Newsreel Archives: January 2011 to April 2011
Newsreel: April 2011
Apr 28: West Bengal - An analysis of the election manifestos of Left Front and Trinamool Congress - Samir Saha Poddar
Apr 27: Orissa - Preliminary report of fact-finding visit to Narayanpatna - DSU
Apr 26: The Anna Hazare scam - Analytical Monthly Review
Apr 26: Is there anyone to hear the boy’s cry? - Gladson Dungdung
Apr 25: Reports from National Anti-Nuclear Yatra from Tarapur to Jaitapur, Apr 23-25
Apr 22: Screening of Rajarhat landgrab film stopped: The not-so-subtle face of media censorship in India
Apr 21: The State on the couch - Sunil Gupta
Apr 21: Statement by Sanhati on Binayak Sen’s release on bail
Apr 21: Chidambaram khush hua - Mahtab Alam
Apr 20: Maharashtra - Statement against police firing on protesters in Jaitapur
Apr 18: Chhattisgarh - An update on the indefinite dharna by contract workers at ACC-Holcim
Apr 18: Kolkata - Rally against Operation Green Hunt, Apr 20
Apr 18: Videos: Documentary on Rajarhat Land Acquisition - Promod Gupta
Apr 16: Reflections on Jagan Reddy’s Wealth: What Elites Own is an Indicator of Society’s Dominant Production Relations - Deepankar Basu
Apr 15: Ivory coast, Libya and modern imperialism - Shiv Sethi
Apr 14: Orissa - An update on repression in Niyamgiri - Surya Shankar Dash
Apr 12: Kolkata - Convention demanding unconditional release of political prisoners, Apr 13
Apr 12: Orissa - Protest against the government’s compliance report of favoring POSCO project - PPSS Statement
Apr 12: Uttar Pradesh - Labour leaders arrested on false charges in Gorakhpur
Apr 10: Caught in your game? - Saroj Giri
Apr 10: Why the difference in two languages? The Trinamool Congress should clarify its stand on SEZs - SEZ-birodhi Prachar Mancha
Apr 07: Kolkata - Programme against Green Hunt in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Apr 11 - Organized by Sanhati
Apr 07: Kolkata - Baghajatin State Hospital - Protest against privatisation - Press Release
Apr 6: Kolkata - Appeal to participate in Sramajibi Adhikar Jatra, Apr 9 - Nagarik Mancha
Apr 6: Chhattisgarh - Contract Workers of Holcim begin indefinite dharna - PCSS
Apr 5: The Locusts in the Libyan Skies - Shiv Sethi
Apr 5: West Bengal - Press Statement regarding hunger strike by political detainees of Medinipur jail
Apr 4: Orissa : Statement urging the government to implement resolutions agreed to during Malkangiri episode - CRPP
Apr 3: Chhatradhar Mahato: On the attack on prisoners in Midnapur Jail
Apr 3: Fact Finding Report of the Chintalnar Massacre, 11-16 March 2011, Chhattisgarh
Newsreel: March 2011
Mar 31: Delhi - Protest against State Terrorism in Chhattisgarh, Apr 1
Mar 28: Sanhati Joins Left Forum to Discuss Movements in Contemporary India - A report by Panayiotis Manolakos
Mar 28: Are these anti-Naxal Operations, Mr. Chidambaram? - Gladson Dungdung
Mar 28: Lucknow - Public Hearing on Poor implementation of Forest Rights Act, Aprl 2 - NFFPFW
Mar 27: Orissa - Tribals gather on Deomali – unite against bauxite mining
Mar 26: West Bengal - CRPP Statement against the attack on prisoners in Medinipur Central Jail
Mar 25: Orissa - POSCO affected villagers seek responsible investment, not charity, from Buffett - MZPSG
Mar 25: Kolkata - Mass Convention against Posco SEZ, Mar 26
Mar 24: Attack on political prisoners in Medinipur central jail, West Bengal - Partho Sarathi Ray
Mar 23: “Where the slogan is Lal Selam” : an audio report from Chhattisgarh - Suvojit Bagchi
Mar 23: Delhi - Anti-Nuclear Parliament March on Mar 25
Mar 22: Nuclear Power : CPI(M)’s “No” To Jaitapur Should Also Mean “No” To Haripur - PBKMS Statement
Mar 22: Kolkata - Seminar on “Development in current and earlier phases”, March 24
Mar 22: Univ. Delhi Talk on Mar. 24 by Praful Bidwai: Does Nuclear Energy have a Global Future?
