Kerala Trade Shuts down – 150,000 traders protest on HallaBol

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Highlights of the Halla Bol Protest
Corp. Quit Retail !!                                                                             Wal-Mart Quit India!
Total Shut Down and Mammoth Rally of 150,000 Traders in Kerala on Halla Bol
Feb 23, 2008: Traders in Kerala today downed shutters as part of the nation-wide Halla Bol protest against the entry of retail giants into the retail trade. Reports from various parts [...]

23 Feb – Kerala – Halla-Bol against corporate retailers

February 11, 2008 in 2008, DYFI, ICICI, ICRER, SEZ, acorn, ambala, america, approvals, arunachal, assocham, aurangabad, autumn, avenues, bajaj, bangalore, banks, baroda, bhopal, birla, brand, branded, brazil, business, carrefour, carry, cash, chain, chandigarh, chembur, chennai, chile, civic, cochin, commerce, commission, communist, conduct, consult, consultation, cooperative, cooperatives, corporate, dairy, delegation, delhi, democracy, democratic, discount, discuss, economy, employment, environment, europe, european, examine, executive, exhibition, expansion, facilities, fair, fdiwatch, festival, ficci, financial, food, foreign, fresh, fruits, gandhinagar, global, group, hawkers, hubli, india, indiafdiwatch, indian, industry, insurance, investment, investments, investors, jaipur, jalgaon, jamshedpur, janvad, jharkhand, karnataka, kerala, kirana, kolkata, lifestyle, lucknow, ludhiana, luxury, maharashtra, mallya, marxist, media, meerut, mexico, minister, mobile, model, mumbai, mysore, nagaland, nagpur, new delhi, niti, opportunities, oppurtunity, planning, policy, practices, pradesh, preelection, president, processing, punjab, rajasthan, reliance, retail, retailers, review, sale, samachar, sangathan, shop, shopping, shops, single, small, social, spring, steel, strategy, subscribers, summer, supply, talks, tatas, tesco, towns, traders, trichur, tripura, umbrella, unemployment, unrest, utensils, vadodara, varanasi, vegetables, vendors, venezuela, vyapar, walmart, weekly, wholesale, winter, wsf
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Dear Friends,
India FDI Watch along with its partner organizations calls for Halla Bol on 23rd February 2008 in all the major cities of India taking demonstrations to the doorstep of corporate stores. Militant demonstrations will be organized before the corporate stores as part of the action. In Kerala, Kerala Vyapari Vyavasayi Ekopana Samiti will organize [...]

Thousands protest to oppose Bharti Walmart Retail Entry strategy

December 29, 2007 in 2007, 2008, DYFI, ICICI, ICRER, SEZ, UP, acorn, advertising, airtel, ambala, analysis, anand, artisans, assocham, aurangabad, bajaj, bangalore, banker, bankers, banks, baroda, bharti, bhopal, big, birla, brand, branded, business, carrefour, carry, cash, caution, cautios, chain, challenges, chandigarh, chembur, chennai, class, cochin, commerce, communist, consultation, cooperative, cooperatives, corporate, corruption, dairy, delhi, democracy, democratic, dignity, economy, employment, environment, europe, european, executive, expansion, fdiwatch, festival, ficci, financial, food, foreign, fresh, fruits, gandhinagar, giant, gold, group, gujarat, hawkers, hubli, india, indiafdiwatch, indian, industry, investments, jaipur, jalgaon, janvad, karnataka, kiran, kirana, kolkata, kurien, labels, labour, large, lifestyle, lucknow, ludhiana, maharashtra, mallya, marxist, media, medium, meerut, milk, minister, mobile, mumbai, mysore, nagpur, navi, new delhi, niti, ornaments, outlets, paper, planning, plans, policy, president, press, processing, pune, punjab, rajasthan, reliance, retail, review, risk, risky, sahay, samachar, scooter, shop, shopping, shops, small, social, states, strategy, students, subscribers, sun, supply, tata, tatas, tesco, threats, towns, traders, troubles, unemployment, unrest, vadodara, varanasi, vegetables, vendors, vyapar, walmart, weekly, wholesale
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Thousands protested to oppose the Bharti-Walmart Joint Venture

On the heels of the announcement of the Bharti-Walmart joint venture, thousands of traders, hawkers, farmers and workers protested across India. Protesters also included a group of American students who demanded that Wal-Mart not be allowed into India. Mass-based organizations called on the Prime Minister and Sonia Gandhi [...]

2007 Year End – Gathering Storm of Protests and Large scale Social Unrest in Incredible India

December 29, 2007 in 2007, 2008, ICICI, ICRER, UP, acorn, advertising, analysis, anand, bangalore, banker, bankers, banks, birla, brand, branded, business, carrefour, carry, cash, caution, cautios, chain, challenges, chandigarh, chennai, class, cochin, consultation, cooperative, cooperatives, corporate, dairy, delhi, democracy, democratic, dignity, economy, europe, european, executive, expansion, fdiwatch, financial, food, foreign, fresh, fruits, giant, group, gujarat, hawkers, india, indiafdiwatch, indian, investments, janvad, kiran, kolkata, kurien, labels, labour, large, lifestyle, maharashtra, mallya, marxist, media, medium, milk, minister, mumbai, navi, new delhi, niti, outlets, paper, planning, plans, policy, president, press, processing, punjab, reliance, retail, review, risk, risky, sahay, samachar, shop, shopping, shops, small, social, states, sun, supply, tata, tatas, tesco, threats, towns, traders, troubles, unrest, vegetables, vyapar, walmart, weekly, wholesale
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2007 Year End sees gathering Storm of Political Protests and Widespread Social Unrest in Incredible India -
The past few days witnessed interesting reports coming from ICRIER on their – “ongoing survey” of the likely impact of the corporate retail on the peoples livelihood. People protest continues.
1. In Kozhikode, Kerala Vyapari Vyavasayi Ekopana Samithi protested before [...]