India: Largest Strike in Human History is 250 Million People Strong

Nov. 26: Indian workers, peasants, and farmers strike across Indian. A second generals trike is called for Dec. 8.

On November 26, the people of India carried out the largest organized strike in human history. Over 250 million people participated in the nationwide strike, organized by a coalition of workers and farmers including trade unions, women’s rights groups, and students. Workers are fighting back against the repressive right-wing Modi government, demanding an end to anti-worker, anti-farmer policies, higher wages, food for families, pensions, and an end to privatization in the public sector. The police used batons, teargas, and water cannons on protesters, but the people did not stop. They held sit-ins and marches, shutting down entire transport routes and cities. The US government is carrying out the same anti-worker policies here. Trump has frozen farmworkers’ wages and millions of workers are suffering without food, housing, healthcare, or safe jobs. We should look to the example of our brothers and sisters in India and take to the streets. We will only win our rights through organized struggle.