You cannot make a revolution.

What was called the ‘March Action’ of 1921 was a failed attempt to re-ignite the revolutionary fervour of Germans by the KPD, the German Communist Party, which drew in the German Workers Party, the KAPD. Another even more futile  rising by the KPD took place in Hamburg in 1923.

 Karl Radek of the KPD, said that it was necessary to break with the passive wait-and-see attitude of Germany’s workers after the abortive Revolution of 1918-19. It led to Rosa Luxemburg’s ally, Paul Levi, to break with Comintern which is said to have instigated what can only be described as an stillborn putsch. 

The March Action was centred around the industrial region of Leuna in Mansfeld, Saxony where left-wing militancy was strong. On the 21st a general strike was called and that seemed as far as the workers were prepared to go. They were not prepared to engage in an actual insurrection. This point of view was shared by the KAPD members in the Leuna factory who were unaware of their Berlin central committee supported the KPD’s armed struggle strategy. 

The radical Max Holz led a couple of hundred “urban guerrillas” of who the two communist organisations had little control. 

The rest of Germany remained relatively calm.

This  ‘March Action’ resulted in hundreds of deaths and thousands being imprisoned for their involvement. It caused a widening of the split between the Communist Party cadres and the rank and file with mass resignations from both communist groups and their affiliated unions.

 You cannot make a revolution.

What was called the ‘March Action’ of 1921 was a failed attempt to re-ignite the revolutionary fervour of Germans by the KPD, the German Communist Party, which drew in the German Workers Party, the KAPD. Another even more futile  rising by the KPD took place in Hamburg in 1923.

 Karl Radek of the KPD, said that it was necessary to break with the passive wait-and-see attitude of Germany’s workers after the abortive Revolution of 1918-19. It led to Rosa Luxemburg’s ally, Paul Levi, to break with Comintern which is said to have instigated what can only be described as an stillborn putsch. 

The March Action was centred around the industrial region of Leuna in Mansfeld, Saxony where left-wing militancy was strong. On the 21st a general strike was called and that seemed as far as the workers were prepared to go. They were not prepared to engage in an actual insurrection. This point of view was shared by the KAPD members in the Leuna factory who were unaware of their Berlin central committee supported the KPD’s armed struggle strategy. 

The radical Max Holz led a couple of hundred “urban guerrillas” of who the two communist organisations had little control. 

The rest of Germany remained relatively calm.

This  ‘March Action’ resulted in hundreds of deaths and thousands being imprisoned for their involvement. It caused a widening of the split between the Communist Party cadres and the rank and file with mass resignations from both communist groups and their affiliated unions.

 You cannot make a revolution.

What was called the ‘March Action’ of 1921 was a failed attempt to re-ignite the revolutionary fervour of Germans by the KPD, the German Communist Party, which drew in the German Workers Party, the KAPD. Another even more futile  rising by the KPD took place in Hamburg in 1923.

 Karl Radek of the KPD, said that it was necessary to break with the passive wait-and-see attitude of Germany’s workers after the abortive Revolution of 1918-19. It led to Rosa Luxemburg’s ally, Paul Levi, to break with Comintern which is said to have instigated what can only be described as an stillborn putsch. 

The March Action was centred around the industrial region of Leuna in Mansfeld, Saxony where left-wing militancy was strong. On the 21st a general strike was called and that seemed as far as the workers were prepared to go. They were not prepared to engage in an actual insurrection. This point of view was shared by the KAPD members in the Leuna factory who were unaware of their Berlin central committee supported the KPD’s armed struggle strategy. 

The radical Max Holz led a couple of hundred “urban guerrillas” of who the two communist organisations had little control. 

The rest of Germany remained relatively calm.

This  ‘March Action’ resulted in hundreds of deaths and thousands being imprisoned for their involvement. It caused a widening of the split between the Communist Party cadres and the rank and file with mass resignations from both communist groups and their affiliated unions.

 You cannot make a revolution.

What was called the ‘March Action’ of 1921 was a failed attempt to re-ignite the revolutionary fervour of Germans by the KPD, the German Communist Party, which drew in the German Workers Party, the KAPD. Another even more futile  rising by the KPD took place in Hamburg in 1923.

 Karl Radek of the KPD, said that it was necessary to break with the passive wait-and-see attitude of Germany’s workers after the abortive Revolution of 1918-19. It led to Rosa Luxemburg’s ally, Paul Levi, to break with Comintern which is said to have instigated what can only be described as an stillborn putsch. 

The March Action was centred around the industrial region of Leuna in Mansfeld, Saxony where left-wing militancy was strong. On the 21st a general strike was called and that seemed as far as the workers were prepared to go. They were not prepared to engage in an actual insurrection. This point of view was shared by the KAPD members in the Leuna factory who were unaware of their Berlin central committee supported the KPD’s armed struggle strategy. 

The radical Max Holz led a couple of hundred “urban guerrillas” of who the two communist organisations had little control. 

