Situation after US Imperialist Army’s Retreat and Taliban Taking Control of the Country

The American retreat from Afghanistan has once more proved that only the knave would underestimate Afghan people’s history of resistance against foreign aggressors. British tried three times, all ended into defeat. British aggressors after each failure abused Afghans as ‘villaneous lot’, ‘fanatics’, ‘fiends in human form’ and what not. Without such abuses it’s difficult for a so-called ‘civilised’ people to swallow defeat in the hands of the people of a backward people divided into a number of different tribes. 

But those were old stories. More recent are the Russian superpower facing humiliating defeat. By that time Russians lost their superpower status.

The US imperialists stepped in through their proxies. But some of the forces whom they armed to the teeth went out of control. Of them two were important - Taliban and Al-Qaida. Starting as a fringe force of madrassa students (Talibs) the Talibans spread all over Afghanistan within a short time. 

Russians left in 1989. The USA felt no one was there to stop them. But by 1996 they had to retreat. Talibans took the seat of power. Only to be thrown out of power by 2001 by massive bombing by the USA. The USA and its proxies had been facing a jigsaw war the day they took over power. 

There are a few important questions to be answered. 

1.    Why is Afghanistan so important to the world? From the time of British rule in India this territory has been the gateway to the Middle East. Bordering with Pakistan, India, China, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Iran it is of immense geo-strategic as well as geo-political importance. Specially when Middle East has turned to a hot spot.

2.    Are the situations when Soviet forces entered Afghanistan, then had to retreat, the US intervention after 1989, US occupation through proxies from 2001, and present US retreat in 2021 same? Can it be so simplistically put that the USA needed four Presidents, nearly 2.6 trillions of dollars and thousands of US Army killed to replace Talibans with Talibans?  No. When the then Soviet forces it was a superpower with an aggressive geo-strategic aim. When they left it was in deep economic and crisis only to collapse within two years. In 1989 the US stepped in but the Afghan nationalistic forces who Am the USA itself armed were in high spirit. Moreover they had overextended to Iraq. But in 2021 the US was in a position when they could dictate terms to the world. They said a Global War on Terror, immediately its NATO allies, Russia, China echoed ‘...War on Terror’. The USA cried “War between Two Civilisations” except the Islamic countries world nodded. Such was the position the USA held then. But now in2021 the USA is facing grave challenge from China  and Russia, NATO allies are no more so trusted followers as in the past. So US presidents - both Trump and Biden - felt it wiser not to carry on adventures, specially crossing the South China Sea.

3.    Is the Taliban of 2001 is being replace by the same Taliban? Here too the situation is different. The Taliban which wrested power in Kabul was a politically knave lot, only strength being youth taking arms in the name of Islam. Moreover they had to face armed oppositions backed by the then USA who had been on killing spree. Their rule was on the one hand attempt to unite other forces. But what they carried on in the name of Islam was complete mayhem. Killing any adversary, flogging for nothing, keeping women under hour arrest by not allowing them to go to school or office or moving in public places. Now the US, albeit for the time being is not in a position to arming the adversaries inside the country in the form of Northern Alliance who are present only in a corner. Just after overrunning Kabul they 

a)    Appealed to all their neighbours as well as Russia, USA and others to maintain friendly relationship;

b)    Working hard to build an alliance with other forces to install a coalition government; 

c)    Have announced blanket amnesty to all officials who worked for the imperialists and their cohorts in Afghanistan and asked them to return to their respective offices under the new government;

d)    Have asked the army men who were fighting for the erstwhile government to return and join the army under the new government without any fear of retaliation;

e)    Have assured women to return to their schools and offices and to move freely; 

f)     Have even assured sportspersons including cricketers that earlier also their government helped sports, cricket and football to develop, this time the policy would be to develop sports.

 So this is a defeat of the US imperialists which even more than 70% of the people of the USA itself are welcoming. True imperialists would not take this defeat by retiring. To them geostrategic importance had been, was and will be there. So they will try to plot their come back. Already they have started propaganda against Taliban. But everyday they are being proved to be wrong. 

Now they have started propagating the assurances of Talibans are only tactical. Some are calling it to be deceptive. Whether the moves of Taliban are deceptive or tactical, the people of the world are willing to “give peace a chance”. Even if it be tactical move let us welcome it since strategy of the people is to support the forces against imperialism. Rather let us oppose the tactics of the imperialists to kill the people of Afghanistan by disallowing their rightful assistance of 450 billion SDR from the IMF.

