[Reader-list] reader-list Digest, Vol 53, Issue 36
Sampath G
sampathlives at gmail.com
Wed Dec 19 00:31:06 IST 2007
The situation described here is as true as it is depressing. In the
name of growth and development, we are totally eliminating all kinds
of subsistence economies, which do have a role to play and right to
exist. The SEZ is a man-made paradise for capital - to grow and
multiply, where it can consume human labour in peace and spit out
deadened, desiccated lives. I'd like to have a copy of the final
report when it is ready.
Sampath
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> 1. Re: Identify Yourself Gujarat! (we wi)
> 2. [Announcements] Bombay Cinema: An Archive of the City:
> Ranjani Mazumdar: Discussion Event; Mumbai (Aarti Sethi)
> 3. [Announcements] Starring Mumbai - Dec 22nd/6.30 pm (Ravikant)
> 4. Proclamation of Emergency and CPO in United States (yasir ~)
> 5. Jinan in delhi at Nature Bazar, Delhi haat, 19-23
> (Dinesh, Servelots)
> 6. Hey from Paul/Dj Spooky - Antarctica! (Paul D. Miller)
> 7. draft on special economic zones (Asit asitreds)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 05:47:45 -0800 (PST)
> From: we wi <dhatr1i at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Identify Yourself Gujarat!
> To: reader-list at sarai.net
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> Dear All,
>
> I am fine and hope the same with you. Hope you are all remember me.
> Its been long long time to appear here again. Its nice to see so many
> voices raising and providing instant solutions, on current scenario and day
> to day life.
>
> Any way this mail is a forward that I got is just for you all.
> Though I may not belong to gujarat, just would like to remind you that you
> cast your valuable vote.
>
>
>
> "theunderscoredhood at gmail.com" <theunderscoredhood at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've shared a document with you called "identifyourselfgujarat":
> http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dd8kpvmr_11cp7gc3hg&invite=d4j48bg
>
> It's not an attachment -- it's stored online at Google Docs. To open this
> document, just click the link above.
> ---
>
> Please circulate, esp. in Gujarat.
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> This Election, for all of you in Gujarat, it's time to
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> [ Identify Yourself! ]
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>
> Who are you?
> Aap Kaun Ho?
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>
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> Just or Unjust,
> Peace loving or Hate Mongering,
> Lover or Loner...
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>
> Cast your vote for Justice.
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> The White Ribbon Campaign.
> Gujarat Assembly Election 2007.
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>
> Regards,
> Dhatri.
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>
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> ---------------------------------
> Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:42:04 +0530
> From: "Aarti Sethi" <aarti.sethi at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Reader-list] [Announcements] Bombay Cinema: An Archive of
> the City: Ranjani Mazumdar: Discussion Event; Mumbai
> To: announcements at sarai.net
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> *STARRING MUMBAI*
>
> * *
>
> Mumbai is the Capital of Bollywood but how does the city itself figure in
> Contemporary Cinema? Does Mumbai feature as an idea and as an inspiration
> for Hindi Movies?
>
>
>
> *Time Out Mumbai, the Katha Centre for Film Studies * and the *Bhawan
> Cultural Centre*
>
> Present a reading from *Ranjani Mazumdar's *
>
>
>
> * Bombay Cinema: An Archive of the City*
>
> Published by
>
> *Permanent Black 2007*
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>
>
> A Panel Discussion will follow the reading. Panelists include
>
>
>
> *Rohan Sippy* , director of *Bluff Master* and producer of *Taxi no. 9211*
>
> *Anurag Kashyap* , director of *Black Friday* and *No Smoking*
>
> *Sriram Raghavan* , director of *Johny Gaddar* and *Ek Hasina Thi*
>
> *Jaideep Sahani* , screenwriter of *Chakde* and *Company*
>
> *Ranjani Mazumdar* , associate professor of Cinema Studies at Jawaharlal
> Nehru University
>
>
>
> *December 22nd, * *6.30 p.m***
>
> *S.P Jain Institute of Management and Research *
>
> *Bhawan's College*
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> *Munshi Nagar*
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> *Andheri West*
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> Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:15:33 +0530
> From: Ravikant <ravikant at sarai.net>
> Subject: [Reader-list] [Announcements] Starring Mumbai - Dec 22nd/6.30
> pm
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>
> *STARRING MUMBAI*
>
> * *
>
> Mumbai is the Capital of Bollywood but how does the city itself figure in
> Contemporary Cinema? Does Mumbai feature as an idea and as an inspiration
> for Hindi Movies?
