What was meant to be relief package was repackaged relief- old stuff with most bags empty. Continuing the trend he established in his earlier addresses, PM Modi in his announcement on May 12 again ignored the basic concerns of the people in the wake of Corona pandemic. There was not […]
Year: 2020
IFTU demonstration in Nawanshahr Punjab
Protests are beginning in different parts of the countries on the issues of the people. Since the clamping of lockdown, inter-state migrant workers have been out- on the streets and off them trying to flee hunger and privation; terror from invisible Corona and visible Police. Now the people other than […]
IFTU Interventions For Trapped Migrant Workers
While IFTU National Committee was amongst the first organizations to condemn the inhuman attacks by the Central Govt on migrant workers by forcing them to be grounded without food and shelter and by setting the police on them, we also tried to play a role in reaching out to migrant […]
Pratiridh Ka Swar May 2020 प्रतिरोध का स्वर मई 2020
New Democracy May 2020
Unravelling in the wake of Corona
(Editorial, May 2020 New Democracy) Consistent rejection of Science and Sense was designed to serve a purpose. There is a pretense of Sense having dawned but not before a mess had been made of everything around. The Health Minister’s advice to the people that we have to learn to live […]
North East Delhi Violence : No Justice-Vengeance Rages Under Covid Cover!
Aparna Let no man live, Uncurbed by law nor curbed by tyranny; Aescheylus A vicious drive is on by the Delhi Police under the tutelage of the Central Govt. of BJP-RSS to take full advantage of the lockdown for the pandemic to wreck vengeance on leading Muslim women and students […]
STOP the WAR on WORKERS
The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has once more shed crocodile tears at the loss of lives of 16 workers in the Aurangabad rail tragedy. What Mr.Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) do not understand is the cause for this incident – what is it that is pushing this country’s […]
Letter to President by Nine Parties and Organizations working in Punjab
Dear Sir, We the following nine political parties and political mass organizations belonging to the state of Punjab wish to Express our serious concern and bring some facts for your kind consideration and immediate action. As already secular, democratic and left intellectuals and eminent personalities from various walks of life […]
1857 : Relevant for the Struggles of Today
On May 10, 1857 began the first war of Indian independence when soldiers revolted in Meerut, proceeded to Delhi, drove out the British and proclaimed Bahadur Shah Zafar as the ruler. The flames of that war spread widely. Much about it is already known to all patriotic and progressive sections. […]