martes, 29 de diciembre de 2015

Movilización unitaria en defensa del profesor GN Saibaba y de Arundhati Roy, en Nueva Delhi el sabado 2 de enero de 1916

Committee for the Defence and Release of Dr. GN Saibaba
in association with Aahwan, AISA, AISF, Ambedkar Reading Group, BAPSA, Bhor, BSCEM, Collective, Disha, DSU, IMK, JNUSU, KNS, LSM, Marxwadi Vichar Manch, Morcha, Nowruz, Pachhas, Sanhati, TNM and others

invite all you you to join us in solidarity for a United Protest against the re-arrest of Dr. GN Saibaba and the charge of contempt of court against Arundhati Roy!

We are awaiting confirmation of participation by many more organisations and individuals and we will update this space regularly.

Do help us share and inform as many individuals and organisations as possible to be part of the united protest on the 2nd of January.




The Jantar Mantar
Saturday, January 2, 2016
12:00. 
 
 
 
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viernes, 25 de diciembre de 2015

Statement of condemnation of the order to send Dr. G.N. Saibaba back to prison

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COMMITTEE FOR THE DEFENSE AND RELEASE OF DR GN SAIBABA
 
It is shocking to hear the news that Dr. G.N Saibaba’s application for permanent bail was rejected today by the Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court. What is further appalling is that the High Court has also dismissed Saibaba’s interim bail order (Criminal Application No.785/2015), that was issued by a division bench led by the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court Justice Mohit Shah along with Justice Shukre on 30/06/2015 which granted him interim relief which in turn was extended by the same division bench till 31st December 2015, to avail treatments for his serious medical conditions. It was only after many democratic voices raised an alarm about the rapidly failing health condition of Saibaba, that the Bombay High Court intervened on the basis of a letter written to the Chief Justice by an activist named Purnima Upadhyay. The letter, which was suo moto converted to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) by the High Court, resulted in Dr. Saibaba being granted temporary bail. Interrupting his ongoing treatment, the new judgment by a single judge of the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has ordered Dr. Saibaba to surrender himself to the Nagpur prison within 48 hours! The order further states upon failure to do so, he shall be arrested by the police.
 
Dr G N Saibaba—a wheel chair bound, 90 percent disabled professor teaching English literature at the Ram Lal Anand College in Delhi University—is currently undergoing treatment after he was released on bail on medical grounds. The highly inhospitable conditions of the notorious anda cell of the Nagpur Central Jail had further deteriorated his multiple health problems. The extreme insensitivity of the prison authorities clubbed with a vengeful administrative apparatus coordinated from the Centre had nearly ensured that the medical complications had become life-threatening. This is demonstrative of the level of cruelty with which a differently-abled person is treated in the prison!
 
After his release on temporary bail, Dr. Saibaba has been undergoing treatment in various hospitals in Delhi for multiple health problems pertaining to the heart, spinal cord, kidneys, gall bladder and the left shoulder (which had became totally dysfunctional in prison owing to muscle death). The treatment that Saibaba is being subject to is far from being over and needs to continue under specialist doctors and can happen only in Delhi. The doctors who were treating him have unambiguously stated the same. In this situation the cancellation of his bail and forcing him back to the same hostile prison is going to seriously affect his health conditions, probably beyond any recuperation. The rejection of bail in this situation therefore is unacceptable and inhuman.
 
But more than being just inhuman and insensitive, what this yet again lays bare is the intolerance of the Indian state towards any voice of dissent. The fact that it can go to the extent of yet again putting a ninety percent disabled professor back in anda cell after being released last time from near-fatal conditions is deeply disconcerting. The well-designed framing and branding by the corporate media, the sensationalized police raids at his warden’s flat in Delhi Univ., the abduction of Saibaba by the Maharashtra police, his subsequent incarceration in May 2015 were all part of a desperate attempt at silencing dissent. It is a part of Indian state’s brutal war on the tribal people in Central and Eastern India codenamed Operation Green Hunt. It is aimed at silencing one of the most prominent and effective voices against Green Hunt and the Indian state’s anti-people policies introduced under the garb of “development”. The current interruption in his medical treatment, after pushing him to the verge of death inside prison, only shows the desperation with which the state wants to silence such voices of dissent.
 
