Dear Steven --- you raise a very fascinating point --- when does class based resistance translate into strong political danger for a ruling group? A similar question might be asked about why in the US the strike wave of 1877 and the Pullman strike of 1894 did not threaten the rising industrial capitalism --- perhaps in both cases, the ruling (class?) had access to a full armed force and was not afraid to use it.
Hari's point might identify the POLITICAL pressure point of a regime like Modi's -- What I find amazing is the fact that in the US, the "protest" against rising fascism is so ---- well ---- tame by comparison. We in the opposition (and I surely include myself) are just too "comfortable" to take the risks that people in other countries seem willing to do --- but I return to my first point --- are Americans so completely susceptible to off the world disinformation that we still have 37 percent of the population drinking the Trump Kool Aid ??? That remains a true mystery to me. On Sat, Aug 1, 2026 at 5:15 AM steven colatrella via groups.io <[email protected]> wrote: > Michael, what I don’t understand is why these protests, rather than the > THREE general strikes of 100, 100 and then 200 MILLION workers in 2010, > 2012 and 2020, and the prolonged and enormous farmers occupation of the > capital is what is shaking the Modi regime finally. > _._,_._,_ > ------------------------------ > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#42716): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/42716 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/120534131/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
