Appeal letter to All Trade Unions, Organisations and Individuals We, the Maruti Suzuki Employees Union (MSEU), Suzuki Powertrain India Employees Union (SPIEU) and Suzuki Motorcycle India Employees Union (SMIEU), have been on strike in our respective plants in Gurgaon-Manesar from the 7th of October, 2011, demanding our right to respectable and non-precarious employment and [...]

  1           Reuters What is Occupy Wall Street? Occupy Wall Street is an organised resistance movement, inspired by the Arab Revolution, especially that in Tunisia and Egypt. Calling for an end to “blind capitalism” and financial woes, the objective is to restore democracy in America. According to their Ocuupywallst.org, they [...]

  By NYC General Assembly, Occupy Wall Street   As we gather together in solidarity to express a feeling of mass injustice, we must not lose sight of what brought us together. We write so that all people who feel wronged by the corporate forces of the world can know that we are your allies. [...]

  15 October “OWS” Press Release         Tens of Thousands Flood the Streets of Global Financial Centers, Capitol Cities and Small Towns to “Occupy Together” Against Wall Street Mid-Town Manhattan Jammed as Marches Converge in Times Square After triumphing in a standoff with the city over the continued protest of Wall Street [...]

  Protests against widening income disparity took place across western Europe and Asia today as the Occupy Wall Street movement spread around the globe, with about 1,000 converging in London and 5,000 in Frankfurt. In the U.K. capital, police barred protesters from entering Paternoster Square, home to the London Stock Exchange. In Frankfurt, marchers gathered [...]

  1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g3ydqn8G3g&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fmrzine.monthlyreview.org%2F2011%2Felk061011p.html&feature=player_embedded EXCERPTS: Mike Elk: There are a number of comparisons between the two [the "Arab Spring" and Occupy Wall Street].  In the protests in the Middle East you had people protesting for a number of reasons. . . .  They are driven largely by social media, and then institutional actors like unions and [...]

  #OWS VICTORY: The people have prevailed, gear up for global day of action People power triumphs over Wall Street’s bid to end the protests mayor bloomberg and Brookfield Inc. back down on eviction world prepares for day of action Saturday October 15 in 950+ cities in 82 countries. We Are Winning! NEW YORK, NY [...]

  The ongoing U.S. project of military control over the planet by its armed forces, supported by their NATO lieutenants, the erosion of democracy in the imperialist core countries, and the medievalistic rejection of democracy within Southern countries in revolt (taking the form of “fundamentalist” semi-religious delusions disseminated by political Islam, political Hinduism, and political [...]

  From the viewpoint of social progress, it is a positive sign that the workers are now breaking their silence. All progressive minded people should now come to the support of workers. Does raising voice against exploitation or making people aware of their Rights amount to Terrorism ? Astonishing it may sound, but it is [...]

  Occupy Wall Street, the ongoing demonstration-cum-sleep-in that began a month ago not far from the New York Stock Exchange and has since spread like wildfire to cities around the country, may be a game-changer.  If so, it couldn’t be more appropriate or more in the American grain that, when the game changed, Wall Street [...]