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 | |
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]