Some 250 million people around the world were born untouchable. They live throughout South Asia, as well as in Japan and parts of West Africa. Over 160 million of them are in India, where they make up more than one-sixth of the population, and where over 580 million more people belong to other oppressed castes and tribes.

The Hindu caste system has been called a "hidden apartheid" and the single greatest existing social evil. But outside of the subcontinent few people know much about it, even among leftists.

The purpose of this site is to share our ideas and research. Our perspective is Marxist. It will take a socialist revolution to create the material basis for abolishing the caste system. And only a party that openly fights against caste oppression can lead the workers of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka to power.

We are not that party, or any kind of organization. This site is run by Sujatha and Alan. Sujatha grew up in an untouchable family in Andhra Pradesh.

We'll be adding material all the time. Take a look and let us know what you think.
Anti-Caste Information Page 
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what we've been reading

anti-caste: links
Marxists on India   
To learn about
untouchability
in India today,
this article
from National Geographic is a good place
to start.
This article from the Country Studies series sponsored by the US Army is also useful.
And see Human Rights Watch's report on caste discrimination worldwide.

from Sujatha's family history
letter from
Mumia
Abu-Jamal
on discrimination against untouchable survivors of the South Asian tsunami
letters
to
Workers
Vanguard
Caste Among Muslims
and other notes on
the Muslim question
in India
COMING SOON

FAQS on caste
email us
on repression of Honda workers in Gurgaon, Haryana
On the social function of caste: a reply to Jared Diamond
photo: children of the untouchable madiga caste in a village in Andhra Pradesh
And this essay by journalist P. Sainath.
Outside links for the sake of information--we don't necessarily share their aims.
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anti-caste news:
MAHARASHTRA
BURNING
(September-December 2006)
mass outrage in wake of
anti-untouchable lynching
news:
caste, communalism, and class struggle in South Asia