Delhi In India under the antidemocratic, “no news, but good news”, reign of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the old saw about two things you can’t escape, death and taxes, has been combined into one thing when the façade of taxes is being used to kill international nonprofits that the government views as …
Progress in Organizing Hawkers and Street Vendors
Delhi In the Hawkers Joint Action Committee, we have several thousand members in Delhi that have joined in the last two years. Several of the longtime organizers, one with seven years and another with ten years working with us, shared the details of the struggles and successes during that period with me in the …
Amazon’s Growing Force in India
Delhi Amazon has gotten very big in India. Walmart, our longtime nemesis, through its purchase of Flipcart, has joined Amazon in a fierce competition to dominate e-commerce in the country. In a partnership with UNI, the global labor federation, and the nascent Amazon India Workers Association, ACORN and its affiliate, Janaphal, have been supporting …