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  Letter to Minister of Labour & Employment over lack of trade union representation in Notification S.O. 3985(E) | AITUC

  20 September

  Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, The Minister for Labour and Employment Government of India, Shram Shakti Bhawan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi-110001
  Sub: Request to withdraw the Notification S.O. 3985(E) dated 21 July 2026 and reconstitute the Central Advisory Board under Section 42 of the Code on Wages, 2019.
  Dr Mansukh Mandaviya ji,
  The All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) places on record its opposition against the notification S.O.3985(E) dated 21st July 2026, issued by the Ministry of Labour and (…)

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  Oppose the Maharashtra Ban on ‘Radical’ Literature | PUDR, Aug 23, 2026

  20 September

  PEOPLE’S UNION FOR DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS (PUDR)
  Aug 23, 2026
  On August 6, 2026, the Home Department of the Maharashtra Government notified ‘forfeiture’ of 114 publications under S 98 of the BNSS (Power to Declare Certain Publications as Forfeited). The publications are shown as linked to terror organizations (IS/ISIS, ISKP, Hizb–ul-Mujahideen Pir Panjal Regiment, Al Qaeda) proscribed under the First Schedule of the UAPA, and as literature which attract provisions of the BNS (S. 152, 196, (…)

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  Indo-Palestine Solidarity Network letter to BRICS summit 2026

  20 September, by John Dayal

  Indo-Palestine Solidarity Network Address – 505 Link Apartments, 18 IP Extension, Delhi – 110092 Contact – john.dayal[at]gmail.com
  11 September 2026
  To,
  Their Excellencies, the Heads of State and Government of the Member Countries of BRICS
  Eighteenth BRICS Summit, Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
  Through Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India and Chair of BRICS 2026 Subject: The responsibility of BRICS towards Palestine, Lebanon, Iran and the peoples of West Asia
  Excellencies, (…)

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  Solidarity with CGT and the Workers at the Eiffel Tower - Statement from NTUI

  20 September

  New Trade Union Initiative
  [Press Statement]
  September 19, 2026
  The New Trade Union Initiative extends its solidarity to our comrades at the CGT and the workers at the Eiffel Tower who staged a spontaneous strike to protect the dignity, equality and rights of women workers.
  The courage of the workers in refusing to accept the humiliation and invisibilising of their women colleagues is a testimony of what trade unionism is all about. There is no room in the workplace to negotiate away (…)

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  Women Journos Protest Attacks | DUJ Press Release, Sept 19, 2026

  20 September

  DELHI UNION OF JOURNALISTS (Regd.) Email: duj.delhi[at]gmail.com 19 September, 2026
  Press Release
  Women Journos Protest Attacks
  Six angry young women faced the cameras at the Press Club in Delhi on Friday September 18, 2026.
  They were not activists, they were journalists determined to be heard by their peers and governments.
  The DUJ expresses its solidarity and complete support for the struggles of these courageous media women.
  Pooja Mathur set the tone at the meeting held by (…)

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  Platform Cooperatives as a Path Beyond Corporate Control: Review of Trebor Scholz’s Own This! | K Sahadevan

  20 September, by K. Sahadevan

  BOOK REVIEW Own This! How Platform Cooperatives Help Workers Build a Democratic Internet by R. Trebor Scholz Verso 2023 If one were asked to select books that share ideas conducive to the systemic transition demanded by our times, Trebor Scholz’s Own This!: How Platform Cooperatives Help Workers Build a Democratic Internet would certainly rank among the first on the list. While I have read numerous books this year that accurately depict the problems and crises facing the present day, (…)

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  Music: Tamikrest - Wainan Adobat

  20 September

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  Tamikrest - Wainan Adobat by GlitterbeatTV https://youtu.be/2p4BFfG2unc?si=MZFaTJfETWYLVviu

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  Video: Growing up during the last days of communism I Lea Ypi

  20 September

  Play
  Growing up during the last days of communism I Lea Ypi by Penguin Books UK https://youtu.be/z7rfK4HY_Qk?si=4gvSgZZuH3kRc1lC

• Political Borders Offer No Shield Against Ecological Crises | K. Sahadevan

  8 September, by K. Sahadevan

  GUEST EDITORIAL
  Multiple factors are now coming to light behind the recent flood disaster in Nepal. Although a detailed official investigation has yet to be conducted, mutual accusations have already begun—and some of them carry weight.
  Foremost among these is China’s irresponsible failure to share early-warning data. When Nepal states that no such information was received from China, the omission ought to be regarded as nothing less than a crime against humanity.
  China has also shown (…)

• Dimagi Naxal: A Dog Whistle that Undermines Chances of Becoming Vishwaguru | Arun Kumar

  8 September, by Arun Kumar

  The PM addressing the nation from the ramparts of the historic Red Fort emphasized “India is on its way on ‘Reform Express’.” And enunciated ‘seven reform Saptadhara goals’, like, Manufacturing power, Technology and innovation and Defence measures. Laudable announcements but the road map is unclear. He further said, ‘Reforms are to be achieved by conviction not by compulsion’.
  But, in the last decade and more, policies have been thrust without consultations on workers, farmers, (…)