CPl trade union activists, have been thrown into jail just for opposing the from 1 to 4 per cent. Strikes have been of working class organisations have been jailed.
Press consorship is total, and has boen extended to cover speeches mace in Parlament and judgements of the ONE YEAR AGO, on 26 June 1975, Indira Garchi declared a State of Emergency in India, She claimed that it was a temporary measure oniy designed to curt 'reactionary elements" who were trying to subvert Indian democracy, And she was supported by the Communist Party of India (CPI), on the pretext that the 'emergency" was designed to smash the reactionary landlord class and semi-feudal elements.
At the time we predicted that the long term objective of indira Congress is to use these repressive laws to maintain industrial discipline, prevent rural struggles and create better conditions for investment of native and foreign capital" (South Asia Newsletter, Vol 1, No 4), We also said that Gandhi's much publicised 20-point programme would not significantly change the living conditions of the mass of people. But roday speculation is no longer necessary - her record speaks for /tself.
Thousands of workers, including many HASALO RILITEO COESDEO virtually banned and all known militants OI BERIN EA WODOrAL LIS DECEE stage of the country's economic develop.
The big monopoly houses, landlords Hank investment allowanoes to capitalist firms!
The capitalists and landlords have carried out without planning permission.
Forcien capitalists too have benetaic s0. fited from the sibergeney. The Foreign Exchango Regulations Act has beeo amended to facilitate foreign capital Investments. And the Gavernment bas made strenuoas efforts to attract British West German and American investments.
Nabraly Die trendy bank of 'developing countries" the World • nas cespondeo py staling En ILs report to the Ald India Consortium that: To support the Goveroient of India's elforis to accelerate the rate of economic growth, the aid community must continue te respord to India need with no les vigour that was displayed during the recent crisis years" (Business Stendord, 21 May)
On the pelitical tront, the Governmen! has been sucesfal hoch in dividing and wU T 0003008 0888I parties and in paraly sing the cetornist baurgools oppositionsts - Including membecs of the right-wing lan Sanghhave been openly invited lo join the ruling Corgress party, Some have alroady Indira Gandhi; and lbolow, ner son Sanjay, now organising paramiitary groups with help of fascists CPI (Marxist), which does oppose th emergency, bas contined itself to occasional deciaratsons. Paralysicg divisions ib its lesdership, purticularis over cooperation with rightist parties like the Jan Sangh, have left the rank-and-file confused and demoralised.
The splintered Naxalite groups have done no better. The most slawishly pro Peking ones now argue that the most IPOrtaE DSACIOn I5 DErWCER U pro-Soviet bourgecisie and anti Soviet bourgeoisie! Therefore it is necessaty to join up with the anti-Soviet bourgeoisie - extreme rightist groups like the Jan Sampl aid the Rashtriya Sevak Sanigh— to Liøbt "Tascisl" Indira.
Howeser, s process af politica) clarifleation amongat the most advanesd layers of the oppressed is slowly coking place. The bankruprey of the Stalinist and Magist organisations has been clearly revealed with the emereenes aromnting maty of their fellowers to ack new: TOLS SE ACU CHECA TS BErE! out by the questions that are cartently Deins acoato Dy CHeRs D C uRce ground (see News from the Underground' In South Ars Newsiezser, Vol 2, No I)
We in Britain mast sotidariso with those militants in Incia whe are the vic tims of Indira's repression. Doc moru then that is nesded.
Both the CP1 (M) and the Naxalites in Britain seek to boild solidarity movements while preservint and strcagchenin: their diastrous multi-class altluices with Jan Sangh, ute. These opportunist bags must be fought chrough a campaign to baud a united front of working class Pras e g sans The Campaien for the Release of SSH PO HEN SEnCES tEKI secks to build sach a united front. All revolatiunary militants should support CRIPP and join its continent on the 27 Jope demonstration against the R. ROY