Month: November 2011

The following article, written by a close supporter of the New Socialist Alternative (CWI -India), is based on a very recent visit by her to the Raichur district of Karnataka that has been in news lately due to reports of malnutrition related deaths among many children. Raichur is among the most backward districts of Karnataka and also its most neglected area with a large section of the population coming from marginalized communities. It is not as if the district is not resource rich. For instance, while most of the power supply to Bangalore comes from Raichur district, but the people of this district hardly get 4 – 5 hrs of power supply daily! read more

It has been over 40 days now since the struggle by the Ludhiana (Punjab) Powerloom workers began (22^nd September), but the struggle by these workers belonging to over 155 factories (involving more than 2500) shows no sign of receding. If anything, these workers are determined as never before, even skipping the Diwali celebrations, to lay claim to their basic rights as workers in a industry, which the labour department is hardly bothered about (despite statutory laws protecting these workers), with the mill owners conniving with the labour department and the Punjab state government to cow down the workers. read more