Mukul Sinha, militant trade unionist, lawyer and tireless fighter for the cause of the workers and oppressed, passed away at the age of 63, on May 12, 2014. He had been diagnosed with cancer.
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Country-wide protests against mine accident in Turkey
Mass protests have been raging across Turkey since May 14, when a catastrophic mine disaster at a mine owned and operated by the Soma Kumur company took place in the city of Soma, reported to be the most deadly industrial accident in the history of Turkey.
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Intensifying exploitation of workers in manufacturing
According to the Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) wages as percentage of net value added has been declining over the last two decades.
Exploitation of technicians in the T.V industry
The multi-crore T.V. industry impacts every home in urban and much of rural India. Little is known, however, about the intensely exploitative working conditions of the workers behind the scenes, whose labour plays a vital role in the commercial success of this glamour industry.
Continue readingBeyond the 16th Lok Sabha elections:
Prepare to fight the capitalist offensive!
By the time this issue of Mazdoor Ekta Lehar reaches our readers, the elections to the 16th Lok Sabha would have been completed and the results declared.
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Lively Mayday rally and meeting in Delhi
As it happens every year, hundreds of workers marched in a rally from Delhi's Ramlila maidan to Town Hall in response to the call of Delhi's Central Trade Unions. Workers, youth, women and children were part of the rally.
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Militant Mayday meeting in Chennai
Workers, activists and leaders of various organizations of the working class gathered for a Mayday programme in Chennai, organised by the Thozhilalar Ottrumai Iyakkam (Workers Unity Movement).
On the 196th birth anniversary of Karl Marx:
Solution to the problems of society can be found only on the basis of the discoveries of Karl Marx
The global economy has been sinking deeper and deeper into crisis over the past five years. Unemployment, poverty, inflation and all the diseases of the capitalist system are growing from bad to worse.
Continue readingComrade Tarlochan Singh
With deep sadness, the Central Committee of the Communist\ Ghadar Party of India mourns the passing away of Comrade Tarlochan Singh on April 22, 2014 in Calgary, Canada. He was 65 years of age.
Continue readingThe three sources and three component parts of Marxism
Throughout the civilised world the teachings of Marx evoke the utmost hostility and hatred of all bourgeois science (both official and liberal), which regards Marxism as a kind of “pernicious sect”. And no other attitude is to be expected, for there can be no “impartial” social science in a society based on class struggle.
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