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Towards 7th National Conference of AICCTU
(The 7th National Conference of AICCTU is being held at Chennai on August 4-5-6 2008. Towards the Conference, we carry some excerpts from the draft report for the Conference as... (read full text)
On Cover : The Smile on the face of the Tiger
Manmohanji, what is this 123? It is really bothering me. Stop worrying about it. I am telling you it is all right. Isn’t that enough? But Manmohanji, in school whenever... (read full text)
On Cover : Manmohan Meets His Master
We all recall how Manmohan Singh at Oxford had expounded on the benefits that India got from its encounter with the ‘dominant empire of that day’ – i.e colonial Britain... (read full text)
G8 Summit: No Good News on Climate Change
For those who have been watching the climate change negotiations over the part decade, the recently concluded G8 Summit was more of the same: arm twisting and muscle-flexing by the... (read full text)
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Soaring Prices and Manmohan’s Nuclear Chess
They had been talking about double-digit economic growth. Instead, it is inflation which has crossed the double-digit barrier and the upward climb of the price spiral shows no sign of... (read full text)
Mockery of Democracy: Assaults on Journalists, Activists, and Academics
Recently, the Gujarat Government slapped sedition charges on the Gujarat editor of the Times of India and his team for a series of articles questioning the appointment of O P... (read full text)
Address the Aspirations of the Hill People of Darjeeling
The first phase of the movement for a separate state of Gorkhaland had culminated in 1988 with the formation of the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council (DGHC). The Hill Council was... (read full text)
Murder of NREG Activists in Jharkhand
On 14 May, a young activist Lalit Mehta, who had been active in the right to food campaign and had the previous day initiated a social audit to expose corruption... (read full text)
Plain-speaking by Planning Commission Report
An Expert Group set up by the Planning Commission, headed by D. Bandopadhyay, and including Dr. B.D. Sharma, Kamla Prasad, (Ex. Chief Secretary, Bihar), Prakash Singh, Ex. DGP (U.P.), Sukhadeo... (read full text)
Forest Rights Rules: Move to Subvert Forest Dwellers’ Rights
When the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act was passed in December 2006, there was a general consensus that this legislation was a major... (read full text)
Public Private Partnerships: Private Profiteers Peddling Education?
How does neo-liberal capital recycle itself pip, seed and peel? For starters it employs copy-writers and linguists who generate words and phrases that rationalise super profits. Then it encourages establishment... (read full text)
Women’s Movement and Communist Party: Basics Revisited
(Continued from last issue) In the progress from group marriage to pairing marriage it was women who took the lead because the former proved extremely oppressive and degrading for them... (read full text)
Updates : Nationwide Outrage Against Oil Price Hike
There has been nationwide protest against the UPA Government’s decision to hike the prices of petrol, diesel and cooking gas. CPI(ML) had given a call for an all-India protest on... (read full text)
Update : Massive Protest in Assam Demanding Tarun Gogoi’s resignation
In Assam, a massive protest is on demanding resignation of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi after arrest of a Cabinet Minister of his Government. Ripun Bora was arrested by CBI on... (read full text)
Update : JNUSU and AISA Join Kashmir Univ. Students in Protest
On the occasion of the visit of the Indian President to the Kashmir Valley, Kashmir University students were asked to vacate the hotels without any prior notice on the pretext... (read full text)
Update : Punjab Panchayat Elections
Panchayat elections were held in Punjab in the month of May. Earlier elections for all the three tiers of panchayat hierarchy used to be held simultaneously, but this time round... (read full text)
Update : CPI(ML) Protest Dharna in Durg
On June 12, CPI(ML) staged a protest dharna at Durg Collectorate for ensuring jobs, safety and health-care for the agrarian labourers, and highlighting the demands of the dozens of the... (read full text)
Update : CPI(ML)’s Jharkhand State Conference: For a True Left Alternative
The 3rd Jharkhand State Conference of CPI(ML) from 9-11 June 2008, concluded successfully amidst enthusiasm for further struggles, with central slogans of “prepare for a new Jharkhand for assertion of... (read full text)
Update : AIPWA Protests Against Stripping of Dalit Mother and Daughter in Rajasthan
In Sayar village in Ajmer district, a powerful Jat man repeatedly sexually harassed a 16-year-old dalit girl. When she resisted his advances, he along with another man broke into her... (read full text)
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