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The collapse of the Rana Plaza factory complex, in Bangladesh, last month is now the deadliest accident in the history of the garment industry, and one of the worst industrial accidents ever. Coming after a string of South Asian factory fires last fall that killed hundreds of workers, it provides painful evidence that, two decades since big Western companies started adopting codes of conduct for their suppliers, too little has changed. The problem isn’t so much evil factory owners as a system that’s great at getting Western consumers what they want but leaves developing-world workers toiling in misery.
South Asia Citizens Web
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James Surowiecki: After Rana Plaza
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India: Public Interest Litigation against temples and other religious structures inside government premises in Orissa
20 MayThe PIL has been filed by a social worker Abhiram Mallick alleging that the Constitution clearly states that the state shall have no religion of its own and the state agencies and instrumentalities shall not preach any religion in their public life and also not allow any religion to flourish or be propagated directly or indirectly, but government officials are violating it. Even the highest office of the state, the Secretariat, is no exception. The petitioner has alleged that India is a secular state and constitutionally it should not promote any particular religion but authorities intentionally have been encouraging nefarious activities by constructing temples and other religious structures inside government premises.
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India: Continued Repression of Maruti Workers - MSWU Press Release, 20 May 2013
20 MayWe are facing one of the most brutal repression by the government on our movement. While we have adopted the democratic and peaceful means available to demand the release of arrested 147 workers, withdrawal of non-bailable arrest warrants from 66 workers and reinstatement of terminated 546 permanent and 1800 contract workers, the government has only responded with force and malice and in collusion with the Maruti Suzuki company management.
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Book Review: Interpreting fascism, one fascist at a time
19 May, byIn the past two decades or so, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the sangh parivar as a whole and its ideological affiliates have frequently been dubbed as “fascist forces”. Protagonists of Hindutva denounce the claim as “malicious canard”.
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India: Stop the Police Brutality Against Maruti Suzuki Workers - Joint Press Statement
19 MayThe Haryana Government yet again in a brazen and outright cowardly manner has sought to protect the interest of capital and particularly the management of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd by refusing to allow the victimised workers and their families to undertake a peaceful demonstration planned for today which was expected to draw in ten thousand people from across the state.
