2023

Elections to the 18th Lok Sabha are going to be held in another ten months. It seems that the political parties in the country are sharpening their strategies to win the elections. With the aim of winning the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, both the Congress Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are holding meetings with their alliance parties in a strategy to prevent the BJP from coming to power at the Central for the third time. On the other hand, the Congress party has formed an alliance (…)

To strip women,
parade them naked
and then assault;
was this the civilization
that brought the Empire to a halt
by making salt?
In Manipur, the Ima market
led solely by women,
dressed in lungis:
red, blue and green,
had been the cynosure of all eyes;
who created the divide, o fie,
between Meiteis and Kuki Zos;
who turned neighbours
into warring foes?
Is it the greed of minerals
and malachite,
buried in this land,
that propelled the powers
to occupy and mine;
but (…)

The UK Parliament passed the Illegal Migration Bill in July, after amendments suggested by the House of Lords were resolved over three sessions of what is known in legislative parlance as “parliamentary ping pong.” It is a process of discussions and suggestions before amending a bill between the two houses of parliament. Soon after discussions were completed, the Illegal Migration Bill was sent for royal assent, thereby vindicating prime minister Rishi Sunak’s promise earlier this year to (…)

24 July 2023
After the ’judicial coup’.
The court alleged that Pita, the leader of the Move Forward Party that won the most seats in May’s election in an apparent attempt to undermine political opponents of the old establishment. The future of Pita is unknown at best, or bleak to be more accurate.
Thai politics was already in a precarious position in the post-elections period after the Senate also blocked the premiership of the progressive leader.
Pita must secure at least half of (…)

In January, 2023, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the hands of the Doomsday Clock forward to 90 s before midnight, reflecting the growing risk of nuclear war. The danger has been underlined by growing tensions between many nuclear armed states. As editors of health and medical journals worldwide, we call on health professionals to alert the public and our leaders to this major danger to public health and the essential life support systems of the (…)

On August 6, 1945, the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. The nuclear bomb exploded over the center of the city, completely devastating it. The area within 1.2 miles of the hypocenter was entirely leveled and burned. According to the city of Hiroshima, approximately 140,000 people had died by the end of December 1945

All India Kisan Sabha
36 Pt .Ravi Shankar Shukla Lane (Canning Lane) New Delhi-110001, email- kisansabha[at]gmail.com
AIKS condemns Communal Violence in Haryana
Ensure Stringent Action Against Culprits
AIKS Urges People to Ensure Peace and Communal Amity
The All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) expresses grave concern over large-scale violence in Mewat and neighbouring areas of Gurugram, Palwal, Nuh and other towns on 31 July and the following days.
The widespread arson and use of arms (…)

Communist Party of India
New Delhi,
August 2, 2023
Press Release
CPI Condemns Killings of Passengers, Haryana Riots
The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India issued the following statement today (on August 2, 2023):
The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India condemns the recent killings of passengers in Jaipur-Mumbai train which is being dubbed as mental derailment of the offender. This is over simplification of the fact and is aimed to derail the (…)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Strongly Condemn Communal Violence
Date: Tuesday, August 1, 2023
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement:
The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the communal conflagration in the Mewat region of Haryana, starting with Nuh and which has now spread to Gurugram, leading to the death of five persons and incidents of arson. The state government by its acts of omission and commission is (…)

Progressive Parties (Maharashtra)
Press Release
28 July 2023
Progressive Parties Plan Public Meetings, Jail Bharo and March to Mantralaya around Peoples’ Burning Problems in Maharashtra
The front of 13 Progressive Parties in Maharashtra has decided on a plan of united struggle around the burning problems of the people in Maharashtra, at a meeting held in Mumbai last week.
These issues include remunerative price for agricultural produce, minimum wage and social security to (…)