>
>
>
> *Time Out Mumbai, the Katha Centre for Film Studies* and the *Bhawan
> Cultural Centre*
>
> Present a reading from *Ranjani Mazumdar's*
>
> *Bombay Cinema: An Archive of the City*
>
> Published by
>
> *Permanent Black 2007*
>
>
>
> A Panel Discussion will follow the reading. Panelists include
>
>
>
> *Rohan Sippy*, director of *Bluff Master* and producer of *Taxi no. 9211*
>
> *Anurag Kashyap*, director of *Black Friday* and *No Smoking*
>
> *Sriram Raghavan*, director of *Johny Gaddar* and *Ek Hasina Thi*
>
> *Jaideep Sahani*, screenwriter of *Chakde* and *Company*
>
> *Ranjani Mazumdar*, associate professor of Cinema Studies at Jawaharlal
> Nehru University
>
>
>
> *December 22nd, **6.30 p.m***
>
> *S.P Jain Institute of Management and Research*
>
> *Bhawan's College*
>
> *Munshi Nagar*
>
> *Andheri West*
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:12:37 -0800
> From: "yasir ~" <yasir.media at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Reader-list] Proclamation of Emergency and CPO in United
> States
> To: reader-list at sarai.net
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: naeem sadiq <naeemsadiq at gmail.com>
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>
> Proclamation of Emergency and CPO in United States
>
>
>
> November 3, 2007
>
>
>
> Chief of Staff US Army, General George Tracy today issued a
> proclamation declaring Emergency, suspending the 1787 US
> Constitution, dismissing all judges of the superior courts, placing
> Supreme Court Chief Justice John H Roberts. under house arrest,
> placing a ban on media, and taking away fundamental human rights of
> all US citizens. He also arrested the President of the American Bar
> Association William Lukenorm and four other prominent attorneys and
> sent them to the Guantanamo Bay's Detention Camp X-Ray. He issued
> executive orders that despite being a serving military General, he is
> eligible to contest elections for the post of the President of USA .
> He then went to the outgoing US Congress and asked them to give him a
> vote of confidence, if they know what is good for them. He then
> declared himself the President of USA for next five years. In order to
> ensure continuity of justice , he reduced the age of judges and picked
> up sixty odd youngsters , who were duly bribed or coerced to take
> oath under the new rules made by the Chief of the Army Staff. These
> rules are called CPO or Chief's Personal Orders, and these judges
> referred to as CPO judges.
>
> Many countries of the world have indicated grave concern over the
> new developments in USA and expressed hope that General Tracy would
> soon have the country back on the path of democracy.
>
>
>
>
>
> December 15, 2005
>
>
>
> General George Tracy today removed the state of emergency, lifted CPO
> and restored the US constitution. However before its restoration,
> the following changes were made to the constitution.
>
> Actions of declaring the emergency and proclamation of CPO were legal
> orders and can neither be challenged nor require a ratification by the
> Congress.
> Actions of sacking all judges and putting them under house were
> legal orders and can neither be challenged nor require a ratification
> by the Congress.
> The new judges who took oath under the Chief's Personal Orders (CPO)
> are the legal judges of USA and this action can neither be challenged
> nor requires a ratification by the next Congress.
> A serving military General who has taken oath not to take part in
> politics and to uphold the constitution can now violate, suspend or
> amend the constitution in what ever manner he feels like and these
> actions can neither be challenged nor require a ratification by the
> Congress.
>
>
>
> Many countries of the world have expressed great satisfaction at the
> restoration of constitution in USA and have expressed hope that the
> country would soon be back on the path of full democracy.
>
>
>
> Meanwhile Leaders of Democratic and Republican parties have assured
> General Tracy of their full support and complete participation in the
> next general elections scheduled to be held on January 8, 2008.
