{"id":3320,"date":"2019-09-11T17:34:57","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T21:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communist-party.ca\/?p=3320"},"modified":"2019-09-11T17:53:34","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T21:53:34","slug":"solidarity-with-jammu-and-kashmir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communist-party.ca\/fr\/solidarity-with-jammu-and-kashmir\/","title":{"rendered":"Solidarity with Jammu and Kashmir"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oppose war and respect the right of national self-determination!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The\nCommunist Party of Canada stands with progressive and democratic voices around\nthe world in condemning the Indian government\u2019s decision to attack the national\nrights of Jammu and Kashmir, by abrogating its constitutional special status\nand denying it of its right to Indian statehood. In the process, the\nreactionary government of Narendra Modi has fanned the flames of ethnic and\nreligious division, regional conflict, and war involving nuclear armed states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The CPC\nalso condemns the feeble and opportunistic response of the Canadian government,\na single statement of \u201cconcern\u201d from Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland. The\nCommunist Party demands that the Trudeau government defend the national right\nof self-determination \u2013 in Jammu and Kashmir, and throughout the world\nincluding in Canada \u2013 and play a productive, democratic role in avoiding\nregional conflict and war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jammu and Kashmir is the only Muslim-majority\nstate in India. At the time of independence and partition, it joined India on\nthe insistence of a majority of its population, who defied the proposal of both\ntheir feudal ruler and the British government for an independent princely state.\nThey also rejected the proposal to join Pakistan, fearing that feudal and\nreligious interests would dominate. The agreement to join India included\nguarantees of autonomous rights, which became crystallized in Article 370 of\nthe Constitution, such as its own constitution and legislative jurisdiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The border\ndisputes that erupted with Pakistan, escalating into the Indo-Pakistani War of\n1947-48, were deliberately encouraged and supported by the British government which\nwanted to provoke division and retain a separate, isolated and weak client\nstate in the region. Foreign interference, especially from imperialist states\nand organizations, has continued to distort and undermine democratic and\npeaceful efforts to resolve the conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Modi\u2019s BJP-RSS government has consistently promoted the irredentist\ndream of \u201cGreater India\u201d based on Hindu nationalism. By dissolving the state of\nJammu and Kashmir, dividing the territory, and placing it under direct control\nof the central government, the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act<\/em>\nthreatens to silence the voices of millions of Muslim Indians and replace them\nwith Hindu nationalist rhetoric. Alongside his legislative attack on Jammu and\nKashmir, Modi unleashed a military attack by flooding the territory with troops\nand imposing a lockdown. Telecommunications and public transport are closed down\nand thousands of people have arrested, including the leaders of all major opposition\nparties. People who have violated the imposed curfew have been shot and killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shortly after the lockdown was imposed Indian Defence Minister Rajnath\nSingh stated that India\u2019s future adherence to a no-first-use nuclear weapons\npolicy \u201cdepends on the circumstances.\u201d This was a clear threat to\nPakistan, whose Prime Minister\nImran Khan warned that inaction against India\u2019s assault on Jammu and Kashmir will\nmean \u201ctwo nuclear-armed states get ever closer to a direct military\nconfrontation.\u201d The risk of a regional war is clear and dangerous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite this urgency, the response of the Canadian government has been\ncompletely inadequate. Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland has only issued only\none 4-sentence public statement, in which she made a general appeal for\n\u201cmeaningful discussions and consultations.\u201d The government has not criticized\nIndia\u2019s attack on the national rights of Jammu and Kashmir, nor the military\ncrackdown, nor the Indian government\u2019s escalation of nuclear threats against\nPakistan. Thousands of people in Canada have denounced Freeland\u2019s statement and\nprotests have been organized across the country, but the government has not responded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a\nclear case of the Canadian government acting on behalf of corporations in\nCanada, placing the interests of capitalist profit far ahead of those of peace\nand human rights. India is a key economic partner for Canadian corporations \u2013 trade\nwith India is currently at around $8.4 billion and increasing, and the Trudeau government\nis eagerly continuing its efforts to negotiate a CEPA with India. Conversely,\ntrade with Pakistan is much lower, at around $1.2 billion, and is declining.\nMore notably, foreign direct investment (FDI) from Canada is $2.6 billion with\nIndia but only $31 million with Pakistan, indicating that Canadian capital\nrelies heavily on investment in India for its profit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canada\u2019s\nweak intervention in this dangerous situation is also connected to the question\nof national rights. A key feature of the multinational Canadian state is the\ndomination of the English-speaking Canadian nation over other nations, including\nIndigenous nations, Quebec, and Acadia. For the Canadian government to speak\nout in support of the right to national self-determination for Kashmir would\nimmediately open the same question within this country. The Trudeau government\nwill not risk this \u2013 instead, it relies on national inequality within Canada as\na way to maintain corporate access and control over resources and territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nCommunist Party of Canada demands that the Canadian government act immediately\nto oppose war and respect the right of national self-determination by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Calling upon the Indian government\nto withdraw its security forces and end the lockdown in Jammu and Kashmir;<\/li>
  • Denouncing India\u2019s posturing about\nfirst-use of nuclear weapons;<\/li>
  • Supporting democratic and peaceful\nefforts to resolve the crisis, under the auspices of the United Nations and\ncentred on the right of Jammu and Kashmir to national self-determination.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Furthermore, the CPC demands that the Canadian government develop and pursue its own independent foreign policy of peace and disarmament, and recognize and implement the right to national self-determination within Canada. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Central Executive Committee, Communist Party of Canada<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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