New Socialist Alternative (India)

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New Socialist Alternative
Headquarters Bangalore, India
NewspaperDudiyora Horaata
(Workers' Struggle)
Ideology Marxism
Socialism
Trotskyism
Political position Far-left
International affiliation Committee for a Workers' International (Refounded)
Colours Red
Website
www.socialism.in

New Socialist Alternative is a Trotskyist political party in India affiliated with the Committee for a Workers' International. It publishes the campaigning newspaper Dudiyora Horaata.[ citation needed ]

The CWI gained its first Indian supporters after their discussions with the group's executive committee member Peter Taaffe in 1977. [1] [ better source needed ]

New Socialist Alternative actively supports Tamil Solidarity, an international campaign working for the rights of the people of Sri Lanka, and has sought the closure of a camp for the detention of Tamil refugees in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. [2] [3]

The party has criticised the FIFA World Cup being used to channel large amounts of public money into private hands. [4]

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References

  1. Taaffe, P. (2004) A Socialist World Is Possible, CWI Publications: London
  2. "Activists seek closure of 'illegal detention camp'". DNA India. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  3. "Activists, academics take out anti-Kudankulam protest in city". The Hindu. 24 October 2012. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  4. The anti-FIFA shout as a reconnection of global struggles, Al Jazeera , 2 July 2014.