India is systematicaly wiping out resistance. It’s going after local leaders—students, community leaders who emerged during protests, activists and almost anyone who still has a spine. This is also connected to the recent increase violence targeted against local Dalit leaders.
While we are constantly left on the defensive , look at the larger pattern that has emerged. They have gone after the older established thinkers , activist and organisers, and the younger emerging leaders. Violence is being specifically targeted against communities that resist.
Lynching is about majoritarian power, the unchecked authority of the majority.This violence is also linked the set of arbitrary legal rulings, denial of bails, and use of UAPA. It also represents the ultimate control over the body of another, through the mere whim of the other.
The violent images that are being circulated are a reproduction of supremacy. Photographs of the dead being circulated is a visual symbol of majoritarian power asserting itself.
