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contd from page 24 by the ruling classes who ruled India continuously. He also explained the plight of the peasants and how agriculture was totally ruined. Peasants are forced to leave their land by economic levers. l Now even the dairy sector was opened for the entry of MNCs. This is going to destroy the livelihood of nearly 70 million peasant families who are engaged in production of milk that made India the largest producer of milk in the world. This is the part of the strategy of ruling classes of India and imperialists to gobble up Indian agricultural sector. His speech in English was beautifully translated by Com.Thyagu to the appreciation of the entire people attended the meeting. Then Com.SankaraSubbu, Peoples Lawyer gave a very short speech hailing the Naxalbari struggle and the martyrs and also explained his role how he defended the comrades who have faced false cases foisted by the repressive governments. At 2 Pm the meeting was adjourned for Lunch. The convention resumed at 3pm with the revolutionary songs by cultural teams. Com. G. Vijayakumar, Secretary AIFTU (New), gave an inspiring speech in Telugu which was translated by Com.VinthaiVenthan.He empha- sized the necessity of working class to provide the leadership for the Indian Revolution and it is the task of the Revolu-tionary party to mould the working class capable of discharging the tasks so as to complete the new democratic revolution. He also noted the problems faced by the working class movement in India and emphasized that the more intensified and politicized class struggle is the only alternative to overcome these problems. Com.Siddanantham, Secretary of Dharmapuri District and State Committee member gave a speech May- 2017 explaining the drought conditions and the plight of the Tamil Nadu peasants. He also mentioned the revolutionary struggles led during the period of Balan who is a great martyr. Com.Gunalan, Secretary of Tanjore District Committee and State Committee gave a very inspiring speech hailing the October Revolution and explained its great achievements. He pointed out the need so suitably apply the lesson of the October Revolution to the objective conditions of India. He also dealt with the corrupt and anti-people policies of AIADMK state governments and called the masses to revolt against them. Finally Com.Kovai.Eswaran, Tamil Nadu Secretary of CPIML, gave a short speech. He explained how comrade Lenin fought against left and right deviations and led the revolution successfully in Russia. He also explained how the left and right deviations that manifested in the Indian Communist party from the inception caused for the split and hampering the unity of the Indian Communist Movement. He called the people to rally behind the CPIML which is trying to build a single communist party in the course of advancing the class struggles on correct Marxist Leninist lines. The convention was concluded with the speech of vote of thanks by Comrade.Vasantha. After the conclusion a rally led by Com. Udayasuriyan marched from the hall and reached the MGR Nagar market with inspiring slogans and revolutionary songs. More than 200 persons marched in the rally in a highly disciplined manner. After the end of the rally a public meeting was conducted in the MGR Nagar market area which was presided by Com.Sundara Vinayagam of Cuddalore and a State Committee member. The beginning of the meeting with the revolutionary songs attracted many people to the public meeting. In the meeting Com.Udayasuriyan explained how the educational system was commercialized by the anti social elements who were running these institutions and it is imposing heavy damage on the poor by depriving them of education. Then Com.Selvaraj explained how the Hindu communal forces led by Modi was serving the interests of rich and pauperizing the Indian masses. He explained the plight of the peasants of Tamilnadu who were committing suicides and called the masses to fight against the atrocious policies of the Modi government. Then Com.Siddanantham in his speech explained the glorious struggles of the peasant masses under the leadership of Com.Balan the great martyr and pledged to forward the legacy. Com.Gunalan gave a powerful speech explaining the present political situation. He called upon the people to march in the revolutionary path so as to successfully conclude the Peoples Democratic Revolutions. The public meeting concluded with the vote of thanks by Com. Chitrarasu.  contd from page 19 away from staple crops, thus increasing the need for food imports and further undermining Tunisia’s food sovereignty. This resource grab and this rapacious extraction and subordination to foreign interests and dictates, labelled as “energy security”. Jemna needs to be supported for the sake of its people and for our sake. (Courtesy:Counter Currents)  being promoted to export fuel to Europe. The agreement of this project was signed in February 2016 between ICL Italy and the Tunisian govern-ment who agreed to plant giant cane (scientific name: Arundo Donax) in the region in order to produce agro-ethanol. Most evidently, this leads to land grabs (around 12,500 and the shift 23