 Dear colleagues, we would like to invite you to attend some important events and alert you to some important initiatives. Farmers’ Struggle: Successes, Lessons, and Future Through Pluripolarity to Socialism: A Manifesto We apologize if the times of various events are inconvenient in your part of the world. Please note that if it is inconvenient for you, you will find recordings of most events at GERG’s website. Farmer’s Struggle: Successes, Lessons, and Future In this webinar, Mr. Rakesh Tikait – the national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU, literal translation – Indian Farmers’ Union) from the state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) in India, discusses his experiences in India’s historic farmers’ struggles, what worked, what did not and lessons learnt, and future. The webinar will take place Sunday 9 January 2022 at 8:00AM PST / 10:00AM CST / 11:00AM EST / 9:30PM IST over Zoom and YouTube Live. Click here to register to attend this event for free and please share widely! Mr. Tikait will speak in Hindi and there will be simultaneous translation into English for his speech and the Q&A session.  About this event As Indian farmers celebrate their historic victory against the three draconian farm laws introduced by the Government of India, their struggle is far from over. Before the launch of the next phase of their movement, we invite you to join Mr. Rakesh Tikait – the national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU, literal translation – Indian Farmers’ Union) from the state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) in India – to learn about his experiences during the past year at Delhi borders, what worked, what did not, lessons learnt, and the roadmap of the next phase of the movement. Mr. Tikait will speak in Hindi and there will be simultaneous translation into English for his speech and the Q&A session. Rakesh Tikait is the national spokesperson of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU – literal translation Indian Farmers’ Union) and has been an active member of the union for close to three decades. His organization, BKU, joined the latest protest by Indian Farmers at Ghazipur, one of three Delhi border protest sites. He has been at the forefront of the movement and one of the most prominent faces of the movement in the media, both Indian and international. This event is organized by: SANSAD (South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy), Vancouver Democracy, Equality & Secularism in South Asia (DESSA), Winnipeg CERAS (Centre sur l’asie du sud), Montreal Indian Farmers & Workers Support Group, Edmonton Indian Farmers & Workers Support Group, Vancouver Indian Farmers & Workers Support Group, Winnipeg Punjabi Literary and Cultural Association, Winnipeg Geopolitical Economy Research Group Through Pluripolarity to Socialism: A Manifesto ‘Through Pluripolarity to Socialism: A Manifesto‘ is an important political initiative which, in view of the multiple crises facing us and the urgency of political action, has been taken following several months of discussion by the International Manifesto Group, a world-wide group of concerned activists and scholars. You will find it here. We are translating into multiple languages. At this time, we are writing to ask you to be a signatory of the Manifesto and to ask likeminded colleagues and comrades to sign it. Signature indicates that you agree with the broad thrust of the Manifesto and consider that progressive forces should discuss and engage with it. We plan further events and conferences to discuss, debate and develop its themes. In that spirit, we urge you to: Sign the Manifesto here. Ask like-minded friends and comrades to do the same by forwarding this email to them or adapting it to your tastes. Please also get in touch if you have any questions, bearing in mind that the text itself has been finalised. You can keep up with GERG and the International Manifesto Group’s work here, and by following GERG on Facebook and Twitter. For cutting edge analysis of current events, the crisis of imperialism and the emerging pluripolar world order, follow New Cold War. |
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Alan Freeman
Geopolitical Economy Research Group
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada
Lieber Wolfram
Darüber hatte der Komponist, der beste europäische Saxophonist und Ko-Komponist Frank Zappas beim „Yellow Shark“ in seinem „Indischen Tagebuch“ geschrieben, als er als Kulturbotschafter Deutschlands mit seinem „ensemble modern“ in China und Indien und um den ganzen Globus herum unterwegs war.
Auszüge davon hatte er mir direkt geschrieben, die vollständige Kopie des Manuskripts ist bei mir im Archiv leider verschwunden… Ein Berliner Musik-Archiv hat es mir dann wieder zugänglich gemacht und ich habe Teile davon mit dessen Genehmigung bei mir veröffentlicht. In diesem Tagebuch beschreibt er, was Rundhati Roy in ihren Schriften (in den von mir mit-redigierten Übersetzungen durch Roy’s Freund Einar Schlereth) noch viel detaillierter beschreibt und analysiert. Der Musiker Wolfgang Stryi ist kein geschulter politischer Analyst, aber ein sehr genauer Beobachter. In den Passagen über die VR China bestätigt er Vieles von dem, was Du Jahre später geschrieben hast:
unter dem Suchbegriff Stryi findest Du noch mehr.
Wir hatten einfach zu spät begonnen. In Bregenz (auf der Bodensee-Bühne) und in Konstanz sollte unsere Europa-Tournee losgehen 2006 oder 2007. Im Frühjahr 2005 ist Wolfgang an einem Hirnschlag im Offenbacher Hallenbad im Wasser gestorben, kurz vor der Präsentation unseres gemeinsamen Buches auf der Leipziger Buchmesse: “unter-schlag-zeilen / gebrochene reime zur lage” für das Gerhard und Ingrid Zwerenz das Vorwort geschrieben haben.
Liebe, etwas traurige Grüße
Hartmut