• NLG Joins the International Call to #StandwithFarmers in India

    Posted on February 8, 2021

    February 8, 2021 — The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) International Committee (IC) joins the international call to support farmers in India engaged in the largest general strike in history. Since fall 2020, farmers in the states of Punjab and Haryana have been opposing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Prime Minister Narendra Modi administration’s three farm […]

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  • International Days of Action to Free the Maruti 13. The Struggle is Global!

    Posted on April 4, 2017

    The Provisional Working Committee of Maruti Suzuki Workers Union (Haryana, India) have called for International Days of Protest on April 4th & 5th. (See below). Call your local Indian Embassy! Email & Use Social Media! Let the Indian government know that we demand the Release of the #Maruti13! Join the Facebook page for the protest: https://www.facebook.com/events/252366611893421/ […]

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  • NLG International Calls for Release of Maruti Suzuki Auto Workers (India)

    Posted on March 16, 2017

    On March 16th the National Lawyers Guild International sent a letter to the Indian Ambassador to the United States, Mr. Navtej Sarana urging the Indian government to take immediate action to save the lives of 13 Auto Workers from the Maruti Suzuki Factory. “We urge you to take immediate action to save the lives of […]

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  • Solidarity with India: Struggle is Global & Ongoing

    Posted on February 22, 2016

    We are community, student and legal activists in the United States fighting racialized and Islamaphobic state repression and the continuing assault of neoliberalism in our universities, workplaces and communities. As we watch India’s students and activists mobilize in mass for the right to dissent in the face of state sanctioned violence and relentless harassment we […]

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  • New Trade Union Initiative Launched In India

    Posted on April 21, 2006

    Robin Alexander, UE Director of International Affairs When President Bush arrived in India in early March, he was greeted by hundreds of thousands of protesters. Fortunately, when I arrived in India a few days later, I received a much warmer welcome. As a representative of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE), […]

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