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15/08/2022 cgpiadmin

75th anniversary of Independence:
India needs Liberation from the Colonial Legacy

Statement of the Central Committee of the Communist Ghadar Party of India, 15 August, 2022

India gained independence from colonial rule 75 years ago. However, the economic relations, state institutions and the political process in the country continue to bear the stamp of the British Raj.

Why is Indian society weighed down by the legacy of colonial rule 75 years after independence? To answer this question, it is necessary to study the situation which prevailed in 1947 in India and on the world scale, and the nature of the transfer of power which took place in August that year.

15/08/2022 cgpiadmin

Postal workers protest against moves to privatise postal services

More than three lakh workers of India Post, including workers of Railway Mail Service (RMS), Mail Motor Service (MMS), Post Office Bank Service (POBS) and Gramin Dak Sevaks, went on a one-day strike on 10 August 2022. The strike was organised under the banner of Postal Joint Council of Action (PJCA), a joint platform of several postal workers’ federations. The strike was supported by all major Central Trade Unions.

15/08/2022 cgpiadmin

Indian Railways drivers oppose privatisation

On 4th August 2022, drivers of Indian Railways staged a dharna at Jantar Mantar and observed a full-day fast. This fast was against the anti-rail and anti-people policies of the government. The dharna was organised under the leadership of the All India Loco Running Staff Association (AILRSA). Despite heavy rains, the railway drivers continued their sit-in and enthusiastically raised slogans against privatisation.

11/08/2022 cgpiadmin

Power sector workers protest against the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2022

The Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2022 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on August 8, 2022. The Bill, which had earlier not been listed for the monsoon session of Parliament, was hurriedly introduced at the last minute. It was opposed by many opposition parties in parliament. Subsequently, it was referred to the parliamentary standing committee on energy for further consultations.

10/08/2022 cgpiadmin

National Convention against the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2022

On 2nd August 2022, electricity sector workers from all corners of the country participated in a National Convention held at the Constitution Club in New Delhi to protest against the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2022. The convention was organized by the National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees and Engineers (NCCOEEE).

10/08/2022 cgpiadmin

Workers of Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme protest in front of Parliament

Under the flag of ‘NREGA Sangharsh Morcha’, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act workers from all across the country, staged a three-day dharna 2nd-4th August at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi in support of their demands.

08/08/2022 cgpiadmin

Electricity is an Essential Social Need and Universal Human Right

This is the Sixth in a series of articles on the class struggle over electricity in India

The class struggle that is going on over electricity is about who should own this vital productive force and what should be the aim of its production and distribution. At the centre of the conflict is the very definition of the role of electricity in society.

26/07/2022 cgpiadmin

Insurance workers announce 2-day All India strike

58,000 workers of public sector General Insurance companies have announced their decision to go on a two day strike on July 27-28 in support of their long standing demands.

26/07/2022 cgpiadmin

Public Health Engineering (Jal Shakti) Workers of Jammu demand regularisation of contract workers

Workers of the Public Health Engineering Department (Jal Shakti) of Jammu region have been carrying on a prolonged strike since June 22. Their strike has badly affected water supply in many places in the Jammu region.

26/07/2022 cgpiadmin

Sanitation workers of Karnataka win struggle for regularisation of jobs

Thousands of sanitation workers of Karnataka went on a militant indefinite strike on July 1, demanding regularisation of their jobs. The sanitation workers, called pourakarmikas, are mainly women workers. Their strike effected sanitation work not only in the 198 wards of Bengaluru, but in all the districts of Karnataka.