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India Must Not Become a War Manager for US Imperialism
TROOPS OUT of Iraq ! Hands off Iran ! While anti-war activists observed the third anniversary of US invasion and occupation of Iraq by chanting these slogans in hundreds of peace rallies the world over, the Bush brigade celebrated the anniversary by launching a renewed air attack on Iraq......full text |
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Varanasi Must Be Saved from Becoming another Ayodhya
THE TREMORS caused by the twin blasts in Varanasi on March 7 have been felt all over the country. While Varanasi promptly plunged into the act of rescuing and treating the injured, the whole country was one in condemning the blasts and the resultant loss of innocent lives.........full text Beyond the N-deal: India in Imperial Bandwagon
New Delhi 's foreign policy exercises in recent years have been marked by two opposite urges or contrary pulls: (a) to grow powerful as the most obedient ally of the sole superpower and (b) to exercise multiple options and improve relations with many countries. The former did predominate, but we also saw enhanced arms purchases from France, Russia and others.........full text |
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Assembly Elections, April-May 2006: Issues and Prospects
Assembly elections in states like Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala are usully viewed as affairs of the concerned states having little connection with the pulls and counterpulls in national politics. This is primarily because of the traditional weakness of the BJP and the NDA in these states. West Bengal has been the only state with some NDA presence thanks to the Trinamul Congress (TMC),.....Full text Union Budget 2006-07 Hitting the Aam Aadmi Below the Belt
Chidambaram's Pasta-Pepsi Budget
OVER THE years the expectations from the budget as a tool of affirmative policy actions have been diminishing. However, since is the 3rd straight year of a high growth phase of Indian economy, and some important assembly elections are due, it was expected that some bold initiatives for agriculture, infrastructure and social sector would be announced. Even the Congress president Sonia Gandhi had told earlier that all the priority welfare programmes launched last year "would be adequately funded". But that was not to be.....Full text
Bills on Unorganised Sector Workers: Restructuring Labour Market Legalising Informalisation
Salient Points of the Draft Bill Proposed by the NAC CONTRADICTORY STATEMENTS are emanating from the higher echelons power regarding the timing of introduction of the bills on unorganized sector workers in the Parliament. Sonia Gandhi announced that the bill would be introduced in this session, only to be contradicted by the Minster of State for Labour who announced that it would be introduced only in the next session. The official Left that supports the Congress-led UPA government.....Full text |
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The Bush Visit and After: Battle Lines have been Redrawn
PREDICTABLY ENOUGH, Indian advocates of a strategic partnership with the US have begun to describe Bush's just concluded maiden visit to India and the Indo-US nuclear deal as a huge diplomatic breakthrough for India's foreign policy. With Bush ruling out the possibility of a similar nuclear deal with Pakistan , there is an obvious element of additional glee in this camp. America 's relationship with India ,.......Full text |
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Protests against Bush visit
CPI(ML) ORGANISED nationwide protests on March 2 against the visit of George Bush, the chief of the American war machine and imperialist pirate brigade. Various programmes were held at different centres in the country with the slogan 'Killer Bush, Go Back'. Through these protests the Party condemned the UPA Govt.'s spineless surrender before the US imperialism endangering country's sovereignty ......Full text
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Communal designs of RSS-BJP given a fitting rebuff in Uttar Pradesh
Political turmoil in U.P. is bound to gain momentum with the approaching assembly elections, to be held, latest by the beginning of 2007. And one can safely predict that the tremors of upheaval in UP will be felt in New Delhi , too.......Full text
Other Reports:
Assembly March in Chandigarh against murderous assault on AIALA Leader Com. Bant Singh Protest at the Indian High Commission in London
Massive CPI(ML) Rally in front of State Assembly in Bhuvaneshwar
Vidhan Sabha Chalo in Ranchi.......Full text |
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