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5.11 .06 .
2nd Elect1on Pub c eeting.
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Speakers: Awadhesh, Tyler, Sandeep, Shephalika Ramji Rai, editor, Samkaleen Janmat.
GuestSpeakers : .
To be followed byi illtiH fI!UJ IUI QllllH ft.$') llh'J Tapti Mess 5/11/06 (Tonight) 9.30 pm .
Rebuff US Imperialists and their Indian Agents .
Saddam Hussein has been sentenced to death -a foregone conclusion. given that the US continues to have its strangle-.
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hold over Iraq.Awar criminal like George Bush.who is responsible for genocide in Iraq, in Palestine, in Afghanistan, in so many .
parts ofthe world, however, will say that 'justice has been done'. .
Many of us may not be sympathetic to Saddam's authoritarianisw.s. But let us remember that no US leader responsible for .
the horrific crimes ofVietnam, ofChile, ofthe entire Middle East, ofb:oody crimes and coups all over the world has ever even faced a trial. For Killer Bush to stand in judgement and penalise Saddam for a massacre is a mockery of justice. The free nations of the world ought to raise their voices agamst thts injustice-but. it is all too likely that India and its UPA Govt. will not .
be in that number. .
Emerging Anti-Imperialist Unity .
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uWhatmostofthe Muslim states couldnotdo has been done byChavez, bythe withdrawal ofVenezuela's ambas· sador to Israel... Go andwander around ourstreets..! You will witness how ourpeople have embraced Chavez and Emesto Che Guevara. Nearly in everyhouse, you will come acrossposters ofChe orChavez."-Hezbollah leader Hasan .
Nasrallah, August 17, 2006 .
When Lebanon was being pulverised by Israeli bombs, it surprised the world by administering a resounding defeat to the colonial and racist Israeli forces. Equally shocking for Bush and Co was the sight ofthe newly emerging trend of unity among .
anti-imperialist forces in latinAmerica and the Middle East-dtsprayed by the warm solidarity ofHezbollah leader Nasrallah and .
Leftist' Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez for each other. Posters of Che and Chavez on the walls ofhomes in Beirut-what proof .
'against 'Western Civilisation'!.
' thesis that pits 'lslamrc barbarism'.
'Clash of Civilisations' Bush, it is Chavez who.
ofthe falsity of the 'Emperor.
In aworld where most rulers ofthird-world nations are competing to prove their loyalty to .
.
has had the courage to stand in the UN Assembly a:~d exhort those present to read Noam Chomsky's book on US imperialist strategy, and to call Bush a 'Devil'! the courage of Palestine, Lebanon, Cuba and Venezuela, are unfortunately not be found in .
'Good most other nations. Contrast Chavez' plain speaking with Manmohan's shameful praise for the British Raj's mod~l of I .
Governance', with his red carpet for Bush! IIIndian Agents of US Imperialism .
Resisting US imperialism cannot be restricted to participating in rallies against Bush or raising slogans against I lmperialism.ltoughtto be seen in real practice. Here, the double standards ofthe UPA Govt. and its allies the CPI-CPI(M) .
becomeobvious. s SFI-AISF quotes approvingly from the UPA Govt's CMP: "Even asitpursuescloserengagements andrelations .
with the USA, the UPA Govtwill maintain the independence ofIndiais foreign policypositions on allregional andglobal issues....
_Yesterday'.
It then goes on to criticise the UPA Govt for voting against Iran in the IAEA, and for inviting Bush to visit India. .
Can the SFI-AISF name a singlecountrythat has 'pursued closer engagements and relations with the USA', has managed .
to maintain its 'independence'?! To maintainyour independence from US hegemony, the only way is Chavez's way-you've got to be willing to call a spade a spade. call Bush the Devil. and forge anti-imperialist solidarities. be it in economic or in foreign policies. be it in various forums ofWTO or at home. You can't sign civilian, agricultural and military 'deals' with the US, share the US' dream ,of 'democracy', act .
-and then claim to 'maintain your independence..
'.
upon its policies of 'racial profiling' in the 'war on terrorSFI-AISF claims that "tremendous pressure" from the CPI-CPI(M) forced Manmohan assure Parliament that the US Govt would not deviate from the original script of the Indo-US Nuke Deal. But even if one assumes that there is no change in the original script of the Indo-US Nuke Deal, isn't that script itself sufficiently disturbing? The CPI-CPI(M) expressed "full satisfaction" and thanked the PM for his speech on the Nuke .
Can the SFI-AISF and Its parents the CPI-CPI(M) tell us: Deal In Parliament, calling this the "sense of the House11 .
The PM, in order to reassure CPI-CPI(M), evoked his personal history as the man who introduced liberalisation. He explic-.
Itly compared liberalisation to the nuclear deal and called them both bold acts of 'reform'. .
Do the CPI and CPI{M) agree? Have ·15 years of liberalisation not caused death and destruction for Indian .
people, and compromised national sovereignty? Won't the Nuke Deal do the same? flow can you 'thank' the PM for .
such a reassurance?! .
CPI(M)-SFI's Ties With Israel .
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It is not just that CPI(M) supports UPA's surrender before US imperialism, it also has no objecti~n to 'state-to-stat~· .
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relationship with racist, colonialist Israel either. One cannot forget that in June 2000, West Bengal CM Jyot1 Basu and Somnath ' .
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PaRCha - JNU - AISA - 2006 ID-2868
.
" _,J ''~..: .
