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Statement of Solidarity to the struggle of University Community for Democracy

Mumbai: 18 th August 2010

We, the undersigned representatives of different peoples' organisations, independent researchers, non-profit, non-governmental organizations and groups that have been actively monitoring and campaigning on World Bank, working on diverse issues in India and abroad, gathered at the YUVA Centre Mumbai, for the workshop ‘Understanding World Bank in india', organised from 16th to 18th August 2010 (jointly organized by Bank Information Centre, Focus on the Global South and Youth for Unity & Voluntary Action) declare the following:

We understand that the University Community for Democracy (UCD, Delhi University ) has initiated a relay hunger strike from 12th of August, 2010 onwards between 9 am and 9 pm at Arts Faculty, North Campus, Delhi University  against:

•  Eviction of students and labouring poor of the city in the name of Commonwealth Games

•  Violation of legally guaranteed labour standards in the University in particular and in the city in general.

•  Lack of rent control around the university which has resulted in the sky rocketing of rent rates making accommodation for common students unaffordable. 

•  Arbitrary decision making and shrinking of democratic space.

We also learn that everyday 5 people (teachers, students, researchers and activists) will be on hunger strike.

While endorsing the struggle and declaring our unanimous solidarity and support to this extremely important and historic struggle, we reiterate and urge the following:

•  The outrageous and deeply undemocratic manner in which Delhi as well as the university is being re-engineered for the 13 day commonwealth games needs to be resisted and we will join all the democratic, secular and anti-imperialist forces in doing so

•  As the games are drawing closer it is becoming increasingly difficult for the government to mask the exploitative and unjust nature of the ‘world class city' that is being imposed on the citizens of Delhi . As citizens of this country, we urge all democratic forces based in the national capital to join the relentless battles against oppressive state actions in Delhi , including the denying of spaces for dissent and resistance, that will only intensify as the weeks go by.

•  We also appeal to all democratic forces outside of the city to join hands with the struggles in Delhi at this juncture and provide all possible solidarity and support.

•  We are alarmed that the University authorities and the state government are planning to resort to using the police and muscle power to suppress a democratic struggle by the university community representatives. We sternly warn against any such move and would remind the authorities that any use of force against the UCD hunger strike will be counterproductive.

We believe this hunger strike and struggle by the large University community offers us the opportunity to come together in solidarity with students, teachers, activists, journalists and all those who have been disposed by the state in the name of national pride.  

In Solidarity,

 

 

Name

Organisation

•   

Philip Kujur

BIRSA-MMC, Ranchi

•   

Mahabir Mahato

Adarsh Seva Sanshan,

Jamshedpur

•   

Bharat Kanthirih

Lok Abhikar Manch, Surat

•   

Ranjan Panda

Water Initiatives, Orissa, Sambalpur

•   

Shashank

Focus On the Global South, Mumbai

•   

Iiyas Ansari

Jharkhand Mines, JAMCC, Ranchi

•   

Surender Tirkey

Jharkhand Mines, JAMCC, Ranchi

•   

Susana Barria

Intercultural Resources, New Delhi

•   

Deepak Dayanandan

KABANI – The Other Devolution, Kerala

•   

Usmangani Sherasingee

Setu Information Centre

•   

Shorya Vikram

Lucknow

•   

Gopal Krishna

WaterWatch Alliance , Delhi

•   

Gaurav Dwivedi

Manthan Adhyayan Kendra, Badwani

•   

Deeskar Barik

KIRDTI, Orissa

•   

Krutija Bhosale

Prayas Energy Group, Pune

•   


Anna Pinto

CORE, Imphal

•   

Afsar Jafri

Focus on the Global South, India

•   

Souparna Lahiri

NFFPFW

•   

Amina Khatoon

Howarah Pilot Project

•   

Mhon Kikon

DICE Foundation Northeast People's Alliance , Kohima

•   

Chauhan Rakesh K.

Setu information Center , Mundra Kutch

•   

Makarand Purohit

Manthan Adhyan Kendra, Barwani

•   

Raju Bhise

YUVA, Mumbai

•   

Jacob Philip

Vichara, Kerala

•   

Vinay Baindur

Bangalore

•   

Usha Ramanathan

Law researcher, New Delhi

•   

Ram Wangkherakpam

North East People's Alliance , Manipur

•   

Vijay Jawandhia

Shetkari Sangathana Kisan Samanvay Samiti, Maharashtra

•   

Rupesh Kumar

TIIS, Mumbai

•   

AB Rashid

Shahar Vikas Manch, Nagpur

•   

Madhuresh

Nation Alliance People's Movements, Delhi

•   

Ravindranath

River Basin Friends, Assam

•   

Jiten Yymnam

TIPA, Manipur

•   

Sitaram Shelar

YUVA, Mumbai

•   

Michael Mazgaonkar

Mozda collective, Gujarat

•   


P.T. George

Intercultural Resources, Delhi

•   

Benny Kuruvilla

Focus on Global South

•   

Vimal bhai

Matu people's Organisation, Himachal Pradesh

•   

Jaspal Singh Nail

Socially Active Youth in Action, Mumbai

•   

Soumaya Dutta

Bharat jan Vigya Jatha, Delhi

•   

Sarita R

Focus on the Global South

•   

Simpreet

Ghar Bachao Ghar Banao Andolan, Mumbai

•   

Priyanka Mahendran

TISS

•   

Rajendra Ravi

IDS, Delhi

•   

Himanshu Upadhyaya

JNU, New delhi

•   

Sreekumar N

Prayas, Pune

•   

Shanawaj Ali Liaskarre

Earth Care, Kolkata

•   

Vijayan MJ

Delhi Forum, Delhi

•   

Mahendra Singh

Bank Information Center , Delhi

•   

Anuradha Munshi

Bank Information Center , Delhi

•   

Joe Athialy

Bank Information Center , Delhi