Mar 21: NAPM Press Release - Nukes, Wikileaks and Corruption : PM Must Reveal Truth to Nation
Mar 19: Chattisgarh - Press Statement on latest attacks by state forces on Adivasis - Forum Against War on People
Mar 18: Japan’s Nuclear Crisis and The Indian Bureaucrat-Scientist – Kuver Sinha
Mar 18: Nandigram: PBKMS Letter To West Bengal Chief Secretary
Mar 18: Will Anna get justice ? - Gladson Dungdung
Mar 16: Chhattisgarh - CMM Statement on persecution by state govt and the MNC Holcim
Mar 16: Statement by Ilina Sen at the RTI Convention, Shillong
Mar 15: The Trial of Binayak Sen and Few Disturbing Questions - Mrinmoy Biswas
Mar 10: Kolkata - Campaign Against Second Green Revolution, Protest on March 16
Mar 10: UPenn - Conference on Maoism and the State of the Indian Left, Mar 17
Mar 10: Statements condemning the murder of Niyamat Ansari
Mar 08: Orissa - Anti-Posco Movement - Dhinkia Chalo, Mar 13
Mar 06: Kalyani Mills: The W.B. Government’s blatant disregard for labour laws - Sangrami Sramik Union
Mar 05: Bangalore - the problem with garbage landfill at Mavallipura
Mar 04: Orissa - Press Statement from a mediator urging for early implementation of agreement
Mar 02: Kolkata - An evening to share experiences on Palestine
Mar 01: Orissa - Minutes of the discussions between government officials and mediators, during the Malkangiri hostage standoff
Newsreel: February 2011
Feb 28: Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh - NAPM statement against killing of villagers by police firing on demonstration against Bhavanapadu Project
Feb 28: Karnataka - Campaign against the US Water Trade Mission to India
Feb 24: Sundarban, West Bengal - Public Consultation to implement Forest Rights Act, Feb 25-26
Feb 22: Tamil Nadu - Attack on struggle against handing over land to Michelin
Feb 18: Declaration of the Social Movements Assembly
Feb 17: Jagatsinghpur, Orissa - Update of Anti-Posco Movement
Feb 17: My Journey of Chhattisgarh to release policemen held by Maoists - Swami Agnivesh
Feb 17: Orissa - PUDR Statement requesting the Maoists to unconditionally release the hostages
Feb 16: Bangalore - Panel Talk on War on People, Feb 20
Feb 15: PUDR Statement on Supreme Court Judgment regarding Arup Bhuyan v/s the State of Assam
Feb 15: Notes on the uprisings in Egypt and elsewhere in the Middle East - Saroj Giri
Feb 11: Free Binayak Sen Campaign - Press Release on assault and detention of peaceful demonstrators in Mumbai
Feb 08: Development with Dignity: Looking Beyond - A discussion meeting and workshop with Prof. Amit Bhaduri
Feb 08: Workers’ struggle at Calcutta Leather Complex: 3-day sit-in in Dec 2010 - Dipanjan Rai Chaudhuri
Feb 07: Full text of the Supreme court order - Mere membership of banned organisation not a crime
Feb 07: Manufacturing Sedition from Political Dissent : The Judgment against Binayak Sen - P. A. Sebastien
Feb 04: A drama of the absurd (Midnapore: Raid by West Bengal police in relief camp and beating of reporters)
Feb 04: West Bengal - Officials Accept Badges of Shame on NREGA Lajja Diwas - Statement by PBKMS
Feb 03: The Political Significance of Arab Turmoil - Marzouq Alnusf
Feb 02: Posco Project, Orissa - Press Statements, Open Letter opposing Environment Ministry’s nod for the project
Newsreel: January 2011
Jan 31: Campaign to free Binayak Sen and others - Protest in Kolkata/USA/Canada/UK, artists write to PM, Ilina Sen’s open letter
Jan 29: IAWS Letter to Home Minister and Press Statement against the police harassment at Wadhwa conference
Jan 29: Bangalore - Invitation to Consultation on Sedition Laws - January 29, 2011
Jan 28: Obituary: Sambhu Singh (Sambhu Singh vs. South City: the battle against corporate retail and real estate in a microcosm)
Jan 25: MoEF report vindicates struggle against the mega-scale violations by Lavasa - NAPM statement
Jan 24: Fact-finding Reports on Tamaka and Basangmali encounters
Jan 23: Muzzafarpur, Bihar - NAPM Statement condemning police firing on protest against asbestos company
Jan 22: Orissa - Update of Anti–POSCO People’s Movement
Jan 21: People valiantly fight black laws in Punjab - N. K. Jeet
Jan 18: Supreme Court hearing on Salwa Judum - Press release on latest developments
Jan 14: “Democratic forest management” a cover for intensified state control - Campaign for Survival and Dignity
Jan 14: Politics of Fake Encounter in Odisha - Dandapani Mahanty
Jan 12: Developing news: Barbaric firing by CPI(M) harmads in Lalgarh - APDR Fact-finding Report, Statements from Sanhati, PUDR
Jan 11: The Binayak Sen Judgement 2010 - Video - Why is Binayak Sen being jailed?
Jan 9: Punjab: Protest march and rally for Binayak Sen and companions - Democratic Front Against Operation Green Hunt
Jan 9: Can Anyone Save this Tribal Girl?: The Ongoing Persecution of Soni Sori - Himanshu Kumar
Jan 6: 3rd Anuradha Ghandy Memorial Lecture: The Road to New Democracy in Nepal - Mumbai, Jan 14
Jan 5: K. G. Kannabiran passes away - Obits from CRPP, RDF
Jan 4: Dalit Activist Sudhir Dhawale Arrested under UAPA in Maharashtra
Jan 4: The need to enlarge protests around Binayak Sen to all cases of sedition - PUDR Statement
Jan 4: Nisan Sammelan-2010: “Cultural Resistance: War on People in Corporate Interest” - A Report from Bhubaneshwar, Odisha
Jan 4: Protest march in Kolkata against sentencing of Binayak Sen, Piyush Guha, Narayan Sanyal and Asit Sengupta - Jan 5
Jan 4: Kolkata Scientists oppose proposed field trial of GM rice at RRS, Chinsurah