.: .
. I .
·. .
5.11 .06 .
2nd Elect1on Pub c eeting.
tilllf.fm .
Speakers: Awadhesh, Tyler, Sandeep, Shephalika Ramji Rai, editor, Samkaleen Janmat.
GuestSpeakers : .
To be followed byi illtiH fI!UJ IUI QllllH ft.$') llh'J Tapti Mess 5/11/06 (Tonight) 9.30 pm .
Rebuff US Imperialists and their Indian Agents .
Saddam Hussein has been sentenced to death -a foregone conclusion. given that the US continues to have its strangle-.
.
hold over Iraq.Awar criminal like George Bush.who is responsible for genocide in Iraq, in Palestine, in Afghanistan, in so many .
parts ofthe world, however, will say that 'justice has been done'. .
Many of us may not be sympathetic to Saddam's authoritarianisw.s. But let us remember that no US leader responsible for .
the horrific crimes ofVietnam, ofChile, ofthe entire Middle East, ofb:oody crimes and coups all over the world has ever even faced a trial. For Killer Bush to stand in judgement and penalise Saddam for a massacre is a mockery of justice. The free nations of the world ought to raise their voices agamst thts injustice-but. it is all too likely that India and its UPA Govt. will not .
be in that number. .
Emerging Anti-Imperialist Unity .
.
uWhatmostofthe Muslim states couldnotdo has been done byChavez, bythe withdrawal ofVenezuela's ambas· sador to Israel... Go andwander around ourstreets..! You will witness how ourpeople have embraced Chavez and Emesto Che Guevara. Nearly in everyhouse, you will come acrossposters ofChe orChavez."-Hezbollah leader Hasan .
Nasrallah, August 17, 2006 .
When Lebanon was being pulverised by Israeli bombs, it surprised the world by administering a resounding defeat to the colonial and racist Israeli forces. Equally shocking for Bush and Co was the sight ofthe newly emerging trend of unity among .
anti-imperialist forces in latinAmerica and the Middle East-dtsprayed by the warm solidarity ofHezbollah leader Nasrallah and .
Leftist' Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez for each other. Posters of Che and Chavez on the walls ofhomes in Beirut-what proof .
'against 'Western Civilisation'!.
' thesis that pits 'lslamrc barbarism'.
'Clash of Civilisations' Bush, it is Chavez who.
ofthe falsity of the 'Emperor.
In aworld where most rulers ofthird-world nations are competing to prove their loyalty to .
.
has had the courage to stand in the UN Assembly a:~d exhort those present to read Noam Chomsky's book on US imperialist strategy, and to call Bush a 'Devil'! the courage of Palestine, Lebanon, Cuba and Venezuela, are unfortunately not be found in .
'Good most other nations. Contrast Chavez' plain speaking with Manmohan's shameful praise for the British Raj's mod~l of I .
Governance', with his red carpet for Bush! IIIndian Agents of US Imperialism .
Resisting US imperialism cannot be restricted to participating in rallies against Bush or raising slogans against I lmperialism.ltoughtto be seen in real practice. Here, the double standards ofthe UPA Govt. and its allies the CPI-CPI(M) .
becomeobvious. s SFI-AISF quotes approvingly from the UPA Govt's CMP: "Even asitpursuescloserengagements andrelations .
with the USA, the UPA Govtwill maintain the independence ofIndiais foreign policypositions on allregional andglobal issues....
_Yesterday'.
It then goes on to criticise the UPA Govt for voting against Iran in the IAEA, and for inviting Bush to visit India. .
Can the SFI-AISF name a singlecountrythat has 'pursued closer engagements and relations with the USA', has managed .
to maintain its 'independence'?! To maintainyour independence from US hegemony, the only way is Chavez's way-you've got to be willing to call a spade a spade. call Bush the Devil. and forge anti-imperialist solidarities. be it in economic or in foreign policies. be it in various forums ofWTO or at home. You can't sign civilian, agricultural and military 'deals' with the US, share the US' dream ,of 'democracy', act .
-and then claim to 'maintain your independence..
'.
upon its policies of 'racial profiling' in the 'war on terrorSFI-AISF claims that "tremendous pressure" from the CPI-CPI(M) forced Manmohan assure Parliament that the US Govt would not deviate from the original script of the Indo-US Nuke Deal. But even if one assumes that there is no change in the original script of the Indo-US Nuke Deal, isn't that script itself sufficiently disturbing? The CPI-CPI(M) expressed "full satisfaction" and thanked the PM for his speech on the Nuke .
Can the SFI-AISF and Its parents the CPI-CPI(M) tell us: Deal In Parliament, calling this the "sense of the House11 .
The PM, in order to reassure CPI-CPI(M), evoked his personal history as the man who introduced liberalisation. He explic-.
Itly compared liberalisation to the nuclear deal and called them both bold acts of 'reform'. .
Do the CPI and CPI{M) agree? Have ·15 years of liberalisation not caused death and destruction for Indian .
people, and compromised national sovereignty? Won't the Nuke Deal do the same? flow can you 'thank' the PM for .
such a reassurance?! .
CPI(M)-SFI's Ties With Israel .
.
It is not just that CPI(M) supports UPA's surrender before US imperialism, it also has no objecti~n to 'state-to-stat~· .
i -.
relationship with racist, colonialist Israel either. One cannot forget that in June 2000, West Bengal CM Jyot1 Basu and Somnath ' .
j ... .
1 .
.