Joint Protest by ‘Delhi For Farmers’ to scrap all 3 pro-corporate farm laws and Electricity Bill 2020 [Delhi, 4 Dec 2020]

December 5, 2020

Joint protest by left organizations and trade unions under the banner of #DelhiForFarmers at Jantar Mantar. The protest was addressed by Maimoona Abbas Mollah from AIDWA, Dipti from NFIW, Tuhin Deb from TUCI, Harish from KYS, B.Venkat from AIAWU, Animesh from IFTU, Ritu from AIMSS, Virender Gaur from CITU, Harish from IMK and Mohd Abuzar … More Joint Protest by ‘Delhi For Farmers’ to scrap all 3 pro-corporate farm laws and Electricity Bill 2020 [Delhi, 4 Dec 2020]

ALL INDIA GENERAL STRIKE [Patna, Bihar / 26 Nov 2020]

November 27, 2020

Today (26.11.2020) IFTU (Sarwahara) concluded its week long campaign with a rally which witnessed the participation of toilers and women workers from various jhuggis, labour chowks, worker colonies and villages adjacent to Patna. The rally organised against the anti-worker labour code and other labour reforms, unemployment, starvation and privatisation of healthcare and education along with … More ALL INDIA GENERAL STRIKE [Patna, Bihar / 26 Nov 2020]

Join the Nationwide General Strike on 26 November 2020! [Campaign Drive / Patna, Bihar]

November 27, 2020

Beyond symbolism, take part in a militant and decisive struggle against Capitalism! रस्मादयागी नहीं, पूंजीवाद के खिलाफ निरंतर, जुझारू व निर्णायक संघर्ष में शामिल हो! / 23 November 2020 :Parcha distribution and open meetings at labour chowks in Bhattacharya Mod and Nala Road area among construction workers. 23 November 2020 :Campaign and parcha distribution among … More Join the Nationwide General Strike on 26 November 2020! [Campaign Drive / Patna, Bihar]

Join the Nationwide General Strike on 26 November 2020! [Campaign Drive / Bardhaman, West Bengal]

November 25, 2020

Beyond symbolism, take part in a decisive struggle against Capitalism! Roll back anti-worker labour codes and rapid privatization policy! पूंजीवादी व्यवस्था के खिलाफ निर्णायक संघर्ष में शामिल हो! मजदूर-विरोधी श्रम कोड और तीव्र निजीकरण नीति वापस लो! / 19 Nov 2020, Postering in Jamuria Industrial Area / Bardhaman district areas viz. North Jambad, Pure Jambad, … More Join the Nationwide General Strike on 26 November 2020! [Campaign Drive / Bardhaman, West Bengal]

Workers Disowned By Their ‘Own’ Government

November 14, 2020

S V Singh // “Since no such data (number of migrant workers died during lock down) exists, there is ‘no question of giving compensation’ to victims’ next of kin”, declared Santosh Gangwar, Union Minister of State, Ministry of Labor and Employment in Parliament on Sep 14, 2020. Government, however, conceded that more than 1 crore … More Workers Disowned By Their ‘Own’ Government

Butana Custodial Rape: Horrible Brutality On Minor Dalit Woman In Police Custody

November 14, 2020

S V Singh // Village Butana, District Sonipat, Haryana(82 km from Delhi Towards West) The truth of a mind- numbing incident of unspeakable brutality of mass rape of a minor Dalit woman in police Chowki allegedly by the policemen themselves in village Butana, District Sonipat, Haryana and murder of 2 policemen could have been buried … More Butana Custodial Rape: Horrible Brutality On Minor Dalit Woman In Police Custody

Bihar Elections: The Battle Remains Unfinished

November 14, 2020

Tejashwi-led Alliance However Seems All Set To Win Shekhar // [This is the third and final piece in the Bihar Elections article series. The first and second articles have been published in the September (#5) and October (#6) 2020 issues of The Truth.] Bihar Elections have already begun with polling complete for some constituencies on … More Bihar Elections: The Battle Remains Unfinished

Book Review: Shetkaryachi Asud (Peasants’ Whip) – Jotirao Phule

November 14, 2020

M Aseem // Jotirao (Jotiba) Phule was one of the foremost intellects of 19th century India. Inspired by the modern bourgeois democratic thoughts of Equality Fraternity Liberty, Phule was the first to give an ideological-theoretical basis to the struggle against Brahminical ideology of caste and patriarchal oppression dominating Indian society for many centuries. He was … More Book Review: Shetkaryachi Asud (Peasants’ Whip) – Jotirao Phule

Revisiting Engels: Historical Materialist Reconstruction Of The Origins Of Patriarchy

November 14, 2020

Amita Kumari // Almost all existing societies are patriarchal. And they have been so since we have known their past through written records. Does that suggest that patriarchy has been here forever? Is female subordination a given, a natural phenomenon? A Marxist would be the remotest one to accept this traditionalist approach. Marxism is a … More Revisiting Engels: Historical Materialist Reconstruction Of The Origins Of Patriarchy