“Without beating around the bush or postponing or playing us for fools and without more false promises, we, the people of Egypt, demand all of our long forgotten rights to be granted and this time there is no turning back….we have learned our lesson….we have finally broken free of all fears.” – a pamphlet issued by protestors in Egypt.
We are currently witnessing a remarkable popular movement which has spread over northern Africa and the Middle East: puppet regimes and dictatorships backed by the United States are now facing an unprecedented …

On January 28th 2011, AISA protested against ragging at Patna Medical College and Hospital in Bihar. Recently, a first-year student of MBBS at the PMCH committed suicide after being ragged. Highlighting the complete inability of the college administration as well as the state government to take strong action against ragging, students marched from Darbhanga House to PMCH and gheraoed the principle of PMCH.
AISA has demanded a through enquiry into the circumstances that forced the first-year student to commit suicide. AISA has also demanded that students should also be represented in …

In the backdrop of massive scams and corporate loot, intensified crackdown on movements, state repression, and the conviction of Binayak Sen, AISA organised a nation-wide campaign between 11-19 January 2011. The slogan was “NO to rampant corruption, NO to loot of our national resources, NO to state repression.” As part of the campaign, on 11th January, rallies and strikes were organised in various campuses.
Uttarakhand:
In Uttarakhand, 11th January (which is also the martyrdom day of Comrade Nagendra Saklani) was observed as ‘Anti-corruption’ day. On this occasation, a dharna an effigy burning …

The speakers pointed out that the sentence against Dr. Sen, who has spent his entire life amongst the poor, raising issues of rampant poverty and state-sponsored exploitation, and who protested against state repression and brutal genocidal campaigns like Salwa Judum, is a farce in the name of justice. All the speakers also pointed out that the issue at hand was not merely the injustice done to Dr. Binayak Sen. The verdict against Binayak Sen was a symbol of the manner in which various governments are trying to counter the growing …

Kashmir continues to burn. As little children and young men and women continue to fall to bullets and rubber bullets, as the blood of innocents flows on the streets, the State continues to heap insults on the grave injuries of the people. In the version conjured up by the State (and, by and large, reflected faithfully by the mainstream media), the people of Kashmir who protest on the streets against the killing of their children in fake encounters and firing by security forces are all puppets of Pakistan.
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A series of extremely disturbing incidents over the past few months have revealed how the Aligarh Muslim University has been turned into a virtual police state.
Draconian Crackdown on Protesting Students
A couple of months back, some students of AMU started protesting against the rampant corruption and misappropriation of funds by the hostel administration in AMU. Not only had the quality of food deteriorated; the mess charges had also steeply increased by Rs 250 per month per student.  The students of one hostel (VM Hall) appealed to the AMU administration for permission …