Welcome the defeat of the US imperialists in Afghanistan. Long live the struggle of the people of Afghanistan. Be cautious of Taliban rule and their also reactionary ideology. So Afghan people equip to reaction rule of Taliban people for real democracy. 

 

With Revolutionary Greetings

Viswam

General Secretary,

Central Committee, CPI (ML)

 

22-08-2021

RED SALUTES TO COMRADE MADHU! A COMMITTED COMRADE OF REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT

Dear Friends,

    Comrade Madhu, a secretariat member of CPI (M.L.) Central Committee, editor of ‘Class Struggle’, left us on the early morning of April, 16th 2021. He breathed his last by leaving the task of organizing revolutionary movement and its achievement to his fellow comrades. As it was corona infected time, the funeral of Com. Madhu was conducted in Vijayawada, to which several comrades were not able to attend. Innumerable colleagues, friends, activists, and leaders of different revolutionary organizations throughout the country grieved over his death and sent condolence messages.

    Comrade Madhu was born in a Vaishnava family. The native place of Comrade Madhu was Rangapuram village in Vangur mandal near Kalwakurthy in Mahabuubnagar district of Telangana. His original name was Srinivasachaaryulu and the surname was Mariganti. He lost his mother in his second year. Though his family belonged to a scholarly Brahmin community, the childhood of Madhu was spent in utter poverty. With great difficulty he completed his elementary education in Rangapuram and high school education in Kalwakurthy. After PUC and Degree, he completed Law course in Osmania University. During his educational career he used to do some petty jobs for his livelihood.  As a student he participated in student and literary movements and was influenced by Marxist ideology. By taking part in the students’ movements which accept Marxism as the world outlook he developed a special interest in literature. He played an important role in consolidating all the progressives into a forum and started ‘Yuvajana Sahithi’ in Kalwakurthy. He worked as the editor of ‘Prabhatha Geethi’, a youth manuscript magazine. His articles in that magazine represent his anger towards the system prevalent in the country. His role was important in publishing an anthology of progressive short stories, ‘Gaddi Puulu’ (Flowers of Grass) in 1964. He took active part in Visakha Steel Movement in 1966.

    It was a turbulent time throughout the world with movements of students and Visakha Steel Movement and at the national level several other mass movements, the surprising election results of 1961, Naxalbari Peasant Movement surrounded the youth and student world. In this background Comrade Madhu selected a revolutionary life to liberate the masses and to mingle with the masses instead of selecting an individual professional career. So he broke his relation with his family bondage and became close to communists and organization of revolutionary movement.

IN ORGANISING THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT

    Comrade Madhu became an activist in Hyderabad city at a time when communist revolutionaries under the leadership of Comrades Tarimela Nagireddy, Devulapalli Venkateswararao, Chandra Pulla Reddy, Kolla Venkayya started their activities in consolidating the organization after separating from CPI (M). They stood firmly on revolutionary mass line as against the annihilation of class enemy line of Comrade Charu Majumdar. It was a time when the Congress rulers oppressed the masses as they failed to solve the problems of the people in the midst of political and economic crisis. The leaders and activists of revolutionary movement marched forward by fighting against the repression let loose by the government. After arresting Comrade TN and DV in Madras the government foisted Hyderabad Conspiracy Case (Nagireddy Conspiracy Case) on 68 revolutionaries. In that critical situation Comrade Madhu took the responsibility of being the APRCC secretary of twin cities. He took the leadership role in developing relations with students and literary circles and built students’ organization as well as Navodaya literary and cultural organization and its organ ‘Jeeva Naadi.’ He was a part and parcel of the underground work in the plain area as a member of its regional committee headed by Comrade Neelam Ramachandraiah. The members of this committee are Comrades NR, Madhu, Yanala Malla Reddy, Ulligaddala Veeranna and Patharla Nagaiah.

