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Imagine seeing the “largest strike in human history” in the world’s most populous country and your immediate reaction is to think about people in the USA and USA reporting and how the USA could do that too. Come on, you’re better than this. Probably.
To avoid being just another comment pretending to be useful while actually just talking about the USA, here’s the CPofIndia on the demands of the strike:
https://newagemukti.com/article/a6474dc9-333c-4d93-86de-1da29d1e588c
I mean if you’re from another country and something cool happens you’re gonna think “I wish that happened here”
I’d love if we had a general strike in Brazil against the pretty similar trade deals we’re getting here, and even though Brazilians are the second most obnoxious nationality online (I get to say it) I don’t see how bringing that up would contribute to the conversation. No hate to the USA lefties, I think their strikes against ICE were pretty nice actually, but it doesn’t have to always be about them.
Nonono, don’t you see? USA #1, USA exceptional. Therefore the US could do a bigger and better strike if they wanted too. Don’t you understand? My smug sense of western chauvinism is at stake here!
I’m sure if it is mentioned in western media will be as a vague “Oh those wacky brown people are angry about something, what’s new am I right?”
Pretty sure this is the one from a bit over a week ago, which would be this:
https://apnews.com/article/india-modi-protest-trade-deal-us-farmers-90746ddd26679ba11a180aa36a4612c5
Is this real? I don’t see this being reported anywhere in the mainstream press
Trying to find something in the mainstream Indian press and all I can find is BJP protests about shirtless AI bullshit?
The fuck os going on over there lmao? Is Indian kleptocracy this advanced their mainstream press won’t even cover a 300 million worker protest?
Indian media is 99% controlled by the BJP and their oligarch masters. Everything they don’t like is labeled as treason.
Try searching “Bharat Bandh” - I’m doing that now but the only mainstream Indian sources I’m finding are day-of articles about how traffic will be affected and whether schools will be open. Can’t find a major article about the arrests in Bengaluru or anything.
Edit - Like, why does thewire.in have a pre-strike article, but nothing about the day of?
Edit edit - Okay, here we go: https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2026/Feb/13/thousands-detained-as-india-bloc-backs-unions-in-strike-against-centre
A one day strike isn’t a strike, it’s a protest. Respect to these workers, but calling it a general strike like 🇺🇦 is just contributes to the mis-understanding of labor power. If all working Americans took a Friday off, the machine would go back to normal on Monday.
I agree with you conceptually but the workers and organizers called it a strike, so it’s not a mislabeling by the Ukraine-flag poster. The unions in India call one-day general strikes like this all the time.
Then how do we distinguish between one day shows of dissatisfaction and indefinite actions designed to bring the system to its knees?
I don’t see why you wouldn’t call it a strike. The bosses aren’t making money that day, right?
I guess my issue is that strikes in labor specifically are designed to hurt companies by depriving them of their staff until demands are met. A one day seems to be more a venting of dissatisfaction than a strike, but hey, I’m not doing it
Holy shit, that’s more workers than are even in the US. That’s amazing! Good for them I hope they get everything they’re asking for.
On a Saturday again?
In India, you usually only get Sundays off.
well then its a good way to get saturday off
