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FIRST MEETING OF ADOLF HITLER AND BENITO MUSSOLINI

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  Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Nazi Germany, and Benito Mussolini, the Fascist dictator of Italy, met face-to-face in Venice on 13th and 14th June 1934.  The June 14, 1934, meeting in Venice was the first between Hitler and Mussolini. It was highly awkward, largely unproductive, and defined by stark personal and stylistic clashes as the two dictators sized each other up. Hitler arrived at the Lido airfield in a Junkers Ju 52, mistakenly believing the meeting would be a quiet, private affair. He was dressed in a casual beige trench coat and carried a rumpled fedora. He was deeply embarrassed to be greeted by Mussolini, who was dressed in full, striking Fascist military regalia in front of 200 journalists. They met for two days. Formal discussions were held at Villa Pisani in Stra, with an additional stop at Piazza San Marco in Venice. The central and most contentious topic of their talks was the fate of Austria. Mussolini wanted to protect Austrian independence and strongly op...
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AMERICA POSTAL SERVICE STOPPED CHILDREN'S PARCEL

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  The Post Office United States of America , on 13 June 1920, stopped sending children by parcel. Parents "mailed" their children, below the permitted limit of 50 pounds in weight, because it was cheaper than other methods of travel.  The US Postal Service began parcel deliveries in 1913. Some ingenious parents got the idea of mailing their children. A 10-month-old boy of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Beauge from Batavia, Ohio, was posted at 15c in stamps. His parents insured him for $50. In the most famous case, 5-year-old May Pierstorff was mailed by train from her home in Idaho, with stamps stuck to her coat. The postmen were trusted local officials, known to people personally. May Pierstorff herself was sent with a cousin who was a postal clerk. The US Postal Service shut down the practice by a directive that no humans were to be carried in the mail. 
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DICTATOR AND PRESIDENT OF GUATEMALA FLED

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  In a military coup in Guatemala, on 23 March 1982, under General Efrain Ríos Montt, the then-President Romeo Lucas fled Guatemala. Montt declared himself the President of Guatemala on 09 June 1982. On 8th August 1983, in another military coup, Montt fled Guatemala.  Dictator and President of Guatemala from 1982 to 1983, for 17 months, José Efraín Ríos Montt was guilty of committing genocide and crimes against humanity and against Guatemala's indigenous Mayan population. His conviction for these crimes in 2013 was the first time a former head of state was prosecuted for genocide in a national, as opposed to an international, court. His 80-year sentence was soon overturned. His 2015 retrial was ongoing at the time of his death due to a heart attack on 1.4.2018, aged 91. He was born on 16.6.1926 in Huehuetenango, Guatemala. Elsewhere, the genociders and dictators are neither prosecuted nor dethroned, even after 12 years.
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THE PRINCIPLE OF POPULATION

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  Thomas Robert Malthus, a British Clergyman, published his "Essay on the Principle of Population" on 07 June 1798. The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Nara Chandra Babu Naidu, who is also a theologian, should study this before asking the people to produce more children.  An Essay on the Principle of Population in 1798 by Thomas Robert Malthus is a seminal work arguing that population growth by geometric progression inevitably outpaces food production, which grows by arithmetic progression, leading to poverty and hardship unless checked. Malthus argued that welfare policies were counterproductive because they allowed more people to survive and reproduce, worsening the imbalance. The essay sparked debates on welfare policy and population control. The work remains relevant today for discussions on resource distribution and population dynamics.
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"GODS ON THE ROADS"

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  Ayyappa Temple on the Pattabhipuram Ring Road, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. How can a road be sacred and a place of worship? Many menstruating women pass by this celibacy "God". When he tplerates them here, why can't he in Sabarimalai? This temple board has an advertisement polluting the sanctity of the "God".  "Goddess" Mahankali on the Ring Road, Pattabhipuram, Guntur. Officers and politicians can't bear speed breakers on the roads. How can the public bear this permanent hurdle? This temple board also became polluted by an advertisement for a jewellery shop on it.  A mosque was constructed recently on the Ring Road, Pattabhipuram, in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. The site may be of the "God". He should have kept in mind the traffic hurdles. How did the Guntur Municipal Corporation permit it? The RSS and BJP, when they get independent power in Andhra Pradesh, will accord it a fate like that of the Babri Mosque, Muslim houses and shops in Uttar Pr...
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APPLIED MARXISM-LENINISM

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  In the 4th Line S.V.N. Colony near the Sivadurga Residency, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, while installing an Electrical Transformer to a new apartment, the APSEB Staff cut down a tree without informing the concerned. The fallen branches of the tree occupied half of the road, obstructing the traffic. Even after 15 days,  neither the APSEB Staff nor the Guntur Municipality cleared the dead vegetation. To do any additional work, both the highest-paid Electrical Staff and the lowest-paid casual staff of the Municipality demand heavy compensation. How shall we, the Trade Unionists, understand this? Dealing with and solving this is a part of Applied Marxism-Leninism.  
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OCCUPATION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY BY PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS

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  Oxford School at the 4th Line, 1st Cross, S.V.N. Colony, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. Its three ramps are on the public road, reducing the effective width of the road by 15 feet, creating bottlenecks to the traffic. Rs. 30 lakh worth of Government/ public land, at Rs. 1 lakh per square yard, is occupied by this private educational institution to construct these three ramps. Can any of us keep quiet if our own land is occupied?  
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