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‘Crisis’ for the Poor – Bonanza for the Rich
India’s poor are being pushed out of the official poverty lists but more and more India’s CEOs are making it to the lists of the world’s richest people. 23 Indians... (read full text)
Obituary
Hari Sharma (1934-2010) Hari Prakash Sharma, writer, activist and friend of the Naxalbari movement, passed away at his home in Vancouver, Canada on March 16 following a prolonged battle with... (read full text)
March 2010
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Uphold the Glorious Legacy of International Women’s Day
8 March 2010 marks the centenary of International Women’s Day – a hundred years from the time when the working class women’s movement first thought to observe ‘Women’s Day’ to... (read full text)
Price-rise: Assault on Food and Livelihood of Aam Aadmi
Amidst record-breaking rise in food prices, the UPA government continues to shed crocodile tears. Worse, in the name of tackling prices, the government is trying to use rising prices as... (read full text)
The Return of Rajapakse in War-Torn Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa won an emphatic victory over his former Army chief General Sarath Fonseka in the January 26 Presidential election. In 2005, Rajapaksa had won by... (read full text)
Myth and Reality
There has of late been a lot of media hype about the recent ‘CSO’ (Central Statistical Organisation) data on Bihar’s ‘growth miracle’ in the last 5 years. At a five-yearly... (read full text)
Nitish Mission of Mahadalit Mockery Versus Bihar Poor’s Struggle for Dignity and Development
With Assembly elections round the corner, Nitish Kumar has pulled out all stops to play his social engineering cards. Just a day before the inauguration of the budget session of... (read full text)
Digvijay Singh’s Azamgarh Visit: Congress Runs with the Hare and Hunts with the Hounds
Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh’s visit to Azamgarh is being touted as the party’s reaching out to a community and town that have been reeling under a spate of arrests... (read full text)
Corporate Control in Scientific Research
The highly controversial issue of genetically modified (GM) crops has once more catapulted into national limelight. For the past few years, public opinion against GM has been building up, owing... (read full text)
8 March 2010: Women’s Day Centenary
The Slogans of Hundred Years of Women’s Liberation Struggles Resonate Even Today Who deserves the credit for the legacy of ‘International Women’s Day’? Governments or the United Nations may try... (read full text)
International Women’s Day
First published in 1920, this essay traces the history of international women’s day and its importance to working class struggle with particular focus on the 1917 Russian Revolution. A militant... (read full text)
‘Maoism’, State and the Communist Movement in India
Part IV The fourth and concluding part of our discussion is followed by an account of our experience of engaging with the Maoists in various states. The UPA government is... (read full text)
Notes on Some Sectors of the Working Class in Tamil Nadu
I A look into the... (read full text)
Contract workers’ Struggle at Military Stations in Assam
The All Assam Contractor Workers’ Union affiliated to AICCTU has begun to organize contract workers of military and air force stations in the two upper Assam districts of Dibrugarh and... (read full text)
Fact-finding report on Atrocities against Dalits in Karnataka
[A team of various human rights groups, dalit groups and women’s organizations visited Chitradurga to investigate reports of atrocities on dalits in three villages. The team included members of PUCL-K... (read full text)
AISA’s 7th National Conference
AISA’s 7th National Conference was held in Kolkata from 8-10 February. On 8 February, AISA activists from 18 states marched through the streets of central Kolkata and assembled at College... (read full text)
Updates : 6th Conference of the Paschim Banga Krishak Samiti Held
The Paschim Banga Krishak Samiti (West Bengal Peasant Association) held its 6th Conference with an open session in Bardhaman followed by a two-day delegate session on 15-16 February. The conference... (read full text)
Rickshaw-pullers’ Protest in NOIDA
Hundreds of rickshaw-pullers in NOIDA held a protest demonstration on 16 February to press for their demands of licenses and recognition of their right to livelihood. Thousands of them, mostly... (read full text)
Street Vendors in Delhi Hold Convention
The Delhi Rehri-Khokha-Patri Mahasangh held a Convention on 21 February demanding guarantee of livelihood and licence for every street vendor under the new National Vendor Policy. They demanded democratisation of... (read full text)
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