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Protest @ Maharashtra Sadan, Copernicus Marg, New DelhiApril 10, Wednesday, 12 noon onwardsDear friendsGreetings ! Medhatai Patkar is on indefinite fast since April 4, joined by Madhuri Shivkar on April 6th, against the illegal demolition of the slum dwellers in Golibar Mumbai. Today it is 6th day of fast but the government has not taken any cognizance. Signs of weakness and deteriorating health like vomiting, body ache, back ache are now visible on Medha Tai’s health. Even then her spirits (…)

Posted below is a PDF version of a letter written by a member of Maoist party the CPI(ML). "Dear Comrades and Friends Abroad, In light of what has happened in the South Asian Region during the past twelve months, we wish to make some statements and ask some questions. . . . What took place in East Bengal in the first quarter of 1971was nothing but the bloody suppression of a people’s mass and democratic movement by a gang of fascist, obscurantist and utterly foul madmen - and every adjective is carefully chosen.

The Indian Parliament enacted the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in 1958 as an interim measure with the hope of suppressing the Naga Nationalist Struggle, the only such movement in the North East at that time. It was gradually extended to other North Eastern States and then in 1990 to Jammu and Kashmir.
The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act is to-date the single most direct instrument violating the democratic rights of the people of the North East and of Jammu and Kashmir. The Act is (…)

concerned citizens belonging to the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, including writers, poets, artists, journalists, public policy experts, political activists and human rights defenders, in a joint statement have expressed their apprehension on the current electoral process being undertaken by the Election Commission of Pakistan and unnecessarily led by the superior judiciary.

Marxism claims to offer a materialist approach to history, where class relations and the forces of technology are given more importance than the doings of individuals. In practice, however, political regimes based on professedly Marxist principles have indulged in an unprecedented worship of their leaders.