This leaflet was published by New Wave Group (A Trotskyist Group) in Pune, India on General Strike (7th September 2010) and distributed among workers of Pimpri-Chinchwad and Pune.
This leaflet was published by New Wave Group (A Trotskyist Group) in Pune, India on General Strike (7th September 2010) and distributed among workers of Pimpri-Chinchwad and Pune.
This leaflet was published by New Wave Group (A Trotskyist Group) in Pune, India on General Strike (7th September 2010) and distributed among workers of Pimpri-Chinchwad and Pune.
New Wave is a revolutionary socialist organization building a Bolshevik Leninist Party in India and the 4th International
September 2010 www.new-wave-nw.blogspot.com www.newwavemaha.wordpress.com
Down With Price Hikes! Defend Workers` Rights!
Down With the Government of Corporate bosses! Hold high the flag of Resistance!
All out Support for the General Strike!
Inflation of 17% in food prices; No protection against To fight back unemployment, it is wrong to demand retrenchment; No enforcement of Labour Laws; No social stimulus packages for the private sector corporations. The security for casual and rural workers; Disinvestment from capitalists will only put the public money in their pockets. public companies. Neither jobs nor enforcement of Labor Rights will be achieved. We need jobs for all and a plan of public works This has given rise to general unrest. This is the reason to provide them. The right to employment must be made a why even the most conservative Trade-Union fundamental right. Organizations are forced to give vent to this unrest by To fight back disinvestment, it is necessary to stop supporting to the cause of one-day General Strike for supporting the private corporations, to strengthen the September 7th. Public companies & prohibit all privatizations so as to We want to express our unconditional support for the defend the rights of the working masses. Ultimately we General Strike. Only the uninterrupted and permanent must aim for the full nationalization of all industries. mobilization of millions can bring a real change in India. We demand in finality, the right to strike being made a ‘General Strike’ is great weapon in the hands of working fundamental right. One that is unrestrained, unlimited and class. Even a one day strike shows to everyone as to who inalienable. really runs this world! It shows in anticipation what will Neither the Congress government in the Center, nor the happen once the entire proletariat arises in indefinite bourgeois opposition (BJP) has any intention of meeting General Strike against its exploiters and tormentors- the the workers` and people’s demands. They can only deliver capitalist bosses and their government. death and suffering via operation Green Hunt. Nevertheless the mobilization must escalate beyond a The governments of West Bengal and Kerala (led by the one day strike to compel the Government & the Left Front) who claim to be a government of the workers corporations to meet the masses' demands. It is necessary and peasants are not taking any concrete action to curb to push forward actions that build up to a General Strike food inflation, like freezing the operation of the market in for indeterminate time. totality or affixing prices of essential commodities to Such plan of action must be discussed & decided earlier lower levels. democratically by rank and file assemblies of people to be Only a true workers` and peasant's government will be held in all unions and popular organizations. able to distribute the wealth of the nation to the ones who The demands must be improved as well. create it: the workers and the peasant! Inflation is like an unwarranted tax upon an already taxed people. In order to fight back the onslaught of Long live the Workers` Struggle! inflation, the universalization of the PDS is not enough. Join New Wave! Let’s build a revolutionary socialist We need consistent monthly increases in wages to meet organization in India! consumer inflation levels. JOIN THE STRUGGLE WITH US! Come to General discussion: What after the General Strike? And launching of the special edition of the newsletter of New Wave: Trotsky & the BLPI th On 12 of September from 1:30pm to 4:30pm At Lokayat Hall, Lenovo complex, opp. Syndicate Bank, Nal stop, Pune