On August 23, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a plan to “monetise” public assets in infrastructure. She claimed that the government expects to collect Rs 6 lakh crores over a four-year period through this method.
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Bharat Bandh on 27 September deserves wholehearted support
Statement of Mazdoor Ekta Committee, 8 September, 2021
Samyukta Kisan Morcha, the united front of kisan unions, has given a call for Bharat Bandh on 27 September, 2021. That day will mark one year since the President of India approved the three anti-kisan laws passed by the parliament. It will mark the completion of 10 months of the mass protests by kisans at the borders of Delhi.
Continue readingOn the 20th Anniversary of the 9/11 Terrorist Attack:
Terrorism is a tool of imperialism to justify state terrorism, wars of conquest and violation of national sovereignty
On 11th September, 2001, two airplanes crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in New York. Another plane crashed into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. About 3000 people were killed in these terrorist attacks.
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Digital education:
A boon for the capitalists, a tragedy for the masses of children and youth
The Covid-19 induced lockdown has ruined the dreams and aspirations of securing education, nurtured by millions upon millions of children and youth of our country. With the sudden announcement of the lockdown in March 2020, at one stroke, nearly 50% of school-going children of our country were thrown out of the education system.
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National Railway Mazdoor Union (NRMU CR/KR) to observe “Chetavani Diwas” on 8 September against monetisation of railways assets
National Railway Mazdoor Union (NRMU CR/KR) an affiliate of AIRF will hold protest gate meetings, dharnas and demonstrations at all work units across C.Railway & Konkan Railway on 8.9.21 as a part of the “Chetavani Diwas” against the proposed monetisation of assets of the Indian Railways.
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Drastic Decline in the Quantity and Quality of Employment
A very large section of our country’s population is unable to earn its livelihood. Lakhs of families are living on the edge of human survival, borrowing from whoever they can to make up for the loss in income. The problem of unemployment is getting more and more critical. So is the problem of indebtedness, which is growing both in urban and rural areas.
Continue readingElectricity Amendment Bill 2021:
Power sector workers in struggle to oppose privatisation
Power sector workers in struggle to oppose privatisation
Just recently, MEL’s reporter had talked to the leaders of the unions and federations in the power sector who were demonstrating at Jantar Mantar about their concerns and their demands. We are presenting here the main points of two interviews: with Abhinmanyu Dhankar, the National General Secretary of the all-India Power Diploma Engineers Federation and Shailendra Dubey, President of the All-India Power Engineers Federation
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AIIMS workers give notice of indefinite strike
The AIIMS Nurses Union, along with the Karmachari Union – AIIMS and Officers Association of AIIMS submitted a joint strike notice to the hospital administration, saying that an indefinite strike will commence from October 25 if their demands were not met.
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Crash in tomato prices leads to huge losses for kisans
On 27th August, kisans in Nashik, Maharashtra dumped dozens of cartons of their tomatoes on the road and in the market yard. They were protesting the price at which they had to sell their crop.
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Condemn the brutal attack on kisan protestors in Karnal
Kisans protesting against the government’s anti-kisan laws were brutally attacked by the police at the Bastara toll plaza near Karnal, Haryana on August 28.
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