Hereby we publish reproduce an statement published by Forum Against Corporization and Militarization (FACAM) found here .
On 23 rd
The demands of the event were:
● STOP the violation of mandatory Gram Sabha under the Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 (PESA).
● SCRAP undemocratic and anti-people amendments in Forest Conservation Act, 1980.
● STOP the forceful grabbing of Adivasi lands and displacement of Adivasi peasants.
● STOP massive militarization of mineral-rich regions through hundreds of paramilitary camps in a bid to intensify corporate loot via carpet security.
● STOP genocide of Adivasi peasants in the form of fake encounters, aerial bombings, bogus arrests, forced fake surrenders, sexual violence etc.
● Implement PESA and 5th & 6th Schedule in Adivasi areas.
● STOP targeting of democratic progressive organisations and individuals in the name of conspiracy theories such as “urban Naxals” and “Naxalism of the pen.”
FORUM AGAINST CORPORATIZATION AND MILITARIZATION (FACAM)
Constituents: Association (AISA), All India Revolutionary Students Organization (AIRSO), All India Revolutionary Women’s Organization (AIRWO), Bhim Army Student Federation (BASF), Bhagat Singh Ambedkar Students Organization (BASO), Bhagat Singh Chatra Ekta Manch (bsCEM), Collective, Common Teachers Forum (CTF), Democratic Students Union (DSU), Fraternity Movement, Nazariya Magazine, Progressive Lawyers Association (PLA), Mazdoor Adhikar Sangathan (MAS), Trade Union Centre of India (TUCI), Vishwavidyalaya Chhatra Federation (VCF)