Indian students speak out against imperialist war drive
By
our correspondents
19 August 2017
Indian supporters of the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) spoke to students in city colleges during the campaign for a forthcoming public meeting in Chennai, the Tamil Nadu state capital, on August 27. The meeting will discuss the growing danger of war against China in South Asia and the political strategy required to mobilise the international working class to prevent this catastrophe.
Across the Indo-Pacific region, the US is accelerating its political provocations and military build-up against China. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has transformed his country into a “frontline” state against China and further integrated the military into Washington’s geo-strategic agenda.
American warplanes and warships are now permitted to use India’s military bases and ports and the Modi government is backing aggressive US operations against China in the South China Sea. India has also expanded its relations with key US allies in the Asia Pacific, such as Japan and Australia.
Tensions have also intensified between India and China, both nuclear-armed powers. The recent intervention by Indian troops to stop road expansion work by Chinese workers in the Doklam plateau, a disputed border region between Bhutan and China, poses the danger of military conflict.
ICFI supporters campaigned at a number of Chennai colleges, including Presidency, Pachaiyappa and the Ambedkar Arts College, as well as several workplaces and neighbourhoods.
There is a growing hostility among students to the US-led war drive and New Delhi’s support for Washington. Students opposed the huge amounts of money being spent by Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party-led government on the military…