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I’m sure if it is mentioned in western media will be as a vague “Oh those wacky brown people are angry about something, what’s new am I right?”
Pretty sure this is the one from a bit over a week ago, which would be this:
https://apnews.com/article/india-modi-protest-trade-deal-us-farmers-90746ddd26679ba11a180aa36a4612c5
Is this real? I don’t see this being reported anywhere in the mainstream press
Trying to find something in the mainstream Indian press and all I can find is BJP protests about shirtless AI bullshit?
The fuck os going on over there lmao? Is Indian kleptocracy this advanced their mainstream press won’t even cover a 300 million worker protest?
Indian media is 99% controlled by the BJP and their oligarch masters. Everything they don’t like is labeled as treason.
Try searching “Bharat Bandh” - I’m doing that now but the only mainstream Indian sources I’m finding are day-of articles about how traffic will be affected and whether schools will be open. Can’t find a major article about the arrests in Bengaluru or anything.
Edit - Like, why does thewire.in have a pre-strike article, but nothing about the day of?
Edit edit - Okay, here we go: https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2026/Feb/13/thousands-detained-as-india-bloc-backs-unions-in-strike-against-centre
A one day strike isn’t a strike, it’s a protest. Respect to these workers, but calling it a general strike like 🇺🇦 is just contributes to the mis-understanding of labor power. If all working Americans took a Friday off, the machine would go back to normal on Monday.
I agree with you conceptually but the workers and organizers called it a strike, so it’s not a mislabeling by the Ukraine-flag poster. The unions in India call one-day general strikes like this all the time.
Then how do we distinguish between one day shows of dissatisfaction and indefinite actions designed to bring the system to its knees?
I don’t see why you wouldn’t call it a strike. The bosses aren’t making money that day, right?
I guess my issue is that strikes in labor specifically are designed to hurt companies by depriving them of their staff until demands are met. A one day seems to be more a venting of dissatisfaction than a strike, but hey, I’m not doing it
Holy shit, that’s more workers than are even in the US. That’s amazing! Good for them I hope they get everything they’re asking for.
On a Saturday again?
In India, you usually only get Sundays off.
well then its a good way to get saturday off
