Farmers of Anekal vs. State of Karnataka
In Bengaluru the post-90’s boom has manifested in the expansion of the city limits, at the cost of fertile land owned and tilled by farmers for multiple generations. In this...
Cuba: Anatomy of a National Liberation Struggle
78 years have passed since the British formally left India, yet the Indian state still serves several foreign interests at the cost of exploiting its own people. In contrast, there...
Remembering the Glorious Srikakulam Peasant’s Revolt-I
Naxalbari struggle started; yet, within this period, its sparks have spread to different States of India. And in Srikakulam in Andhra, the fire they have started is fast developing into...
Solidarity on Political Prisoners Day!
96 years ago, under the British colonial regime, Jatin Das, a 24-year old revolutionary was martyred in jail on 13th September, after a 63-day hunger strike. This hunger strike by...
UPDATES ON PEOPLE’S MOVEMENTS
Activists Protest Against TCS Mass Layoffs In a devastating move, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) initiated mass layoffs affecting over 12,200 employees. In connection to this, members of the IT and...
UPDATES ON STUDENTS MOVEMENTS
Students Across Karnataka Demand Recruitment of Lecturers Students of government degree colleges in Kalaburagi, Ballari, Vijayanagara, and Koppal boycotted classes on September 27th. The boycott comes in response to the...
The Sharavathi Pumped Storage Project: Development at the Cost of Nature and People
What is the Sharavathi Pumping Storage Project? The Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL) has proposed the Sharavathi Pumped Storage Project (PSP), a 2,000 MW hydropower scheme in the Sharavathi Valley,...
The Himalaya in Labour
The month of September has heralded a popular uprising in the neighbouring country of Nepal that is landlocked on three sides by India. The uprising in Nepal widely dubbed by...
The Steep Rise in Atrocities in Bastar
Soni Sori, activist and champion of Adivasi rights from Bastar, Chattisgarh, was the first speaker at the ‘Stop The War on Adivasis’ public discussion held on 23rd August. Her speech...
The Human Cost of Liberalization, Privatization, and Globalization (LPG) in the Agriculture Sector
Farmer suicides slip in and out of our collective consciousness. Every once in a while, news of farmer suicides cause minor outrages among the urban middle class. These become election...