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In face of the advance of the Maoist guerrillas and the growth of mass mobilizations in many parts of the country, the Indian State responded two years ago by launching an all-out crackdown, known as “Operation Green Hunt.” |
For a second consecutive year, an International Week of Solidarity with the People’s War in India will be held from January 14 to 22. Various actions will happen in several countries to support the Communist Party of India (Maoist) and the popular revolution against imperialism it currently leads. Here in Canada, the Revolutionary Communist Party is calling for a rally outside the Indian Embassy in Ottawa, on Saturday, January 21 at 1pm. The rally will show our solidarity with all those who are fighting for freedom and the emancipation of our millions of brothers and sisters in India. We will loudly condemn the complicity of the Canadian imperialist state in aiding India in the brutal suppression of the aspirations of the people. We will also take the opportunity to honour the memory of Comrade Kishenji, a leader of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), who was recently tortured and murdered after being lured into an ambush. |
WEEK OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE REVOLUTION IN INDIA FROM JANUARY 14 TO 22, 2012
The relationship between Canadian and Indian mining outfits is a complex and bi-directional one, with the Indian state actively encouraging Canadian corporations to invest in mineral extraction and enter into joint-venture operations in partnership with Indian companies. They laud the profitability of such investments (due mainly to the abundant resources that exist in the country’s interior as well as the low wages that can be paid to the workers and the lax regulations to which companies are subjected) and praise Canadian mining corporations as the “gurus of mining.” In order to sweeten the pot, the Indian state displayed its full integration into the imperialist system by allowing 100% Foreign Direct Investment in mining operations —effectively allowing Canadian corporations to plunder without restriction the resources that ought rightly to belong to the Indian people. |
In a development that immediately worried Indian security officials, the Maoist Communist Party of Manipur (MCPM) held its first political conference in August 2011. The MCPM has been active for the last few years under a different name and has quickly become one of the most important armed groups in Manipur. The Party has been involved in general strikes as well as a number of ambushes and attacks on police and military forces. |
In 1947, under the pressure of an invasion of Pakistani forces, the Hindu King of Kashmir, Hari Singh, requested the Indian army’s support. To get this support, King Hari Singh was required to accede Kashmir to India. The King approved India’s annexation of Kashmir, even though he was hated by nearly the entire population, except for a small Hindu minority, due to decades of religious intolerance. The fact that King Singh was not a democratic leader did not matter to the Indian state. |
On December 16, the newly-founded Red Aid chapter in Montréal held a fundraiser to support the May First 2011 defendants. The event was a rousing success and a concrete demonstration of our primary slogan: Solidarity Is Our Weapon! Over 175 people attended; the event was enhanced by the participation of artists from various backgrounds (Pierre Fournier, Mise En Demeure, Micros Armés, SCRAP and Arme Au Poing), who came to show their solidarity. The event was also attended by a number of organizations concerned with the struggle against political repression and these organizations set up literature tables (the People’s Commission Network, Montréal’s Anti-Capitalist Convergence, the Project for Accompaniment and Solidarity with Colombia, DIRA Anarchist Library, the Collective Opposed to Police Brutality, etc.). |
For several weeks now in Egypt huge demonstrations have been held in most major cities, notably in Cairo, in what some have dubbed “Tahrir II,” in reference to the last winter uprising. The current movement is characterized by a deep discontent at the lack of political and social change in the country despite promises made a few months ago by the officials of the regime. The toppling of former president Mubarak in February had sown the seeds of hope and joy among the masses. But this joy was short-lived. |
After months of denial and innuendo, François Legault, former Parti Quebecois minister and founder of Air Transat corporation, finally announced the creation of a new political party called the “Coalition Avenir Québec” (roughly translated, the name is the “Quebec Future Coalition”). The new party, which is expected to take control of the remnants of Mario Dumont’s “Action Démocratique du Québec,” is already leading in polls. In a context where the Liberal Party seems to have exhausted its political capital after eight years in power and where the PQ is going through a major internal crisis, the bourgeoisie of Québec could indeed be tempted to support a “new alternative” after 40 years of change-over between the PQ and the Liberals. |
