South Asia Citizens Web

Reaffirming our struggles against capitalism, patriarchy, feudalism, brahmanism, communalism and nationalist jingoism, we also declare our determined solidarity and support to all movements and groups fighting these destructive anti-people forces. We recognise the fact that women have been the strength behind such struggles and their strength socially and culturally continue to sustain the energy, unity and the focus of our struggles. We pledge to bring our resistance struggles and social movements to the political centre-stage without falling prey to partisan populism. We believe that the resistance spirit as demonstrated by adivasis and dalits, along with fishworkers, forest dwelling communities, agricultural workers, traditional artisans and especially, women of these communities, reflect the spirit and courage to change this structure and nurture alternatives to capitalism.

Anand Patwardhan won the V. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award at the Mumbai International Film Festival, 2014. In This, his Acceptance Speech, he talks about why he thinks he is a failure, no matter what the world thinks of him and his works.

The New Trade Union Initiative stands in solidarity with the 2 lakh workers employed in Anganwadis across Maharashtra who went on an indefinite strike on 6 January 2014 under the banner of Maharashtra Rajya Anganwadi Kruti Samiti. The Anganwadi workers are demanding regularisation in government employment, retiral benefits including pension and an immediate increase in their ‘honorarium’ among several other demands. The Kruti Samiti is a joint platform of unions of Anganwadi workers affiliated to NTUI, AITUC, CITU, HMS and other unions.

NREGA: The Rashtriya Mazdoor Adhikar Morcha, a platform of trade unions, membership-based organisations, NGOs and individuals, has written a letter to the Minister of Rural Development Jairam Ramesh to protest against the recent amendments that are being planned in the rules which could drastically reduce the compensation to workers for delayed payment of wages.

A 60 min film by Shailendra Boora. This 2013 film looks into the present situation of Kandhamal, especially the struggles of victims, denial of peace and justice, intimidation and hate campaign by Sangh Parivar [The Far Right Circuit part of Hindutva]