6 December 2013, Jamshedpur: We constituted a fact-finding committee at the request of the Jharkhand Krantikari Mazdoor Union (JKMU) to examine the extensive abuse of labour and democratic rights that the employees of Uranium Corporation of India Limited are faced with as also those who have been displaced and affected by the land acquisition by […]
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WTO : India wilts under US pressure at Bali
received from Anuradha Talwar & Biraj Patnaik [Right to Food Campaign] (At the WTO Ministerial, Nusa Dua, Bali) India has wilted under pressure from the US and agreed to accept conditionalities that were not part of the G-33 proposal. The text of the agreed draft can be accessed below (see section WT/ MIN 913)/ W […]
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WTO : India wilts under US pressure at Bali
received from Anuradha Talwar & Biraj Patnaik [Right to Food Campaign] (At the WTO Ministerial, Nusa Dua, Bali) India has wilted under pressure from the US and agreed to accept conditionalities that were not part of the G-33 proposal. The text of the agreed draft can be accessed below (see section WT/ MIN 913)/ W […]
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London – Panel discussion on State Surveillance and Counter-Terror, Dec 10
Campaign Against Criminalising Communities (CAMPACC), Statewatch, National Union of Journalists (NUJ), Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom (CPBF), Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers invite you to a PANEL DISCUSSION ON State Surveillance, Counter-Terror Powers and Global Securitisation Strategies Tuesday 10 December 2013, 6.30-8.30pm Venue: National Union of Journalists, 308-312 Gray’s Inn Road, London WC1X 8DP […]
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WSS Statement : Women’s bodies are not political battlefields!
Press Statement Women’s bodies are not political battlefields! New Delhi, 30th November 2013 The explosion of communal violence in Muzaffarnagar, Shamli and adjoining districts of Uttar Pradesh is the latest in a long series. The collusion between patriarchy and communalism has been starkly exposed in Muzaffar Nagar case too. Patriarchal control of women’s sexuality and […]
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The case of Tarun Tejpal : Responses on sexual assault at the work place
Tarun Tejpal : the politics of his heinous acts by Sunil Kumar [The article places the recent allegations of sexual abuse and rape against Tarun Tejpal in the context of his rise to fame and his abuse of power and authority. The author also takes a look at Tehelka’s early progressive role in the media […]
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Delhi – Remembering Bhopal and Resisting Onslaught of Corporations, Dec 3
ON THE 29TH ANNIVERSARY OF BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY DELHI SOLIDARITY GROUP (DSG) INVITES YOU TO “REMEMBERING BHOPAL AND RESISTING ONSLAUGHT OF CORPORATIONS” AT Pension Parishad Dharna Site, JANTAR MANTAR, NEW DELHI FROM 2:00 PM TO 6:00 PM Programs Include: Street Photo Exhibition Reading Bhopal – Reading out of selected texts from books/poems written on Bhopal […]
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Delhi – Remembering Bhopal and Resisting Onslaught of Corporations, Dec 3
ON THE 29TH ANNIVERSARY OF BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY DELHI SOLIDARITY GROUP (DSG) INVITES YOU TO “REMEMBERING BHOPAL AND RESISTING ONSLAUGHT OF CORPORATIONS” AT Pension Parishad Dharna Site, JANTAR MANTAR, NEW DELHI FROM 2:00 PM TO 6:00 PM Programs Include: Street Photo Exhibition Reading Bhopal – Reading out of selected texts from books/poems written on Bhopal […]
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Kolkata – Convention on unconditional release of political prisoners, Dec 5
CONVENTION ON UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE OF ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS SPEEDY AND FAIR TRIAL, BAIL AND PAROLE TORTURE AND CUSTODIAL KILLING RIGHTS OF PRISONERS AND THEIR FAMILIES ► December 5, 2013 ► Time: 1 PM to 7 PM ► Venue: Muslim Institute [Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road, Kolkata 700 013; near Moulana Azad College] The issue of political […]
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Maharashtra – Report on workers’ strike at Alfa Laval factory in Pune
a short report from Joerg Nowak The Swedish company Alfa Laval produces heat exchangers for pharma and food industry, but also for the oil and energy sector. On their website, they say they have 28 major production units, 15 in Europe, 8 in Asia, 4 in the Us and 1 in Latin America. The company […]