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Modi’s meltdown: India’s farmers reap the rewards of their resistance
After a year of the persistent protest, Indian farmers have shown the world how people power and solidarity can win, argues Shabbir Lakha
India’s Covid apocalypse: ‘Super spreader’ Modi lets the bodies pile high
Narendra Modi and his far right government stand foursquare at the heart of the horror unfolding in India, argues Susan Ram
India: Modi tastes the bitter pill of peasant power
Withstanding government efforts to destroy their epic mobilisation, tens of thousands of Indian farmers are holding firm in their encampments at the gates of Delhi, writes Susan Ram
India: Insurrection at the gates of Delhi
As India’s farmers continue their fight against Modi government ‘reforms’, Susan Ram analyses the issues behind their epic uprising
Can Indian workers ramp up the fightback against Modi’s far-right rule?
As 16 million workers down tools in a nationwide general strike, Susan Ram explores the issues and possibilities
Covid-19 in Modi-ruled India: 2.3 million cases and counting
A far-right government and its ‘muscular’ leader provide an object lesson in how
not
to fight the pandemic, writes Susan Ram
Keir Starmer, don’t pander to Modi's fascist regime and its allies in Britain - SASG statement
A statement from Indians for Labour and South Asia Solidarity Group
Republic of hunger: In the time of lockdown
Deaths by hunger will outpace deaths due to novel coronavirus in India, says Shashi Kant Tripathi
Locking down rights, ramping up hate: fascism and Covid-19 in India
In Modi's India, coronavirus crisis is just another reason to ramp up Islamophobia, using it to cover his inept handling of the pandemic, says Kalpana Wilson
Lockdown crisis in India: a people's perspective of Covid-19
With no access to state support, healthcare or testing, India's working and poor people have been completely abandoned by the government during the lockdown
Modi is driving Islamophobia in India, the world is watching
Protesters gathered in London to oppose the horrific violence perpetrated against Muslims in Delhi, reports Ben Tunstall
Modi, Trump and the defilement of Delhi
Hope for Delhi's ravaged communities lies in practical solidarity irrespective of faith, writes Susan Ram
India rises against Modi
A popular uprising is spreading across India confronting the fascism of the Modi regime, reports Amrit Wilson
Kashmir crisis: how the left should respond
It is time for the international left to throw its weight behind the Kashmiri struggle for democracy, argues Sweta Tapan Choudhury
India's annexation of Kashmir sets a path for war
The Indian government revoking Article 370 is an outright transgression of the Kashmiris’ right to self-determination, writes Sweta Choudhury
Stand with Kashmir against military occupation and colonialism
At a London vigil for Kashmir after India's suspension of Article 370, Nirmala Rajasingam of the South Asia Solidarity Group gave this speech
The 2019 Indian General Elections: what’s at stake?
With results due to be announced on Thursday May 23, Susan Ram explores the mammoth voting operation in terms of issues, significance and possible outcomes
India and Pakistan must pull back from the brink of war - SASG statement
Indians, Pakistanis, Kashmiris and UK citizens of South Asian origin issue a statement calling on the Indian and Pakistani governments to work for peace not war
In India, epic worker mobilisations challenge the Modi government as never before
In what is estimated to be the biggest strike in history, over 200 million workers in India took strike action, reports Susan Ram
Resisting the republic of fear: protesters take on Modi
Over a thousand people protested outside Downing Street last week as India's Prime Minister Modi visited Theresa May, Amrit Wilson explains why
'The resistance is coming from all sections of society': Hindu nationalism and its opponents
Writer and activist Amrit Wilson talks to Counterfire’s Shabbir Lakha about the BJP’s violence and the growing protest movement against the Hindu supremacists
Modi and Cameron: partners in neoliberal plunder
Protesters gather across London as David Cameron rolls out the red carpet for an Indian Prime Minister with blood on his hands
India's nightmare: the extremism of Narendra Modi
As the Indian prime minister visits Britain, Sheena Sumaria talks to writer Amrit Wilson, founder member of the South Asia Solidarity Group, about Modi's violent past and neoliberal policies