The November month of social movements calendar 2011 is dedicated to People’s struggles against Mining Impacts and would like to stress how mining out precious resources spell disaster for large number of tribal communities in India and across the world
Dear Friends, November 1, 2011 marks the twenty seven years since the terrible genocide of people of the Sikh faith in Delhi, Kanpur and other places. This genocide was organised by the government of the day and by the main leadership of the Congress Party. Since then, we the people of India, have been fighting … Continue reading
Dear Friends, NFF National Meet at Thiruvananthapuram from December 6 – 9, 2011 We are glad to inform you that the National Meet of National Fish workers’ Forum will be held from December 6 to 9, 2011 at Hassan Marakkar Hall (Near AKG Centre), Thiruvananthapuram. Along with the meet, a wide range of programmes like … Continue reading
Dear All, Dow Chemical acquired Union Carbide as a wholly owned subsidiary in 2001. They are therefore responsible for the clean up of the former Union Carbide Factory site in Bhopal, India. The area around the factory is densely populated and continues to be heavily contaminated by chemicals and toxins produced by the factory which … Continue reading
Invitation for Recommendation for Charter of People’s SAARC (PSAARC) The Republic of Maldives will host the 17th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit on 10-11 November. The Republic of Maldives, declared “Building Bridges” as the theme for the Seventeenth SAARC Summit. “Building Bridges – both in terms of physical connectivity and figurative political … Continue reading
Dear Friends, There have been two planning meetings in Delhi (Oct 14 & 21) and a very successful planning meeting in Trivandrum on 24 October 2011. A press conference was held on 25 October (see the press release and coverage below). There has been a lot of progress in this short time but a lot … Continue reading
Dear Friends, The India PSAARC Convention is being held on 8-9 November 2011 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The two day convention will have an opening and closing plenary and eight workshops on wide ranging issues such as Democracy and Human Rights, Trade and Livelihood, Women Workers, Militarisation and Nuclearisation, Natural Resources and People’s Movement, Nuclear Free … Continue reading
People’s movements in South Asia join hands http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article2572631.ece Special Correspondent Representatives of people’s movements, social action groups, and human rights organisations from various countries in South Asia will hold a parallel meeting here on the two days preceding the SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) Summit scheduled to take place in the Maldives on … Continue reading
PEOPLE OF SOUTH ASIA UNITE WHILE GOVERNMENTS PLAN SAARC SUMMIT Representatives of several people’s movements, social action groups and human rights organisations have decided to hold a parallel event along with SAARC summit scheduled to take place in Maldives on November 10th and 11th. Earlier, South Asian activists have organised parallel events along with SAARC … Continue reading
