PaRCha - JNU - JNUSU - 2006 ID-62570
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JAWAHARLAL I NEHRU UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION 30. 4. os .
Against Globalization And Imperialism Uphold Glorious Legacy OfMay Day For Workers' Rights, Democracy And Freedom ! erg· (1) 5C11 ~ 3l6f ~~i~cf> "ffra il<'l J II I ci-6 ~n~0 I lR cAl CZI cH~T em-~G~1JI I fch x:ft Fcl ~~ft C11 (f)<1 ~ "Cffi" f11 C"ll s3TT ~ I \3ftcnl ~11(\C:I~ cnr Q')C1 gm ~~~,, I 3lT3fr ~~I'~CR1 \l1R'i1Gl ! I ~cf; fcl~qffi fG?:tiG\1 ! I Gfl¢1 Q')IX"fl ~ en. 7Jl'(& qJo;izr .
On A1ay 1. 1886, US workers had declared a nation-wide strike demanding that the 8-hour workday be legalised. More than 3 /akh workers participated in the strike. In Chicago, the police fired on protesting workers, killing 6 and wounding hundred$. On May 4, thousands ofworkers gathered in Haymarket Square to protest against the police brutality. But the policefired again, killing innumerable workers. In an instance ofblatant witch-hunting, the police then arrested 8 workers' leaders on trumped up murder charges. With no shred ofevidence, all 8 were convicted as guilty, andfour were executed. .
Working class struggles have always been branded as anti-national by the State, and subjected to brutal repression. The bulk vfthe victims vfthe. draconian TADA were workers and trade-unionists; even today, TADA may have disappeared from the statutes, but it continues to be usedagainst the struggles ofagrarian poor. Draconian laws like ESMA and NSA are used to crush working class assertions, the historic right ofthe workers to strike is now being illegalised. .
Meanwhile, the industrialists who ordered the murder of working class leader Shankar Guha Niyogi escape punishment. On May Day, as we commemorate the historic May I strike for which the Haymarket Martyrs were hanged, we also salute the memory of the martyrs and heroes of our working class movement-Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev, the hundreds of nameless workers and students killed in the protests against the British colonial trial of the INA soldiers, as well as working class leaders like Niyogi, Datta Samant, Safdar and Mahendra Singh. .
The fate of workers being evicted from their homes in the cities of Cyberabad and Mumbai; the suicides of fanners in Andhra Pradesh and Punjab, the starvation of agrarian workers due to unemployment -all these tell the tale of the fresh assault on the working class in times of globalisation. Mills are shut down to make way for malls, and workers' slums are declared to be blot on the ' beauty! of the very cities their own labour has created. .
ln the era of Globalisation, the assault on the working class has intensified internationally; but at the same time, it is the working class which has formed the core of remarkable mass protests against imperialist economic policies and aggression. .
In India, since the decade ofnineties, successive Governments launched their tiberalisation' offensive on the working ~· , , ~ _ : __ -r--t..: ·--·'~ ··-z..,, ~L--o TD li!'A un., TL.,.. D TD un .4 :,...tit.uf,,} _,., ·ru~iw,,o~tJrJg12r Minir:tnJ' .
JIWAHIRlll NEHRU UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION .
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17.4.os .
Join Struggle to Reverse the Price Hikes, .
. Ensure Quality and Hygiene Standards, Demand 24x7 Dhaba ! .
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Fnends, .
The CDC, despite the JNUSU's opposition, has gone ahead with imposing price hikes on several items in the campus canteens and dhabas. Due to the JNUSU's protest against this move, the CDC meeting tomorrow has been called to discuss this issue. The JNUSU has also raised the students' concerns of poor quality and hygiene standards in the eateries on campus. The CDC Sub-Committee (consisting of teachers, staff, karamcharis as well as the JNUSU President) to look into the matter of hygiene and quality has already surveyed the dhabas and canteens in the residential areas of the campus, and will sub.mit a report detailing the instances of violations of hygiene, quality and safety norms. It will also be placing recommendations for immediate corrective measures to ensure proper hygiene and quality, and regulate these standards in the future as well. .
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The JNUSU has also given a written representation to the CDC, pointing out that students need an .
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urgent24x7 replacement for the Nestle Outlet, and that this should be set up without further delay. .
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The JNUSU appeals to students to participate unitedly in tomorrow's Protest Demo at .
the venue of the CDC Meeting (Ad. Block 18.4.05 11am) .
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sd/-Mona Das .
President, JNUSU .