GUIDING THE REVOLUTIONARY LITERARY FIELD

The annihilation of class enemy line, which came to the forefront among the revolutionaries after the Naxalbari Peasant Revolt, has spread to the literary sector also. It was the time when revisionist practice resulted in inactivity in different sectors. Breaking this inactivity prominent literary figures stood by the revolutionary line. In this situation different lines came to the forefront. Comrade Madhu in this context prepared a document ‘Cultural Revolution and Our Tasks’ as a guidance to revolutionary literary movement. Long before this in 1970 he wrote and published a critical review on a Telugu anthology of poems, ‘Thiragabadu Kavulu’ (Poets of Revolt). He proposed in his document the correct line to be followed by the revolutionary literary and cultural organization.

IN BUILDING THE REVOLUTIOARY POLITICAL THEORY……

    At present in India the revolutionary movement is in a crisis and has several ups and downs. We are facing severe hindrances in supporting the mass line in revolutionary theoretical and practical sectors. Along with it, it became very difficult to consolidate the oppressed masses in the path of revolutionary movement and to maintain the mass movement for a long term.

    Because of these hindrances, it became impossible for the unity of revolutionary forces and organizations. The lessons and experiences of the world communist movement and of Telangana (1946-1951), of Naxalbari (1969) teach us that only by the growth of mass consciousness and by growing in to a strong force we can defeat the institutionalized exploiting forms and the exploitation of the ruling classes. On different occasions, when we faced left adventurism and right reactionary lines preventing the unity of revolutionary movement, at the time of 1971 split, and during 76 split after the death of Comrade TN, in the split of Comrade DV, Comrade Madhu along with colleagues of his stature stood by the theoretical commitment for revolutionary politics. He played a primary role in 1989 in the unity process    of communist revolutionaries after reviewing on the basis of our experiences in the organizational conference of UCCRI (M.L.). He played a considerable role in the formation of CPI (M.L.) Janasakthi. After that he helped the unity process with New Initiative, COI (M.L.) and CPIU(M.L.) by not deviating from the basic theoretical and political understanding. He helped for the spreading of revolutionary movement, for the unity of revolutionaries throughout the country and was in the responsibility of central leadership in the central committee right from 1976 to his last breath on April 16, 2021.

    Comrade Madhu involved in the movement from 1960s with a strong belief that the only solution to the liberation of the masses and for the progress of India is the building of revolutionary movement. CPI (M.L.) pays tribute to Comrade Madhu who lived to the last by considering the movement as his breath, revolution as his profession and Marxism, Leninism, Mao Thought as his scientific weapon. Within a year CPI (M.L.) lost several valuable comrades like Comrade Jaswanth. Recently several other comrades died while working in the revolutionary movement. We salute all of them.

    Under the rule of feudal and big bourgeoisie for the last 75 years the plight of the people of India is degrading day by day. The big bourgeois and feudal classes are mortgaging all the resources to their imperialist lords. BJP is working with the aim of converting India into a Hindu state. It is protecting the capitalist economy, feudal culture and tradition to achieve its goal. It is totally destroying the rights of the people. It is suppressing the agitations of people by enacting acts against peasants and by using UAPA, sedition act etc. It is using politically cheap tactics like dividing people in the name of caste, religion, region etc. So this critical situation demands the unification of revolutionary masses. It is painful that we lose comrades who have to play an important role in fulfilling this task. Though comrades of new generation are filled with grief this gap is to be filled by them. We pay real tributes to Comrade Madhu and Comrade Jaswanth by accepting this responsibility.

    In the month of July Comrades Tarimela Nagireddy, Comrade Devulapalli Venkateswararao and Comrade Charu Majumdar became martyrs. They are representatives of two different lines of revolution. Though there was serious protests and criticism on their lines, we pay our tributes to them also considering their dedication to the task of liberation of the masses of India from exploitation and repression. Our real tributes to all the martyrs will be to achieve unity among the revolutionaries

LET US GIRD UP OUR LIONS TO FULFIL THE TASKS LEFT TO US BY MARTYRS!

REVOLUTIONARY JOHARS TO MARTYRS!!

                With Revolutionary Greetings

CENTRAL COMMITTEE, 

CPI(ML)

Peace loving, democratic forces across the world are reverberating support to Palestine

Palestine-Israel :

    American imperialists have been plotting to religiously split Palestine prior to 1948. In 1948, the United States proposed and approved a resolution at the United Nations declaring 55 percent of the territory to Israel. The city of Jerusalem was granted special status. Palestine was confined to the Gaza and West Bank territories and walled off to separate the Palestinian people from the outside world.

