Class struggle in India

The separatists and the Indian state have always tried to negate the very existence of the working class and smother its struggles, yet the working class in Kashmir has tried determinedly to assert itself, especially over the last couple of years, and have carried out a number of major strikes and struggles.

A quarter of a million Jute Workers around Kolkatta were on strike from early Dec 2009 for better wages, permanent status of huge number of contract workers, retirement benefits and other issues related to their living and working conditions.

This article in the print edition of World Revolution has already been published online here

We are publishing here the brief report on the class struggle in India, presented to the ICC's recent conference of Asian sections.