A public meeting on "The Return of Class: Beyond headlines of worker’s violence in Delhi NCR" was addressed by Com. Santosh, Mazdoor Patrika. He discussed the historic significance of the ongoing wave of workers' strikes in breaking the pro-corporate consensus around “development” and the political possibilities of working-class struggles. Read more.
Workers in Noida, Manesar, Faridabad, Panipat, Neemrana, Bhiwadi and other industrial areas across North Indian states have been on protest since early-April for better wages, in one of the largest working class assertions in the last decade. Nihal Koneru, a student of B.Sc. Economics - Finance at Shiv Nadar University, a private university in Greater Noida, reports on the spontaneous protests which erupted on campus, the first such action by university workers in the ongoing strike wave.
The nation-wide student movement after the Supreme Court’s stay on UGC Equity Regulations has been inspiring. While we continue to hear news of Student Suicides and Drop Outs, where the majority belong to marginalized sections (including JNU), it is inspiring to see thousands of students have faced barricades, lathis and arrests in defense of Social Justice, from JNU to DU, BHU, AU, PU etc. JNU has historically shown the way by setting a model for Equal Education For All. Beyond symbolic struggles, let us contribute towards this all-India student upsurge with our concrete demands.