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VIBGYOR festival today witnessed an amazing feat of determination as G. C. Jagadish reached Thrissur covering 600 kms of distance from Bangalore.

Jagadish is part of the New Socialist Alternative, Karnataka which is the Indian section of the Committee for Workers International. He runs bi-monthly newspapers called, ‘Dudiyora Horaata’ (Kannada) and ‘Socialism.in’ (English). On a very rhetorical interview with him, Jagdish who introduced himself as a Trotskiist shared his stories of conflicts with mainstream Communist parties and Maoists in India, his views on socialism and criticism on contemporary model of socio-economic growth. He has been associated with VIBGYOR for the last 4 years and is part of the larger family of social activists who fight for and stand with people’s movements. Along with his active involvement in the anti-nuclear movement, he was also campaigning against the genocide of Sri Lankan Tamils. He started a movement called, ‘Stop the Slaughter of Tamils in Sri Lanka’ whose seed was sown during the VIBGYOR film festival, this later transformed into the ‘Tamil Solidarity’ which is now an international movement. read more

The New Socialist Alternative (Indian Section of the CWI) made a very good intervention at the ViBGYOR documentary film festival that took place recently in Thrissur, Kerala (12^th – 16^th Jan. 2011). We were noticed very well through our stall that attracted a very good audience & managed to sell Socialist books worth Rs. 4000, including 25 copies of Marxism in Today’s World (MiTW) book. We also sold all the Papers that we had carried. We have gathered many serious contacts to follow-up in states like Maharashtra (Mumbai & Pune), Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and also in Kerala. read more