    In 1967 the Golan Heights, the important land of agriculture, was occupied by a six-day war. After the war, Israel became the favorite child of America. But the Palestinian people did not succumb to the imperialist conspiracies. Muslim, Jewish, Christian, and all sorts of religious sectarianism have degraded the self-esteem of the Palestinian people. American imperialism hasn’t clogged there, branded people of Palestine as Muslim terrorists, constantly attacking and terrorizing them. As per Israel’s usual game, on the 12th of this month it bombed the Muslim Brotherhood during the Ramajan celebrations in the Gaza Strip. The pro-American and pro-corporate media in some European countries sang the same old song, calling them Muslim terrorists.

    Israel deployed troops along the West Bank border, killing more than two hundred adults and children. It demolished Palestinian offices and hospitals located in high-rise buildings. It attacked the Gaza Strip and attempted to kill more than two lakh Palestinians. The U.S., which supplies bombs and warplanes to Israel, has been obstructing peace between Palestine and Israel.

    Peace loving democratic forces around the world condemned and despised this escalation. They extended their support to Palestinian people. The intellectuals of India responded with utmost responsibility. The Indonesian communists, leftists and other democratic organizations reacted very strongly. Similar responses also seen in Arab countries. Democratic forces in Israel have condemned Israeli actions.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan :

    The United Nations Security Council met on Sunday, May 16th. Al Jazeera media house wrote that UN could not reach a consensus to cease the violence. China, however, has criticized the Security Council for stalling peace negotiations at every stage. It is reported that Foreign ministers of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Egypt expressed their dissent to the US Secretary of State. Turkish President Erdogan has strongly condemned the Israeli aggression.

    He said , “As long as the people of the world and the nations across the world do not show strong solidarity with the Palestinian cause, the aggression of Israel won’t stop and will continue, impose restrictions on Israel and punish it,”. Human rights groups along with Amnesty International appealed to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate Israel’s attack on high rise towers in the Palestinian territory which constitute Al Jazeera and the Associated Press office. He said this is the culmination of Israel’s brutal attack on journalism. He said Israel’s dreams of not presenting the facts to the people of the world with these attacks would not come true. Israel is attacking and targeting refugee camps and power plants of Palestine.

Palestine prime minister :

    Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh has called on the world to just not give statements but to take action against Israel. The Prime Minister called on the United Nations to declare Israel’s escalation and attacks on Palestine illegal. The prime minister demanded that the United States immediately suspend the foreign aid to Israel and demanded that the ambassadors of the countries to Israel be withdrawn and terminate trade relations. He called on the world to condemn the human rights abuse and to condemn Israel’s inhumane treatment depriving the innocent children of their glorious future. He called for the immediate revocation of the American renewal license granted to Israel for killing Palestinians. The U.S. has relocated its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem amid criticism of Israel’s permanent structures in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to legalize the occupation of Golan Heights. US stopped funds for education and medical care for Palestine. At the same time, Israel continues to receive $ 300 billion a year in funding from US. The U.S. has been using Israel and creating civil wars and combats in the Middle East and maintaining its authority over crude oil, established a naval base in Bahrain, waging wars on Yemen, Iran and Syria for transportation of crude oil in the Suez Gulf Sea. He appealed to the nations across the world to unleash Israeli aggression, which has so far occupied at least 90 percent of Palestinian territory with the backing of imperialist America and caused deaths of millions of Palestinians and displacement of tens of millions of Palestinians.

In front of the US embassy in Indonesia :

    Pro-Palestinian protesters protest in front of the U.S. embassy in the Indonesian capital, demanding an end to Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip. Hundreds of Indonesians carried Indonesian and Palestinian flags and marched on main streets in Jakarta under the slogan “Palestinian Freedom” as more than 1,000 police tried to stop the protest. Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim majority country, has no official diplomatic relations with Israel and does not even have an Israeli embassy. The protest was led by the United Indonesia, Muslim student action group, chanting “Freedom for Palestine”. Placards were carried in protest of the airstrikes in Gaza. They condemned US support for Israel. Another group organized by the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions held a rally a few hundred meters from the US embassy. They chanted slogans “Save the Palestinians”. Muslim-majority countries in Southeast Asia have called for an urgent meeting to ensure the safety and security of their citizens. The airstrikes killed at least 212 Palestinians in a week. Of these, 61 were children and 36 were women. More than 1,400 people were injured, the Gaza health ministry said.

