Activists of the Indian Workers Association (Great Britain) gathered in front of the Indian Embassy in London on Saturday 20th May to express their solidarity with the women wrestlers protesting at Jantar Mantar in Delhi.
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Report by correspondent of Mazdoor Ekta Committee
On March 19, a joint march by women’s organisations was held from Parliament Street to Jantar Mantar, in support of the protesting wrestlers.
End impunity of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, MP & Ex-President, Wrestling Federation of India accused under multiple charges of sexual abuse, including POCSO.
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The strike in April this year, by delivery workers of Blinkit, over cutback in payment for deliveries, has once again raised the issue of the conditions of gig workers and the problems they face.
Continue readingGig workers are excluded from vital benefits and protections offered by the Codes such as minimum wages, occupational safety and health benefits, and overtime pay.
Continue readingDelivery workers of Blinkit (owned by Zomato) went on strike on April 12 this year, over the company’s reduction in payments per delivery.
Continue readingMonopoly capitalists use their money power and control over the media to ensure that their preferred party wins the election. Faced with widespread discontent among the working people and rising anger directed at the BJP-led government in Karnataka, the monopoly capitalists decided to back the Congress Party and organise for its victory in these elections.
Continue readingThe Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra is seething in anger against the proposed Barsu Salgaon refinery project. Entire villages are opposing the project on the grounds that it will directly and immediately impact the livelihood of thousands of local people in a brutal manner. It will rob them of their land and livelihood. The project also poses a grave danger to the environment of the Konkan region.
Continue readingThe Indian state has been ignoring the complaints of the women wrestlers about their sexual harassment by the president of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who is also a BJP MP from UP. The wrestlers have been protesting at Jantar Mantar in Delhi since 23 April, demanding the removal of the WFI president from his position and his prosecution.
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The people of India commemorate with great pride the 10th of May as the anniversary of the Great Ghadar against the rule of the British East India Company. On this day in 1857, soldiers of the army garrison in Meerut raised the banner of revolt against the British. They marched to Delhi and, with the backing of Bahadur Shah Zafar, the Mughal ruler, proclaimed their intention to drive out the British from India. They called on people from all communities, and across the length and breadth of the country, to join them. Hum hai iske malik, Hindustan hamara (India is ours, we are its masters) was their powerful rallying call.
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