the period under review was determined by the principal contradiction between the emerging Indian nation and British imperialism

Many stalwarts whose roles in the communist movement started during the period covered by this volume but continued for many more years and decades, will be dealt with in the