Category Archives: india

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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Medha Patkar Ends Fast as Government Concedes | National Alliance of Peoples’ Movements

Posted on May 28, 2011 by

Government of Mahrashtra Agrees to 5 major demands of the Andolan & Issues Government Resolution Regarding the Same. Medha Patkar & Other Activists Break Fast with the Resolve to Further the Struggle for pro-poor Mumbai. Zameen Haqq Satyagraha from October … Continue reading →

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Update on Medha Patkar’s Fast | National Alliance of People’s Movements

Posted on May 27, 2011 by

CM Speaks to Medha Patkar | No Fire in Kitchens at Ganesh Krupa Society May 27, Mumbai : Late last night Shri Prithviraj Chavan, CM Maharashtra called Medha Patkar, who is sitting on an indefinite fast from May 20th [against … Continue reading →

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Rabindranath Tagore Rejects His Knighthood – 1919

Posted on May 19, 2011 by

Celebrations of Rabindranath Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary are ongoing all over the world.  I’ve always been moved by Tagore’s literary work, which is well worth the read despite being canonical.  But I wanted to share here his powerful letter 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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Delhi: Just a few weeks left…

Posted on May 16, 2011 by

I’ve dreaded writing this post for a while now, the inevitable bookend to Delhi: One Month In.  I’ve dreaded it because there’s no possible way to do justice to the life-altering experience that this stay in India has been—on all … Continue reading →

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150 agitating workers of General Motors detained – The Times of India

Posted on April 26, 2011 by

“Around 150 agitating workers of General Motors India (GMI) were detained by the police here on Monday after they tried to stage a protest at the residence of a senior GMI official. The agitating workers, who since March 16 are … 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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Gujarat police officer implicates Modi in riots | The Hindu

Posted on April 23, 2011 by

If this officer’s testimony pans out, the cat is out of the bag.  It’s actually chilling to read what’s described here. –PJ ————– “A senior Gujarat cadre police officer, Sanjeev Rajendra Bhatt, has filed an affadavit in the Supreme Court … Continue reading →

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Chronicle of a Bail Foretold: Saroj Giri « Kafila

Posted on April 20, 2011 by

Saroj Giri considers the significance of the Indian Supreme Court’s order to release Binayak Sen on bail.  We must hold the state accountable to its rhetoric about being democratic and allowing civil liberties.  But does such an incident, in which … Continue reading →

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