Brutal Police Lathicharge on Students Protesting against Modi’s Visit in Kolkata Today!
More than 25 People including Students and Theatre Activists Arrested!
Condemn Mamata Government’s Incessant Attempts to Muzzle Democratic Voices!
Mamata Banerjee’s police brutally cracked down on anti-Modi protestors in Kolkata today. The police unleashed a brutal lathicharge on hundreds of students and activists who had gathered for a peaceful protest against Modi in front of The Grand Hotel, where Modi was addressing a meeting convened by the corporate honchos of Bengal. Comrade Suvajit Maity of AISA, and Joyraj Bhattacharyya, actor and …

With a heavy heart, we have to convey the tragic news of the untimely death of Comrade Rajesh Ranjan, an activist of AISA and CPI(ML), who passed away of a sudden cardiac arrest on the morning of 26 October 2010.
Rajesh joined the AISA as a student of BA Korean in JNU. Throughout his student days in JNU, he was actively involved in the revival of AISA in JNU – he was an AISA office bearer as well as the general secretary of the AISA JNU unit in 2007-08. He also …

For the past few years, Vedanta Alumina’s proposed bauxite mining project in the Niyamgiri hills of Lanjigarh in Orissa has seen a sustained resistance by the tribals and protest campaigns by environmentalists, political activists and human rights groups all over the world pointing out its social and ecological implications. Vedanta proposes to extract bauxite from this extremely ecologically fragile area, home to the Dongria Kondh tribals who are completely dependent on the local ecology for their very survival. And in the process of applying for clearance for this disastrous project, …

Over the last few months, AISA has been at the forefront of many student issues and protests in Tamil Nadu. Whether it is the struggle against caste discrimination or for better medical and hostel facilities, these initiatives have served to build up a radical left alternative for the students’ movement in the southern state. The following report outlines briefly some of the key struggles undertaken by AISA in recent times:

Demanding Better Hostels and Health Facilities
In a situation where the government is busy reducing allocations to education, the conditions …

A First ever referendum in JNU
On Tuesday, 20th April, as many as 2741 students of JNU cast their votes in a historic, first-of-a-kind referendum. The question posed before the student community was: Should the provisions of the JNU Act be amended so as to allow the VC to get a second term? The answer was a resounding ‘NO’, with 2563 students voting against a second term for the VC and a small minority of 165 voting in favour of extending his term.
Despite the fact that this was a busy period …

The Declaration of Emergency in JNU overturned by Students’ Struggle to Uphold Freedom of Expression on Campus
Behind the ‘democratic’ and ‘liberal’ mask of the UPA regime is its true face — its authoritarian colors which stand in favour of nothing but corporate interests. In universities and academic institutions the UPA seeks professions of loyalty rather academic quality. They speak of academic ‘excellence’ and ‘merit’; they speak of ‘world class’ universities. But what they actually want is that universities should become enclaves for the wealthy or else institutes preparing semi-skilled workers …

The AISA took up several initiatives against the repression unleashed on students protesting against coaching centres in Bihar and against the loot in the name of Nitish’s boasts of turning Bihar into an ‘education hub.’ On 12 February protest demonstrations and burning of Nitish’s effigy took place at Ara, Darbhanga, Samastipur, Bhagalpur, Sitamarhi,
Nawada and other district HQs. At Patna, students marched from the local radio station to Dak Bangla Chauraha where they held a protest meeting and burnt the CM’s effigy. Addressing the gathering, AISA National VP Abhyuday demanded compensation …