Red groups seek global support for ‘people’s war in India’

NEW DELHI: If the government is finding it difficult to combat growing Maoist movement and its violent ways across the country, it now has more reasons to be concerned. The movement seems to be garnering international support, thanks to a solidarity initiative launched by Maoist parties and groups across the world. Their slogan— “Let’s sustain the people’s war in India” — does not augur well for the government.

According to a statement made by “International Committee to Support the People’s War in India”, a week-long international campaign will be held from April 2 to 9 across nations.

Posters in various languages — like French and Spanish — showed the CPI (Maoist) cadres and their slogans in Hindi. “International Committee, in support of the people’s war, launches an international campaign, to be conducted in all forms, in the most number of countries as possible, through a week of action,” a release said. It does not specify what “all forms” refer to.

“This campaign is the expression of proletarian internationalism and advancement of unity of the international proletariat, of revolutionaries, democratic forces and oppressed peoples around the world,” says the release.

The release claims, “Indian masses, led by the Maoist Communist Party of India, are writing a historical page in the class struggle in the current world. In India, the people’s war is intensifying. Led by CPI (M), it has support of millions of poor farmers, women, untouchables, and now controls about 10 states of the confederation of India. That’s a people’s war against poverty, feudal, capitalistic exploitation.”

The forum does not name its member groups. But, Maoist movement in the form of World People’s Resistance Movement (UK), Communist Party of Philippines, Maoist Communist Party of Italy, Revolutionary Communist Party, Canada and Maoist groups in France and US are likely to participate. The forum raises the rights violation issue. “India describes the People’s War as the greatest threat to internal security.”