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Organized by- Cinema of Resistance (Kolkata Chapter), People’s Film Collective and The Group (Jan Sanskriti Manch) Dates: 20-22 January 2014 Venue: Triguna Sen Auditorium, Jadavpur Time: 11 am to 9 pm Cinema of Resistance has formed a chapter in Kolkata since May of this year, and in the past months we have been travelling with […]

by Analytical Monthly Review Samir Amin in “The Democratic Fraud and the Universalist Alternative” sets out the fundamental process of the “democratic” fraud: [A]ll hitherto existing societies have been based on a dual system of exploitation of labor (in various forms) and of concentration of the state’s powers on behalf of the ruling class. This […]

by Maya John The high profile case of sexual harassment reported from the workplace of a reputed media house initially triggered much discussion not only on this grave and rampant problem but particularly so on the issue of its redressal within the workplace. Before this case and the resulting discussions completely fade from public memory […]

Report from: Workers Solidarity Center, Gurgaon Stand in Solidarity with Striking Workers at MUNJAL KIRIU factory in IMT Manesar and AUTOFIT factory in Dharuhera, Haryana ! Strike at Munjal Kiriu A strike of workers at MUNJAL KIRIU (Plot 92, Sector 4) automotive parts plant in IMT Manesar since 18th December 2013 has again openly questioned […]

Report from: Workers Solidarity Center, Gurgaon Stand in Solidarity with Striking Workers at MUNJAL KIRIU factory in IMT Manesar and AUTOFIT factory in Dharuhera, Haryana ! Strike at Munjal Kiriu A strike of workers at MUNJAL KIRIU (Plot 92, Sector 4) automotive parts plant in IMT Manesar since 18th December 2013 has again openly questioned […]

Press Release by Revolutionary Democratic Front Condemn the political assassination of Telangana People’s Leader Akula Bhoomaiah! Boomaiah’s murder is a preplanned act of Seemandhra leaders and bureaucrats! Senior Telangana people’s leader Akula Bhoomaiah was brutally murdered by the state actors in Hyderabad on Tuesday night (24th of December) at 9:45 pm. Bhoomaiah was returning from […]

Peoples Union for Democratic Rights condemns the Maoist killing of Sai Reddy , a correspondent of the Hindi newspaper ‘Deshbandhu’, based in Bijapur in South Bastar, Chhattisgarh on December 6, 2013. The South Regional Committee of CPI(Maoist) on December 10, 2013 claimed that Sai Reddy “played an active role against the people’s movement in Basaguda […]

Burn the New Manusmritis statement by Republican Panthers “There can be no doubt that the greater responsibility to bring about this social revolution in a non-violent manner lies with the opponent. Whether this revolution is peaceful or not is totally dependent on the response of the upper caste. Those who accuse the French National Assembly […]

ASSOCIATION OF PARENTS OF DISAPPEARED PERSONS Press Release: 22 December 2013 A section of media recently gave an impression that the Argentinean government had secretly probed the mass graves in Kashmir. As the organization primarily responsible for research, campaign and international lobbying on the phenomenon of mass graves and enforced disappearances, we clarify that the […]

MARUTI SUZUKI WORKERS UNION PRESS RELEASE MSWU Day-long Fast 20-21 December 2013 To renew our demand for the release of the 148 arrested workers who are in jail for more than 17 months without bail, to press the reinstatement of illegally terminated 2300 workers, we sat on a day-long mass hunger strike in front of […]