Indian intellectuals’ statement :

    The statement of eleven intellectuals collective who aspire harmony, aspire a democratic system in the country and who are striving for human values is welcome.

    1) Aijaz Ahmed, 2) Arundhati Roy, 3) GithaHariharan, 4) Mohammad Yusuf Tarigami, 5) Naseeruddin Shah, 6) Nayantara Sehgal, 7) Prabhat Patnaik 8) Ratnapathak 9) Subhashini Ali, 10) Sudhanve Deshpande, 11) Vijaya Prasad, Scholars from various fields extended their solidarity and said “We stand with Palestine”

    “Palestinians in Gaza fired rockets at Israel. The rockets did not start or define the brutality that followed. The rockets came as part of a resistance — backed by international law — of an illegal occupation”. The collective emphasized they stand with the Palestinians, stand with the right to a homeland, their right to return to their home, and their right to resist the occupation.

General Strike in Palestine - Global Workers’ Solidarity :

   Palestinian women chanted slogans against Israel in the West Bank city of Ramallah; Ten thousand have joined the strike in protest of the bombing of Gaza. The trade unions, the postal union, and the global trade union took part in anti-Israel demonstrations. Decades later, Palestinians living in Israel opened up against Israel aggression, supporting the decision to impose restrictions and punish the Israeli government.

    Many countries and people across nations have expressed Palestinian resistance as just in the face of Israel’s inhumane war on Palestine;

    On May 10 solidarity protest and rally was organized in New York City. Declarations and mobilisations carried out by organisations from Ireland to Iraq in support of Palestine. They declared that the demonstrations would continue until Saturday, when Palestinians commemorate Naqba (Catastrophe) Day.

Normalcy between Palestine and Israel :

    Many countries in the Arab-Maghreb region, Morocco, UAE, Bahrain and Sudan, want to exchange normalcy in financial issues. Efforts were made to achieve this through aggressive American lobbying. These efforts hampered the strengthening of US-Israeli ties. Recently a number of organizations have staged demonstrations condemning the Zionist criminal actions of Israel and were in support of the Palestinian people in the region. These protests have been very influential. On May 11, the Left parties made an important statement.

    In the statement, they expressed their support to the Palestinian people and condemned the US Zionist “deal of the century” which has attempted to advance the full occupation of Jerusalem with support of many Arab countries.

They call on to support the legitimate resistance of the Palestinian people and reject Zionist policies of “ethnic cleansing, home demolitions, land theft and sacrilege.” They also call on to confront the recent shifts of normalisation and complicity of the Arab reactionary governments and their interference in Palestinian affairs in favor of the occupation.”

In addition to this statement, many organizations took to the streets to show their support.

Demonstrations took place in Moroccan cities (Casablanca, Rabat, Tangiers) in defiance of the reactionary government.

In Tunisia, the Workers’ Party, along with other progressive forces, condemned Israel and staged demonstrations in support of Palestine.

In Kuwait, people and progressive forces came on to the streets. In Sudan, people protested in solidarity to Palestine.

Latin American peoples movements, organisations and revolutionary governments condemned the attacks

    The Landless Rural Workers’ Movement (MST) of Brazil released a statement on May 11th wherein they pointed out that “It is not a war, as there is only one army, that of Israel! It is a massacre, which has been perpetrated against the Palestinian people for more than 70 years!” The movement called for an end to “Israel’s extermination policy” and demanded that Israel be tried for crimes against humanity. The MST express solidarity “with the Palestinian People’s struggle for a Free Palestine, with Jerusalem as its capital!”

    Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez has strongly condemned Israel for its indiscriminate bombings on the Palestinian people. He condemned the permanent support of US in these crimes. The Venezuelan Foreign Ministry reiterated that they stand with the Palestinian people for their sovereignty, independence and self-determination. Following the cruel attacks by Israel demanded an end to this new isolation and new phase of Zionist violence on Palestinian people.

    Socialist Cuba and Venezuela have provided concrete support to the Palestinian cause and people, opening their doors to hundreds of Palestinian students so that they can train in medicine and return to the region to help serve the people. 

