Act Against ‘Honour’ Killings Now!

An Open Letter to P Chidambaram (Circulated by the AIPWA) Dear Home Minister, We appreciate your strong statement in Parliament on July 28, 2009 against killing of couples by caste panchayats in Haryana.

WTO: US Plays Villain Again

The limping Doha round of WTO negotiations has stumbled once again, this time too on the rock of American obduracy. Senior trade officials from around 11 countries — the United

The Vedic Village Scam

Ugly and Tragic Culmination of the Social Democratic Model of Development (Abridged version of an article by Partha Ghosh published in Deshabrati, 17 September 2009, with additional inputs from Rajarhat comrades.) A

Anatomy of a School Stampede

Based on the findings of a fact finding team that visited the Government Girls Senior Secondary School (GGSSS: 1104153), Khajuri Khas, Delhi where several girls got injured and five died

Cutting Through the Hype

(Globalisation is empowering Indian women economically and socially. Right? Wrong! Never Done and Poorly Paid: Women’s Work in Globalising India studies the world of women’s work in India and challenges

Labour Migration

The World Bank’s logic that the informal sector “is a safety net” is not only structured on laboured arguments but seems mischievously interpreted too. Prof Jan Breman, noted comparative sociologist

Jharkhand Diary

Following the July 28 CC Call, organizational measures were accompanied by an intensification of movemental initiatives in Jharkhand. In particular, there have been sustained and militant struggles against the widespread