Category: Karnataka
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Bangalore Protests Against Undeclared Emergency
About 500 people, including many students, activists and a few workers joined the protest – Resist the Silent Emergency, organized by many groups and organizations including the New Socialist Alternative (CWI-India) on 26th June to mark the 37th year of declaration of emergency in 1975. The protest mainly highlighted the emergency like situation prevailing in…
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Bangalore: 26th June: Protest in front of Town Hall
Join the protest on June 26, 2012 in front of Town Hall, Bangalore at 5.30 pm RESIST SILENT EMERGENCY! Protest on June 26, 2012. Dear friends, The state of Emergency was imposed by the Indian State on June 26,1975 which continued till 1977. During this period, the press was gagged, thousands were detained without trial,…
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Remembering Che – Report
More than 200 people gathered at Town Hall, Bangalore on 14th June to commemorate the 84th birth anniversary of the legendary, revolutionary figure – Ernesto “Che” Guevara. The event saw the participation of many college students and was marked by music performances by Beat Gurus band and by St. Joseph College students. A spanish song…
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Remembering Che
The following leaflet has been brought out to commemorate the birth anniversary of the legendary, revolutionary fighter and Marxist – Ernesto Che Guevera, falling on 14th June. The event is an youth initiative and supported by many progressive organisations and individuals which includes the New Socialist Alternative (CWI-India). Click on the image below to download…
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Condition of Nurses in India
The following article was written by Manjunath Naganur, a staff nurse working at a private hospital in Belgaum, Karnataka. The issue relates to the travails faced by the nurses everywhere in India with lack of job opportunities in government run hospitals to extreme exploitation in the hands of private/ corporate hospitals. The proliferation of private…
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Video: New Socialist Speaks Out Against Loitam Richard’s Murder
The following photos and videos were captured during the protest staged on 29th April against the murder of Loitam Richard (of Manipuri origin), an architectural student from Acharya Institute, Bangalore. His death triggered a shock wave among many North Eastern students in Bangalore and beyond. The protest saw the participation of over 1000 students mainly…
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May Day 2012 – Bangalore
On May Day 2012, New Socialist Alternative – Bangalore Branch (CWI-India) intervened with a Kannada leaflet in meetings, demonstrations and also tried to reach out to the working people across the city. Our leaflet highlighted, with a satiric comment, growing disparity between the working people and the elite, which is no better than it was…
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Rights of Indian People in Danger! Defend Democratic Rights!!
People’s Solidarity Concerns – Bangalore (which includes the New Socialist Alternative CWI-India) organized a meeting on 28th April followed by a protest at Town hall (well known protest point in Bangalore) on the theme of “Rights of Indian People in Danger”. Speakers included Abhay Sahoo (CPI leader and also leader of the anti-POSCO movement –…
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RIGHTS OF THE INDIAN PEOPLE IN DANGER!
Dear friends, Post globalization era in India is going through rapid transformation in many ways. While the rich are becoming richer and the poor poorer, India’s land, water, forests and mineral resources are being sold to the corporate world in a major way. Lives & livelihoods of the majority of the people of this country…
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Abhay Sahoo on “Present Stage of Struggles in India”
In a meeting organized by Indian Social Institute, Bangalore on 24th April, Abhay Sahoo (CPI member and leader of the anti-POSCO movement in Odisha) spoke on the present stage of struggles in India today. Abhay Sahoo is on a solidarity tour in South India, which also includes amongst others, a solidarity visit to anti-Koodankulam struggle…