New Socialist Alternative (India)

New Socialist Alternative
New Socialist Alternative
Headquarters	Bangalore, India
Newspaper	Dudiyora Horaata; (Workers' Struggle)
Ideology	Marxism; Socialism; Trotskyism
Political position	Far-left
International affiliation	Committee for a Workers' International (Refounded)
Colours	Red
Website
	www.socialism.in
	Politics of India; Political parties; Elections;

New Socialist Alternative is a Trotskyist political party in India affiliated with the Committee for a Workers' International. It publishes the campaigning newspaper Dudiyora Horaata.^{[citation needed]}

The CWI gained its first Indian supporters after their discussions with the group's executive committee member Peter Taaffe in 1977.^[1]^{[better source needed]}

New Socialist Alternative actively supports Tamil Solidarity, an international campaign working for the rights of the people of Sri Lanka, and has sought the closure of a camp for the detention of Tamil refugees in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.^[2]^[3]

The party has criticised the FIFA World Cup being used to channel large amounts of public money into private hands.^[4]

^ Taaffe, P. (2004) A Socialist World Is Possible, CWI Publications: London
^ "Activists seek closure of 'illegal detention camp'". DNA India. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
^ "Activists, academics take out anti-Kudankulam protest in city". The Hindu. 24 October 2012. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
^ The anti-FIFA shout as a reconnection of global struggles, Al Jazeera, 2 July 2014.

[1] Taaffe, P. (2004) A Socialist World Is Possible, CWI Publications: London

[2] "Activists seek closure of 'illegal detention camp'". DNA India. Retrieved 14 August 2024.

[3] "Activists, academics take out anti-Kudankulam protest in city". The Hindu. 24 October 2012. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 August 2024.

[4] The anti-FIFA shout as a reconnection of global struggles, Al Jazeera, 2 July 2014.

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