Orissa - Statements against brutal attack on protesters at Jindal’s Angul steel plant
Statement regarding attack on Anti-Koodankulam Nuclear Plant Agitation Leaders and Women Supporters
Ludhiana - Talk by Jan Myrdal on ‘Working Class and the Imperialist War’, Feb 8
Kolkata - Meeting regarding farmers’ suicide, Feb 2
Uranium mining in Gogi: Central Ambitions and State Responsibilities
Hyderabad - Jan Myrdal talks on War on People in India, Feb 1
Kolkata - Demonstration demanding stopping of Sez-s and public-private partnerships, Feb 1
All India campaign against sedition and other repressive laws
Worst of Abu Ghraib on our borders
Kolkata - Discussion meeting with Jan Myrdal and others at Kolkata Book Fair, Jan 28
Statement against gallantry award for Dantewada Superintendent of Police
If this be peace : piss in peace
Open letter from citizens and organisations seeking justice for Soni Sori
Andhra: Lokshakti Abhiyan on farmer suicides, looting of natural resources in the KG basin
Chattisgarh - PUDR statement on custodial death in Bastar
Jharkhand: Harassment of activist Dayamani Barla by local police
Andhra: NAPM press release on Polavaram Dam and KG Basin
Statements demanding the release of Soni Sori, Lingaram Kodopi and others
Corporate personhood: Rights without responsibilities
Developing news from Assam: Struggle against the Lower Subansiri dam project
On the repressive situation in Jangalmahal - reports, statements
The Aftermath of the AMRI Tragedy: Some Related Thoughts on Democratic Work in Urban Areas of India
Remembering Kishanji
Mumbai - 4th Anuradha Ghandy Memorial Lecture, Jan 20
Protests and Repression: Struggles Growing in the Forest Areas - Campaign for Survival and Dignity
Let the sons of the revolution not die being peace-trapped
By Sandipan Mitra
Let the sons of the revolution die fighting, as they always do. Let them not die being peace-trapped.
One can say that the Maoist nature is characterized not only by its unwavering devotion to the cause of a humanely better future, but also by its credulity of a suicidal kind. A little more than a year back the Maoists had put their faith in Mr. Palaniappan Chidambaram; the outcome was the gruesome murder of Cherukuri Rajkumar Azad by the security forces. Now they put faith in Ms. Mamata Banerjee, the outcome is the grisly murder of Mallojula Koteswar Rao, better known as Kishenji, India’s second most wanted Maoist, by the same notorious security forces.
Anti-Posco : Villagers resist the government’s push to acquire lands
Reporting from India?
By Merlin Flower
Right, so you want to report from India? And, you want to do some great stories. A short stay, Sir? Then you have some very easy pickings to arrive at. Yes, coming to that.
First, don’t go to any village in the country. It’s not worth it, the travel, dust and lack of comfort. Instead, land in any of the cities. Come on, with your better currency, you can stay in any of the five star hotels.
New Bengal Regime’s Dismal Record With Unorganised Sector Workers
Is the US Labour Market Doing Well?
By Deepankar Basu
Not if one looks at the world from the perspective of the U.S. working class.
Employment data released by the Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS) of the U.S. Department of Commerce on December 2, 2011 showed that the official unemployment rate had declined by 0.4 percentage points to 8.6 percent; going by the trend of the past few years this is certainly a big drop [1]. To put matters in perspective, the unemployment rate for the US economy is depicted in Figure 1 for the last 5 years. Figure 1 clearly shows the massive increase in the unemployment rate during what has come to be called the Great Recession and its stubborn refusal to come down even after the recession has officially ended in the second quarter of 2009. Given this data, the decline in the unemployment rate in reported by the BLS on December 2, 2011 seems quite important.
Delhi: National Conference of Community Groups Press Statement
PUCL executive member and leading anti mining activist Kailash Meena arrested in Rajasthan
NAPM statement on the storming of the Plachimada Coca Cola Factory by activists
Punjab - Report on Moga Convention against attack on democratic rights
The specter of Kishenji, ‘Peace-Talks’ and Us
PUDR statement on the acquittal of Jiten Marandi by Jharkhand High Court
Press Release on Nationwide Opposition to Government Refusal to a Peaceful Fast in Support of Irom Sharmila
Kolkata - Shramajibee Adhikaar Yatra, Dec 15-17
Statements against the state’s attempt to vilify democratic organizations
Delhi - Convention against planned killing of Kishanji by the government, Dec 13
PUDR statement against the proposed formation of National Industrial Manufacturing Zones
Delhi - CRPP Convention, Dec 20
Statement condemning the state’s attack on the leaderships of people’s resistances
Delhi - People’s Forest Rights Rally, Dec 15
Statements on the killing of CPI(Maoist) Politbureau member Kishenji
Post-mortem
A report on People’s Convention for the release of Jeetan Marandi
NAPM Press Release on FDI in Retail: A Disaster for Farmers, Consumers and Communities
Kishanji: Not Just Another ‘Martyr’
Didi’s Bengal
Jharkhand - Statements condemning the murder of Sr. Valsa John by the mining mafia
Of Nussbaum, I don’t Singh
On Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project - Questions, Questions, No Answers
Orissa - Statement protesting against state repression on people’s movement in Narayanpatna
Plain Thoughts in the Time of a War (and on the Recent Shenanigans of the Netri)
Perhaps the most gruesome attack in their history is afoot on the people of Jangalmahal in Bengal. Fuehrer, that is the Netri, is leading this concerted attack. Benedictions and help are being showered on her from across the whole spectrum of ruling class political parties: from BJP to CPM.
