{"id":9644,"date":"2021-12-10T02:34:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T02:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icwpredflag.org\/wp\/wordpress\/?page_id=9644"},"modified":"2021-12-10T07:28:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T07:28:23","slug":"india-mass-anti-fascist-struggle-overcomes-religious-and-gender-prejudices","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/icwpredflag.org\/wp\/wordpress\/volume-12-number-16\/india-mass-anti-fascist-struggle-overcomes-religious-and-gender-prejudices\/","title":{"rendered":"India: Mass Anti-Fascist Struggle Overcomes Religious and Gender Prejudices"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cBeginning Our March for Communism\u201d here \u2666<\/a> Masses Need Communism here \u2666<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cBeginning Our March for Communism\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

INDIA, December 5\u2014 \u201cWhen over half a million people camp out for a year in the outskirts of Delhi, 1.3 billion people in India and many around the world notice that something fundamental is changing.\u201d<\/p>\n

A comrade was reflecting on the three farm laws that were withdrawn by India\u2019s fascist leader Modi. The fascist government was obviously desperate to consolidate its power in the coming state elections by offering a token compromise. \u201cOur comrades are showing renewed commitment to recruit new farmworkers. This is the beginning of our march for communism,\u201d said a comrade who had brought three more to our nightly meeting.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never imagined in my life that thousands of men, young and old, would cook in the kitchen and clean toilets day after day in our makeshift camps in Delhi,\u201d commented a comrade.<\/p>\n

Another comrade who participated in these camps added, \u201cIn our villages, cooking was women\u2019s work. Now we have a new way of life: large collectives are formed, people help each other. It has brought down the barriers of gender.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe traditional Langars bring Sikh, Hindu and Muslim to participate in chores that affect us all. Back in our villages, we were segregated by religion. If you look here, the religious hostilities and hatred have not only disappeared, people are gladly helping each other regardless of their religion. Above all, this new way of life is giving us opportunity to talk about communism.\u201d<\/p>\n

In one camp in Delhi, a comrade is struggling with a group of farmworkers about why we need communism. \u201cDuring the farmers\u2019 agitation, 600 farmers died due to various \u2018natural\u2019 causes. But 540 of these were poor or landless farmers with less than two acres of land. They could not afford to buy tractors. They worked very hard, lived in a hostile environment. They constantly struggled to pay their debts, so they had less food and no healthcare. That is why they died. What is \u2018natural\u2019 is really capitalism sucking every drop of your blood.\u201d<\/p>\n

These poor and landless farmers are among 300 million rural workers in India. They and many millions more in cities form the foundation of the capitalist system of exploitation and profit. Modi and his fascist party want to intensify religious hatred and subjugate women to the constant fear of male domination. These differences based on religion and gender keep some workers super-exploited and all workers in an endless cycle of wage slavery.<\/p>\n

Women Workers Becoming Communist Leaders<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I speak now, everybody in my village listens to every word,\u201d said a new comrade. \u201cPeople used to think that I work in the kitchen, and that I belong there. But our new comrades gave me a lot of confidence. They said, you worked in the kitchen, now you can organize for communist revolution.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did not even know what communism was,\u201d she continued, \u201cbut I knew how horrible conditions were. Sexist violence, bigotry, police raids. We had to walk a mile to get water and beg the money lender who would show up at the door with armed goons. But when I came to Delhi, I met comrades from ICWP. They explained to me that we are living in a capitalist society which is based on money. And communism is its opposite, society based on helping each other, not money and profit.\u201d<\/p>\n

This new comrade has emerged as our key leader. She talks about communism in words that masses without schooling can understand. \u201cI have read about the communist conference of ICWP in El Salvador,\u201d she said. \u201cMany people like me, don\u2019t know where it is. But the comrades told me it is a country very far from India. For me, there is no country. I see people coming from Bangladesh, Pakistan. They are just like us, they come hungry, and they work very hard. The main thing is the comrades want to organize for our party and communism in El Salvador. I want to learn from them.\u201d<\/p>\n

She and comrades like her are leading ICWP and the masses now, and more will in the future. Modi\u2019s fascism is creating conditions for us to expand the base for communism in India and around the world. Our new comrade and her collective are preparing a message of solidarity to our comrades in El Salvador. Their message will reverberate around the world, signaling communist potential and a bright future.<\/p>\n

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Muslims arrange langar for Sikh farmers<\/b><\/p>\n

Masses Need Communism, Not Capitalist Bribes<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

In Uttar Pradesh (India), a 340 km multilane freeway was inaugurated by Modi last month. It was to showcase the achievement of the fascist state government where murderous attacks on Dalits and Muslims are escalating. There are state elections early next year. Because of the farmers\u2019 agitation, the forces of the ruling party BJP are facing challenges from the opposition. The main purpose of the freeway was also to demonstrate that India can counterattack China in case of war.\u00a0 The freeway has a dual purpose: the entire 340 km can be converted into an emergency landing and launching facility for supersonic fighter airplanes<\/p>\n

BJP mobilized over 2000 buses from the nearby towns and villages on the day of the inauguration of the project. I spoke to some farmworkers who were part of the event. They told me that they were bribed to attend Modi\u2019s inauguration. Each participant got a cash award to sustain a family for a week.<\/p>\n

Rural India is in a serious crisis. The government has weakened or in many cases eliminated the \u2018food security\u2019 entitlement subsidy. It used to give hundreds of millions of people minimum wages when no work was available. Now, these workers are unemployed and the big cities have been unable to absorb them.\u00a0 The people I spoke to said that they had no cooking gas, no toilet facilities, and almost no food.\u00a0 These are the masses of people that Modi was going to show to the world.<\/p>\n

In contrast, when Modi officially opened the freeway, several supersonic airplanes landed and took off as if to send a signal to China. Each air force pilot is highly trained in Europe and the US. They are given the best housing, hospitals, and recreational facilities. While the masses who are cheering for them on the freeway will go home worrying about what to eat next week.<\/p>\n

I have spoken to my friends and comrades about the plight of the workers. I am new to ICWP. But when I read Red Flag<\/em>, it gives me the direction that it is capitalism that is a disaster to the working class. People who came to Modi\u2019s reception needed communism. A capitalist bribe is not going to solve our problems. Communist organizing now is our urgent need.<\/p>\n

-New comrade in India<\/p>\n

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