The source of communal violence and terror is the ruling class and its political system

Mazdoor Ekta Lehar expresses its deep sorrow and outrage at the cold-blooded murder of a young man, Mohsin Shaikh, on the streets of Pune on June 2. Mohsin Shaikh was targeted entirely because of his Muslim faith.

According to news reports published on 19^th May, a RBI Working Committee to Review Governance of Boards of Banks in India, headed by former Axis Bank chairman P J Nayak has submitted its Report with the recommendation that the government cut its holding in public sector banks to below 50 per cent.

We must never forget or forgive this gravest crime against our people!

6^th June 2014 will mark the 30^th anniversary of one of the most heinous acts of the Indian state.

A very important document for the working class

The document that was published on 23^rd March, and distributed widely across the country among the working class, youth, toilers and intelligentsia and published in Mazdoor Ekta Lehar, is very important for the proletariat and toilers.

During the election campaign for the Lok Sabha, Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi made a number of speeches in West Bengal and Assam threatening to deport "illegal Bangladeshi immigrants" when BJP came to power. He is neither the first nor the last political leader of India to target Bengali Muslims in India.

There have been numerous massacres of people of the Muslim faith in Assam, the most recent being during the ongoing elections. The Nellie massacre in 1983 during the Assam agitation against "foreigners" in which thousands of people died cannot ever be forgotten.

A packed memorial meeting was held in Vanamali Hall, in Dadar, Mumbai on 6^th May 2014 to pay respects to Comrade KL Bajaj who passed away on April 18^th 2014 at the age of 79 years. The meeting was attended by members of different trade unions, mass organizations and political parties.