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    Trade Union Shiksha Part 3
    (1988) Bardhan, Ardhendu Bhushan
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    Trade Union Shiksha Part 1 & 2
    (1988) Bardhan, Ardhendu Bhushan
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    Trade Union Education : Lecture notes (Part III)
    (All-India Trade Union Congress, 1987) Bardhan, Ardhendu Bhushan
    The lectures are designed to impart the fundamentals of class-based theory to union activists. Chapter titles: “Organise the unorganised”: 21. The organised versus the Unorganised sector, 22. Child and women labour, 23. Role of organised workers. New technologies; what it means; Impact of new technology-in the context of different socio-economic systems; Indian trade unions and new technology; Struggle against ‘privatisation’: for defence and expansion of the public sector; Struggle for trade union unity; Role of the working class in the contemporary world.
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    Marxism - Leninism & Our current problems
    (Communist Party of India, 1994) Bardhan, Ardhendu Bhushan
    The booklet aims to restate some of the communist parties’ fundamental ideological positions. The Trissur Conference and the last national council called for a renewed ideological campaign, especially as recent events had severely jolted the party, and thrown ideology into confusion and disorientation. It is reaffirmation of ideology that does not aim to be new, though certain recent or India-specific issues are also addressed including the effect of the Social and Technological Revolution (STR) on class struggle, the effect of new government policies, new manifestations of the imperialist offensive, the role of class and caste differentiation, their impact on each other. Chapters include: Marxism-Leninism (Only scientific theory of social transformation); Need of ideology: Unity of theory and practice; CPI’s commitment and goal; Renewal of Marxism-Leninism; Indian philosophical thought and Marxist philosophy; Dialectical materialism; Struggle against alien ideologies; Laws of motion of capitalism; Neo-liberalism (the new face of Imperialism); Imperialist offensive against developing countries; Doctrine of class struggles (New Dimensions); Has class struggle abated?; Class and caste; Struggle against casteism. A Hindi version of the booklet is also in the database: "Marxvad, Leninvad: Aur Hamari Aaj Ki Samasyana"
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    Marxvad, Leninvad: Aur Hamari Aaj Ki Samasyana
    (Communist Party of India, 1994) Bardhan, Ardhendu Bhushan
    Hindi langauge version of "Marxism - Leninism & Our current problems". The booklet aims to restate some of the communist parties’ fundamental ideological positions. The Trissur Conference and the last national council called for a renewed ideological campaign, especially as recent events had severely jolted the party, and thrown ideology into confusion and disorientation. It is reaffirmation of ideology that does not aim to be new, though certain recent or India-specific issues are also addressed including the effect of the Social and Technological Revolution (STR) on class struggle, the effect of new government policies, new manifestations of the imperialist offensive, the role of class and caste differentiation, their impact on each other. Chapters include: Marxism-Leninism (Only scientific theory of social transformation); Need of ideology: Unity of theory and practice; CPI’s commitment and goal; Renewal of Marxism-Leninism; Indian philosophical thought and Marxist philosophy; Dialectical materialism; Struggle against alien ideologies; Laws of motion of capitalism; Neo-liberalism (the new face of Imperialism); Imperialist offensive against developing countries; Doctrine of class struggles (New Dimensions); Has class struggle abated?; Class and caste; Struggle against casteism.
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    World picture of poverty, unemployment, inequality and injustice portrayed during summit talks & quest for solutions
    (All-India Trade Union Congress, 1995) Bardhan, Ardhendu Bhushan
    Summary of the 1995 World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen looked at global poverty, unemployment and unjust and inequitable distribution of the world’s wealth and resources.
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    Trade Union Education : Lecture notes (Part I & II)
    (All-India Trade Union Congress, 1987) Bardhan, Ardhendu Bhushan
    The lectures are designed to impart the fundamentals of class-based theory to union activists. Chapter titles: The emergence and growth of the working class and the rise of trade unions; The rise of the trade union movement in India; Working class and India’s freedom struggle; The struggle between political trends and the resulting splits in the trade union movement; Post-Independence developments in Indian economy and in the work force; Post-Independence working class struggles and trade union movement; The results summed up; The Indian workers and the international trade union movement; The character of a trade union; Revolutionary trade unionism versus reformist trade unionism; The Wage Question; Question of Dearness Allowance; The Wage Struggle Summed Up & The Current Debate; Bonus and Social Security; Industrial Relations: The Struggle for Trade Union Rights; Labour Laws; Trade Union Functioning; Mass Work and Mass Mobilisation: Trade Union Education.
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    A report to the AITUC Working Committee, April 24-25, 1995 (as finally adopted)
    (All-India Trade Union Congress, 1995) Bardhan, Ardhendu Bhushan
    Includes a rundown of the recent national and international situation, especially failure of Indian economy after 4 years of new policies; who is gaining and who is losing from new policies; AITUC position; West Bengal industrial policy; the AITUC-ILO workshop; Struggle against privatisation incl. Enron; Productivity and service; Wage negotiations; Women and child labour; Industrial ‘sickness’; Employment; Drive to organise the unorganised sections; Trade union unity; Jubilee year; Finances; Trade union record; International tasks.