Nearly 9,00,000 bank workers participated in the strike, resulting in the closure of banking operations of all the public sector banks. Through the strike, bank workers expressed their determination to defeat the anti-national and anti-social plan of the bourgeoisie to transfer ownership of public sector banks into private hands, to enable monopoly capitalists to rake in maximum profits.
Continue readingGiven the discredited state of American democracy and the track record of the American state in violating human rights and national rights on the world scale, this summit was a farce of the highest order. For Prime Minister Modi to have participated enthusiastically in this American charade, with evil geo-political aims, is not only a shameful act but also a danger signal for the Indian people.
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Rail drivers organised relay hunger strikes and demonstration from 7th to 9th December, under the leadership of All India Loco Running Staff Association (AILRSA). Rail drivers, shunters and assistant drivers working on different lobbies of different divisions across the country participated in the demonstrations.
Continue readingThe year-long protest of kisans at the Delhi borders has come to an end. The decision to leave the borders was taken by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha on 9th December, in response to the repeal of the three anti-kisan laws and a written assurance from the Central Government regarding its other demands. A Committee is to be set up by the government to recommend how MSP can be guaranteed for all crops in all states. The government is promising to include representatives selected by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha in this committee.
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Hundreds of contract workers working in the government health services all over Uttar Pradesh, employed under the National Health Mission (NHM), have been on an indefinite strike since the beginning of December, 2021.
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Thousands of Anganwadi workers staged a protest on December 6 and again on December 13, near the state Assembly in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The protest action was organised under the banner of All Odisha Anganwadi Ladies Workers Association.
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On December 1, tens of thousands of workers employed at the Early Childhood Centres (ECCs) in Quebec, Canada, went on an indefinite general strike under the banner of the Health and Social Services Federation of Unions (FSSS-CSN).
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Health care workers in the US are waging powerful struggles against terribly exploitative and oppressive conditions of work.
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Workers of the National Health Service are in the forefront of the ongoing struggle of the working class and people of Britain against privatisation of health services.
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The struggle against communalism cannot and must not be seen as being separate from the struggle against the monopoly capitalist agenda of liberalisation and privatisation. The struggle against communalism must be directed against the ruling class and its trusted parties, including both BJP and Congress Party. It must be directed against the state which defends the dictatorship of the capitalist class over the toiling majority of people.
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