Hailed as COVID warriors and Heroes, the Anganwadi workers (AWWs) of the biggest world’s largest community-based programme for child development – the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS), and the Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) under the National Rural Health Mission are not even paid as per the minimum wage of the Government of India.
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Railway privatisation is anti-people
Before lockdown was imposed in March 2020, I travelled by the Mumbai local trains nearly every day. The cheap, reliable and safe railway service allowed me to go to college and to move independently as a young woman. I spent approximately Rs. 4 per day on the ticket due to
Continue readingLenin and the Struggle to Construct Socialism
Dear Editor, I wish to express my gratitude for publishing the article titled “On the occasion of the 151st Birth Anniversary of Lenin: II: Lenin and the Struggle to Construct Socialism” on the CGPI website on 16th June 2021. The article is inspiring and provides much valuable learning which are
Continue readingGhadar Jari Hai …
Your article on the anniversary of 1857, brought back memories of the “Ghadar Jaari Hai Abhiyan” in 2007, in which many organisations and individuals participated all across India.
Continue readingAasha workers of Maharashtra decide to fight!
In the MEL web edition dated 16th May 2021 we have written about plight of doctors and nurses especially during the current pandemic and complete apathy by Central and various state governments. Another very major set of front-line health workers are Aasha workers.
Continue readingFrom our Readers: Monopoly rights over vaccine production must be opposed
The article is very timely and brings out the nasty gimmicks of the biggest pharma companies which they have always used to their benefit and are doing it yet again. At a time where the entire world is grappling with the crisis of a deadly virus, all that the monopoly pharma companies can think of is PROFIT!
Continue readingFrom our Readers: India’s vaccination policy – One more step towards healthcare privatisation
As has been rightly pointed out in the article “Privatisation of Covid vaccination is Anti-People,” India’s new vaccine policy is designed not for the welfare of the people but for the profit of private vaccine producers and private hospitals.
Continue readingFrom our Readers: Let us put an end to this inhuman system!
The Call of the Communist Ghadar Party of India on the occasion of Mayday 2021 must resonate with every worker and toiler in our country. As described in the Call, millions of our workers and peasants are living and working in the most inhuman conditions. They are being exploited to the bone and have no means to give their families a decent existence.
Continue readingFrom our Readers: Workers and peasants must become a united political force
This is in response to the statement of CC of the CGPI on the occasion of May Day. The statement represents the condition of the working class today in our country and condemns the ruling capitalist class and its government. This statement clearly shows that even after 73 years of independence, the workers and peasants still struggle for roti, kapda and makaan.
Continue readingFrom our Readers: Paris Commune
This article is historical as well as relevant for today. The present bourgeois imperialist state keeps propagating that this is the last advanced system and that there is no alternative to the capitalist system.
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