WORLD WORLDWIDE EUROPE ITALY - news journal UPDATE - (en) Italy, FDCA: THE ANTIDOTE #3 - The Class Struggle in India (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

 In India, the social, political, and labor landscape is inflamed by a profound generational divide and serious international geopolitical tensions that are shaping domestic politics. --- The Generational Protest: The "Cockroach Janta Party" (CJP) --- The most significant and disruptive mobilization of recent weeks is led by young people and university students: --- * The protest arose spontaneously after the Chief Justice of India described online activists and unemployed youth as "pests of cockroaches."

* In response, young people ironically founded the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), quickly amassing over 22 million followers.
* The movement challenges systemic precarity, mass unemployment, and recent scandals related to state exam irregularities.
* Mass demonstrations have hit New Delhi, Pune, Lucknow, and Amritsar. The CJP has organized sit-ins in Hyderabad and Bangalore to demand the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, threatening an indefinite strike at Jantar Mantar (New Delhi).

Tensions over Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and ethnic clashes

The streets continue to be polarized by the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) promoted by the Hindu nationalist government of Narendra Modi.
The law accelerates the granting of citizenship to illegal immigrants of various religions from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, explicitly excluding Muslims.
This measure, combined with the revocation of special regional statutes (such as in Kashmir), is perceived by minorities as an attempt to assert ethno-religious hegemony. This has led to frequent spontaneous strikes, business boycotts in urban markets, and clashes on university campuses historically oriented towards defending the state's secularism.

The Indian Seafarers' Diplomatic Crisis (June 2026)

At the popular and political levels, the country is shaken by a strong wave of patriotic outrage directed against the United States.
As part of the US naval blockade against Iran that began in April, American CENTCOM forces struck three Indian-crewed oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman (June 8, June 10, and June 11). The missile attack on the MT Settebello resulted in the deaths of three Indian sailors.
Foreign Minister S. Jayashankar issued a harsh official protest to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Washington's initial refusal to apologize sparked a reaction from shipping unions and demonstrations of discontent in India's major coastal cities.

Workers' riots in industrial centers

India faces economic growth alongside pockets of extreme poverty, where 21% of the population lives on less than two euros a day. In manufacturing and technology hubs (such as the Noida industrial area and the manufacturing districts of West Bengal), grassroots unions are organizing wildcat strikes against grueling workloads, lack of healthcare coverage, and demanding minimum wages be adjusted in line with inflation.

Sources:
Instagram- Factanza; Wired; Actionaid Italia; Reuters; bbc.com; The Guardian; dw.com

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