Kashmir has long suffered under foreign occupation. Recently, there has been a massive crackdown on Kashmiris by India’s fascist government. This has sparked huge demonstrations in support of Kashmiri independence not just in Kashmir itself but also abroad, including the U.

In recent months the U.S. public has become increasingly aware of the rise of Hindu fascism in India. However, with this awareness has come a good deal of confusion. U.S. media outlets have described Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the “Trump of India.

51 years ago revolutionaries in India joined with peasants in an armed revolt against landlords and the larger social system in the country. Today this revolt, after many twists and turns, has grown into a country-wide revolutionary movement. At present the Indian government has deployed over 300,000 troops in the jungles of Central India.

G.N. Saibaba, a progressive intellectual and political activist in India, was arrested on trumped-up charges in 2014 and given a life sentence in 2017. Since then his health has declined rapidly in jail, where he has languished for years without any medical care.