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#India – Survey work for POSCO boundary wall begins amid protests

Author(s): Ashis Senapati Date:Nov 29, 2013 Authorities start GPS survey work for boundary wall of the proposed steel plant as angry villagers accuse government of siding with the company Officials say GPS will be used to draw the exact boundary of… Continue Reading →

Attempts to Silence Environmentalists Continue

Greenpeace arrests show attempts to silence environmentalists continue Blogpost by David Suzuki – November 27, 2013 at 11:006 comments Early November marked the 18th anniversary of the tragic murder of outspoken writer and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight colleagues by the Nigerian government.Saro-Wiwa and… Continue Reading →

#India – A statue of Unity and its cost #Namo #Feku

 Frontline, 13 December 2013, By LYLA  BAVADAM The proposed 182-metre statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at Sadhu Bet island near the Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat brings to the fore many environmental and livelihood issues. By LYLA BAVADAM in Sadhu Bet,… Continue Reading →

#India – Pokharan- missile tests continue;people live in misery,without water;cancer grows

Disappointed Pokhran villagers hate promises Friday, Nov 29, 2013, 9:26 IST | Place: Pokhran | Agency: DNA Iftikhar Gilani Promises fail to impress villagers who remain parched for water, stricken by cancer. This remote region in Rajasthan paints a clear… Continue Reading →

#India – Survival of small farms crucial for food security

   November 28, 2013  M. J. Prabu, The Hindu   The Hindu There are more than 300 million small and marginal farmers in India. Photo: Rohit Jain Paras For the last 25 years, Deccan Developmental Society (DDS) in Medak District, Andhra… Continue Reading →

#India – Meet Swapna , First transgender to take civil services Exam #gender #sexuality

M. Vandhana The Hindu S. Swapna,( centre) a transgender, appearing for TNPSC Group-II Services examination in Madurai on Sunday. Photo:S. James It was a moment of victory for 23-year-old transgender Swapna, when she appeared for the group II examination conducted… Continue Reading →

#Tehelkacase – Build up Resistance and sustained agitations against all such cases

CONDEMN THE TARUN TEJPAL SEXUAL HARASSMENT CASE   BUILD UP RESISTANCE AND SUSTAINED AGITATIONS AGAINST ALL SIMILAR CASES         The unfolding of Tarun Tejpal’s deeds and the attempted cover up have again raised the question of incessant… Continue Reading →

PRESS RELEASE – 29th Anniversary of the Bhopal gas disaster

At a Press Conference today, leaders of five organizations of the survivors of the Union Carbide gas disaster in Bhopal presented their list of demands on the occasion of the 29th Anniversary of the disaster. The leaders expressed hope that… Continue Reading →

Saudi family hang Ethiopian maid from hook – brutally beat her #Vaw

Saudi Arabian Family hang their Ethiopian maid upside down from a hook and beat her to a bloody pulp. She is drenched in blood from the whips and sticks that the Saudi men use to beat her. Non-European Foreign workers… Continue Reading →

#India – Tehelka, Jhatka and now Tamasha #mustread

DECEMBER 2, 2013 Guest post by Satya Sagar Eight years ago I remember listening to Tarun Tejpal in Bangalore as he held forth on how the news media could change the world for the better. It was a gathering of… Continue Reading →

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