The leadership of a country
choosing another country as a
venue for attacks against another
country is not at all in line with a
normal behavior of a Head of State.
But Modi had done this with a
definite purpose. He wanted to tell
the US that Pakistan and terrorism
supported by it are a cause of
India’s problems in Kashmir. This
is also an attempt to deny the right
of Kashmir people to decide their
political future.
The US imperialists are clear
in their mind. They do not wish to
lose the comprador rulers of any
country. There can be competitions
and clashes among the comprador
rulers of different countries. At
times, they can be a matter of some
head ache for the imperialists. But
no one should underestimate the
role of imperialists behind them.
They would transform the problems
or disputes among the semi-
colonial and semi-feudal countries
into opportunities for themselves to
further tighten their own
oppressive strangle hold on these
countries. US relation with India
and Pakistan is a best example for
this. While projecting themselves
as the friend of both, mediators
and peace restorers, the US
imperialists had done a lot to stoke
tensions, hostilities and even wars
and war like situations between
India and Pakistan and reaped big
profits in arms sales and aid to
both countries. In their policies and
actions, the imperialists are always
guided by their own interests.
Trump has repeated his offer
to mediate between India and
Pakistan on Kashmir issue. The
Indian rulers say that Kashmir is
India’s internal problem. But, at the
same time, they see the roots for
this in the policies and actions of
Pakistan rulers. The Pakistan
rulers maintain that Kashmir
problem cannot be solved without
a discussion and agreement
between India and Pakistan.
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Curiously, the common point
between the three is: All deny the
decisive role of Kashmir people in
the resolution of Kashmir problem.
Hallow claims
No one took Modi’s assurance
in Houston that ‘everything is fine
in India today’ seriously. When Modi
was speaking in US, India was
already in serious economic crisis.
Kashmir was under total black out.
The atrocities against women,
attacks on dalits and minorities, the
progressive and democratic
intellectuals; curtailment of rights of
workers; suicides by the distressed
peasants; mob lynchings; frenzied
attempts to communalise every
aspect of life and communally
divide the people and the problems
of life like unemployment and
unbearable costs of life were
continuing unabatedly. Modi
govt.’s credibility was going
downhill and more and more
people in the country were taking
the road of united struggle against
the anti- people, anti-democratic
and communal politics of BJP govt.
Struggle Ahead
The entire Howdy, Modi event
was a flop show. It was a stage –
managed exercise of propaganda
based on blatant lies and empty
assertions by a regime whose
policies are at the root of all
problems faced by our people in
India. The leaders of Indian govt.
cannot raise their credibility, which
is on a downhill, by shaking hands
with a leader of world power, US
President Trump, who too is faced
with increasing criticism and
opposition. The fact remains that
the policies of subservience to
imperialism pursued by the Indian
ruling classes and present Modi
govt. place them in a shamefully
unequal position vis-à-vis US
imperialism. This cannot be
rectified
without
pursuing
genuinely democratic policies;
without breaking free from the
imperialist bondage and without
taking the road of opposition to the
imperialist policies of plunder,
oppression and domination. The
vast masses of our people –
working class, peasants, other
oppressed and toiling people;
communist and democratic forces
are already in this struggle. Advance
of this struggle alone can pave the
way for a genuinely democratic and
independent India.
Amazon is Burning
Called “the lungs of the Earth”,
the Amazon rainforest make
roughly 20% of oxygen on earth.
Now it is on fire. Within the 20 days
of discovery of fires, they
consumed 74,000 hectares of
tropical rainforest. The flames are
massive. They increased by 83%,
double that of last year and 68%
of the protected areas haves been
affected. The Amazon is home of
34 million people, including over
350 indigenous groups.
It is the policy of the Brazilian
government that is directly
responsible for these fires. In the
name of development, the Brazilian
government has been resorting to
rapid deforestation of Amazon. The
recent fires were intentionally set
by farmers who wanted to clear the
land so it could be used for
agriculture. They are encouraged
by the President Bolsonaro’s
declaration: “the Amazon is open
for business”. Soon these farmers
are to be replaced by the giant
corporations from US imperialism
which want to exploit the vast
natural resources under Amazon.
Illegally clearing forest lands
with fires is the practice of profit-
driven finance capital which is
contd. on page 5
Class Struggle