| Description | This file contains correspondence; Indian Workers Association circulars; statements; reports; and leaflets relating largely to campaigns against the Indian government's oppression of political opponents, particularly 'Naxalite' communists, during the State of Emergency in India imposed by Indira Gandhi's government during the mid 1970s.
Papers consist of:
l/ letter from the Indian Workers Association to the High Commissioner of India protesting against the treatment of Indian people for demanding food, 7 April 1974
/2 circular letter issued by the Central Executive Committee of the Indian Workers Association with details of a demonstration at India House on 23 June 1975 protesting against the detention of Naxalites without trial
/3 leaflet published in English and Punjabi by the Indian Workers Association with details of a demonstration at India House against the planned execution of Indian peasant leaders Kiashta Gowd and Bhoomia 23 June 1975
/4 photocopy of a page from 'Time Out' entitled 'Seven Days/Artifact' consisting of an article on the activities of the Indian Workers Association and other left-wing groups in campaigning for the release of Indian political prisoners and the formation of abroad-based group called 'Alliance Against Dictatorship in India' 1975
/5 report on a one day conference in London to oppose dictatorship in India, organised by the Indian Workers Association, 26 October 1975
/6 article published by Ha Potoc Family International in Holland, based on material supplied by the Indian Workers Association and the Committee for Justice for Indian Political Prisoners. The article is entitled 'The Terrorist Dictatorship in India: An Open Challenge to all Freedom-loving People' and focuses on the treatment of political prisoners in India 1976
/7 leaflet published in English and Punjabi by the Central Executive Committee of the Indian Workers Association with details of a demonstration against Indira Gandhi's policies in India, 25 January 1976
/8 open letter issued by the Working Committee of the 'Alliance against Fascist Dictatorship in India' to Harold Wilson protesting against the state of emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi's government 25 January 1976
/9 leaflet published in English and Punjabi by the Indian Workers Association and the Alliance for People's Democratic India with details of a mass picket to take place in front of the Royal Albert Hall during the Commonwealth Prime Ministers Conference in London, calling for the release of Naxalite and other political prisoners in India
/10 letter to members of the Indian Workers Association sent by Jagmohan Joshi on behalf of the Central Executive Committee, giving details about a meeting to oppose interference from India House in the independent functioning of the Indian community in Britain and its organisation, undated. |