Dear all, The filmscreening at Delhi University was nice. Around 20 students came. There was an intense discussion on the land question in Kerala, also on worker vs Dalit, who is a worker etc.
Lady Shriram college is going to have a screening this week as well. Last week JNUSU(Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union)screened the documentary They did it as part of the ongoing hungerstrike in JNU against the administration. Though it was on a short notice, around 100 students were there. Bijulal gave an excellent introduction before the movie. He talked of the history of land reforms in Kerala, the history of land struggles in Kerala, and the exclutionary practises based on caste system, and the current cotext of landstruggles in Kerala, across the country and around the world. There was a long clapping when the movie ended with the the sloganeering of the children in Chengara. After the movie, we had some interaction with some of the malayalee community in the campus, and the response was very positive. They extended their support to solidarity activities in Delhi and also to do some follow up activities in JNU. Also there was some programme in Hyderabad university, but right now I donot have much details of that. In Delhi, on various levels, discussions are happening on Chengara. Regards Aryan On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 2:35 PM, anil tharayath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Naveen Chander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 12:54 PM > Subject: [YAM] Fwd: screening of documentary on chengara > > > > Dear all, > > please join us for a Documentary Film on Chengara Land Struggle, Kerala > > Chengara Solidarity, Delhi, invites you to the screening of an untitled > Malayalam documentary film (with sub-titles) on the Chengara Land Struggle, > Kerala > > Date: Friday, August 22 > > Time: 2.30 pm > > Venue: Room No: 54, Arts Faculty, Delhi University > > The Land struggle in Chengara, Pathanamtitta district, Kerala, by landless > Dalits and Adivasis from all parts of Kerala, started on 4 August 2007. The > movement is a fight to re-claim ownership of land that has been part of a > long standing promise of the Government. At present nearly 5000 families, > more than 20,000 people have entered the Harrison Malayalam Private Ltd > Estate, living in makeshift arrangements. In the ongoing struggle for land > in Chengara there is growing tension > and escalating violence against the peaceful and democratic protest by the > people. There have been instances of various brutal attacks on the people of > the area by the workers of trade unions affiliated to leading political > parties and other hired henchmen of Harrison Malayalam Ltd. > > This untitled film powerfully documents the voices of the Dalits and > Adivasis who have entered the Harrison estate asserting that the right to > land is a basic human right for marginalized communities. > > In solidarity, > > Naveen > > New Socialist Initiative > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > New Socialist Initiative is a collective committed to the belief that > humanity can create a society free of economic deprivation, gender, caste, > national and racial oppressions, and ecological degradation. It will be a > society of associated humans which, will ensure that 'the free development > of each (will be) the condition for the free development of all'. This > requires a social system run collectively for the welfare of all, as against > capitalism that is run by the rich and the powerful for their private > profit. While we uphold the legacy of socialist revolutions of the last > century, we also believe that it is necessary to learn from their > limitations and mistakes to successfully challenge new forms of political > and ideological domination evolved by capitalism. > > -- > "There are more ideas on earth than intellectuals imagine. And these ideas > are more active, stronger, more resistant, more passionate than > ''politicians'' think. We have to be there at the birth of ideas, the > bursting outward of their force: not in books expressing them, but in events > manifesting this force, in struggles carried on around ideas, for or against > them. Ideas do not rule the world. But it is because the world has ideas... > that it is not passively ruled by those who are its leaders or those who > would like to teach it, once and for all, what it must think" - Foucault > > ANIL > > Anil Tharayath Varghese > National Centre for Advocacy Studies > Serenity Complex, Ramnagar Colony > Pashan, Pune 21 > Phone - 02022952003/4 > Mobile - 09890387877 > email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