The glaring instances of state’s fascist tendencies is yet again laid bare when the same High Court judgment that cancelled Saibaba’s bail petition also ordered proceedings for criminal contempt to be initiated against Arundhati Roy for her article titled Professor, POW against GN Saibaba’s incarceration that was published in Outlook magazine on 18th May, 2015. The Order has issued notice to the author for action for contempt of Court, returnable on 25.01.2016. We condemn this outright throttling of freedom of speech and expressions.
 
Finally, it is rather disturbing that while all the five other co-accused in the same case along with GN Saibaba has already been granted regular bail, a ninety percent disabled professor is being denied the same. We condemn this rejection of permanent bail of GN Saibaba and the quashing of his interim bail in no uncertain terms and appeal to all progressive and democratic people to immediately stand up to such a travesty of justice. We must in unison ensure by any and every means possible that Dr. GN Saibaba is not incarcerated once again. At a time when fascism is tightening its tentacles and choking our voices, such occasions as this demands that we show the limits of our tolerance towards such injustice being meted out in the name of law under the garb of democracy.
 
Sd-/
Hany Babu M T
Associate Professor, University of Delhi
 
 
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Guerrilla naxalita da muerte a un político reaccionario

 
24 de diciembre 2015
 
RAIPUR: Un sarpanch (cabeza de institución de gobierno autónomo) de nombre Hadma Ram (45 años) fue ejecutado por la guerrilla naxalita en el distrito de Dantewada de Chhattisgarh, acusado además de ser un informante de la policía.
 
Hadma Ram fue apresado por la guerrilla naxalita y sometido a un juicio popular que lo condeno a muerte y ejecutado posteriormente.
 
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Una mujer valiente


Artículo de El Lince
 
Son muchas, desde luego. Pero hay una que lleva años destacándose puesto que ha abandonado la comodidad que le proporciona su prestigio, su posición, su fama. Es Arundhati Roy.

Arundhati es india (de la India, es incorrecto referirse a los indios como hindúes puesto que éstos son los que profesan el hinduísmo) y lleva años significándose contra la política que todos los gobiernos post coloniales de su país han desarrollado contra los indígenas (adivasi). India es hoy, junto a Brasil y México, el país donde más pueblos originarios existen en el mundo.

Arundhati es, además, una escritora comprometida políticamente ("El dios de las pequeñas cosas") y no ha dudado en mostrar sus simpatías por los maoístas, también llamados naxalitas. Podéis ver una excelente muestra en una serie de artículos que publicó en 2010 sobre una estancia de varias semanas con los maoístas en sus zonas liberadas y que tituló "Caminando con los camaradas". Están traducidos en http://www.nodo50.org/ceprid/spip.php?article913. Esta es la primera entrega y son cuatro. No dejéis de leerlos.

Desde entonces está siendo colocada en el punto de mira del gobierno y la reacción india por sus opiniones sobre la lucha que los maoístas y diferentes organizaciones populares están impulsando en defensa de los adivasi y en contra de los intereses de las grandes corporaciones empresariales, mineras especialmente, en extensas zonas del país.

Arundhati ha sido acusada de "connivencia con el terrorismo" y hay varias causas judiciales contra ella por este motivo y por apoyar la independencia de Cachemira se le han añadido otras causas por "sedición". Su casa en Nueva Delhi ha sido asaltada en varias ocasiones, incluso en una de ellas había, sorprendentemente, televisiones que estaban allí "por casualidad". Todos los medios de propaganda reaccionarios (¿hay alguno que no lo sea?) aprovechan cualquiera de sus apariciones públicas para criminalizarla.

Ahora vuelve la ofensiva contra ella porque se ha atrevido a publicar un artículo contra la decisión del gobierno de encarcelar a un profesor de inglés en la Universidad de Delhi, paralítico, al que acusan de ser uno de los dirigentes del maoísmo. Este hombre se llama GN Saibaba.