The rest of Germany remained relatively calm.

This  ‘March Action’ resulted in hundreds of deaths and thousands being imprisoned for their involvement. It caused a widening of the split between the Communist Party cadres and the rank and file with mass resignations from both communist groups and their affiliated unions.

 You cannot make a revolution.

What was called the ‘March Action’ of 1921 was a failed attempt to re-ignite the revolutionary fervour of Germans by the KPD, the German Communist Party, which drew in the German Workers Party, the KAPD. Another even more futile  rising by the KPD took place in Hamburg in 1923.

 Karl Radek of the KPD, said that it was necessary to break with the passive wait-and-see attitude of Germany’s workers after the abortive Revolution of 1918-19. It led to Rosa Luxemburg’s ally, Paul Levi, to break with Comintern which is said to have instigated what can only be described as an stillborn putsch. 

The March Action was centred around the industrial region of Leuna in Mansfeld, Saxony where left-wing militancy was strong. On the 21st a general strike was called and that seemed as far as the workers were prepared to go. They were not prepared to engage in an actual insurrection. This point of view was shared by the KAPD members in the Leuna factory who were unaware of their Berlin central committee supported the KPD’s armed struggle strategy. 

The radical Max Holz led a couple of hundred “urban guerrillas” of who the two communist organisations had little control. 

The rest of Germany remained relatively calm.

This  ‘March Action’ resulted in hundreds of deaths and thousands being imprisoned for their involvement. It caused a widening of the split between the Communist Party cadres and the rank and file with mass resignations from both communist groups and their affiliated unions.

 You cannot make a revolution.

What was called the ‘March Action’ of 1921 was a failed attempt to re-ignite the revolutionary fervour of Germans by the KPD, the German Communist Party, which drew in the German Workers Party, the KAPD. Another even more futile  rising by the KPD took place in Hamburg in 1923.

 Karl Radek of the KPD, said that it was necessary to break with the passive wait-and-see attitude of Germany’s workers after the abortive Revolution of 1918-19. It led to Rosa Luxemburg’s ally, Paul Levi, to break with Comintern which is said to have instigated what can only be described as an stillborn putsch. 

The March Action was centred around the industrial region of Leuna in Mansfeld, Saxony where left-wing militancy was strong. On the 21st a general strike was called and that seemed as far as the workers were prepared to go. They were not prepared to engage in an actual insurrection. This point of view was shared by the KAPD members in the Leuna factory who were unaware of their Berlin central committee supported the KPD’s armed struggle strategy. 

The radical Max Holz led a couple of hundred “urban guerrillas” of who the two communist organisations had little control. 

The rest of Germany remained relatively calm.

This  ‘March Action’ resulted in hundreds of deaths and thousands being imprisoned for their involvement. It caused a widening of the split between the Communist Party cadres and the rank and file with mass resignations from both communist groups and their affiliated unions.

 You cannot make a revolution.

What was called the ‘March Action’ of 1921 was a failed attempt to re-ignite the revolutionary fervour of Germans by the KPD, the German Communist Party, which drew in the German Workers Party, the KAPD. Another even more futile  rising by the KPD took place in Hamburg in 1923.

 Karl Radek of the KPD, said that it was necessary to break with the passive wait-and-see attitude of Germany’s workers after the abortive Revolution of 1918-19. It led to Rosa Luxemburg’s ally, Paul Levi, to break with Comintern which is said to have instigated what can only be described as an stillborn putsch. 

The March Action was centred around the industrial region of Leuna in Mansfeld, Saxony where left-wing militancy was strong. On the 21st a general strike was called and that seemed as far as the workers were prepared to go. They were not prepared to engage in an actual insurrection. This point of view was shared by the KAPD members in the Leuna factory who were unaware of their Berlin central committee supported the KPD’s armed struggle strategy. 

The radical Max Holz led a couple of hundred “urban guerrillas” of who the two communist organisations had little control. 

The rest of Germany remained relatively calm.

This  ‘March Action’ resulted in hundreds of deaths and thousands being imprisoned for their involvement. It caused a widening of the split between the Communist Party cadres and the rank and file with mass resignations from both communist groups and their affiliated unions.

 You cannot make a revolution.

What was called the ‘March Action’ of 1921 was a failed attempt to re-ignite the revolutionary fervour of Germans by the KPD, the German Communist Party, which drew in the German Workers Party, the KAPD. Another even more futile  rising by the KPD took place in Hamburg in 1923.

 Karl Radek of the KPD, said that it was necessary to break with the passive wait-and-see attitude of Germany’s workers after the abortive Revolution of 1918-19. It led to Rosa Luxemburg’s ally, Paul Levi, to break with Comintern which is said to have instigated what can only be described as an stillborn putsch. 

The March Action was centred around the industrial region of Leuna in Mansfeld, Saxony where left-wing militancy was strong. On the 21st a general strike was called and that seemed as far as the workers were prepared to go. They were not prepared to engage in an actual insurrection. This point of view was shared by the KAPD members in the Leuna factory who were unaware of their Berlin central committee supported the KPD’s armed struggle strategy. 

