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against the conditions of their plight and its causes .

The same has been the condition of workers in developing countries of Asia including the workers in China . Their legal rights and entitlements have been removed . Contractualisation and informalisation of the workers has been almost completed . Imperialist corporations that started their production chains have been exploiting ruthlessly the labour power of workers with impunity , with the willing cooperation of the governments . Workers in garment industry in China , India , Bangladesh , Vietnam etc are forced to work under sweat-shop working conditions for the earning of super-profits of the imperialist transnational corporations . The workers working for giant corporations like Apple , Maruti Suzuki and other automobile corporations are being inhumanly exploited . Job-cuts , wage cuts and denial of union organising rights have become the order of the day . Modern slavery of 21 st century is imposed on the workers . These deteriorated living and working conditions are inevitably making them to unite , resist those conditions and fight against those deplorable conditions for existence and survival .

The workers in the African and Latin American countries are the worst affected and exploited , due to the imposition of imperialist policies of neo-liberalism and rule . There is the greater level of exploitation and oppression of the working masses and peoples ’ in these countries .

The people and workers of all these countries are suffering due to the living and working conditions imposed by the capitalist-imperialist system , from extreme poverty , low wages , unemployment , lack of access to public education and health , forced emigration , patriarchal violence , racism , discrimination and oppression . In most of these countries social protests are spreading . These protests and struggles are developing into anti-imperialist struggles with the objective of social change .

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In a nut-shall the entire working class of all-countries of the world is being exploited of its labour power ruthlessly and inhumanly by the imperialism through its so-called policies of neo-liberalism imposed on the globe ; at the behest and dictates of international capital in the direction of imperialist corporations . Imperialism is thriving on expropriation and pauperization of the workers , who are creating the wealth . The labour has been under the attack of imperialism all over the world . The failure of world revolution resulted in counter revolution gaining the upper hand and the attacks on the working-class and other toilers worldwide ; and on the other hand it caused the climate change that has been plaguing the present day world .

Imperialism even reneged the standard working day established through achieving legal enactment by the working class Chicago workers in 1885 . Imperialism stood as a deadly enemy to the workers of the entire world .

It is crystal clear that unless the workers of the world eliminate the

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Most of the land ( including donated Bhoodan lands ) still remains either with the government or rich landlords , struck under lengthy legal , bureaucratic procedures & litigations . A committee appointed by AP state government a decade back on the status of land reforms had concluded that surplus land is available to distribute 1.0 acre per landless family in that state .

The total operated area of India in 2006 stood at 15,83,22,983 ha ( that is , 39,10,57,768 acres ). This means that only 1.25 percent operated area was only distributed through land ceiling surplus measures under Land reforms . In present times of climate change , frequent droughts , floods , degradation of soil , water & environment only sustainable , ecologically farming is the only alternative to protect livelihoods in small farmer holdings .

Conclusion These figures clearly show surplus land is very much available imperialism from the world without any trace , there is no guarantee to the well being of workers , toilers and people of the entire world of their well-being and survival with dignity and real freedom . Imperialism has to be defeated once for all . This can be done only by the working-class ; under its leadership by uniting all the other exploited and oppressed classes .

Fighting against imperialism is the unavoidable and immediate necessity and task of the workers of all countries throughout the world ; to emancipate themselves from its exploitation and oppression .

On this May Day the workers of all countries of the world shall take a pledge , to unite and fight against imperialism till it is defeated completely and erased totally from the face of the earth once for all ! WORKERS OF ALL COUNTRIES – UNITE ! UNITE !! YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT YOUR SHACKLES !

for distribution among landless and small farmers . Unless Land reforms are implemented in a true spirit , it may not be possible to eradicate unemployment & poverty in villages . Land to the Tiller should be a priority . The land question should be solved immediately in favour of landless and small farmers to bring prosperity to rural India .

( Author : Dr . Soma Marla is retired Principal Scientist & Head , Crop Genomics , ICAR , New Delhi )

( Source : Mainstream , VOL 61 , No . 18 , 19 , April 29 & May 6 , 2023 )

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