    The Dwellers Movement of South Africa in Africa said, “The blood of the Palestinians is our blood, and their pain is our pain. We have experience of colonial dispossession and oppression – and of apartheid and understand the suffering and struggle of the Palestinian people. Our past makes us understand our present as a teacher”. The Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party and the Communist Party of Kenya expressed their solidarity. Protests were held in Johannesburg in solidarity with the Palestinian people.

    Demonstrations in solidarity with the Palestinians in the United States show that despite American politicians’ support for Israel’s atrocities, this will not last long. Massive protests took place on May 11th in several American cities, including New York, Washington DC, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Significant News organizations have strongly criticized the United States for not only providing billions of dollars in military aid to Israel, but also its unwavering political support and continuing pro-Israel atrocities against the Palestinians.

    Organizations such as the European Left Party, Ireland’s Sinn Fein and Progressive Movements have condemned Israel’s attacks on the Palestinian people in Gaza across Europe.

    Port workers in Livorno, Italy, refused to ship cargo to Israel on ships which they thought could be carrying weapons.

Solidarity from Sports Persons :

    Sports persons from Italy, Germany and players from Ireland, players from soccer fields Pogba, his teammates and Bangladeshi cricketer Mustafizur and others have all extended their support and appealed for solidarity for Palestine. 

From Class Struggle

Condemn the cruel role of American Imperialists in the Israeli bombings on people of Palestine!

    Israel has forcibly evicted Palestinian families from the Sheikh Jarrah area of Jerusalem. The Israeli government continues to carry out such illegal activities. These are the settlements established by the Palestinians when Israel evicted the Palestinians earlier. It is an integral part of the occupied Palestinian territory, as the United Nations named it. The Israelis, with the support of American Imperialists, are driving the Palestinians out with racial mania. The Palestinians are on the verge of resisting this eviction. Israel, which cannot tolerate this resistance of the Palestinians, is subjecting Palestinians to brutal violence by its border police. These police forces have stormed the ‘Al-Aqsa’ mosque in East Jerusalem and carried out violence and coercion.

    In response to these actions of Israel, the Palestinians in Gaza (Occupied Palestinian Territory-OPT) have warned Israel that they will have to face rocket attacks. The Palestinians fired rockets at Israel for not heeding this warning. The Palestinians are resisting Israel, which is carrying out intense bombings, damaging the self-esteem of Palestinians and destroying their homes. It is a just resistance, supported by the Pacifists, the Anti-Imperialists, declaring solidarity with them. All democratic, peace loving, and anti-imperialist forces are supporting their struggle to return to the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories in defense of their homeland.

    On 16th May, the Security Council has proposed a resolution for restoration of peace and stop armed conflicts. The meeting was chaired by China. The United States blocked that resolution with its Veto power. Naturally the Israeli defense minister thanked his Boss, America for hindering the resolution. Israel did not stop there. They demolished office which looks after the concerns of Palestine prisoners near Al Katiba Square in Gaza, killing more than 200 people and children, seriously injuring 1400 people. It has forced 40,000 people to flee their homes. They destroyed Palestinian Covid Laboratory. US President and the US External Affairs Minister deceitfully said the ceasefire can be worked out. Without preventing the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, the United States is giving approval to Israel by supplying warplanes and inciting Israel to escalate on Palestine.

    Three times in the Security Council, America blocked the signing of the peace agreement. The Palestinian people are resisting the US imperialists’ attempt to subjugate Palestine. Although some Arab countries are sympathetic to Palestine, they are not in a position to use their arm power to restrain Israel. Yet the Palestinian people are working to counter America-backed Israeli bombings and destruction.

The Biden administration decided to send $ 735 million precision guided weapon on May 5, just a few days before the air strikes started. This shows Zionist face of USA. With this weapons Israel targeted and attacked a media hub, in which the offices of Aljajeera and Associated Press were demolished.

    The Palestinian people have not stopped or left fighting, despite decades of relentless Israeli provocation and aggression. The Palestinians had to be prepared for counter attack with rocket-propelled grenades to stop the deadly Israel bombings. The people of the world are watching as to who is the aggressor, who is threatening the freedom, liberty and self-respect of another. They decided to be sympathetic, supportive and extending solidarity with Palestine.