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:26:21 +0530
> From: "Dinesh, Servelots" <tbd.lists at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Reader-list] Jinan in delhi at Nature Bazar, Delhi haat,
> 19-23
> To: "sarai list" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> Cc: Jinan kb <enableartisan at gmail.com>
> Message-ID:
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> Jinan, this year, has been talking about his project of enabling artisans.
> Some of you on this list would be interested in do-nothing methodologies.
> Do get in touch with him, his email in cc... or better.. do-nothing?
> (Guess he wants to do something with his do-nothing method!)
>
> -d
>
> --
> "Initiating collaboration between the Community and the Artisans"
>
> The Enabling Artisans project is designed to enable the children of
> traditional artisans to take forward their skills as a viable
> livelihood option by equipping them with necessary skills. The project
> will develop entrepreneurship, communication, designing ability,
> functional computer and accounting abilities, as well as providing
> participants with a basic tools and equipment and linking them with
> relevant players.
>
> The project is built around Mr. K.B. Jinan's 'do nothing method', in
> which he does not teach artisans but rather creates conditions in
> which they can develop unique and innovative designs that build on and
> expand traditional craft techniques.
>
> For more information on the Enabling Artisans project and Mr. Jinan's
> work, visit:
> http://my.opera.com/enableartisan/blog/
> http://groups.google.com/group/enableartisan
> http://www.kumbham.in
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 1:27:00 -0500
> From: "Paul D. Miller" <anansi1 at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [Reader-list] Hey from Paul/Dj Spooky - Antarctica!
> To: tbdinesh at servelots.com,"sarai list" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> Cc: Jinan kb <enableartisan at gmail.com>
> Message-ID: <E1J4Vw1-000156-Vq at elasmtp-kukur.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"
>
> Hey you all - I leave for Antarctica today, so things are very hectic! If
> you have a moment, check out the trailer for the film I'm going to shoot
> there: Every sound in the film will be made from the sound of ice
> (environmental, geological, magnetic, atmospheric
> etc). I'm bringing a mini-studio with me to edit, shoot, and score
> the film. It headlines Sundances Digital Film section this January.
>
> Check it out!
> Small promo (32mb): Low res
> http://djspooky.com/media/djspooky_antarctic_promo_small.mov
>
> Large promo (177mb): High Res
> http://djspooky.com/media/djspooky_antarctic_promo_large.mov
>
>
> I get back the 2nd week of January.
>
> I want to wish you all a very Happy New Years!
>
> in peace,
> Paul aka DJ Spooky
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:22:30 +0530
> From: "Asit asitreds" <asitredsalute at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Reader-list] draft on special economic zones
> To: reader-list at sarai.net
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> *The Simmering Dissent in the Indian Countryside – The Story of Special
> Economic Zones.*
>
> Asit
>
>
> The Special Economic Zones have become serious zones of conflict in rural
> India. The ghastly blood-bath at Nandigram was a stark indicator of the
> discontent raging through the Indian countryside, there the West Bengal
> State Police fired on the protesting farmers, who didn't want to part with
> their lands, which the West Bengal Government had proposed for a Special
> Economic Zone to be promoted by the Salim Group of Industries of Indonesia.
> Apart from Nandigram, farmers have been protesting all over the country
> against the forcible acquisition of their land for the proposed SEZs. Some
> of the prominent zones of conflict vis-à-vis are Jagatsinghpur, Orissa
> against proposed Posco SEZ, Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh, Jhahar in Haryana
> against the proposed large SEZ by Reliance Industries, Karla area in Pune
> district in Maharashtra. Of late, there is news of farmers' protest from
> various SEZs from Gujarat and Tamilnadu, as well.
>
> Under the rubric of Globalization, when the neo-liberal offensive is
> devastating the 'Culture and Commons' of the indigenous people of India
> appropriating the land of the peasants in this process, thousands of acres
> of land have been taken away from people, forcibly dispossessing millions of
> Aadiwasis and Farmers in the name of high GDP growth and attracting foreign
> direct investments. The whole issue of Special Economic Zones has to be seen
> in the context of cataclysmic changes taking place in the global scale which
> had devastating impact on third world societies. Much has been written on
> the global restructuring by Civil Society Groups and the Political Left.
