Kerala workers
VS Achuthanandan: The epic life of a communist turning the tiller proletariat
The communist leadership of VS Achuthanandan built a strong worker-peasant alliance in Kerala, strengthening the state’s democratic fabric.
A Tribute: Punnapra-Vayalar uprising of October 1946
Workers’ agitations led by communist trade unions for labour rights during that period had culminated in a massive rebellion against the tyrannical rule of the King and his Diwan (Prime Minister), C. P. Ramaswami Iyer.
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