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