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New Democracy May 2020 (Special Issue)
Naxalbari Turning Point is Blazing the Path
This year, Naxalbari Day (May 25) has come at a time when Indian people are facing unprecedented hardships due to Govt. utilizing the Corona pandemic to heap untold sufferings on the people. Life of the common people has been forced to a grinding halt while assault on democratic rights is […]
US-Taliban Deal : Attempt to Afghanize the War or Outcome Foretold
Corona pandemic has put in shadow developments in Afghanistan. US imperialism is trying to implement the agreement it had signed with Taliban on February 29 in Doha (Qatar). Beyond the spotlight, attempts are on to see through the deal. Recently, on May 8, US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad was in Delhi. […]
Raking up of Boundary Dispute
When South Asian countries are battling Corona Pandemic, Indian Govt. has taken a step which has soured relations with our neighbouring country, Nepal. On 8th May Defense Minister Rajnath Singh remote-flagged off a new road to Kailash Mansarovar in Tibet (China). Nepal immediately registered its protest against this road saying […]
Covid Pandemic: Excuse To Intensify Attacks And Pushing Further The Agenda Of Education ‘Deforms’
Mrigank The current Covid-19 pandemic has given the ruling class opportunities to increase its attack on people in different arenas and to speed up the pace of its unfinished agenda. Education too is not left untouched. The current emphasis on online education and examinations in the pretext of lock down […]
Decoding Five Tranche : Attacking the People While Feigning Help
For five days i.e. from May 13 to 17, the Finance Minister made daily announcements to translate the PM’s announcement of a relief package into concrete steps. These announcements were marked by singular absence of any significant relief to the people. With the now well practiced and also well known […]
A Day of Strikes and Mass Protests of Jute Workers
Today (May 20) Workers of AP Jute Mills came out in strength to demand their wages for the lock down period. Mill after mill witnessed the strike action of the workers for their legitimate right. It was the day when jute workers broke through the lock down on protests in […]
Eluru : Jute Workers Demonstrate
In Eluru in Andhra Pradesh, more than one thousand workers of Eluru Jute Mill held a demonstration today i.e. on May 19, 2020. Workers are demanding wages for the lock down period. Workers have refused to join duty without payment of wages for the lock down period. Demonstration was held […]
IFTU CONDEMNS REPEAL OF THE ORDER FOR PAYMENT OF WAGES DURING LOCKDOWN
The NDA government,which through its unplanned and blanket lockdown devasted the lives of crores of migrant workers, has now come out with an order that would create an ocean of wageless workers in the period of lockdown.On 18‐05‐2020, it repealed its own earlier order dated March 29 that directed the […]