Video: America America
This music video released on August 6th 2005 on the occasion of Hiroshima Day, made by the radical activist and filmaker K P Sasi, has been widely screened all over the world, as part of campaigns, meetings, and protests against US invasion of Iraq and…
State elections portrayed as success for Communist Parties
‘Communists’ garner the votes of poor but policies are increasingly pro-business The much awaited results of five state elections in India – in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Pondicherry – have gone more or less along predicted…
The other India protests against Bush visit
Bush seeks to boost business deals and allies in the region It was spectacular from the point of view of huge numbers of people participating spontaneously in the anti-Bush protests. As the popular environmental activist and writer Arundathi Roy…
Colossal general strike shakes country
Fifty million workers take action against privatisation On 29 September, a national, one-day strike, took place across India, mainly effecting air, rail and banking services. Airports and government and private sector offices were closed, as were many…
may day protest 2005
The members of the New Socialist Alternative (CWI-India) took part in the May Day 2005 demonstrations in the ‘silicon city’ of India – Bangalore – with a two-page leaflet in the Kannada language. The theme was: “Enough of the horrors of…