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DOWN BUT NOT OUT!
Heroic Strike of Comstar Workers 54 days, 425 workers, Struck work for fundamental Trade Union Rights Though there has been mostly a conspiracy of silence by the print and visual media, this strike of Comstar Automotive Technology workers will go down in the history books as an example of the tenacity of workers in their…
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Report on “Stop Death Penalty”
The meeting cum protest organized by the New Socialist Alternative and Tamil Solidarity, focusing on the case of Perarivalan, Murugan and Santhan who have been unjustly handed death penalty, attracted a modest gathering. Chaired by the renowned radical activist and film-maker, K P Sasi speakers included Dr. Sitaram Karkarala (CSCS), Dr. Vijayamma (Feminist and Journalist),…
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எரியும் மத்திய கிழக்கும் வடஆபிரிக்காவும்
சேனன்- -புரட்சியும் -மார்க்சியரும்- 05-02-2011 அன்று “விக்கஸ், மார்க்சியர் மற்றும் எகிப்திய விளைவு” என்ற தலைப்பில் உலகின் முன்னணி வலதுசாரியப் பத்திரிகையான பினான்சியல் டைம்ஸில் (Financial Times) எட்வர்ட் கடாஸ் (Edward Hadas) என்பவர் ஒரு சிறு கட்டுரை எழுதியிருந்தார். ஒரு சதத்துக்கும் உதவாத அக்கட்டுரை வலதுசாரிய சிந்தனைப்போக்கின் -அதாவது அதிகார மையத்தின் பார்வையில் -ஏற்பட்டுவரும் மாற்றங்கள் பற்றிய எடுத்துக் காட்டுக்கு ஒரு சிறு உதாரணம். இக்கட்டுரை சமூகத்தைப் புரிந்து கொள்ள அவர்கள் எதிர்கொள்ளும் குழப்பத்தை மிக்க…
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Abolish the capital punishment: activists (Report from The Hindu)
The following is a news report that appeared in The Hindu (2nd October, 2011) on the meeting organized by the New Socialist Alternative (CWI – India) on the issue of Death Penalty. Editor A group of citizens, civil society activists and students got together at the SCM House here on Saturday to deliberate on a…
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US: Brutal police crackdown on protestors
Wall street occupation continues and spreads As we publish this article here on socialistworld.net the occupation movement has begun to spread all over the US. For example occupations are due to begin in Boston today and Seattle tomorrow. Many local unions have also begun to pledge support to the movement. In the last few days…
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Update from the anti-POSCO Movement
The following is an update that we received from the anti- POSCO movement. In response to the attack on the anti-POSCO protesters by a private militia linked to the ruling party with rods and country made bombs, the protesters are currently trying to secure their defence position from the coastal side in order to prevent…
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STOP DEATH PENALTY
This fight to end the death penalty is not won or lost through me but through our strength to move forward and save every innocent person in captivity around the globe. We need to dismantle this Unjust system city by city, state by state and country by country. (TROY DAVIS, executed on 21st September 2011…
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Brave fight by a tiny workforce in Pune
With the onslaught of neo-liberal policies labour laws are being weakened or dismantled all together. While capitalist class is crying hoarse for making labour laws further ‘flexible’, these policies are brutally attacking the rights of working class. Among the worst impacted are those working in smaller industrial units that are generally unorganized and hence more…
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Solidarity Appeal From Anti- POSCO Movement
The following is the statement by the anti – POSCO movement, POSCO Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS) on the recent attacks on the protesters by the hired goons of the government and POSCO, with rods and petrol bombs, critically injuring many. After a lull in the Orissa government push to illegally acquire the land for POSCO,…
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Koodankulam anti-Nuclear Fast – A new awakening!
The successful 12 day fast by 127 people (till 22nd September 2011) near the site of the Koodankulam nuclear plant (Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu) marks a significant step for the anti-nuclear movement in India. For more than 2 decades now people of Koodankulam particularly around the village of Idinthakaria have been struggling an almost daily battle…
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