Webinar: Solidarity Series

These are recorded videos of the webinar: Solidarity Series: Conversations during lockdown & beyond, conducted between March 31, 2020 and April 17, 2020.

This webinar is aimed at activists who want to explore the concepts in depth, develop conceptual clarity & understanding of some of the issues we all work on, & grapple with. We believe it will help us in our work, as we interact with a wide range of people, media, state etc. With Covid-19 taking over everybody, and every walk of life, we thought of starting the series with issues around it.

For full & updated schedule, please visit: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VScX6ER23c3wlEq3QKzGNE-JnZ4CcGXLwsx-FLhMiC8/edit

Title: Capitalism in times of Corona
Speaker: Gautam Mody, New Trade Union Initiative
Moderator: Bhargavi S. Rao, CFA/ESG
Date: March 31, 2020
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Title: Decentralised governance and responses to survive COVID-19 securing civil and political rights
Speaker: Leo Saldanha, Environment Support Group
Moderator: Vijayan M.J., Pakistan India People’s Forum for Peace & Democracy
Date: April 1, 2020
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Title: The working class amidst lockdown
Speaker: Kiruba Munusamy, Legal Initiative For Equality.
Moderator: Priya Dharshini, Centre for Financial Accountability
Date: April 2, 2020
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Title: Breaking Nature’s boundaries: Novel Coronavirus and Climate Crisis.
Speaker: Soumya Dutta, South Asian People’s Action on Climate Crisis / MAUSAM
Moderator: Maju Vargheese, Centre for Financial Accountability
Date: April 3, 2020
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Title: What needs to be done to strengthen the public health system in India?
Speaker: Dr. T. Sundararaman, People’s Health Movement
Moderator: Gaurav Dwivedi, Centre for Financial Accountability
Date: April 4, 2020
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Title: State power and surveillance in times of lockdown
Speaker: Shalmali Guttal, Focus on the Global South
Moderator: Anil Varghese, Delhi Forum
Date: April 6, 2020
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Title: COVID 19 and Indian Economy
Speaker: Prof. Jayati Ghosh, CESP, JNU, New Delhi
Moderator: Bhargavi Rao, ESG/CFA
Date: April 7, 2020
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Title: Labour reforms, informal workers and impacts of lockdown
Speaker: Chandan Kumar, Rashtriya Hamal Panchayat
Moderator: Shweta Damle, Habitat And Livelihood Welfare Association
Date: April 7, 2020
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Title: Women’s Rights during a lockdown: Areas to watch out for.
Speaker: Madhu Bhushan, feminist/ Core group CIEDS collective, Member, Gamana Mahila Samuha
Moderator: Anuradha Munshi, Centre for Financial Accountability
Date: April 8, 2020
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Title: Impact of Lockdown on the Trans Community
Speaker: Meera Sanghamitra, National Alliance of People’s Movements
Moderator: Sasha Ranganath, Queer Campus
Date: April 9, 2020
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Title: Nature of Global Response to COVID 19
Speaker: Prof. C.P. Chandrashekhar, Retired Professor, CESP, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Moderator: Priya Dharshini, Centre for Financial Accountability
Date: April 10, 2020
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Title: Problematising vulnerability: Unpacking Intersectionality during a disaster
Speaker: Manjula Pradeep, WAYVE Foundation
Moderator: Bhargavi S. Rao, ESG / Centre for Financial Accountability
Date: April 10, 2020
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Title: COVID and State’s Human Rights obligations
Speaker: Avinash Kumar, Amnesty International India
Moderator: Joe Athialy, Centre for Financial Accountability
Date: April 11, 2020
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Title: Can banks withstand the impact of Covid-19?
Speaker: Thomas Franco, former General Secretary, All India Bank Officers’ Confederation
Moderator: Priya Dharshini, Centre for Financial Accountability
Date: April 13, 2020
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Title: How are we addressing Adivasi, Dalit Exclusion in COVID relief
Speaker: Paul Divakar, Asian Dalit Forum
Moderator: Prasad Chacko, National Dalit Watch
Date: April 14, 2020
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Title: People’s Resistance and Movement strategies in Corona and post-Corona times
Speaker: Punit Minj, BIRSA
Moderator: Ashish Ranjan, National Alliance of People’s Movements
Date: April 15, 2020
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Title: Planetary Emergencies and the Prospects for Climate Justice
Speaker: Dr Prakash Kashwan, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Connecticut
Moderator: Bhargavi S. Rao, ESG / Centre for Financial Accountability
Date: April 17, 2020
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Feedback Session
Moderator: Bhargavi S. Rao, ESG / Centre for Financial Accountability
Date: April 17, 2020
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