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Newsreel: October 2011Oct 20: Orissa : Anti-Posco struggle - Update from PPSSOct 18: Statement of Solidarity, Occupy Wall Street, Zucotti ParkOct 17: West Bengal - On Jangalmahal : Will Mamata Learn from the Past? - a CDRO Press StatementOct 16: Haryana - Workers’ struggle continues at Maruti-Manesar - Appeal letter from workers’ unions; Press Release from MSEUOct 16: West Bengal - NTUI Press Statement condemning the arrest of trade union leader Prafulla ChakrabortyOct 15: West Bengal - Report on an incidence of alleged rape by joint forces in JunglemahalOct 14: Punjab - A Report on Ludhiana textile workers’ strike and the owners’ propaganda - AmritpalOct 13: On Jangalmahal : An Open Appeal to the Chief Minister of West BengalOct 13: Besimari on NH 52 - Debarshi DasOct 13: Press Releases condemning attack on Prashant Bhushan - PUDR, CRPP, NAPMOct 11: West Bengal - Arrests of activists continue in Jangalmahal in the backdrop of ceasefire offer - Partho RayOct 11: Chhattisgarh - Statement on the arrest and custodial torture of Soni SoriOct 10: Jharkhand - Police Atrocities on Adivasis of Saranda Forest : A Fact Sheet - JHRMOct 9: Of Poverty, Planning Commission and the Media - Sunil GuptaOct 6: Goon-running, Rabindranath and the Netri - Krishanu MandalOct 4: West Bengal - On the repressive situation in Junglemahal - Report on beating up of MKP activists by TMC goonsOct 3: Statements condemning the raid at the house of Kavita Srivastava by CG PoliceNewsreel: September 2011Sep 30: West Bengal - Ranjit Murmu dies in custody while being held under UAPA - CRPP Statement; Reports by Ranjit Sur, Partho RaySep 30: Statement of protest against the deportation of David Barsamian from DelhiSep 29: Rajasthan - Fact-finding reports on police firing at Gopalgarh Sep 28: Orissa : Anti-Posco struggle - Report of an arrest on trumped up chargesSep 28: Maharashtra - Letter of complaint against the abduction of Arun Fereira and subsequent arrestSep 28: Sikkim earthquake - Press Statement from campaign against mega-dam projectsSep 26: PUDR Press Release on the Hypocrisy of the ‘Poverty Line’Sep 26: Punjab - Report of ongoing textile workers struggle - Sourav BanerjeeSep 25: Punjab - Update on the struggle against landgrab in Gobindpura - N.K. JeetSep 22: Does Didi want to make Jhargram into another Nandigram? - Partho Sarothi RaySep 20: A primer on the UID Project - Simi Chacko and Pratiksha KhanduriSep 19: Haryana - Update on the struggle of the Maruti-Manesar workers - Statements condemning the arrest of MSEU leadersSep 18: On the repressive situation in Jangalmahal - Report on arrest of activists and journalistSep 18: Jiten Marandi - a victim of conspiracy - Prasant Haldar (in Hindi and English)Sep 18: On the killing of Niyamat Ansari - A response from CPI(Maoist)Sep 17: Jharkhand - Fact finding report on atrocities committed by CRPF and police in SarandaSep 17: Against the Terror of Mamata Banerjee’s Militia: Womens’ Protest Rally in Jungal Mahal - Images and Report by Abhijnan Sarkar; Leaflet from Nari Ijjat Bachao CommitteeSep 15: Statements condemning arrest of Lingaram Kodopi by CG police - Press note from CDROSep 14: Tamil Nadu - Field Report on struggle against Koodankulam Nuclear Power ProjectSep 14: Manufacturing complicity: Paramakudi killings (Source - Round Table India)Sep 12: Police commit murders, Naxalites framed - Himanshu KumarSep 10:The Aftermath of Fukushima in Koodankulam - S. P. UdayakumarSep 7: The Neoliberal Revolution - Anand TeltumbdeSep 6: NAPM Statement on the proposed Land Acquisition BillSep 5: Update from POSCO Pratirodh Sangram SamitiSep 4: The Anna Hazare Movement and the Second Generation Reform - Vishnu SharmaSep 3: ‘Eelam Tamil’ - The politics behind the term - Karthick R MSep 2: Who will wash the tribal blood stains on Tata Steel’s image? - Surya Shankar DashNewsreel: August 2011Aug 31: San Francisco - Report on Aug 23 Public Meeting on People’s Movements in IndiaAug 30: Killing, Denial and Manipulation - Gladson DungdungAug 28: PUDR Statement - Commute the Death Sentence of Santhan, Murugan and PerarivalanAug 24: A Great Opportunity, A Serious Danger - a statement from intellectuals and activists on the anti-corruption movementAug 21: West Bengal - Sanhati statement on the repressive situation in JangalmahalAug 19: Punjab - Reports of resistances to forced land acquisitions - N.K. JeetAug 18: Chhattisgarh - Update on contract workers’ struggle at ACC-HolcimAug 17: Tamil Nadu: Ten thousand people embark on hunger strike protesting Koodankulam nuclear power plantAug 16: Unconstitutional Detention of Anna Hazare and His Supporters by Central Government: PUDR, NAPM StatementsAug 16: West Bengal: Tool-Down strike at Haldia Dock ComplexAug 15: Issues of the Rights Movement in West Bengal: An Insider’s Report - Ranjit SurAug 12: PUDR Statement on the cases of death penalty to Md Afzal and Md ArifAug 8: PCAPA letter to the civil society representatives of the WB govtAug 5: Delhi : Sangharsh dharna demands UPA government to ensure land rightsAug 2: Punjab : Brutal repression on protest against land acquisition - N.K. JeetNewsreel: July 2011Jul 31: Killing of Niyamat Ansari - PUDR Statement against alleged threats by Maoists

