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No Going Back on 33% Reservation for Women in Assemblies and Parliament
On March 8, 2010 when the whole world observed the centenary of the International Women’s Day, the UPA government tabled the Women’s Reservation Bill (WRB) in the upper house of... (read full text)
Women’s Reservation Bill
After being passed in the Rajya Sabha, the Women’s Reservation Bill yet again seems to have hit an impasse, with its future uncertain. To understand the politics of the Women’s... (read full text)
Serving up BSNL for Private Loot
In 1987, Sam Pitroda, celebrated consultant of the corporate world, started the process of corporatisation of the Indian Telecom Sector. The formation of BSNL in 2000 too was part of... (read full text)
Big Bounties for the Corporate Biggies,
[“This budget belongs to the aam aadmi,” said Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in his budget speech. But what really is the UPA’s yardstick for the aam aadmi? Pranab Mukherjee has... (read full text)
Karnataka Govt Charges AIPWA VP with ‘Sedition’
In BJP-ruled Karnataka, if you criticise the Government or organise marginalised sections of people, you are liable to be accused of ‘sedition.’ This is what is implied by an FIR... (read full text)
Post Mortem Reports Underline Unanswered Questions
[Long-suppressed post mortem reports of Atif Ameen and Md. Sajid, killed by the police in an alleged ‘encounter’ in the Batla House have finally come out in the public domain... (read full text)
Bihar Economic Survey 2010: Balance-Sheet of Growth Hype
The mystery shrouding the 11% growth miracle claimed by the Nitish Kumar government of Bihar is getting deeper and deeper. When the government of Bihar first claimed to have averaged... (read full text)
Corporatising agriculture
(The following article has been reproduced from the New Indian Express of March 8, 2010. The author is a renowned agricultural scientist.) While north India celebrated Holi and Parliament witnessed... (read full text)
Raise the Level of Mass Assertion; Expand the Realm of Party Initiatives
This April 22, as we observe the 41st foundation day of the CPI(ML), let us pay attention to some key areas of our mass practice and find out ways to... (read full text)
International Women’s Day Centenary Events
On the occasion of the centenary of International Women’s Day on 8th March 2010, AIPWA held demonstrations in various states and districts across the country, raising the slogan – ‘Salute... (read full text)
Draconian Laws against CPI(ML) Activists in Ghazipur
Activists who organise the rural poor are being branded ‘gangsters’ and goondas’ and booked under the draconian ‘Gangster Act’ and ‘Goonda Act’ in Mayawati’s UP. On 15 February 2010, some... (read full text)
CPI(ML) Fact-finding Report
(On 2 March, communal riots broke out in Bareilly, centre of Rohilkhand and known for communal harmony. A 5-member CPI(ML) team comprising CC Member Krishna Adhikari, State Standing Committee member... (read full text)
Updates : Construction Workers’ March to Parliament
On 15 March 2010, under the banner of the All India Central Council of Trade Unions (AICCTU)-affiliated All India Construction Workers’ Federation (AICWF), hundreds of construction workers from different states... (read full text)
Update : AICCTU Beedi Workers Workshop at Tirunelveli
As a part of the membership drive among beedi workers some macro and micro investigations were taken up and with the findings of these preliminary investigations a workshop was held... (read full text)
Update : AIALA Demo in Tamilnadu
All India Agricultural Labourers’ Association (AIALA) organized a panchayat-level demonstration in Tamil Nadu (March 5-15) demanding inclusion in BPL list, work under MGNREGA, Rs.200 daily wages under MGNREGA, homestead land... (read full text)
Update : IIMS Launched in Kerala
Indian Institute of Marxist Studies (IIMS) launched its Kerala Chapter on 14 March through a meeting at Trivandrum. The meeting also elected Com. KM Venugopalan as the convenor of the... (read full text)
Update : Annual GBM of RYA at Puducherry
The annual General Body Meeting of the Puducherry unit of Revolutionary Youth Association (RYA) was held on 21 February 2010 at Comrade Bhagat Singh Nagar (Muthialpet) in Com. Chandrashekhar Hall... (read full text)
Update : Srijanotsav: Festival of Creativity, Resistance and People’s Struggles
All around us we see the attempt to suppress and render invisible people struggles under the weight of aggressive advertising by companies and governments dressing up loot as ‘development’. At... (read full text)
Occupation is a Crime!
(The 7th anniversary of the war on Iraq was marked by huge protests all over the US against war and occupation. Shashwat Sinha, who participated in the San Francisco anti-war... (read full text)
Act Three, Scene One
The crisis in Greece is rapidly escalating as all sections of workers and peasants came out on the streets in three large rallies in one month to protest against their... (read full text)
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