A-Infos (en) Italy, FDCA: THE ANTIDOTE #3 - The Class Struggle in India (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

In India, the social, political, and labor landscape is inflamed by a 
profound generational divide and serious international geopolitical 
tensions that are shaping domestic politics. --- The Generational 
Protest: The "Cockroach Janta Party" (CJP) --- The most significant and 
disruptive mobilization of recent weeks is led by young people and 
university students: --- * The protest arose spontaneously after the 
Chief Justice of India described online activists and unemployed youth 
as "pests of cockroaches."
* In response, young people ironically founded the Cockroach Janta Party 
(CJP), quickly amassing over 22 million followers.
* The movement challenges systemic precarity, mass unemployment, and 
recent scandals related to state exam irregularities.
* Mass demonstrations have hit New Delhi, Pune, Lucknow, and Amritsar. 
The CJP has organized sit-ins in Hyderabad and Bangalore to demand the 
resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, threatening an 
indefinite strike at Jantar Mantar (New Delhi).

Tensions over Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and ethnic clashes

The streets continue to be polarized by the controversial Citizenship 
Amendment Act (CAA) promoted by the Hindu nationalist government of 
Narendra Modi.
The law accelerates the granting of citizenship to illegal immigrants of 
various religions from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, explicitly 
excluding Muslims.
This measure, combined with the revocation of special regional statutes 
(such as in Kashmir), is perceived by minorities as an attempt to assert 
ethno-religious hegemony. This has led to frequent spontaneous strikes, 
business boycotts in urban markets, and clashes on university campuses 
historically oriented towards defending the state's secularism.

The Indian Seafarers' Diplomatic Crisis (June 2026)

At the popular and political levels, the country is shaken by a strong 
wave of patriotic outrage directed against the United States.
As part of the US naval blockade against Iran that began in April, 
American CENTCOM forces struck three Indian-crewed oil tankers in the 
Gulf of Oman (June 8, June 10, and June 11). The missile attack on the 
MT Settebello resulted in the deaths of three Indian sailors.
Foreign Minister S. Jayashankar issued a harsh official protest to US 
Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Washington's initial refusal to 
apologize sparked a reaction from shipping unions and demonstrations of 
discontent in India's major coastal cities.

Workers' riots in industrial centers

India faces economic growth alongside pockets of extreme poverty, where 
21% of the population lives on less than two euros a day. In 
manufacturing and technology hubs (such as the Noida industrial area and 
the manufacturing districts of West Bengal), grassroots unions are 
organizing wildcat strikes against grueling workloads, lack of 
healthcare coverage, and demanding minimum wages be adjusted in line 
with inflation.

Sources:
Instagram- Factanza; Wired; Actionaid Italia; Reuters; bbc.com; The 
Guardian; dw.com

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