Jul 23: Mumbai : NAPM Press statement against eviction notices to Golibar residents

Jul 21: Karnataka - Press release urging government to cancel meeting on field trials of GMO crops

Jul 18: Encounter deaths or cold blooded murders? - Ranjit Sur

Jul 17: National Transformation and Future Strategy of Movements - Wardha Resolutions - NAPM Statement

Jul 17: West Bengal - Contract workers at Kalyani Spinning Mills attacked by factory goons

Jul 17: Jagatsinghpur Resistance : Playing By the Book - Vinay Bhat

Jul 12: Chhattisgarh - PUDR Statement regarding SC judgement on unconstitutional appointment of SPOs; Full text of the SC judgement; PUDR responds to statement from CPI(Maoist)

Jul 11: Delhi Metro Workers stage demonstration against violation of labor laws

Jul 11: Do we also have the democratic rights? - Gladson Dungdung

Jul 6: The heroic role of women in the Van-Gujjar struggle - Sushovan Dhar

Jul 5: Orissa - Brutalities cannot be forgotten - Deba Ranjan

Jul 4: A discussion on the demand for release of political prisoners : What is this review committee about ? - Ranjit Sur

Jul 1: Who is making them cry ? - Gladson Dungdung

Newsreel: June 2011

Jun 27: Assam - Delhi protest on Jun 29 against Guwahati police killings; Statements from Delhi Action Committee, PUDR, NAPM

Jun 26: West Bengal - Memorandum on political prisoners submitted by APDR-Hooghly

Jun 26: Mumbai - Urban Poor Pose Challenge : Jan Sangharsh Yatra: Jun 28

Jun 19: Orissa : Two days in Bonda territory - A fact finding report

Jun 18: Orissa - Mass Rally in Bhubaneshwar against OGH and Posco land acquisition, Jun 19

Jun 15: Workers’ movement at Maruti Udyog - Statement from support group against attack by company guards

Jun 14: An urgent and intense united left resistance to the Posco land-grab is required - Imtiaz Hussain

Jun 13: Journalism in Mamata land - Ajitha Menon

Jun 13: PUCL Chhattisgarh Facing Ban?

