PaRCha - JNU - All Organisations - 1996 ID-39957
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0pposed to thi$ well defined practice of democracy in any Is the practice of bourgeous.
revolutionary organigatl on , .
Ue are mo~e than.
democracy obtaininQ ~n the socle~y at large. familiar with fornal bourgeois democracy , resting on the .
impl.1cit notion ·of nasative freedom , to know tull vt:ll tha1: , in .
demo :t acy of thr mlnoriJ against the majority..
reality, it is a .
Any attemp1: ~0 truly democratise this lop-sided setup requires an .
11 consistent left c ore. History is witness id.
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organised efiort ~itJ .
to the fact that all Gtner pioug intentions, not mediated through teeddies ).
a revolutionary o:' ~nisation, melts avay like the chance in a morning fog. Democratic positions start sliding back as .
soon as repression rears its ugly bead. .
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Our intent ~o~ here , has not been to point t 0wards any understand it,.
i'ndividual or e,roup but to present th.e issue as 'We and it follows from ~hatever 'We have said above that any attempt as it ls, is in a.
to weaken or~.anlsed forces of the left (vhich 1 minority in t~ lg soci·ety) ultimately bolgters ~he forces of right reaction. An d 1n the prevailing confusion opportunist groupe 'opportunity ' to nave the!~ flings at radical.
£ind the .
just you ~ait!.
ideologies. Other will follow ; .
.er .
Last . but n ot the least , we 'WOUld like to convey our the unfortunate use of de-contextualised slogans,.
dismay at which, in the final analysis, obfuscates the issue rather than The slogan for bombard1ng the Headquarters is a .
;. illuminating it. .
was the.
pre-cultural revolution slogan given by Mao when he .
of the CPC and not in any faction fight1ns agalns1: the.
chair~an .
context and.
leadership. Pulling out slogans from their proper .
dlamettl~ally oppoAi~e sl~uatlon is tantamount to a.
using it in a.
grave distnr~inn. .
The whole p~oJect of Marxism h ad so~ght to lnv~st new and liberty.
meaning to the no~~ons of equality, fr aterni~y emerging out o f the G0Urgeois revolution in France. So~ can a .
a. :: tord to use the c~ _egory ot democracy in.
revolutionary. th.f-n , .
the sa~e way as is \I f; c::d .in bourgeois society? And then, apart available for.
from dernocrat1c c entra:isrn, what other means are .
g eared for the task of.
congealing d~mocracy wi~~ln an instituti on ,-. r·ev·oluti0-nAt y lt.,1'"·~S:r,r:ma~.. ~011 of society~· .
------DIPANKAR BASU .
Cer11:r "' ~;>o~-Econo.mlc Stu'd.i(!e & Planning.
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.
: (·hool o{ Social Scl~nceg .
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PaRCha - JNU - All Organisations - 1996 ID-39957
.
.. .. -....-.... ·~"f· " ~,.,.._, . -.. ..-.. . .,.,.. .
,-... ,., .
.
. . 2 . . .
0pposed to thi$ well defined practice of democracy in any Is the practice of bourgeous.
revolutionary organigatl on , .
Ue are mo~e than.
democracy obtaininQ ~n the socle~y at large. familiar with fornal bourgeois democracy , resting on the .
impl.1cit notion ·of nasative freedom , to know tull vt:ll tha1: , in .
demo :t acy of thr mlnoriJ against the majority..
reality, it is a .
Any attemp1: ~0 truly democratise this lop-sided setup requires an .
11 consistent left c ore. History is witness id.
.
organised efiort ~itJ .
to the fact that all Gtner pioug intentions, not mediated through teeddies ).
a revolutionary o:' ~nisation, melts avay like the chance in a morning fog. Democratic positions start sliding back as .
soon as repression rears its ugly bead. .
~ .
Our intent ~o~ here , has not been to point t 0wards any understand it,.
i'ndividual or e,roup but to present th.e issue as 'We and it follows from ~hatever 'We have said above that any attempt as it ls, is in a.
to weaken or~.anlsed forces of the left (vhich 1 minority in t~ lg soci·ety) ultimately bolgters ~he forces of right reaction. An d 1n the prevailing confusion opportunist groupe 'opportunity ' to nave the!~ flings at radical.
£ind the .
just you ~ait!.
ideologies. Other will follow ; .
.er .
Last . but n ot the least , we 'WOUld like to convey our the unfortunate use of de-contextualised slogans,.
dismay at which, in the final analysis, obfuscates the issue rather than The slogan for bombard1ng the Headquarters is a .
;. illuminating it. .
was the.
pre-cultural revolution slogan given by Mao when he .
of the CPC and not in any faction fight1ns agalns1: the.
chair~an .
context and.
leadership. Pulling out slogans from their proper .
dlamettl~ally oppoAi~e sl~uatlon is tantamount to a.
using it in a.
grave distnr~inn. .
The whole p~oJect of Marxism h ad so~ght to lnv~st new and liberty.
meaning to the no~~ons of equality, fr aterni~y emerging out o f the G0Urgeois revolution in France. So~ can a .
a. :: tord to use the c~ _egory ot democracy in.
revolutionary. th.f-n , .
the sa~e way as is \I f; c::d .in bourgeois society? And then, apart available for.
from dernocrat1c c entra:isrn, what other means are .
g eared for the task of.
congealing d~mocracy wi~~ln an instituti on ,-. r·ev·oluti0-nAt y lt.,1'"·~S:r,r:ma~.. ~011 of society~· .
------DIPANKAR BASU .
Cer11:r "' ~;>o~-Econo.mlc Stu'd.i(!e & Planning.
.
.
: (·hool o{ Social Scl~nceg .
.
"'-.
, .
~ .
-.
.. .
.~ .
, .
.