The Fight for the Shorter Workday The origin of May Day is indissolubly bound up with the struggle for the shorter workday – a demand of major political significance for the working class. This struggle is manifest almost from the beginning of the factory system in the United States. Although the demand for higher wages appears to be the most prevalent cause for the early … Continue reading The History of May Day – Alexander Trachtenberg
Courtesy: The RSA In this RSA Animate, celebrated academic David Harvey looks beyond capitalism towards a new social order. Can we find a more responsible, just, and humane economic system? Watch the full lecture here: http://www.thersa.org/events/video/ar… Continue reading Crisis of Capitalism
यह लेख भगत सिंह ने जेल में रहते हुए लिखा था और यह 27 सितम्बर 1931 को लाहौर के अखबार “ द पीपल “ में प्रकाशित हुआ । इस लेख में भगतसिंह ने ईश्वर कि उपस्थिति पर अनेक तर्कपूर्ण सवाल खड़े किये हैं और इस संसार के निर्माण , मनुष्य के जन्म , मनुष्य के मन में ईश्वर की कल्पना के साथ साथ संसार में … Continue reading मैं नास्तिक क्यों हूँ? – भगत सिंह
I am an Indian citizen who is not afraid to raise my voice against violations of laws that have been put in place to protect the aam aadmi’s rights. I fight to ensure that rampant coal mining in forest areas is only done in consonance with the laws and policies of the country. I believe that the interest of the forest dwellers, who often are … Continue reading Raising questions about a London based company is against Indian interest- Really? – Priya Pillai
Communist leader Govind Pansare succumbed to his wounds on February 20, four days after unidentified gunmen shot at him and his wife during their morning walk in Kolhapur in western Maharashtra. Pansare had been airlifted to Breach Candy hospital in Mumbai on Friday evening. Uma Pansare, his wife, is now out of danger. Read here – http://scroll.in/article/708409/Govind-Pansare,-activist-and-reformer,-succumbs-to-bullet-wounds http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/senior-cpi-leader-govind-pansare-dies-five-days-after-being-shot-at/article1-1319099.aspx http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Govind-Pansare-passes-away/articleshow/46317517.cms Continue reading Govind Pansare, activist and reformer, succumbs to bullet wounds
When was this Gulberg trust set up and why? Survivors of the 2002 carnage at Gulberg society for obvious reasons could not think of living there any longer. They were trying to sell their flats/bungalows at Gulberg but all they were being offered were prices far below the market rates. In this context, in 2007 Sabrang Trust mooted the idea of trying to raise funds to … Continue reading Answering some questions about Teesta Setalvad and Gulberg Case – Rukmini Sen
A large number of activists gathered outside Dadar Railway Station in Mumbai on Sunday (15-2-2015) evening for a public demonstration of solidarity with Teesta Setalvad & Javed Anand who are being hounded by Gujarat police with false cases. Famous film maker Anand Patwardhan, renowned writer-activist Dr. Ram Puniyani, AIDWA Maharashtra Secretary Sonya Gill, CITU leader Dr.Vivek Monteiro, Dolphy D’souza, Subodh More, Vandana Shah, Sumedh Jadhav … Continue reading Solidarity with Teesta Setalvad – Demonstration in Mumbai
From farm labourer to erudite defence counsel to public prosecutor to High Court Judge BG Kolse Patil, today a mass leader speaks to Teesta Setalvad, of upper caste bias in the highest echelons of the institutions of Indian democracy, the need for a monitoring of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) that are tamperable and the divisive charecteristics of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS) and Hindutva … Continue reading Justice Kolse Patil in Conversation with Teesta Setalvad – Part 1 and 2
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