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PaRCha - JNU - JNUSU - 2006 ID-62570
.
JAWAHARLAL I NEHRU UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION 30. 4. os .
Against Globalization And Imperialism Uphold Glorious Legacy OfMay Day For Workers' Rights, Democracy And Freedom ! erg· (1) 5C11 ~ 3l6f ~~i~cf> "ffra il<'l J II I ci-6 ~n~0 I lR cAl CZI cH~T em-~G~1JI I fch x:ft Fcl ~~ft C11 (f)<1 ~ "Cffi" f11 C"ll s3TT ~ I \3ftcnl ~11(\C:I~ cnr Q')C1 gm ~~~,, I 3lT3fr ~~I'~CR1 \l1R'i1Gl ! I ~cf; fcl~qffi fG?:tiG\1 ! I Gfl¢1 Q')IX"fl ~ en. 7Jl'(& qJo;izr .
On A1ay 1. 1886, US workers had declared a nation-wide strike demanding that the 8-hour workday be legalised. More than 3 /akh workers participated in the strike. In Chicago, the police fired on protesting workers, killing 6 and wounding hundred$. On May 4, thousands ofworkers gathered in Haymarket Square to protest against the police brutality. But the policefired again, killing innumerable workers. In an instance ofblatant witch-hunting, the police then arrested 8 workers' leaders on trumped up murder charges. With no shred ofevidence, all 8 were convicted as guilty, andfour were executed. .
Working class struggles have always been branded as anti-national by the State, and subjected to brutal repression. The bulk vfthe victims vfthe. draconian TADA were workers and trade-unionists; even today, TADA may have disappeared from the statutes, but it continues to be usedagainst the struggles ofagrarian poor. Draconian laws like ESMA and NSA are used to crush working class assertions, the historic right ofthe workers to strike is now being illegalised. .
Meanwhile, the industrialists who ordered the murder of working class leader Shankar Guha Niyogi escape punishment. On May Day, as we commemorate the historic May I strike for which the Haymarket Martyrs were hanged, we also salute the memory of the martyrs and heroes of our working class movement-Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev, the hundreds of nameless workers and students killed in the protests against the British colonial trial of the INA soldiers, as well as working class leaders like Niyogi, Datta Samant, Safdar and Mahendra Singh. .
The fate of workers being evicted from their homes in the cities of Cyberabad and Mumbai; the suicides of fanners in Andhra Pradesh and Punjab, the starvation of agrarian workers due to unemployment -all these tell the tale of the fresh assault on the working class in times of globalisation. Mills are shut down to make way for malls, and workers' slums are declared to be blot on the ' beauty! of the very cities their own labour has created. .
ln the era of Globalisation, the assault on the working class has intensified internationally; but at the same time, it is the working class which has formed the core of remarkable mass protests against imperialist economic policies and aggression. .
In India, since the decade ofnineties, successive Governments launched their tiberalisation' offensive on the working ~· , , ~ _ : __ -r--t..: ·--·'~ ··-z..,, ~L--o TD li!'A un., TL.,.. D TD un .4 :,...tit.uf,,} _,., ·ru~iw,,o~tJrJg12r Minir:tnJ' .
JIWAHIRlll NEHRU UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION .
.
17.4.os .
Join Struggle to Reverse the Price Hikes, .
. Ensure Quality and Hygiene Standards, Demand 24x7 Dhaba ! .
.
Fnends, .
The CDC, despite the JNUSU's opposition, has gone ahead with imposing price hikes on several items in the campus canteens and dhabas. Due to the JNUSU's protest against this move, the CDC meeting tomorrow has been called to discuss this issue. The JNUSU has also raised the students' concerns of poor quality and hygiene standards in the eateries on campus. The CDC Sub-Committee (consisting of teachers, staff, karamcharis as well as the JNUSU President) to look into the matter of hygiene and quality has already surveyed the dhabas and canteens in the residential areas of the campus, and will sub.mit a report detailing the instances of violations of hygiene, quality and safety norms. It will also be placing recommendations for immediate corrective measures to ensure proper hygiene and quality, and regulate these standards in the future as well. .
.
The JNUSU has also given a written representation to the CDC, pointing out that students need an .
.
urgent24x7 replacement for the Nestle Outlet, and that this should be set up without further delay. .
.
The JNUSU appeals to students to participate unitedly in tomorrow's Protest Demo at .
the venue of the CDC Meeting (Ad. Block 18.4.05 11am) .
.
sd/-Mona Das .
President, JNUSU .
.
.