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Questioning the legislature & judiciary
Un-definite Sit-in
Fasting for justice
Ceasing the state
 
 
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Satyagraha in Orissa (From 8th February)

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Satyagraha in Bihar (From 22nd February)

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Footmarch against Displacement (From 24th may to 25th June)

 
 
 
 


Janadesh 2007 is an ultimatum to the Government to resolve the land issue or face non-violent direct action. The assembly called for Do or Die. The members of the assembly also took the pledge undertake foot march to the Delhi for demanding land rights. If their demands were not met by October 2007, 25000 landless, deprived peoples would undertake foot march to Delhi.
 
 
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This peaceful march, inspired by Gandhi's salt march, will take place throughout October 2007, from Gwalior to Delhi 350km). It will unite 25,000 marchers (including about 200 Global Activists) to be met by 100,000 protestors in front of the Delhi Parliament for a sit-in and an open-ended hunger-strike. This will be a protest of unprecedented importance. Even though this is not the first peaceful protest-march, it is essential that the Indian government listens to this appeal and prepares a true agrarian reform, before others choose more violent forms of protest by joining armed and oppressive movements like the Naxalites (Maoists).

  1. questioning the legislature & judiciary
  2. un-definite Sit-in
  3. fasting for justice
  4. ceasing the state
  5. peace and nonviolent direct action

Relevance: Land and Livelihood 

This is widely known that 70% of Indians are own land either as farmers or as farm laborers. The question is why an issue affecting so many millions of people shouldn’t get any attention. We believe that it is not proper to look at the size of land purely from a point of view of economy. The issue of identity and dignity are equally important. Our position is that to deal with a kind of unemployment, poverty and migration there is no other way then to understand the Indian mindset and work around the land issue. Even the modern problems like large size of slums and the growing violence are the direct result of our incapacity to deal with the basic issue of land and livelihood. Whether it is Tolstoy, Gandhi or Vinoba every one of them has articulated the need to have a bottom up planning, bottom being the natural resources and the human requirements.

This is understood by one and all that there is a reverse process happening in India. The very resources that are to be given to the ordinary people of this country are now transferred to create more wealth for a small group. Janadesh is a process to educate people on these issues and mobilize opinion for a policy shift and implementation. History shows that any basic change in the society can be sustainable only if the ordinary people are involved and they are willing to own the process.

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