Long live the name and work of Comrade Enver Hoxha!

October 16 is the 102nd birth anniversary of Comrade Enver Hoxha, one of the greatest Marxist-Leninist personalities of the twentieth century.  Leader of the Party of Labour of Albania from its founding in 1941 until his death in 1985, and architect of socialism in Albania for five decades, Comrade Enver was a staunch anti-imperialist anti-fascist fighter and defender of the teachings of Marxism-Leninism. On the occasion of his birth anniversary, MEL recalls his towering achievements for the cause of revolution and socialism and honours his memory.

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Haryana farmers’ militant opposition to land acquisition

The Congress Party and its leader Sonia Gandhi have been propagating far and wide that they have found a “solution” to the land acquisition problem which will be both in favour of the capitalists and the farmers. This is supposed to be the “Haryana model” of land acquisition. The on-going struggles of farmers all across the length and breadth of the state of Haryana against the land acquisition moves of the Haryana government have exposed the myth that there is a meeting ground between the farmers struggle for livelihood and the capitalists drive for maximum profits.

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Kashmir: Real face of Indian democracy

The Editor, Apropos the article entitled 'Kashmir – an exposure of the real face of Indian democracy’, I am writing to express my thanks to the CGPI for its bold and categorical stand on the matter.  Written in the wake of the 'all-party’ delegation’s visit to Srinagar to supposedly appraise itself of the situation, the article captured in no uncertain terms that the mask of Indian democracy has been torn apart by the thousands of brave men, women and children who have come out into the streets to express their anger against continuous and increased repression under the hands of the state. 

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Kashmir – an exposure of the real face of Indian democracy

After more than three months of continuous mass protests in Kashmir, and the killing of more than a hundred people in daily shootings by the armed forces there, the UPA government finally came up with its long-awaited policy measure to deal with the explosive situation there – an ‘all-party’ delegation visit to Kashmir to observe the problem first-hand! As the Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in Srinagar reacted incredulously, “Doesn’t the government of India already know the situation that is prevailing in Kashmir?!” This latest move only confirms the utter bankruptcy of the Indian state, its inability to even pretend that it has a solution to the problem.

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