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PENNILESS AND HUNGRY, YET BRUTALLY LATHICHARGED: CLASS HATRED ON FULL DISPLAY

July 18, 2020

Thousands of penniless, hungry and frustrated migrant workers from Bihar, UP and other labor supplying states and regions, called hinterland, hit the streets and thronged at Bandra railway station in Mumbai, a Covid-19 hotspot, in the afternoon of 14th April in complete ‘violation’ of the rules of the lockdown. Completely broken and frustrated as they … More PENNILESS AND HUNGRY, YET BRUTALLY LATHICHARGED: CLASS HATRED ON FULL DISPLAY

22ND MAY ALL INDIA WORKERS’ PROTEST: WHITHER THE CENTRAL TRADE UNIONS, FROM HERE?

June 8, 2020

Shekhar // Background and Perspective  22nd May all India workers’ strike was called in a very different and grave situation. The call was given by ten Central Trade Unions, mostly dominated by mainstream left, and taken up by all other TUs and trade union platforms irrespective of their affiliation. It came when a few states, … More 22ND MAY ALL INDIA WORKERS’ PROTEST: WHITHER THE CENTRAL TRADE UNIONS, FROM HERE?