Category : Peoples' Movements

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Delhi Withholds Rs 7,000 Crore for Paddy Procurement as West Bengal Fails to Display PM Modi’s Photos at Ration Shops

Blocking subsidies meant for the poor and the marginalized to exact political revenge is unethical and reveals the Union government’s anti-working-class and anti-farmer position.   Groundxero Report | 22 Jan 2024   The Narendra Modi-led Union government has decided to withhold the release of Rs 7,000 crore earmarked for the state government in West Bengal […]


From Odisha to Chhattisgarh, Adivasi Community is being Displaced and their protests Criminalized in Pursuit of  “development” 

Along with the brutal tree cutting of 50,000 trees within three days, repressive action and arrests have been made against the members of the local organization Hasdeo Aranya Bachao Sangharsh Samiti in Chhattisgarh protesting the coal mines by Adani group. Similarly in Odisha, several arrests and detentions have been made to intimidate the local resistance movements […]


SKM call to Intensify Struggles on MSP, Loan Waiver and Privatisation of Electricity

Groundxero | 28th December, 2023   The all-India general body meeting of Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) has called for intensifying struggle of farmers and farm-workers in 2024 to achieve the main demands of Minimum Support Price (MSP) calculated on the basis of C2+50% formula for all crops procurement by the government, freedom of farmers from […]


An Update of the Gram (Palli) Sabha Meetings Held in the Sijimali Region

#SijimaliMatters Update # 6 December 21, 2023   We bring to you an update of the Gram (Palli) Sabha meetings held in the Sijimali region on 8 December by the local administration in the presence of company officials and armed police and people’s protest and the Shaheed Rendo Majhi Diwas event in Nakrundi Gram Panchayat […]


9 workers including 6 women killed in an explosion at Solar Industries in Nagpur

By Groundxero 17 December, 2023   In yet another deadly industrial accident, nine workers, including six women, were killed and and three others seriously injured in a massive blast at an explosives manufacturing factory in Nagpur district of Maharashtra on Sunday morning. The company was into manufacturing drones and explosives for the armed forces. The blast […]


Jan Chetna Yatra — A Rally from Kolkata to Varanasi to Confront Fascist and Neoliberal Onslaught

By Harsh Thakor 15 December, 2023   A conglomeration of revolutionary and democratic forces, united under the slogan of ‘fighting fascism and neo-liberalism,’ has commenced a ‘Jan Chetna Yatra’ (People’s Awakening March) from December 6, 2023. The Yatra, a rally from Kolkata to Varanasi, aims to raise awareness among the masses regarding the communal agenda […]


Terror unleashed against people of Nigeria 

Murderous State’s drone attack killed at least 88 persons in Tudun Biri village, Kaduna, Nigeria, on 3 December.   By Harsh Thakor   At least 88 people have been reportedly killed in a mistaken army drone attack” on a religious gathering, during the Mawlid al-Nabi (the birthday of Prophet Muhammad), in the northwest of Nigeria. […]


Coerced Gram Sabhas in Sijimali: A Grave Travesty of Justice

By Groundxero | 10 Dec, 2023   Peasant unions, Adivasi organizations, Trade Unions and social activists in Odisha have issued a joint statement condemning the farce of Gram Sabhas carried out by the Odisha Government in the Sijimali region to hasten the process of bauxite mining for Vedanta Limited.    They have expressed outrage and concern over […]


UK Union Workers Blockade Plants Arming Israel

“We stand here ashamed that the weapons used in the ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestine are partly made on our own doorstep,” one participating doctor said.   By OLIVIA ROSANE Dec 07, 2023   More than 1,000 union members with Workers for a Free Palestine blockaded four weapons factories in the United Kingdom Thursday that make components […]


UGC Urges Universities to Set Up Modi Selfie Points on Campuses

By Groundxero Dec 02, 2023   The University Grants Commission (UGC) has written to colleges and universities across the country to set up selfie points with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s image in the background to ‘Foster Pride’.   In a letter sent to colleges and universities, the UGC has suggested that campus authorities should encourage students […]


The Truce Is Over; Ethnic Cleansing And Genocide Resumes In Gaza

Israel resumed its assault on the Gaza Strip Friday morning just minutes after the pause with Hamas officially expired, ending a fragile seven-day truce that created conditions for the release of hundreds of Israeli and Palestinian captives and allowed additional—but still inadequate—humanitarian aid to enter the besieged territory.   By Groundxero Dec 01, 2023   […]


Nearly 1 Million Across US Call For Cease-Fire in Gaza

“Only a negotiated cease-fire can pave the way to addressing the current humanitarian crisis, the release of all hostages, and a long-term solution to this conflict,” said one campaigner.   JESSICA CORBETT Nov 29, 2023   Almost a million Americans signed petitions from half a dozen civil society organizations demanding that U.S. President Joe Biden […]