Date: Mon, 8 Jul 1996 09:36:34 -0500
From: rahul-AT-peaches.ph.utexas.edu (Rahul Mahajan)
Subject: Re: India again



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>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..
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>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.
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>In fact i think even ther Maoists have posted something to this list on India.
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>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>The bets wat to judge people is to present something and then see what kind
>of political reactions you get.
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>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.
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>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.
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>malecki


Dear Mr. Malecki:

Mixed thanks for your message.  Yes the answers have been condescending,
though in this field they cannot compete with your bullshit, I'm so great
message.  But that is okay.

No, I am not being paternalistic by saying people have a responsibility
vis-a-vis India.  It is simply obvious.  And my friend India is not the 3rd
largest as population goes, but the second.

Now, I may post things on this group about India instead of posing the
half-cocked questions I have been.  And you think that might do some good
for the Indian reality--I forgot how important a force for political change
the marxism group was.  For that I apologize and I shall do penance in the
good Indian way.

Why are you such a pissed off individual?  How can you assert that "the
real problem is" me?  As we said in Berkeley, Whatup with dat?

I can't read Trotsky because I only read books 300 pages or less that have
big type.

Romi
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