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    WORLD SOCIALIST PARTY (INDIA)

    257 Baghajatin ‘E’ Block (East), Kolkata – 700086

    Tel: 2425-0208 (ISD: 091, STD: 033), M: +91 9433253582

    E-mail: wspindia@hotmail.com; Website: http://www.worldsocialistpartyindia.org

     

    MINUTES OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING NO. 179

    Head Office, Sunday, September 3, 2017: Called to order: 7:18 PM

     

    Present (EC Members): Harisadhan Ghosh, Binay Sarkar, Sumitra Mondal, Pradip Singha

     

    Absent: None

     

    Attendee: Raghunarayan Chowdhury

     

    Election: Chairperson: Harisadhan Ghosh on motion of Binay Sarkar and Sumitra Mondal; Minutes Writer: Pradip Singha

    EC Minutes No. 178 was read and confirmed on motion of Binay Sarkar and Sumitra Mondal

    Membership Application: None

     

    Correspondence: Please note that any comments in square brackets “[]” are comments from the General Secretary.

     

    Inward:

    – Adam Buick: email correspondence concerning our proposed new pamphlet THE HISTORY OF UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE to be published by the WSP (I). Now Comrade Adam Buick is working on the preliminary draft chapters sent by Comrade Binay Sarkar.

    SPC: No arrival as yet.

    – Academia.edu: We have received 11 emails during 8/8/2017 to 1/9/2017.

     

    Outbound: Responses as required to incoming correspondence.

    MSC: To receive and file incoming and to endorse outgoing correspondence.

     

    Matters Arising: The EC notes that Tabrez Julaha Ajlaf cares a rap for our concern about his continuous violation of our OBJECT and DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES, MANIFESTO and RULES as has already been pointed out in our August EC meeting minutes.

     

    MSC: That we urge him to behave in a manner worthy of a world socialist. – Agreed.

     

    Reports of Executives and Committees:

     

    Advancement of the Movement:

     

    [B, Sarkar and P. Singha are going on posting and interacting on Facebook timelines. H.S. Ghosh is writing letters to Bengali dailies.]

    Academia.edu

     

    They are now displaying some 63 papers and 12 drafts 15 books (actually 15 chapters of a book) and 3 teaching documents uploaded by BS.

    Over 54 million academics have signed up to Academia.edu, adding 19 million papers. Academia.edu attracts over 36 million unique visitors a month. We see this fast growing global association very useful for uploading and propagating world socialist ideas which are being viewed by many. So our comrades should make use of this scope.

     

    The World Socialist Party (India)_Discussion Forum and the website: http://www.worldsocialistpartyindia.org are attracting new contacts although a few dropping.

    Facebook: Discussion Forum membership stands at 1,916

    Sunday Discussion: Every Sunday in the evening we meet to read and discuss Socialism, Marxism, Leninism, Capitalism, Political Economy, Economics and other selected subjects.

    Literature: Party literature distribution is going on

     

    Socialist Standard: August 2017 packets are yet to arrive.

     

    Unfinished Business: None

     

    New business:

     

    AUTUMN SCHOOL & AUTUMN MEMBERSHIP MEETING 2017 of the

    WORLD SOCIALIST PARTY (INDIA)

     

     

     

    Will be held at: Head Office,

    257 Baghajatin ‘E’ Block (East), Kolkata – 700086,

    Tel: +91 33 2425 0208, M: +91 9433253582, E-mail: wspindia@hotmail.com

    Website: http://www.worldsocialistpartyindia.org

    AUTUMN SCHOOL: 7 October, Saturday, 2 PM – 7 PM (with breaks):

    Subject: History of Universal Suffrage, Speaker: B. Sarkar

    AUTUMN MEMBERSHIP MEETING: 8 October, Sunday:

    2 PM to 7 PM (with breaks): Organisation.

    Discussion: History of Universal Suffrage.

     

    Financial Report:

    Collection of Dues:

    Financial Report: July 2017: (Rupees)

    Income: 2620.00

    Expenditure: 3295.00

    Deficit: 675.00

    Deficit BF: 28,734.00

    Net Deficit: 29,409.00

    Membership Subscription & Donation: Included in “Income” above.

    MSC: To accept the financial report and to receive donations with thanks.

     

    Next EC Meeting: Head Office, Sunday, October 1, 2017, 5.30 PM

     

    Meeting Adjourned at 8.52 PM.

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