AISA’s Uttarakhand state committee successfully held its fifth state-level conference on 21-22nd December in Dehradun. 50 representatives from 6 units across the state participated in the conference. The hall where the conference was held was named after former JNU Students’ Union President Comrade Chandrashekhar, who was shot dead on 31st March 1997 at the behest of former RJD MP Shahabuddin. Also, during the conference, the town was named after Comrade Nagendra Saklani who was martyred on 11th January 1948 in Kirtinagar fighting against monarchy in the Tehri region.
Addressing the inaugural …

Jamia Administration Cancels Admission of 300 Students!
AISA Organizes Massive Protests Against Draconian JMI Administration!!

The anti-student administration of Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) has cancelled the admission of as many as 300 students, citing the spurious excuse of ‘shortage of attendance’. It is to be noted that these 300 students were given absolutely no notice, no notice, by the JMI administration before this drastic step was taken. The administration decided to throw out these students and jeopardize their careers, even though there are several irregularities in the manner in which …

On December 24th, the Raipur Sessions Court delivered a shocking and shameful verdict convicting noted human rights activist and peoples’ doctor Binayak Sen for ‘sedition’. And on the basis of this charge, the court has sentenced the 58-year old Dr. Sen to life imprisonment, which is the maximum possible punishment for sedition. This judgment came at the end of a so-called trial in the court of law – a trial that was nothing but a farce in the name of justice.
For many years now, Dr. Sen has been targeted by …

PRESS RELEASE

Today, 13th October 2010, around 250 students of Jawaharlal Nehru University took out a march from the university to nearby slum outside the university. The students were protesting against the hiding of the slums from public view by placing view cutters of the Common Wealth Games around them. In a measure to ‘beautify’ the city the Delhi Govt. has put up Common Wealth banners to hide the slums. Two days back some students of JNU visited the slums and had spoken to residents to find out the difficulties they …

On 29th August AISA, along with the Revolutionary Youth Association (RYA) held a seminar titled “New tactics of Imperialism and Operation Green Hunt”. The venue was Rabindra Niloy Hall in Midnapore town, which is just 40 kms away from Lalgarh (one of the nerve centres of the Operation Green Hunt).
At Lalgarh, state and central forces are currently jointly carrying out a campaign of terror against the tribal population. In the past, this area had seen a flourishing people’s movement with mass participation of the local population. However, the Maoist …