Aquí tenéis algunas joyas del auto judicial en el que se la incrimina:

"Arundhati Roy parece haber inventado una nueva idea para golpear al Gobierno Central, el Gobierno del Estado [Maharashta], la maquinaria de la Policía y el Poder Judicial al desafiar las órdenes dictadas [contra el profesor paralítico] y es un acto de mala fe" (,,,) "El lenguaje utilizado en su artículo contra el Gobierno y la Policía es tan desagradable que hay que preguntarse si realmente es el mismo que le ha proporcionado premios" (...) "Llamar al Gobierno y a la Policía "secuestradores" o "ladrones" y acusarles de provocar el miedo demuestran una actitud grosera y tosca contra ambos, instituciones de un país tolerante como la India" (...) "La autora ha ido hasta el punto de escandalizar y cuestionar la credibilidad del poder judicial" (...) "¿No es un hecho que el Gobierno Central, el Gobierno del Estado, la maquinaria de la Policía y las Fuerzas Armadas están luchando por prevenir las actividades ilegales y terroristas en el país cuando la plaga Naxal está extendiéndose?".

Mañana, día 25, Arundhati Roy está citada a declarar. Está a un paso de que la consideren a ella maoísta también.

Os iré comenzando a hablar algo de la India y de la lucha que llevan los adivasi contra las empresas mineras, con el apoyo de los maoístas (naxalitas). Os lo repito, leed el artículo de Arundhati que os recomiendo más arriba. Mientras, un vídeo para ir abriendo boca.
 
 

lunes, 21 de diciembre de 2015

India - long live comrade shruthi (Mahitha)!


By Rama Devi and Tangella Sudarshana
 
 (Sruthi and Vidyasagar Reddy, two members of the CPI(Maoist), were brutally killed by the police on September 15, 2015, in what has been described as the first fake encounter in the newly formed Telangana state. Below we publish the reminiscences of Rama Devi and Sudarshana, Sruthi’s parents, about how their daughter grew up to be a fighter for the people and a martyr. The article has been minimally edited. Eds.)


 At a time when the youth are craving for securing software jobs and earning US dollars, our second daughter Sruthi, a student of M.Tech, showed an inclination to think about the oppressed people of society and decided to take part in the peoples’ struggle for an equitable society.

 She did not just dream of a better society but tried to work for making it a reality as well. I, father of Sruthi, have been a government teacher since 1989. As a teacher, I became a member of the then APTF (Andhra Pradesh Teachers Federation) and took part in all the meetings and seminars conducted by it. In the process I gradually developed societal understanding and shared the same with my family members from time to time. In the process of my consciousness being developed, I also joined RWA (Revolutionary Writers Association, Virasam) as a member in the year 1996. Since then I gradually involved my family members in the revolutionary cultural practice. As a result, progressive ideas have been inculcated in our family members. As a responsible teacher, I used to write and sing several progressive songs on the stage during educational meetings. Our daughters, mainly Sruthi, also used to sing songs frequently.

 At the age of just 8 years, Sruthi sang a song “Karumabbullo kammipoyina chinnari chellamma” on the occasion of International Womens’ Day conducted by the teachers organization in Warangal in the year 1999. She gradually developed her social understanding and consciousness. She used to take interest in discussing the atrocities and violence perpetrated against women in society. Though Sruthi studied in an ordinary government school, she could secure 80% marks in her examinations. She was inclined to lead a simple, ordinary life without any ostentation of jewellery. She would even discuss with the family the root causes of poverty and inequalities among the people in society.

 She would always show sympathy for the poor people and intend to do something for them. When I, as a convenor of RWA Warangal, was arrested by the Warangal police in 2001, the ill treatment meted out to me by the police moved and influenced my daughters a lot. My withstanding the police repression made a profound impact on our children, especially Sruthi. It made her think deeply about society. My life partner Rama Devi is a member of CMS (Chaitanya Mahila Sangam), Warangal. As part of the Sangham programme, she visited some slum areas in Warangal and learned about the miserable lives of women both inside and outside the family. Soon after coming home she used to discuss the plight of women within the family and ways of solutions to their problems. In the process Sruthi came forward to work for CMS in Warangal. It was the time when the Telangana movement started.

