Press Release by Emergency Coalition to Stop HIV/AIDS in India
Press release calling for a demonstration on August 13, 1991 at the Indian consulate in San Francisco to alert the Indian government of health and social issues caused by the AIDS epidemic.
A Proposal For An Alliance Against Fascist Dictatorship In India
A document co-signed by organizations calling for “an alliance against fascist dictatorship in India.” The six groups, the Indian People’s Association of North America (IPANA), Indians for Democracy (IFD), Committee for Freedom in India (CFI), Committee of Concerned Indian Students (CCIS), New India Coalition (NIC), and Indians for Political Freedom (IPF), discuss the possibility of an alliance on
"India's General Elections are a Fraud"
This eight-page pamphlet detailing the effects of Emergency rule in India urges Indians both in America to boycott the upcoming elections.
Diplomatic "Excesses"
Excerpt from a report by the South Asia People’s Organization, a Berkeley-based organization that investigated the actions of Consul General of India in San Francisco, R.C. Arora.
India Today (Vol. 2, No. 1)
Six-page issue of India Today magazine published by the Alliance Against Fascist Dictatorship in India. The issue begins by detailing the ways in which the Emergency has proved ineffective. It also includes minutes from a successful meeting, three demands opposing “Indira’s Fascism” and a detailed description of the Santhal Uprising in the states of Bihar and West Bengal.
Sunrise (Vol. 4, No. 6)
This volume of Sunrise newsletter, subtitled “News and Views on Bangladesh,” covers Indira Gandhi’s re-election and its implications for the Indian subcontinent. The issue also includes a letter from the daughter of the assassinated Sheikh Mujib of Bangladesh.
"Repression and Class Struggle in Bangladesh"
This document is the last two pages of a sixteen-page description of the social state of Bangladesh in 1977. It was compiled by the South Asia Research Group, and describes the Zia regime in detail, along with a comparison with repression in Japan.
India Forum Bulletin
This bulletin, published by India Forum, provides a detailed description of a demonstration that occurred during a celebration of India’s Republic Day (January 26th) in the San Francisco Bay Area. The demonstration was organized by the New India Coalition, which had the support of several groups in the Bay Area.
India Forum (May 1979)
This 97-page issue of India Forum magazine, published in Oakland, contains writing from Gail Omvedt, Sarvohara Shikshan Mala, Sharat G. Lin, and S. Ghosh. The issue also includes political documents from the Ad Hoc Committee for Inquiry into Kanpur Massacre, the Kerala State Committee of CPI (M-L), and the South Asia People’s Organisation.
"Democracy or Dictatorship in India?
88-page pamphlet published by the Committee for Freedom in India, described as a “handbook of facts documents, [and] analysis.” The pamphlet collects commentaries on the state of India, with particular focus on the Emergency and the effect that is has had on Indian resistance.