> India shared the fate of most of the Third World societies where the
> national liberation movements inspired hopes for millions of peasants that
> they can lead a life of dignity free from the colonial yoke. The
> post-independent journey of India started with a vision of self reliance and
> egalitarianism with the state whose elected executives would play the role
> of prime-movers. The Nehru Era saw 'Abolition of Landlordism and Investment
> in Irrigation'. Land Reforms released the forces of production in the
> countryside and the coming in of the Green Revolution brought in relative
> prosperity in rural areas of Punjab, Haryana, Western U.P. and Coastal
> Andhra, where high input intensive agriculture was adopted. This path of
> "Nehruian" Model of growth had a flip side which the mainstream Media
> concealed until social movements like Narmada Bachao, Koel Karo ,
> Kalinganagar, Kashipur, Kalahandi, Tehri, etc. bought the other side of
> post-independent rural reality and the simmering discontent. This path of
> heavy industrialization and emphasis on modern infra-structures created
> massive displacement. According to various sources, by mid-nineties, there
> were more than 40 million farmers and Aadiwasis who were displaced by
> various mega projects like dams, mines, factories and industrial township.
> This is a whooping and revealing figure of the number of people displaced
> which was more than the population of England. As mentioned earlier, social
> movements like Narmada and Tehri were indicators of the refusal of rural
> masses to part with their land and homes in the name of development. As a
> result of global restructuring. The Indian rulers adopted the neo-liberal
> ideology ushered in through the new economic policies of 1991. All the
> welfare provisions, concept of self-reliance, pro-farmers and labor regimes
> were gradually dismantled, leaving vulnerable segments of the population
> like women, dalits, farmers, Aadiwasis, etc. at the mercy of the market.
> Thus, market became the new god in the era of Globalization. The Indian
> rulers who had completely turned neo-liberal in the new millennium adopted
> the Special Economic Zone Policy when the entire country was undergoing
> acute agrarian crisis, the most horrifying symptom of which was the high
> number of incidences of farmers committing suicide by mid 2005 more than
> 1.5lakh ( hundred and fifty thousand ) farmers had committed suicide , this
> phenomenon goes on unabated till today. Agriculture is having its lowest
> growth rate since past five years . The Massive and forceful acquisition of
> land had accelerated the on going misery and marginalization of the rural
> population. As result farmers are up in arms. Special Economic Zones were
> the logical culmination of anti-people, anti-Farmers path pursued by the
> Indian rulers which has other hazards apart from the massive dispossession
> of the farmers and rural artisans. Large scale land acquisition for
> Mega-Industrial projects, infrastructure projects and SEZs is transforming
> the whole of the rural scenario in the country from bad to worse. To cover
> up the devastation, the State Governments are half- heartedly bringing
> rehabilitation and re-settlement policies. The land acquisition by the
> Government ostensibly in the name of Public Interest, is in fact
> transferring thousands of acres of fertile land to Multi-national Mega
> Corporations like Posco, Salim and Indian big business houses likes Tata,
> Jindal, Ambani and Birla. Through this process of displacement, land and
> livelihoods are being alienated from the farmers and other sections of the
> population, as mentioned earlier. Tens of millions of farmers and rural
> artisans have already been displaced in the name of development.
>
> Displacement has converted farmers, Adiwasis and rural artisans into
> destitutes most of whom have been forced to become casual workers in urban
> centres without any rights. Fear of displacement from their homes, from
> their lands and livelihoods, from their community and thought of living the
> rest of their lives as destitutes has suddenly become a reality for vast
> masses of India. The very people, who according to the Government are
> supposed to be benefiting from so called Industrialization in the form of R
> & R benefits, jobs urban facilities, social and hospitals etc. are seen to
> be opposing these policies the most. The fact is that no State Government to
> have the intention and capacity for the rehabilitation of the displaced
> people. The land grabbing through displacement is not only restricted to the
> rural areas. In the urban areas, the slum dwellers are being forcibly
> evicted to make way for city, beautification and gentrification,
> establishment of huge malls, real estate development, widening of roads etc.
