In Episode 137 [12] of the CounterVortex podcast [13], Bill Weinberg explores two of the many under-reported internal conflicts in India, which are rooted in unresolved issues left over from the colonial era in spite of 75 years of Indian independence. In the east-central interior, the Naxalite insurgency [14] has been met with harsh repression from the security forces—especially against the Adivasis [15], or indigenous peoples who make up the movement's support base. In the remote Northeast, the long struggle of the Naga people [16] is still met with massacres [17] at the hands of the military today. For three generations the Naga have been fighting for their independence [18], keeping alive their indigenous culture [19], and protesting the genocide [20] of their people—to the silence of the international community [21]. Listen on SoundCloud [12] or via Patreon [22].
Books discussed: Colonial Institutions and Civil War: Indirect Rule and Maoist Insurgency in India [25] by Shivaji Mukherjee [26]; The Naga Nation and its Struggle against Genocide [27], compiled by the International Working Group on Indigenous Peoples (IWGIA [28]); The Nagas: An Unknown War [29] by Gavin Young
Production by Chris Rywalt [30]
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