These people in Jangalmahal have little to live on. At times they starve and die. More fortunate people steal even a part of the quota of rice thrown at them at times. Statistics and news are made of them. And when they attempt to assert their right to livelihood and dignity, when they attempt to create an egalitarian democratic order for themselves, Fuehrers plan to put them in place with sophisticated satellite-assisted guns.
Kolkata - Citizens’ Convention in protest against police repression on CMC students, Nov 21
West Bengal - MCDSA statement regarding attack by police on students of Calcutta Medical College
Mumbai - Book Release Programme : Selected Writings of Anuradha Ghandy, Nov 18
Press Note: Joint Statement Calls for Rejecting 2011 Land Acquisition Bill
West Bengal - MKP Pamphlet against attack by Trinamool cadres in West Midnapore
Delhi - JNU administration revokes the ban on JNU Forum against War on People
Notes on the Oakland Commune
There have been questions raised about the precise politics or lack of politics of the Occupy Oakland movement. It is still in many ways an open territory and encourages great respect for diversity of tactics. But some common threads also become visible that reveal its fundamentally progressive and increasingly anti-Capitalist nature. This is a new and young movement; its strength is precisely its organic character; in the way, through some highly self-conscious social practices, it is formulating and debating itself as it advances. There is a true dialectic of practice and thought taking place, with collective practice being collectively reflected upon in general assemblies, as well as `mike checks’ which can erupt anywhere at any time, even in the midst of action or violent attacks from the police.
On Jangalmahal : Second Open Letter to the Chief Minister of West Bengal
Ranchi - People’s Convention for the release of Jeetan Marandi, Nov 12
The Mystery of Disappearances and Discovery of Mass Graves in Kashmir
Kashmir - Lies about sanctions under AFSPA
Statement of Solidarity, Occupy Wall Street, Zucotti Park
Kolkata - Agitation of workers in solidarity with the struggle at Maruti-Suzuki, Oct 20
NTUI Press Statement condemning the arrest of Prafulla Chakraborty
Update on Workers’ struggle at Maruti Manesar plant
A Report on Ludhiana textile workers strike and the owners’ propaganda
On Jangalmahal : An Open Appeal to the Chief Minister of West Bengal
Besimari on NH 52
Press Release - NAPM Condemns attack on Prashant Bhushan
Statement on the arrest and custodial torture of Soni Sori
Jharkhand - Police Atrocities on Adivasis of Saranda Forest : A Fact Sheet
Of Poverty, Planning Commission and the Media
The recent uproar over poverty line brings into focus few stark points. For those joining late here is the summary of the latest crisis engulfing the UPA government. Planning Commission (PC) files an affidavit in the Supreme Court that it considers 32 and 26 rupees per day consumption expenditure per head as bench mark for poverty lines in urban and rural India respectively. News papers pick up the story. TV news channels, late to start off the block given their allergy for non-entertaining sad stuff, nonetheless puts it in breaking news. NAC members dare Montek Singh Ahluwalia to survive on 32 rupees a day (They were assuming Ahluwalia is non-poor. One wonders if there is any PC affidavit supporting the assumption.) In the end managers enter the picture. Jairam Ramesh, union minister for rural development and a man known for radical views, presents a photo-op with Ahluwalia, holds a joint press conference. Planning Commission figures would not be the bench mark for distributing government benefits they say. Peace is restored.
Goon-running, Rabindranath and the Netri
This is meant to be a political piece. So, ideally this should be a sequence of logical steps–like the proof of a mathematical result. However, the absurdity of living in contemporary Kolkata under the Fraulein makes one cry out utterances as in absurd drama.
Statements condemning the raid at the house of Kavita Srivastava by CG Police
West Bengal - Ranjit Murmu dies in custody while being held under UAPA
Delhi - Convention Against Death Penalty, JNU, Oct 1
Statement of protest against the deportation of David Barsamian from Delhi airport
Rajasthan - Fact-finding reports on police firing at Gopalgarh
Maharashtra - Letter of complaint against the abduction of Arun Fereira and subsequent arrest
Sikkim Earthquake - Press statement from anti-megadam protestors
PUDR Press Release on the Hypocrisy of the ‘Poverty Line’
After Maruti it is time for the textile workers in Punjab to say ‘enough is enough’.
Does Didi want to make Jhargram into another Nandigram?
UID for Dummies
West Bengal : Jhargram and Kolkata - Events in protest against repression in Jangalmahal, Sep 21-22
Jiten Marandi - The Fate of an Openly Political Cultural Activist
by Prasant Haldar (Translated by Amit Basole)
[Jiten Marandi is a cultural activist from Jharkhand and also one of the secretaries of Committee for the Release of Political Prisoners. He was arrested in 2008 and accused by the police of being involved in the murder of 20 villagers, including the son of former Jharkhand chief […]
