The following was given in a webinar to Socialist Action on May 24, 2020 in Canada, as part of a panel on India and Fascism.
This is the time of the Covid-19 pandemic, a threat to all humanity, and a time for solidarity and support.
In this spirit, we reach out to victims of apartheid Israel’s occupation of Gaza.
We must do the same for the people of Jammu and Kashmir, a disputed territory occupied by India. They are majority Muslims, who have suffered under complete lockdown and communications blackout.
It’s a question of land. India occupies Jammu and Kashmir and scrapped a constitutional ban on sale of Kashmiri land to non-residents. Now, all the land can be bought by anyone: Kashmir is up for grabs.
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