>The rally was attended among others by Party PB member Com. Swadesh >Bhattacharya, CC members Com. Swapan Mukherjee and Kumudini Pati, Member of >Central Secretariat Com. Ranjit Abhigyan, Delhi Party leaders including Com. >Ranjan Ganguli, Rajiv Dimri, Santosh Rai, NN Thomas, Jita Kaur, Sunita and >BKSingh Gautam and AISA leaders Com. Kavita Krishnan and Sunil Yadav. Delhi >State Party Secy. Com. Rajendra Pratholi in his speech lambasted the senseless >privatisation drive of the Delhi government in electricity, transport and >water sectors and announced plans to intensify agitation against Master Plan >and privatisation. > > > >International > > >>From Seattle to Nice : No to Globalisation > > >The 15 European states' summit was held in Nice of France, the stronghold of >extreme French rightists. The summit was aimed to reach an agreement on a >legislation to create a common European army which would serve common >imperialist interest and suppress the rights of EU workers. Without much >trouble it mandated the creation of a rapid deployment force of 60,000 >battle-ready troops capable of jumping into Kosovo-like trouble spots. But the >thorny question of institutional reforms could not be resolved because the >national interests clashed and there was a stalemate in the negotiations >towards further expansion towards European integration, even after extending >it four days beyond the scheduled two days of 7 and 8 December. > >Against these policies several thousands of protesters had flooded Nice form >various part of the world. On Dec. 7, the day of beginning of the summit, >teargas filled the streets leading to the convention centre and police fought >battles with groups of protesters trying to scale steel road barriers. The >French army denied any entry to around 1,000 Italian protesters. In the >streets of Nice, there was violent battle between the protesters and the >police, as a result of which several got injured, large number of cars were >burnt, windows of several shops were broken and a bank was set on fire. > >The majority of the protesters marching under the sea of red banners and flags >were workers belonging to trade unions. But there was another procession, >mainly of unemployed youths and working farmers having some differences with >the trade unionists on the status of the charter. However, both were resolute >against capitalism, globalisation and liberalisation. Thus from Seattle to >Nice, the saga of opposition against imperialist globalisation continues. > > > > > >On the Second Anniversary of >Com. Vinod Mishra's Untimely Demise > >Delhi State Committee, CPI(ML) > >Organises a Seminar on > >Globalisation and People's Response > >Speakers : S.P. Shukla, Prabhash Joshi > >Yogendra Yadav, Kumudini Pati > >Speaker's Hall, Constitution Club > >4 p.m., 18 December, 2000 > >Your presence is welcome. _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi _______________________________________________________ Kominform list for general information. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anti-Imperialism list for geopolitics. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________
