Posted by updatecollective on September,2007
Land rights struggles emerging across the country are taking new forms and dimensions to the extent that the struggle history and geography itself will get re-written and re-drawn. This is the new dawn in people’s politics in the sub-continent. Political analysts are bound to recognise this shift in pattern and trend.
As always, we feel it is the role and duty of Update Collective to bring these struggle stories to the readers and activists across. We do this with the hope that each one of you will engage with these issues and guide the public discourse on ‘Rights of marginalised communities and Affirmation of Natural Resources’. The trend is clear and sound. So far these communities were on the back-foot, resisting state atrocities and invasion into their resources, customs and traditions. Now being pushed against the wall, we see a new rising, of the poor and landless against a state that favours the corporates and landed elite – one that reclaims lost land and resources.
In this Update Collective, we focus on three such on going struggles- the Chengara land struggle in Kerala, the land struggle in Sonbhadra in Uttar Pradesh and the struggle in Ghateha of Rewa district Madhya Pradesh.
Also in this issue
- People’s Statement against Displacement: Sangharsh 2007 Delhi Declaration of People’s Movements and Organisations, August 2007
1. The Fishworkers’ do or die agitation in Delhi in August 2007
2. The People’s Convention on Salwa Judum organized by the Campaign for Peace and Justice in Chhattisgarh in Delhi on 4th September 2007
Read the Hindi version of Update Collective’s September 2007 issue here
Read the English version of Update Collective’s September 2007 issue here
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Posted by updatecollective on September,2007
Dear friends/comrades,
Gretings from the Editorial team of Update Collective. Update Collective is an information source, a newsletter on people’s issues, struggles and movements from acros India. Update has been operational as a widely read newsletter for the last two decades. While the newsletter covers a particular struggle or movement in one ‘issue’, the Update Quarterly is a quarterly analytical journal containing detailed and academic analysis about issues that confront our country today!
Unfortunately, due to financial constraints, we have had very few issues of the Update Collective in the last couple of years. We are in a struggle to revive the newsletter as well as the Update Quarterly.
The latest (Sep ‘06) issue of Update on Uttaranchal dams with special focus on Tehri Dam’s so called accomplishments (both English and Hindi) is out.
Those who require the postal version (hard copy), kindly send us the required subscription fee of Rs. 150 (annual – for 12 issuesof update collective newsletter) and if you would like to subscribe for the journal Update Quarterly – add Rs 150/- for that separately and mention that behind your DD/cheque). Kindly also mention your language of preference, ie: either Hindi or English. Kindly make the DD/Cheque in favour of “Update Collective”, payable at New Delhi (only for Indian/NRI funds).
Kindly be informed that our new 7 member Editorial team has started its work for the publication and the next three issues are being worked-on. We assure you quality information regularly through the UC and UQ about people’s struggles and issues from across India.
In Solidarity,
Editorial Team
- Name: Update Collective
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
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