Indian rural workers set fire to boss

[Let's Get Free]

''Over 1,000 tea workers in the India state of Assam have gathered outside the home of the plantation owner as part on an on-going labor dispute. Following shots being fired from the plantation owner’s house, the workers set his house and cars alight. The plantation owner, Mridul Bhattacharya, has a history of exploiting and killing workers."

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/12/27/indian-tea-plantation-workers-burn-boss-and-wife-alive/

http://libcom.org/blog/indian-tea-workers-set-fire-boss-27122012

[Sheepy]

Stories like these just put smiles on my face.

[Let's Get Free]

those Indian workers dont play around...

[Althusser]

Good Shit.

[Le Socialiste]

Good for them. This doesn't appear to be an uncommon phenomenon, or tactic, for Indian workers either. Is this somewhat unique to India, or are there other places where this has occurred? Just curious.

[ind_com]

I just hope no pacifist comes along and criticizes the workers. In India, the capitalists and landlords must be paid back in their own coin.

[Os Cangaceiros]

They always seem to be setting mofos on fire over there

[subcp]

It's probably a regional phenomenon; like Bossnappings in France, burning factories then blocking the highway so firefighters can't put them out in Bangladesh, etc.

[Fnord]

Seems like reason for celebration to me. The battle is not over yet though so I suspect we will see many more events like this becoming more common.

[cynicles]

Don't forget the Chinese workers who beat their manager to death or the Chinese environmentalists who trashed the government offices.

[subcp]

Sticking notes containing pleas for help and attention to conditions in terrible dollar store products is quite a disturbing tactic as well in China. I think the absurdity of the naked nature of exploitation really shook the consumer who found it, in a product they regard as a novelty, something basically worthless:

shine.yahoo.com/work-money/letter-chinese-laborer-pleading-help-found-halloween-decorations-202400773.html

[ind_com]

It's probably a regional phenomenon; like Bossnappings in France, burning factories then blocking the highway so firefighters can't put them out in Bangladesh, etc.

It is a national phenomenon. Such cases have been occurring since the past few years, even in big cities. In general, when workers learn of armed actions happening elsewhere against capitalist authorities, they get bolder.

[l'Enfermé]

I don't suppose that the guy treated his wife very nicely either, so her killing was probably rather tasteless, but, yay, go Indian workers.

[the last donut of the night]

Good for them. This doesn't appear to be an uncommon phenomenon, or tactic, for Indian workers either. Is this somewhat unique to India, or are there other places where this has occurred? Just curious.

they're pretty common in india, bangladesh and (albeit a bit more less) in eastern asia

[Rugged Collectivist]

Again? Damn.

I don't really see how anyone could condemn this. Especially after reading this part:


The plantation owner, Mridul Bhattacharya, has a history of exploiting and killing workers.

[Let's Get Free]

Again? Damn.

I don't really see how anyone could condemn this. Especially after reading this part:

also, there was a fire in a bangledash factory last month where 126 people were killed. workers get burned to death all the time

[Fruit of Ulysses]

the burning may in fact be a response to the deaths of the workers by fire, and this has nothing to do with the glorious vanquishing of the landlord, but sati (self-immolation by a widow to join their spouse) is an ancient practice in India as well, and there are the notorious buddhist monk self-immolations of the past in nearby coutnries. It seems to me that it holds some sort of cultural signifigance in that general region. but then again it is a really awful painful way to go. But my bet is that the thought of their fellow workers burning to death was engraved in their frontal lobe while it took place. I wonder if any of the numerous Indian Marxist movements had anything to do with stirring it up? I have a buddy in the DYFI part of CPI(Marxist), I wonder if he'll have an idea. But hes all the way over in Kerala

[Kalinin's Facial Hair]

He sure had it coming.

[ind_com]

It seems to me that it holds some sort of cultural signifigance in that general region. It doesn't.


I wonder if any of the numerous Indian Marxist movements had anything to do with stirring it up? I have a buddy in the DYFI part of CPI(Marxist), I wonder if he'll have an idea. But hes all the way over in Kerala
The several Marxist movements in India that take part in parliamentary politics are very consistent in not only taking the side of capitalists and landlords in class-struggle, but also in directly conducting violent actions against the working classes. The DYFI is particularly known for its dirty propaganda against class struggle, espionage on revolutionaries, and aggressive hooliganism in support of the criminal activities of the CPI(M).