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City of temples hosts the 24th congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
As a delegate to the party’s 24th congress, HARSEV BAINS connects historical threads from Harry Pollitt’s 1954 visit to today’s challenges of building left unity against corporate-backed Hindu nationalism
City of temples hosts the 24th congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)

MADURAI, city of temples, in southern India’s state of Tamil Nadu, became the host for the third time to the congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) this month.

One of the earlier occasions, the third congress of the undivided Communist Party of India, is of historical interest to Morning Star readers. It was held from December 27 1953, to January 4 1954.

This was the period when the CPI emerged from a period of sectarian mistakes and when it was reorganising itself from the ban imposed on the Nehru-led Congress government.

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