Monday, January 30, 2012

london 6 february public meeting Let’s intensify our Opposition to Indian State’s War on People

PUBLIC MEETING

 Invitation
Let’s intensify our Opposition to Indian State’s War on People

 3 PM Onwards, 6 February 2012, Rajendra Bhawan
Deen Dayal Upadhayaya Marg, Near ITO, New Delhi

JAN MYRDAL the internationally acclaimed author will talk on the War on People in India

SUJATO BHADRA will speak on atrocities by Joint Forces in Jangalmahal in West Bengal

JAN MYRDAL
The Swedish author and columnist, Jan Myrdal, son of Nobel laureates Alva and Gunnar Myrdal, and a central figure in the protest movement against the Vietnam War, has penned more than 80 books, among which are Confessions of a Disloyal European (1968), Report from a Chinese Village, The Silk Road and India Waits (1986). He has written fiction, plays and books on literature, art, politics.
He is a prominent supporter of the civil liberties movements in various countries, a trenchant critic of US imperialism and Israeli colonial settlements in the Middle East. He has also made a number of feature films and TV documentaries.
Two years ago, at the age of 83, Jan Myrdal travelled in the tribal heartland of Bastar and personally interacted with the tribal people and the leadership of CPI (Maoist). His book Red Star Over India is an account of his trip which deftly combines India’s present with its past. The English version the book is released in the Kolkata Book Fair on 28 February 2012.

 
 
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Forum Against War on People

Convenors:
S A R Geelani
G N Sibaba
Mrigank



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