> often without any compensation and alternate dwelling place for slum
> dwellers. The slum dwellers of most of the large cities are now resorting to
> protest movements against their growing dispossession and marginalization.
> The establishment of SEZs is playing havoc with the rural population of
> India. Primarily India is an agricultural country and more than 70% of
> Indian people are dependent on agriculture and its ancillary activities. To
> develop India any sensible policy will have to develop agriculture sector.
> But for the past 60 years, The Indian ruling elite have never seriously
> attempted apart from the high tech Green Revolution package, no attempt was
> made to upgrade agricultural land both availability and quantitatively by
> disturbing arable waste land to the poor and creating irrigation facilities.
> Such measures would have increased agricultural production making farmers
> prosperous which would have created demand for manufactured goods and
> stimulated industrialization with employment opportunities, but instead
> today the Indian agriculture is facing its worst crisis. The development of
> India is impossible without the development of agriculture as in most
> villages of India agriculture and allied livelihoods such as fishing, animal
> husbandry, forestry are the only sustainable livelihoods for the majority of
> the people. Today the Government is unable to provide any other sustainable
> livelihood after taking away land and common property resources such as
> forests, streams, ponds, grazing lands, etc. which are the basis of
> agriculture and allied occupation. Implementation of pro-agri-business
> agricultural policies in the name of Green Revolution imposition of GM
> seeds, contract farming and corporate control of agricultural sector are the
> basic elements of the neo-liberal agriculture policies which is extremely
> harmful for most of the farmers and rural artisans. Farmers' suicides are
> serious indications of this agrarian situation. This grave crisis will also
> have a serious impact on food security for Indian rural population which is,
> anyway, under tremendous strain. Therefore, the rural population is up in
> arms to save their agricultural land, livelihood, common property resources
> like forests, sources of water etc. We have to seriously campaign and
> support the struggle for protection and restoration of Indian agriculture.
> There is a necessity for instilling confidence amongst farmers and rural
> artisans for alternative development models is possible different groups
> across India are trying to implement alternate development models on a small
> scale, different political forces, mass movements and civil society groups
> working with people have their own version of alternative development models
> on a small scale, different political forces, mass movements and civil
> society groups working with people have their own version of alternative
> development models. The farmers have realized that even in the prevailing
> situation of agrarian crisis gripping the country there is no other option
> but to stick to agriculture and allied occupations. Industrial development
> of India has to be in the interest of the masses and it can only happen on
> the basis of development of agriculture and the rural economy on the whole.
> Therefore, the demand should be the development of agriculture and rural
> economy in the interest of the vast masses of India.
>
> The forcible displacement of the people from their lands and livelihoods for
> establishment of mega- industries and infra-structural projects and
> establishments of exclusive economic enclaves by multi-national corporations
> and Indian big business in the name of SEZs is the anti- poor, pro-national
> and Inter-national Big Business.