Jun 6: Delhi - Press meet on ongoing repression in POSCO villages, Jun 7

Jun 5: NAPM - Government’s attack on anti-corruption protestors at Delhi undemocratic

Jun 4: Uttar Pradesh - A major victory for the agitating workers in Gorakhpur

Jun 4: Kolkata - Demonstration demanding unconditional release of political prisoners, Jun 7

Newsreel: May 2011

May 31: Statement by intellectuals on government’s decision to conduct caste enumeration

May 28: PUDR Statement against detention of Gautam Navlakha at Srinagar airport

May 28: Delhi - Statement condemning JNU administration’s attempts to curb protests against Green Hunt - JNU Forum against War on People

May 26: Punjab - On the arrest and torture of Harbhinder Jalal - N.K.Jeet

May 24: Madhya Pradesh - PUDR Statement against vicious attack by Adani goons on those protesting against the power project

May 23: Two Years after the Eelam War - Democratic Students’ Union (JNU)

May 22: Uttar Pradesh - Statement against land grabbing in Noida - NAPM & BAPA

May 21: Kolkata - Press Release demanding unconditional release of political prisoners - APDR (BBD Bag Committee)

May 21: Buddhababu’s Shilpayon (Industrialization) - Sunil Gupta

May 20: Uttar Pradesh - Leader of Gorakhpur workers’ struggle arrested

May 18: Yes, Mamata is likely to usher in a fascistic regime and no, the red flag is still held aloft in Bengal - Krishanu Mandal

May 18: Orissa - Police enters villages to acquire land for POSCO; Intellectuals demand inquiry into project clearance

May 17: Delhi - Protest against approval of POSCO, May 18 - Jan Hastakshep

May 17: Jharkhand - Interim fact-finding report on massive demolition drive in cities - Delhi Protest on May 19

May 16: Delhi - Public Meeting Against Green Hunt and the military intervention in East-Central India, May 21

May 16: APDR Rally in Kolkata for Release of Political Prisoners

May 12: Uttar Pradesh - NAPM Statement against attack on resistances to land acquisition

May 10: Orissa - Allegations of sexual assault by security personnel on adivasi girls - Himanshu Kumar

May 7: Orissa - Press Release of All India Fact Finding team on attack on villagers during anti-Maoist operation

May 6: Orissa - Protests against Environment Ministry’s final clearance to POSCO project : Statements, Press Meet - PPSS and others

May 3: Uttar Pradesh - Workers returning from May Day attacked by hired goons

May 2: The World is Facing a Triple Crisis: What is (not) to be done? - Raju J Das

May 1: Chhattisgarh - Update on the idefinite dharna by contract workers at ACC-Holcim

