Mass Protests Erupt in India over Discriminatory Citizenship Law

Last week, the Narendra Modi-led government of India passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Act which will provide non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan with a path to citizenship while leaving millions of undocumented Muslims vulnerable. The Act is openly discriminatory and sets a dangerous precedent for religion-based citizenship in the country.

India Plans to Make 1.9 Million People Stateless

Nestled in the north-eastern region of India, sharing its southern border with Bangladesh, Assam has long been home to immigrants. But since August 31, 2019, with the publication of the National Register of Citizens, 1.9 million people risk being stripped of their citizenship and rendered stateless.

Kashmir on Lockdown: India Revokes Autonomy, Occupies Region

On August 5, India’s right-nationalist BJP government scrapped Kashmir’s special status protecting their autonomy and divided it into two regions. While the government paints this as an administrative move to bring progress to the region, the state is occupying Kashmir and actively repressing its 7.5 million Muslim-majority population.

General Strike in India: 200 Million Workers Oppose the Government’s Labor Law

On Wednesday, 200 million workers took part in the second day of a general strike in India against the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose labor law worsens working conditions and prevents unionization.

The Political Significance of the All India Strike and the Revolutionary Movement in India

Published on Sunday, August 30 - 2015 Written by Radical Socialist

Modi vs. Labor

Over 150 million workers went on strike Wednesday, September 2 in the largest stoppage since 1991. The action was called by 10 union federations to protest Modi’s pro-business labor reform.