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International Socialism: Gandhi: the man behind the myths
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In India and elsewhere Gandhi has been criticised for being “anti_modern”, a hardline traditionalist, a blackmailer who used fasting as a means of getting his way; on the left he is seen as the “mascot of the bourgeoisie” and anti working class. There are elements of truth to all these accusations but it is important to bear in mind that bourgeois nationalism is far from straightforward, much less pure, and fundamentally flawed. Indian nationalism was no exception.
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The vegetarian movement was part of a larger movement of radical reformers who were anti-urban and anti-industrial in their views and critical of the commercialisation of Victorian Britain. They were bourgeois and interested in change through individual effort and moral fibre. It was this individualism and the simplicity of their message that appealed to Gandhi.
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Journalist throws shoe at India's home minister | World | Reuters
The "shoe effect" spreads!
stealth of nations: Brilliant!!!
Workers asked that evictions of slum-dwellers immediately cease, and that funds allocated for the urban poor be used to provide infrastructure, services and tenure in existing slum settlements rather than to construct alternative housing on the outskirts of the city. They asked for the government to prioritise the needs of pedestrians, cyclists, and users of public transport over the needs of automobile and motorcycle owners. They also asked that the government designate spaces for them to work within the city, such as spaces in markets and on roadsides for street-vendors, and to provide them services like drinking water, toilets, and crèches in these work spaces. If such projects are included in the new city development plan, it will already mark a significant departure from the city’s traditional planning priorities
Egypt and beyond: The minister in Shebeen el-Kom
Aisha abd el-Hady reportedly vowed that no privatized companies would return to the state (as many of the workers demanded during the strike), and said that the government is commited to the sucess of the indian investor
Jaiku | Shibeen El Koum workers end strike after Indorama agrees to pay the yearly bonus.
Victory for the strikers!
جريدة البديل - المستثمر الهندي يطلب الانسحاب من «غزل شبين» في اليوم العاشر لإضراب عمالها ومجلس الوزراء يدرس الطلب
واصل نحو 4 آلاف عامل بشركة غزل شبين الكوم إضرابهم لليوم العاشر علي التوالي للمطالبة بصرف حافز الهدف المستحق لكل منهم، والذي يساوي أجر 228 يوما، وأعلن المستثمر الهندي رفضه صرف الحافز، وعرض إلغاء صفقة البيع وعودة الشركة للقطاع الحكومي.
وأعلن المستثمر، خلال المفاوضات التي تمت أمس بينه من جهة وبين اللجنة النقابية بالشركة وعائشة عبد الهادي وزيرة القوي العاملة وحسين مجاور رئيس اتحاد عمال مصر وسعيد الجوهري رئيس النقابة العامة للغزل والنسيج من جهة أخري- أنه طالب بتصفية الشركة أو إلغاء البيع الذي تم مع الشركة القابضة للغزل والنسيج واسترداد مبلغ 131 مليون جنيه الذي دفعه، واتفقت الأطراف الحاضرة في الاجتماع علي دراسة الطلب وعرض الأمر علي رئيس مجلس الوزراء
Iron Eagle Nominee: Israeli Armsdog-Millionaires Assault Bollywood, Good Taste | Danger Room from Wired.com
إيه الهبل والبيضان ده؟
جريدة البديل - عمال «غزل شبين» يصلون الجمعة في اليوم التاسع للإضراب ويدعون علي «الهنود الظالمين»
استمرت أزمة عمال «غزل شبين» وطلاب المعهد العالي للتكنولوجيا في بنها، ولم تشهد أي انفراجة أمس. ففي محافظة المنوفية، دخل إضراب عمال «غزل شبين» يومه التاسع، وخرج آلاف العمال في مظاهرة عقب صلاة الجمعة التي أدوها في مسجد الشركة، وشاركهم خلالها النواب طلعت السادات، وأحمد سيف وعاطف أبوالحسن، ودعا العمال أثناء الصلاة «اللهم انصرنا علي الهنود الظالمين» ونقلت سيارات الإسعاف 8 من عمال الشركة إلي مستشفي المنوفية الجامعي بعد إصابتهم بحالات إغماء، وطلب السادات من العمال الثبات علي موقفهم والمطالبة بحقهم، وقال إنه سيشكل وفداً من نواب المنوفية للقاء رئيس الوزراء الأحد القادم لحل أزمة العمال مع إدارة الشركة.
وطرد مستشفي بنها التعليمي، 5 من طلاب المعهد، الذين انتقلوا إليه بعد إصابتهم بحالة إعياء، وقال المستشفي إن حالتهم لا تحتاج إلي علاج، وأمضي الطلاب ليلتهم الخامسة داخل المعهد في اليوم الرابع عشر لإضرابهم
Egypt and beyond: Shebeen al-Kom revisited
A must read posting..
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Add Sticky NoteWhile the Shebeen al-Kom factory is making losses, and Indorama is using this as an excuse to cut back on salaries and incentives, how about the mother company? While the Sheeben factory has reportedly made losses of 69 million Egyptian pounds over the past two years, in August 2008 Indorama commissioned "a brand new state-of-the-art compact yarn spinning plant of 26,000 spindles" in Indonesia, and announced an investment of 4 billion rupees (roughly 400 million Egyptian pounds) in a new manufacturing plant in India. Just a few days ago, it was reported that Indorama is establishing "the world's biggest fertiliser complex within its premises at Eleme, River State [Nigeria] at a cost of $2.5 billion."
- Good dig by Per! - on 2009-03-13
Inanities: Indo Drama
Sarah Carr reports on the Ghazl Shebeen el-Kom Strike
Egypt and beyond: Shebeen el-Kom strikers denounce privatization
For the workers, the transfer of the factory to a private investor has been a catastrophe. The stories they told sounded very similar to that of other recently privatized companies like Telemisr or Tanta Linen Co. Since 2007, the new management has refused to pay bonuses worth a total of 10 million pounds, while allegedly paying 6 million pounds cash to about 200 workers that agreed to early retirement. Since it was privatized, the losses of the company has more than tripled - even before the global financial crisis started. Workers accuse the new owner of deliberately sabotaging the factory to eliminate competition, and of buying dysfunctional old machines from his other factories in Pakistan and Indonesia at trumped-up prices as a way to transfer resources abroad
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