The radical Max Holz led a couple of hundred “urban guerrillas” of who the two communist organisations had little control. 

The rest of Germany remained relatively calm.

This  ‘March Action’ resulted in hundreds of deaths and thousands being imprisoned for their involvement. It caused a widening of the split between the Communist Party cadres and the rank and file with mass resignations from both communist groups and their affiliated unions.

With so much resistance from women against the violence inflicted upon them now featuring in the media, there are other forms of repression and oppression which equally leads to the subjugation of females. In India, it is the ubiquitous  dowry system and arranged marriages that reveals that daughters are traded as a commodity.

This article condemns the practice as the “curse” of India. 

India has an alarming rate of crime over dowry; either murdered, or compelled to commit suicide. The pernicious system of dowry and the unconscionable demands made by greedy and unscrupulous husbands and their relatives, results in an alarming number of suicidal and dowry deaths of women.

Every 16 minutes there is a rape, one death in each hour and 20 women die in a day. 7000 deaths linked to dowry in 2017 . 

Each passing year cases are rising higher, in the year 2001 was 19 per day, in 2016 was 21 per day according to the National Crime Bureau of India.

In the patriarchy which is India, women have been relegated to mere procreation and attending the household chores. The patriarchal culture dilutes freedom and equality of women in all walks of life. Dowry continues to be a basic component of the marriage system although its form, magnitude and the associated atrocities on the women vary according to the customary norms of the different communities. 

Dowry in India is not limited to any specific religion. Dowry primarily associated with marriages in Hindu society has penetrated into other societies such as Muslims, Christians and to some extent also in Sikh community. Religions consolidate the male domination where woman are subject to her husband and her in-laws. Dowries and elaborate wedding ceremonies bring financial debts that can rarely be paid off.

Dowry is basically a cultural and social problem which cannot be eradicated by law alone. India has already legislation in attempts to counter the custom. The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 was passed in 1961 to prohibit the practice of giving or receiving dowry. It was amended in 1984 and 1986 respectively to curb the evil practice of dowry. To further strengthen the anti-dowry law and to stop offences of cruelty by the husband or his relatives against the wife, new provisions were added to the Indian criminal law- section 498A to Indian Penal Code and section 198A to the Criminal Procedure Code in 1983. In 2005, the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act was passed, which added an additional layer of protection from dowry harassment. In 2019, Government of India passed legislation for the Muslim Women “Protection of Rights on Marriage Act”. This act declared Triple Talaq illegal and onward any Muslim husband pronounces triple talaq to his wife liable to 3 years imprisonment and fine. 

Those laws have not put an end to dowry.

 A survey reveals that the many pressures on vulnerable households created by the pandemic are also having a knock-on impact on local authorities, many of which were nearing breaking point even before the Covid crisis emerged.

More than nine in 10 district councils, which represent cities, towns and urban areas across England, have reported an increase in food bank use in the past year.

 In Bradford, three times as much food was distributed from 21 sites during the peak of the demand, compared to pre-Covid levels. Other recent research has suggested that one in five UK schools have set up a food bank since the start of the pandemic. More than a third of teachers said their school delivered food parcels to pupils’ homes.

Most local councils in England have also reported increased numbers of people needing help for homelessness, with warnings that many poorer households will face “disaster” unless emergency support is extended well beyond the pandemic. During 2020-21, 85% of English councils said they had seen an increase in claims from homeless households for temporary accommodation

93% of councils  had seen an increase in demand for help with paying council tax. Councils are calling for an increase in the local housing allowance, which is used to calculate the amount of housing benefit tenants can claim. They are also warning that extra council tax support and extra grants may be needed, with council tax increasing across England this year and unemployment set to rise.

Many also saw a rise in demand for help in dealing with disputes between landlords and tenants, according to a survey by the District Councils’ Network (DCN). It has prompted concerns that the evictions ban, put in place during the pandemic and recently extended, is not giving vulnerable households complete protection.

There have already been concerns that almost half a million private tenants who pay more than half their income on rent could be at risk of eviction when the ban ends. Senior figures across local authorities are worried that a further crisis in rough sleeping will emerge when the eviction ban ends at the end of May. Nearly three-quarters of councils anticipate a rise in rough sleeping, and almost nine in 10 districts expect an increase in homelessness.

Two-thirds reported an increase in family disputes requiring mediation

Giles Archibald, the leader of South Lakeland district council warned that the survey findings revealed “the devastating toll of coronavirus on households who have struggled to pay the bills, put food on the table, and keep a roof over their heads. The government has stepped in and provided much-needed additional support for families,” he said. “But while this has been welcome, there are serious concerns that if many measures do not continue, many families will be unable to get by…Without this many families could face disaster.”

Nine in 10 councils in England see rise in people using food banks | Food banks | The Guardian