    From Italian ports to Streets Munich in Germany and Ireland, from sports persons like Pogba and his playing-mate in the soccer fields and Bangladeshi cricketers like Mustafijur Rahaman have stood by the side of the Palestinians.

    The forces opposing the aggression of American Superpower will definitely be strengthened.

    The CPI (ML) feels it as its international duty to stand up in firm solidarity with the Palestinian people also to forge unity of the working class to the working class to fight out the international conspiracy against the just rights of the Palestinian people.

Viswam

20-05-2021                                                                                                    General Secretary,

Central Committee, CPI (ML)

Present day crisis created by govt’s failure to tackle Corona menace

 The entire country is devastated due to govt’s failure to anticipate and take Remedial measures to tackle 2nd wave of Covid19 pandemic. More than lakh people have died, many millions are infected, and there are not required no. of hospital beds, oxygen, ventilators, PPE kits, medicines, etc. People are running from pillars to post for saving their lives from the deadly disease. Black-marketing of oxygen and medicines are rampant. In Delhi, oxygen cylinders are reported to have been sold at lakh rupees. Ambulances are charging huge money as per the situation. Private hospitals have been charging lakhs of rupees from the patents/attendants. But millions are forced to tackle the problem themselves in their residents. In villages there is hardly any qualified medical facilities forcing people to depend on quacks. In such a situation holding of Kumbh mela in Haridwar and holding 8 phase Election in Bengal wrecked havoc. Hundreds of dead bodies have been found in rivers Ganga and Yamuna. Large no. of dead bodies have been buried in sand at river beds.

The govt. is suffering from policy paralysis. Modi Govt. allowed export of millions of doses of vaccines to foreign countries. It has resulted in shortage of vaccines in our country. The Union Govt. had forbidden import of vaccines from abroad. All this has resulted in the present helpless situation in the country. 

Large no. of people have lost their jobs. No monetary support has been provided to them. Common people are facing great economic and financial crisis. The govt. has turned a blind eye to them. 

This has shown clearly that Modi led govt. at the centre is thoroughly incompetent and pro rich. The govt has handed over national assets like banks, railways, airports, mines, etc to private business houses.

This crisis has also exposed the hollowness of much touted Ayushman Yojana of Mr.Modi. Only 12 crore rupees have been spent from this scheme till now. Private hospitals are looting and fleecing people mercilessly. 

The Covid-19 crisis has shown clearly that privatisation and commercialisation of health care services are totally failure and anti-people for a country like India. So, health care responsibility should be of the state, not private not private blood suckers.

 In such a situation our party CPI (ML) demands:- 

1. The govt should make adequate arrangement for treatment of all Covid patients. 
2. Govt. should arrange free vaccination to all.
3. Govt. should make suitable planning for construction of hospitals at all levels so that health care facilities may be available to everyone in the country. 
4. Arrange sufficient oxygen, ventilators, medicines and beds available to all needy persons. 
5. Take all private hospitals in govt’s hands and make arrangement for people’s treatment affordable. 
6. Provide all poor families Rs.10000 and start community kitchen to provide the needy persons free meals.

Viswam 

18-05-2021                                                                                                    General Secretary, 

Central Committee, CPI (ML)

   Note :

Comrades, Central Committee appeals to all State Committees on 28th May 2021, will be a protest day against anti-people policies of Central Government. Comrades should follow up this Central Committee’s stand and approach. Revolutionary Greetings                                                                General Secratary

On May 7 our beloved friend Pradip Banerjee went to the place of no return

Pradip Banerjee came of a well known esporting family. His father was a footballer of all India fame in his times. Born in 1946 he himself represented Indian School boxing team in his school days. He leaned towards the communist movement just after leaving school and became a member of the CPIM in 19th. After the Great Naxalbari Peasant Upsurge because his support to that struggle he was expelled from the party. He was one of the leading members who went to Gopiballavpur area .He was sentenced for life only to be released after the Left Front came to power. By then the PCC, CPI (ML) was formed and he became a member of the West Bengal State Committee. Then on he had worked with different important capacities in different organisations arose due to splits in the communist revolutionary movement. He was Secretary of the West Bengal State Committee of CPI (ML)-JANASHAKTI. Later he was CC member of COC CPI (ML)-Janasakhti and also Unity Initiative, CC member and CEC Member of CPI(ML) led by comrade KanuSanyal. But after Singur-Nandigram he had changed his orientation and joined TMC and became President of the INTTUC the trade union arm of the Trinamool Congress. However Pradip Banerjee will be remembered for what he did during more than 40 years in the best days of his life notwithstanding the wrong orientation in his last days. He will be remembered as one of the main leaders who organised and developed Gopiballavpur peasant upsurge. He will remembered for his vitality and urge for unity of the communist revolutionary movement. His simplicity and warmth towards comrades will be remembered by all comrades who came into his contact.