 Within no time Sruthi jumped into the movement, and took part in almost all the activities held in the district of Warangal. She also sang songs of Telangana in rallies and meetings. As part of the CMS programme, she, along with other members, visited the girls’ hostels in Warangal and learned about their problems. She gave a call to them to struggle unitedly for the better life of women in society. She also became a member of the cultural wing of the organization and worked with deep commitment. She was indeed an inspiration to members inside the organization and people outside it. When an honest woman constable named Rajani was molested and murdered by the police in the headquarters of Jangaon, Warangal, Sruthi was moved a lot. She was perturbed at the way the incident was distorted as a suicide. She participated in the agitation launched by the organization and questioned the police system and demanded severe punishment for the culprits. She prepared a skit on the incident and staged its performance.

 By reading the revolutionary literature available at home, Sruthi strengthened her revolutionary ideas. She participated in the funeral procession of Puvarthy martyrs, Com. Sudhakar and Com. Pushpa. Not only that, the murder of Com. Ganti Prasadam also moved her a lot. She even took part in is funeral procession. She could not digest the ghastly murders of honest and selfless people by the exploitative government. Like all others, she expected that newly elected Telangana government would solve the peoples’ problems. But the CM, K. Chandrashekar Rao did not utter as single word about Polavaram. He did not react against the separation of eight mandals of Khammam and their merger with Andhra Pradesh.

 She took part in the Polavaram foot-march organized from July 1 to July 15, 2014. She faulted Chandrashekar Rao for being silent when the lives of lakhs of adivasis are at stake. She wondered at the childlike innocence of adivasis when she went to meet them. She felt that the Telangana government will not do anything for the farmers, unemployed and adivasis. She was also upset at the way the central government was unleashing terror on adivasis in Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh in the name of Operation Green Hunt. She came to understand that the so-called Green Hunt is nothing but a ploy to evict the adivasis from their places and give them away to the multinational companies like Jindal and Vedanta for plundering the mineral wealth of the forest areas of the country.

Sruthi’s political consciousness reached a crescendo and she decided to join the revolutionary movement of Maoist party to work for the realization of democratic aspirations of the people in Telangana. By joining the Maoist party, Sruthi transformed into a “peoples’ daughter/child”. As a member of KKW (Karimnagar-Khammam-Warrangal Committee), she educated the people about the ghastly tactics of the Telangana government. In the course of working for the people of Telangana, both comrades Sruthi and Vidyasagar Reddy were nabbed by the police, tortured inhumanly and murdered. By this fake encounter the real nature of K Chandrashekar Rao and his fascist mind was exposed to the public.

 The inhuman police never showed any mercy towards Sruthi, an innocent woman fighter. Her hands were broken and her body was penetrated by the bayonet. Acid was poured over her private vital parts and she was at last inhumanly killed by the police. Even after two months no case was filed against the police who have resorted to fake encounter of Sruthi and Vidyasagar Reddy. Though more than 370 peoples’ organizations and parties have demanded for judicial enquiry by a sitting judge, the Telangana government has not taken any measures in this regard. So we request the people to make a note of the arrogant and fascist attitude of KCR (K Chandrashekar Rao) and teach him a fitting lesson in the days to come.

 With revolutionary salutes, Rama Devi & Tangella Sudarshana Warangal.
 
 
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Maoists Call for Bandh in Agency on December 26 

 VISAKHAPATNAM: The Andhra Odisha Border Special Zonal Committee (AOBSZC) gave a call for Andhra Odisha Border (AOB) bandh on December 26 and urged the tribals to observe December 21 to December 27 as a protest week against the proposed bauxite mining in Visakhapatnam agency. In a letter which was released to the media at Visakhapatnam agency by the AOBSZC official spokesman Jagabandhu, he requested the tribals to fight against those leaders who have been opposing the bauxite mining while still continuing as leaders in political parties. Jaganbandhu asked the leaders to resign from the parties, failing which he suggested that the people should drive them away from the agency areas. The ultra alleged that the government has joined hands with private companies and is trying to benefit from it by hitting the lives of tribals.

