Date: Mon, 8 Jul 1996 12:43:25 +0200 (MET DST)
From: malecki-AT-algonet.se (Robert Malecki)
Subject: Re: India again


Romi writes;

>My style is a bit different than Rahul's.  That is in fact an
>understatement.  I just want everyone on this list to answer my question
>personally --I am actually quite aware of why India has not been considered
>important, but as you say, why curse the darkness.
>
>But to say that this is the "West" and therefore... is not fair.  For even
>the people who are so conscious of being from the West, as these l*st
>members are, do not do their duty vis-a-vis India.

Well, I think that the responses so far have in fact been pretty horrible. 
At best chavinistic and peternal in a sense. However your attitude is also a 
bit peternal Romi in that you expect someone has a "duty vis-a-vis India"..

Naturally as a revolutionary Internationalist India is included as being a 
place where a social revolution is neccesary in order to change things and 
in favt importanrt strategically in the sense of it being the third largest 
country population wise but also its history of long being a british colony..

Hoever, what is it exactly you want from this list. A letter saying Hurrah 
for India. I think that you have a responsibility in all this. Naturally as 
a Trotskyist I know that there are groups in India working for a change. In 
fact some of them post to this list.

In fact i think even ther Maoists have posted something to this list on India.

However the real problem my friend is yourself! What do you think a program 
of revolution in India neans. What do you think about the Nationalist leader 
Nehru and so on. Which class, and which party. The National Question. How do 
we deal with the system of castes. The peasants and the land question. How 
about the Congress party and so on.

So far you attitude is that od an unknowing poor little third worldist 
demanding some kind of responsibility of the people on this list that 
represent political lines from liberal to reformist to centrist to Stalinist 
and various Trotskyist organisations just to name a few.

Much of the politics although centered around Peru or the Labor party in the 
United States or the United front has its application in Indian reality 
also. So how about getting off your own ass and presenting something to this 
list aboutv India in relationship to making a socialist revolution.

The bets wat to judge people is to present something and then see what kind 
of political reactions you get.

I think that much of what is presented here can be put into Indian reality 
so stop whing and present something here. I will certainly try to give my 
views to you on it.

And if your are really interested in India try reading some of trotsky. He 
takes up this question and trotskyism in India has a history both yesaterday 
and today so stop the bullshit and come with something just a little more 
concrete.

malecki




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