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By: Marxism message, [Marxism] Theses on Feuerbach, Woody Allen and Nandigram

Marxism message, [Marxism] Theses on Feuerbach, Woody Allen and Nandigram — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:35:38 +0000

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By: mohan

mohan — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 13:37:21 +0000

on second thoughts , state has withered.

By: mohan

mohan — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 13:35:49 +0000

this looks like reworking of marx by great 21st century philosphers . wonderful, great. keep it up. long live the socialist peasant state.

By: Life is not a miracle and things are not the same « Radical Hypocrite

Life is not a miracle and things are not the same « Radical Hypocrite — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:03:55 +0000

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By: Nivedita Menon

Nivedita Menon — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 04:55:52 +0000

Hello JB, welcome to kafila. Other new-lefty sites – for my part, I recommend Bengal-based sanhati.com and sacredmediacow.com a SOAS London-based blog on Indian media research.
Meanwhile, many of the signatories of the Chomsky et al statement have indeed also been contacted personally, since many of us know many of them. Susan George, as you may know, has already withdrawn her signature in a remarkably dignified way (see sanhati.com), and some others have privately expressed a rethink, whether or not they come out publicly again. That whole thing has been revealed to be the con it was, so our purpose is served, really.

By: bonbibi - red blood and irate ink: intellectuals battle over Nandigram

bonbibi - red blood and irate ink: intellectuals battle over Nandigram — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:50:30 +0000

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By: JB

JB — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:34:00 +0000

What a great post! What a great site! I’m so happy I found this today. A friend in NYC sent me a link about the international leftist statement urging “unity” with the CPI-Marxist – and I have to tell you that information in North America regarding the unfolding struggles in South Asia (from India to Nepal and then some) is virtually non-existent.

In the USA, we have no (significant) Marxist electoral parties. Those who are similar to the CPI-Marixst support the imperialist Democratic Party and have for decades.

It was with the New Left of the 1960s that a wave of anti-revisionist parties were formed, though none remains in good shape. Today, social activists and militants often work through movements more than parties – to our great weakness! But still we are in the game.

Can you recommend more websites that detail or digest the situation for an international audience?

Again, many thanks. Your materials and analysis on the conflict between the CPI-Marxist (anti-Marxist!) will be shared. I’d suggest that you write personal notes to the intellectuals who signed this statement. For some of them, it’s fair to say they do not know the specifics of the situation, or the neo-liberal agenda of the CPI-Marxist. If South Asians independent of the CPI-Marxist explained what is up, I suspect that several of them would withdraw their signature.

By: Preeti Sampat

Preeti Sampat — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:18:33 +0000

Hear Hear Nivedita! Someone was good enough to forward this. Sitting in the US and watching the ‘Left’ posit over Nandigram, you are a welcome breeze in hot summer! Many thanks for simple clarity and strong positioning.

By: [Marxism] Theses on Feuerbach, Woody Allen and Nandigram

[Marxism] Theses on Feuerbach, Woody Allen and Nandigram — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:14:15 +0000

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By: Atreyee

Atreyee — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:51:01 +0000

Brilliant stuff! I have always thought though that the history of the Marxist state machinery and that of the left intellectual movement (triggered by Marx’s writings) through the twentieth century have been quite different things. Whereas the intellectual thinktank (including the likes of Aditya Nigam, who wrote a brilliantly incisive post a few months back reflecting on small enterpreneurship and big capital, and how capital and capitalism are understood) have thought and rethought the Commie reading of Marx, the nonchalant violence of the CP(I)M remains an undocumented history of the last three decades of West Bengal’s political ethos.

A number local NGO activists in rural Bengal, in unguarded moments over chai, will tell you how there is no getting around anything without the tacit consent of the local party goonda. Any independent social activist risks a real and constant threat to her security. These are not Maoist ideolgues, but a widespread,organised network of the Violence unit of the party that have ensured no other effective political alternate will never be possible in rural Bengal. Possibly a twin of similar appendages of the Hindu Right political parties, as revealed in the Tehelka videos. Funny, no media ever talks about violent strategies the left has used for decades.

My guess is it is this well-oiled Violence machinery that was meant to tackle Singur and Nandigram all the while, except things got a little out of hand, and hence exposed to the rest of the nation.

Also, while we are on SEZs, has anyone checked the SEZ website of the Union Government? The numbers may sound a little alarming.

http://sezindia.nic.in/HTMLS/SEZs_notified_under_SEZ_Act_2005.pdf

By: Aftermath? Pain in the Gotham City of our heads… « Life’s Elsewhere

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:09:57 +0000

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By: Ajit

Ajit — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 12:09:28 +0000

This is a good article.The central dogma of Stalinist Marxism which makes it lead the people toward this kind of bleak hell is Democratic Centralism. Any communist party(Most or even all of them do) which adopts it means it will only end in disaster like the one being enacted in Bengal. There is no Democratic in Democratic Centralism. It’s only Centralism. DC is the radioactive dirty bomb within Communist Movement. Within a short time there will only be time servers, retainers,yes men and other crooks in the party. If the party gets power this dynamic gets accelerated.
DC makes even intelligent people behave like automatons.