 The TDP government has been trying to divide and rule the tribals to lift the bauxite reserves. As part of the strategy, the State government has deployed huge forces into the agency and trying to intensify the attacks. The naxal leader in his letter also mentioned that Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has temporarily kept the bauxite issue on hold, which is his strategy. Very soon, he would announce packages and will impress the agitators to pave the road for mining. The red-rebel also stated that the opposition parties who are now actively participating in anti bauxite agitation are just doing so in order to get votes in the coming elections. “Both the TDP and Congress, when in power had tried to mine bauxite and disturb the agency. The YSRC party is a child of Congress,” he alleged.
 
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Detenido un ingeniero acusado de prestar apoyo a la guerrilla naxalita

 
Un ingeniero de 50 años de edad, que vivía en Calcuta, fue detenido por las autoridades que lo acusan de ser un proveedor de armas y equipos para la guerrilla naxalita.
 
El ingeniero detenido, Bhaskar Chakraborty, según los informes de la reacción fue un contacto y correo del líder militar naxalita Kishanji, muerto a tiros por las fuerzas de seguridad en noviembre de 2011.
 
Chakraborty fue detenido por la policía de Jharkhand en la estación de Badajamda . La policía dijo que según su investigación él trabajó para los maoístas en Bengala, Bihar, así como en Jharkhand.
 
En el momento de su detención, la policía le encontró supuestamente literatura maoísta.
 
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viernes, 11 de diciembre de 2015

Ataques de la guerrilla naxalita contra la reacción

Guerrilla comunista del PLGA

Un contratista, identificado como Venka Reddy (52 años), que estaba llevando a cabo la construcción del un canal en Jamshedpur, fue muerto por la guerrilla del Ejército Guerrillero de Liberación Popular (PLGA) en Jharkhand el 9 de diciembre, informa The Hindu.

El 10 de diciembre la guerrilla naxalita del PLGA ataco un campamento de policía en el distrito de Narainpur resultando muerto un soldado de la Fuerza Armada de Chhattisgarh (CAF). Según información preliminar, un grupo de guerrilleros comunistas abrieron fuego contra un equipo de personal de seguridad mientras estaban patrullando fuera del campo de la CAF en la aldea de Amdai, bajo límites de Chhotedongar.

El 12 de diciembre el Partido Comunista de la India (Maoísta), que dirige la guerra popular, coloco carteles en las zonas rurales de Pirtand y Dumri contra las elecciones reaccionarias de panchayat (institución de gobierno autónomo local). Aparte de protestar contra las operaciones antinaxalitas en curso, los maoístas han pedido a los habitantes a mantenerse alejado de las fuerzas de seguridad.
 
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Emboscada de la guerrilla naxalita hiere a 5 soldados de la reacción


Cinco hombres de las fuerzas de seguridad resultaron heridos el martes en una emboscada realizada por guerrilleros maoístas en una zona de distrito de Sukma, Chhattisgarh.
 
Según las autoridades, un intercambio de fuego tuvo lugar entre un equipo compuesto por miembros de la Fuerza de Tarea Especial y el Grupo de Reserva del Distrito y los naxalitas mientras los soldados realizaban una operación contra la insurgencia en la región.
 
Las tropas reaccionarias fueron atacadas cuando estaban tratando de delimitar un área del bosque, hiriendo a cinco personas entre las fuerzas de seguridad. Los maoístas inmediatamente se retiraron, impidiendo cualquier acción de represalias de los militares. Los autoridades enviaron refuerzos a la zona para evacuar a los heridos.
 
