In the month of August this year, with hardly a fortnight's time left, a group of left teachers decided to contest the trade union election to Delhi University Teachers Association (DUTA) and yours truly was fielded as the candidate.
The pamphleteering task was given to me and the final product evolved over collective discussions with members of the informal group. Thought this will give a fillip to my almost dead blog experiment ...
Few things first---
i)the election was fought from an altogetherly new and independent platform though various groups (JSM, Sambhavna, LDTF) and individuals supported the candidature
ii)we were critical of the CPI(M) led teachers' front (DTF) and the other established models of left politics in DU while completely rejecting the ruling Congress combine (AAD-INTEC) and the rightist forces (NDTF)
iii)25 candidates contested for the 15 posts in DUTA Executive
iv)83 colleges, 8000 voters - each voter has a maximum of 15 points/votes that can be given to any in the fray
v)5000 voted - yours truly got elected with 3479 points coming 8th.
vi)the pamphlet is a lengthy one but considering that it was the first one for our group from the margins of DU politics we couldn't shorten it any bit - so bear with us
We are in the process of organising ourselves into a democratic trade union participant in the University ... our commitments are openly there in the pamphlet. We would welcome valuable inputs/critiques from all the readers.
So read on ....
http://cul-de-sach.blogspot.com/2009/10/agenda-for-teacher-learner-activist.html
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