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Older Newsreel Archives

Journal : Current Issue
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Revolts in Syria: Tracking the Convergence Between Authoritarianism and Neoliberalism - Omar S. Dahi and Yasser Munif
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Tribals and Green Governance: Forest Rights Act, 2006 - Debasree De
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One Hundred Days of Mamata Banerjee - Dipanjan Rai Chaudhuri
Journal : 2011. Issue No. 9: September 30
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Sowing Confusion: The Seductive Charm of Fighting Corruption
- Gautam Navlakha
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The Neoliberal Revolution - Anand Teltumbde
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People’s Movements in Jharkhand: The Story of Potka
- Anindya Dey
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Private Nation, Public Funds: The Case of the Foreign Education Providers (Regulation of Entry and Operation) 2010 Bill
- Nandini Chandra
Journal : 2011. Issue No. 8: August 30
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Gobindpura, Punjab: Fact-finding Report on Land Acquisition by Poena Power Company
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Listening to the Elders at Keepers of the Water V Conference - Radha D’Souza
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Video: People’s Movements in India - Lalgarh and Beyond - Partho Ray at MIT
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Where are the Popular Classes and How can the Anti-Corruption Movement be Radicalized? - Saroj Giri, Deepankar Basu
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Journal : 2011. Issue No. 7: July 29
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Peoples’ Health Movement in India: Looking Back at Dalli Rajahara - Achievements and Problems - Dr. Punyabrata Gun
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The Universal Right to Health in India - Dr. Binayak Sen
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Judging the Judgment: Supreme Court on Salwa Judum - Bela Bhatia
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The Post-Mao Chinese Left: Navigating the Recent Debates - Zhun Xu
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Maruti Suzuki Workers Strike: A Report from Gurgaon Workers News
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Journal : 2011. Issue No. 6: June 28
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20 Suicide Attempts a Day - Tirupur, Tamil Nadu: Textile Workers in a Globalised Workplace
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Video: The anti-POSCO Struggle and Beyond: Biju Mathew on SEZs, Mineral Exploitation and Land Grab
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List of Victims of Operation Green Hunt in Chattisgarh since August 2009
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Journal : 2011. Issue No. 5: May 31
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An Aesopian Tale - T. Manolakos
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gildedage8.jpgNeoliberalism and the New Gilded Age: The Wealth Pyramid in the US - Ramaa Vasudevan patkarharvey2.jpgVideo: Land-grab in India - Medha Patkar, David Harvey
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Land Acquisition in Manipur: Perspectives on Lei-Ingkhol village and the Capital/Capitol Complex - Campaign for Peace & Democracy (Manipur)
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West Bengal Polls: A Thought or Two for the Future - Dipanjan Rai Chaudhuri

Events

  • MIT Screening - Development Flows From the Barrel of a Gun, Feb 11
  • Delhi - Naveen Babu Memorial Lecture by Jan Myrdal, JNU, Feb 10
  • Sanhati Event: Delhi, Feb 11 : Talk by Jan Myrdal
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Media Feed

  • Feb 8: India edges Maoist rebels from Mining Zone, says Home Minister
  • Feb 8: Home ministry shoots down pleas to prosecute killer soldiers
  • Feb 8: A growth slows down, Indian Finance Minister on a trip to woo foreign investors
  • Feb 8 : Environment ministry in conflict with coal ministry on mine usage
  • Feb 8 : NREGA lacking proper implementation under Mamata government
  • Feb 5: To ask or not to ask: A few thoughts on the Garhwa landmine blast
  • Feb 4: Africa Awakening, the Emerging Revolutions
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Commentary and Mediawatch

  • European labour markets : a picture of class warfare
  • Commentaries on Politics and Economics
  • If this be peace : piss in peace
  • The Kolkata Book Fair - Emerging vigilanteism over and throttling of independent Little Magazines
  • The Aftermath of the AMRI Tragedy: Some Related Thoughts on Democratic Work in Urban Areas of India
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Digital Archives

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Videos: Sanhati Youtube Channel

    Partho Ray on Lalgarh and Peoples Movements in India. July 2011, MIT


    India, The War Within: MIT Discussion


Left Forum 2011 Sanhati Panel :Navlakha


Anti-POSCO: Biju Mathew on SEZ, Mineral Exploitation and Land Grab. May 2011, MIT

Resources

  • Statements from Organisations
  • Indian People's Tribunal 2010: Resource Documents
  • Sanhati Statement against Operation Green Hunt: National and International Signatories
  • Lalgarh Movement Archives: Nov 2008 - Present
  • Days and Nights in the Heartland of Rebellion - Gautam Navlakha

Economics Notes

  • Understanding Exploitation in Rural Bihar: A Note
  • Neoliberalism and the New Gilded Age: The Wealth Pyramid in the US
  • Some Aspects of Agricultural Investment in India II
  • Some Aspects of Agricultural Investment in India: Part I
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Select Pages

  • The PCAPA Letters: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
  • Reports from Narayanpatna, Orissa
  • State Violence in Kalinganagar
  • Krishi Mukti Sangram Samiti, Assam: A brief note and an interview with Akhil Gogoi
  • Andal Aerotropoilis, Falta SEZ

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Older Journal Articles

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Regular Columnists

  • D. Rai Chaudhuri [Jan 11]
  • Workers News [Oct 23]
  • Sankar Ray [Dec 9]
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