The Central Committee of the CPI (ML) pays homage and last respect to Pradip Banerjee!

 

Viswam

Central Committee,

CPI (ML).

The Five State Assembly Elections could be a check on the BJP's authoritarian fascist tendencies

    The Assembly elections in five states -Kerala, TamilNadu, Bengal, Assam and Puducherry reflect the power scuffle between the ruling parties. After the BJP came to power for the second time in the Center, the voters in all the three states repelled its Hindutva agenda, maniacal slogans of One Country, One Religion, One Language. It is like a tight slap on BJP which brought in authoritarian and fascist methods to the forefront to serve the compradors - corporates and be a crusader to their imperialist policies. The results of the Assembly elections will surely be a check on the conspiracies of the BJP, which has trampled on all democratic values, to overthrow non-BJP Governments in other states and the dominant politics and fanatical sectarianism that undermines the sentiments of the people of non-Hindu religions.

    The agitations taking place on the borders of Delhi and else where against the anti-democratic, anti-labour, anti-agrarian laws passed in Parliament disregarding the parliamentary democracy that exists to some extent and the working class and the middle class movement against the arrogant move to privatize the steel industry have already become a check. The results of this election could become a major check.

    Fascist tendencies are invalidated and it is not possible for any party in India which would be instrument to the imperialists and wants to impose fascism on Indian people. Voters in Bengal, Kerala and TamilNadu are to be applauded for defying sectarianism and striving for religious harmony. In the same context, the people of Bengal must not ignore the Trinamool dictatorship that has come to power. The people who repelled the bigger danger will push back the local danger and uphold secular and democratic values. The day is not too far when people of all linguistics and ethnicity look towards Bengal.

    After Jayalalitha's death in TamilNadu, the Tamil people have been watching the conspiracy by BJP to overthrow the AIDMK and gain a foothold in Tamil politics by intercepting the governor. This verdict of the Assembly elections is giving hope that the people of Tamilnadu will not let go of their secular and rational ideology. However, the Tamil people need to be vigilant that the DMK does not succumb to the Indian comprador bourgeoisie and imperialist policies.

    Even though it is the custom of the people of Kerala not to elect those who ruled in the previous term for another term, voters must be reacting to the failures of the previous administration. Every one recognizes the fact that the actions taken by the government in the worst scenario caused by the floods and during Covid-19 have satisfied the people. However, the comrades sitting with in the framework of the bourgeoisie cannot oppose the policies of the bourgeoisie and Imperialism. The people of Kerala are cognizant of the fact that Revolutionaries outside the framework can only oust the bourgeoisie and Imperialism someday.

    In Puducherry, Kiran Bedi being the Lieutenant Governor and BJP activist has fulfilled the plan of BJP temporarily and ruck us already began as to who should be the Head. But BJP’s conspiracies in Puducherry will not last long. It is clear by the BJP alliance that the Congress candidates have won the most seats.

    Even in Assam, there are rumours that collision started on which party leader in the NDA will be the chief minister for the new government.

    On the whole, the people of Bengal, TamilNadu and Kerala have given a decent majority that BJP will not be able to overthrow the State Assemblies by buying MLAs. But by creating some disturbances the BJP at the Center may not allow these governments to run smoothly. The BJP was born with Mania. To counter this Mania, these governments need to embrace and accept small, large political parties and revolutionary forces working with pro-people, secular and democratic policies for social change. These three governments should show the maturity shown by the Muslim minorities, regional and linguistic minorities and the Dalits in the states of Bengal, Kerala and TamilNadu.

    In any case, the onus is more on the Revolutionary Party to work resolutely and constructively for new democracy, socialism and for hegemony of proletariat.

Viswam,

04-05-2021                                                                                            General Secretary,

Central Committee, CPI(M-L)