Category: Tamil Nadu

  • Forum against War Crimes and Genocide against Tamils in Sri Lanka

    After the launch of the ‘Forum against War Crimes and Genocide’ (in response to the reports of war atrocities in Sri Lanka) on 2nd June of this year in Bangalore by various civil society organizations, human rights groups and political organizations (from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and New Delhi), which includes the New…

  • The five State elections of 2011: The Democracy Drill-Stagnancy is the Change!

    After month long arduous process of much trumpeted “Indian Electoral Democracy” the results for the just concluded elections for five state assemblies arrived a fortnight ago with a mixed bag. Though much of the results have gone on the expected lines, the verdict in Kerala is a bit of a surprise. The rejection of the…

  • REJECT THEM ALL: Say No To Scamsters, Looters and Corporate Brokers

    Curtains rise on the great Indian drama of democracy. Four states go to polls this month. We are fed with running commentaries on the hard bargaining for MLA seats, the making and breaking of alliances, of the freebies and the corruption scams. In Tamilnadu, the DMK and AIADMK have matched each other in promising everything…

  • Police Batons in the service of the Corporates

    Police disperse striking workers ; allow the company to declare an illegal lock-out It should come as no surprise that the police joined hands with a company management to put down the genuine protest by workers. The workers were merely demanding their basic rights of 8 hour work-day and an association that could represent them…

  • 7th September general strike will herald a new wave of radicalisation!

    All India General Strike “It was an unprecedented and inconceivable strike all over the country. It is the unity (of the trade unions) that inspired workers to join the stir and its impact was massive”, said AITUC general secretary and CPI MP Gurudas Dasgupta in New Delhi. As usual, most of the print and electronic…

  • All-India general strike: Eyewitness report from Chennai

    THE ALL-India general strike on 7 September showed the enormous potential for workers’ struggle in India, but also exposed a number of complicating factors. The strike gave a glimpse of the potential power of the working class in India. In Mumbai it was reported that 90,000 auto-rickshaw drivers struck. Nationally hundreds of planes were grounded…

  • ViBGYOR International Film Festival – 2010 Kerala India

    Siritunga Jayasuriya Addressing the Conference on “Justice, Peace and Democracy in South Asia” The Fifth ViBGYOR International Short and International Film Festival was held at Sangeeta Nataka Academy Campus, Thrissur in Kerala, India from February 16th to 21st, 2010. Approximately 100 short and documentary films were screened at the festival. ViBGYOR promotes films with alternative…

  • Video: LTTE to bounce back if defeated by Lankan army – Siritunga Jayasurya

    The following video link is is an interview with Siritunga Jayasuriya, a leader of Sri Lanka’s United Socialist Party (CWI – Sri Lanka), who was on a visit to India in February and March of this year to campaign against the war against the Tamils in Sri Lanka. According to Siri, LTTE will retaliate if…

  • Stop the War in Sri Lanka

    This article appeared in the March 2009 edition of the Appeared in CPI (ML) March 2009 edition of Liberation, CPI (ML) monthly journal. The following article is an interview of Siritunga Jayasurya, United Socialist Party (CWI- Sri Lanka) on the ongoing war against the Tamils in Sri Lanka. (Siritunga Jayasuriya, currently the General Secretary of…

  • Protesters in New Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai joined hundreds of others around the world on 8 April

    Indian government told to stop support of murderous Rajapakse regime Protesters in New Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai joined hundreds of others around the world on 8 April demanding an immediate ceasefire and end to the slaughter of Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka. (In London, thousands of Tamils have been occupying Parliament Square for days. Eds.)…