>
> The Government of India has adopted policies which have left the urban and
> rural poor including the medium farmers and urban lower middle classes in a
> precarious situation when for even the basic necessities of life people have
> increasingly become dependent on the market forces, which again are
> controlled by the National and Inter-national big business houses viz. World
> Bank, IMF, WTO, etc. The industrialization policy of the Government is not
> aimed at supplementing the production capacity of those products which are
> in demand by the masses, nor it is creating any additional employment for
> the vast army of unemployed of the country as Mega- industries which are
> encouraged by the Government and are established by the Global and Indian
> big business are high-tech automated industries, having a very low
> employment prospect. On the other hand, such industries are responsible for
> large scale displacement and massive loss of employment. The present
> emphasis is on those industries which would exhaust the mineral resources of
> India in next 3 to 4 decades, while these semi-finalized and low value added
> intermediate products will be exported for manufacturing high and costly
> products which will be again imported to India at a huge cost. This
> anti-farmer-pro-big-business-industrial and mining policy is encouraging
> establishment of huge mineral based industries, industrial infrastructures
> like roads, rail, power plant, water treatment plant, townships, SEZs, smart
> cities, EPZs, etc. Especially the SEZs have resulted in farmers losing their
> land and livelihoods. Massive unemployment is being caused, natural
> resources are being exhausted at a rapid rate and nature is getting
> devastated. The implementation of SEZ plicy is leading to creation of
> exclusive zones where no laws of land are there to protect the rights of the
> labour and that of the farmers. Infact these laws are anti-people. This path
> of industrialization that is displacing vast masses of the farmers and rural
> artisans, will spell disaster for the country as a whole. Therefore, the
> establishment of SEZ is playing havoc with the lives of the entire rural
> population including the adiwasis. This path of industrialization through
> Foreign Direct Investment and Foreign Institutional Investment have given
> priority for establishing SEZs throughout India solely for the super profits
> of the International and National big business. For the establishment of
> SEZs, the various state Governments have ruthlessly used the "Colonial 1894
> Land Acquisition Act", forcibly evacuating people, destroying their cultural
> moorings, social peace and livelihood, all in the name of growth, while on
> the other hand SEZs which have been described as a foreign territory in the
> SEZ Act of 2005 have been given the status of separate enclaves where no law
> of the land or Constitutional provisions will apply. The development
> commissioner appointed by the State Government will govern the SEZ with
> private security, own laws and own regimes of justice and maintenance of law
> and order. Neither the Civil Laws and Labor Laws nor any other laws of land
> will be honored in these enclaves. This status of separate foreign
> territories enables the corporate houses to exploit labor ruthlessly.
> Working conditions will be deteriorated; working hours will be arbitrarily
> increased to 12 to 14 hours. No work safety measures will be taken. Since
> the work in these zones is given to contractors, the workers will be paid
> low wages. No payments for weekly offs, no lease with wages, no medical
> leave, no Provident Fund, no ES, no recreational facilities, no gratuity,
> almost no social security will be provided to the workers. Accidents in the
> work places are bound to increase. No workmen's compensation will be paid.
> Women workers will be even more exploited.
>
> The SEZs are the most advanced and deadliest weapons of the neo-liberal
> re-structuring apart from dispossessions of millions of farmers and artisans
> it devastates their cultural milieu and these enclaves here no laws of land
> will apply is akin to re-colonization of the Third World.
>
> The massive outburst of anger of the people of Nandigram, the ongoing
> struggle against POSCO SEZ in Jagatsinghpur, Orissa , the struggle in Raigar
> and many other places and the country–wide resistance against forcible
> acquisition of land by the Government for the SEZs to be developed by Indian
> and International big businesses has forced the Government of India to
> announced the rulers under the SEZ Act 2005, according to which the private
> corporate sector will purchase land straight from the farmers even after
> this decision of the Government of India everywhere Police is intervening on
> behalf of the corporate sector the case in point is struggle against the
> Korean giant POSCO SEZ in Orissa. After the local people confronted the
> Posco officials, the police intervened on behalf of Posco with an intention
> of terrorizing the people and forcing them to surrender their land, these
> interventions of police force on behalf of the corporate sector against
> struggling farmers happens all over India, the list is endless. This exposes
> the dual face of the Central and State Government, who go out of their way
> to acquire land for the corporate sector while mouthing pro-people platitude
> in public platforms and legislatures.
>
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>
>
> In the light of the above importance of the peasant resistance to the
> Special Economic Zones, a study was undertaken to understand the concrete
> reasons of farmers' opposition to the SEZs. The Maha-mumbai SEZ promoted by
> Reliance Industries in Raigad District in Maharashtra and the Mahindra and
> Mahidra SEZ promoted by Mahindra Group at Karla in Pune District of
> Maharashtra were selected for the study.
>
> The field work was done between 20th, July, 2007 and 5th, September, 2007.
> The methodology adopted was 'Qualitative" interviews of respondents from
> different castes, occupations and gender in the Panvel, Pan and Uran Tehsils
> of Raigad Diatricts and of 6 villages in Karla area of Maval Tehsil of Pune
> district.
>
> In the next 20 days, the field data will be analyzed and the report will be
> drafted.
>
> Pls send ur comments to asitredsalute at gmail.com
>
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