Category Archives: globalization

Free Raigarh Activists | Sign the Letter to Indian Officials in Defense of Human Rights

Posted on June 14, 2011 by

Please go to the petition site for detailed information about the unjust arrests of Ramesh Agarwal and Harihar Patel in Chhattisgarh.  Take a moment to sign the petition, and send it out to your friends and contacts. We plan to … Continue reading →

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Faculty Petition to TIAA-CREF | Mining Zone Peoples’ Solidarity Group

Posted on May 18, 2011 by

Faculty Petition to TIAA-CREF | Mining Zone Peoples’ Solidarity Group. If you are a faculty member in the US, please consider signing this petition to persuade TIAA-Cref to stop investing in POSCO.  The Mining Zone Solidarity Group is seeking to … Continue reading →

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Statement Against Police firing on Protestors in Jaitapur, Maharashtra | National Alliance of People’s Movements

Posted on April 24, 2011 by

The anti-nuclear movement and the movement against corporate land grabs has come together in the protests against the proposed nuclear plant at Jaitapur, Maharashtra. The statement below is opposed to the police firing of live ammunition onto the crowds on … Continue reading →

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Bhavnagar farmers to go ahead with ‘padyatra’ | The Hindu

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

This is a key agitation in the making, friends in Gujarat tell me, as it is pushing forward even after winning some gains. –PJ ———— “Unconvinced of the Union Environment and Forest Ministry’s show-cause notice to the Nirma Limited, the … Continue reading →

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India for Sale

Posted on November 16, 2010 by

India for Sale Pranav Jani | SocialistWorker.org 16 November 2010 “WITHIN THE span of a few days in India, Barack Obama accomplished two important objectives for the U.S. ruling class: (1) opening up India even further as a market for … Continue reading →

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Protesting Obama in India

Posted on November 8, 2010 by

[A version of this post was re-published in Socialist Worker] While the Indian media and politicians celebrated Obama’s visit here, many others were opposed to his presence as a symbol of the global economic and military system that has led … Continue reading →

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