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domingo, 6 de diciembre de 2015

Se celebra Semana del Ejército Guerrillero de Liberación Poluar (PLGA) entre el 2 y el 8 de diciembre en honor de los líderes asesinados del PCI (Maoísta)


India People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) week was being observed from December 2 to 8 in the honour of slain leaders of the CPI (Maoist)

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Los dalits (oprimidos), victimas de un sistema criminal de opresión basado en las castas

Golu, un niño dalit en uno de los suburbios de Varanasi (India).


Golu se levanta cada día sin despertador. No tiene, ni siquiera sabe lo que es. Pero lo que sí sabe es que, antes de salir el sol, debe abrir los ojos y salir a las calles para recoger basura. Se frota los ojos, agarra su saco, lo apoya en su hombro y empieza a caminar. Vive en Varanasi, la ciudad sagrada del hinduismo, en India. Le rodean templos, los primeros cánticos, bolsas de plástico, vacas, insectos y algunas cabras. Prefiere salir a esa hora, cuando las calles están repletas de objetos que puede reciclar y vender y la muchedumbre todavía le permite transitar con más espacio. Pero, sea a la hora que sea, cuando deambula en busca de desechos es como si no existiera, nadie le dirige la mirada. Se torna invisible y es considerado “impuro” por estar en contacto con la suciedad. Así lo afirman las personas indias de casta superior, traduciéndolo al despiadado vocablo “intocable” en referencia a que se evita el acto de tocarlos para no perder su grado de pureza.

Los excluidos se denominan dalits (oprimidos, en hindi) para reflejar la discriminación y sometimiento del que son víctimas. A pesar de su lucha constante desde los años veinte, que llevó a la supuesta abolición de este sistema de clases en 1950, a día de hoy sigue vigente y nunca se suprimió el estigma en la vida real y unas 200 millones de personas en todo el país son consideradas intocables.

La discriminación acarrea todo tipo de agresiones, siendo repudiados, insultados y expulsados de lugares públicos. Según Human Rights Watch, cada año son registrados en India más de 100.000 casos de violaciones, asesinatos y otras atrocidades contra los dalits, muchas de ellas cometidas por la propia policía y sustentadas por los latifundistas y las autoridades locales.

Unicef cifra en 15 millones los niños y niñas dalits que trabajan en condiciones de semiesclavitud por míseros salarios en la India. Más de la mitad de ellos son intocables, lo que significa que no pueden terminar la educación primaria debido, en parte, a que son humillados por sus maestros y maestras.

Golu regresa todos los días a las 10 de la mañana con la bolsa llena y su estómago vacío en busca de algo de pan para desayunar. Comerá si hay suerte y hay algo para cocinar; si no, deberá esperar a la hora de almorzar para ingerir el único alimento del día. No le importa comer siempre lo mismo.

Le llaman Golu (regordete, en hindi), aunque se trata de un mote que le quedó cuando era pequeño. Durante los pocos meses en que tuvo oportunidad de ir a la escuela (ahora, a sus 12 años de edad, ya es considerado un adulto), le asignaron el nombre de Sameer, pero a él no le gusta y, fuera del aula, le cuesta responder a ese alias. En realidad, no tiene nombre. Tampoco posee registro de nacimiento, como la mayoría de niños y niñas dalit, por lo que muchas y muchos de ellos son secuestrados o vendidos a cambio de dinero. La trata de personas, la prostitución, la venta de órganos o los niños soldado son algunas de las consecuencias sufridas por algunos, a menudo escondidos bajo la falsa apariencia de trabajo doméstico infantil.

El tráfico de niños ha alcanzado dimensiones alarmantes y cada año mueve unos beneficios de más de 30.000 millones de dólares. En los últimos 30 años, más de 30 millones de mujeres, niñas y niños han sido víctimas de este grave problema en Asia, con el único propósito de explotación sexual, según Unicef. Todo menor que no haya sido inscrito en el Registro Civil es considerado un apátrida. No hay prueba alguna ni de su edad, ni de su origen, ni tan siquiera de su existencia. El niño pasa a ser un incorpóreo ante los ojos de la sociedad y una presa fácil para todo traficante.
 
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