A Comrade’s Blog

The Communist Party of India which played an important role in the liberation struggle of Mahe (Puducherry) which was under the rule of France, lost two precious lives on April 27, 1954 of  Comrade P.P. Ananthan and Comrade M. Achuthan. Although India was liberated from British rule in 1947, Mahe Read more

Demand arrest of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh Press Release The following statement was released to the press by the Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions today, i.e. on 8th May, 2023 Trade unions extend support to Wrestlers’ Agitation Demand arrest of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh The Joint Platform of Central Read more

The Central Government has issued an order dated 24th September, 2021 to dissolve the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) with effect from 1st October, 2021. Accordingly the OFB with its inter-dependent and inter-connected network of 41 Ordnance Factories would be converted, for the time being into seven separate companies registered under Read more

The revised Public Sector Policy announced in the budget 2021-22 is fully oriented towards total Privatization of Public Sector Enterprises. It is no longer mere ‘divestment of equity’ of CPSUs. Now it is whole-hog privatization.  The Congress (I) Government led by Narasimha Rao with Manmohan Singh as Finance Minister started Read more

The BJP government led by Modi recently unveiled a four year National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) claiming to garner Rs 6 lakh crore for infrastructure development. In reality,the NMP is aimed to hand over huge functional infrastructural assets of the country to private corporates and big business houses, including foreign MNCs. Read more

            The working class movement is facing tremendous challenges as well as opportunities.         As per the latest and continuing systemic crisis of the capitalist order and its reflection on all aspects – political, economic and social governance; in the authoritarian and divisive onslaughts by the ruling classes in all Read more

The second wave of Covid 19, which wreaked havoc across the country, might be in the process of slowing down. The number of daily new cases and the number of daily deaths which crossed 4 lakhs and 4500 respectively are reported to be gradually coming down, though not uniformly across Read more

To all our comrades, our brothers and sisters in India-against the second wave of COVID-19 Dear comrades The devastating news that daily we read about India are shocking beyond any human imagination. We are in so much and deep pain to share the news with all of you and your families your beloved Read more

On the 8th March 2020 International Women’s Day anniversary, WFTU conveyed warm militant greeting to every woman all over the globe, working or unemployed, self-employed, in the city or in the countryside, young mother, student, retiree, refugee or immigrant, life fighters of the everyday. WFTU stands by the side of women’s Read more

One of the difficulties with discussions on employment in India is the tendency to conflate employment and work. But employment is only that part of work that is remunerated, and in India a vast amount of work is actually unpaid and often not even socially recognised. Once we recognise that, Read more