PaRCha - JNU - DSF SFI-JNU - 2013 ID-57802
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Public Meeting .
Socialism in the 2111 Centurv .
24.03.2014 ltodavJ, 9:15pm, Mabi-MandaVi Mess .
24.03.2014 .
p:r $i6ii6 q;r Cf\u:: ~~~~~~ Speakers:.
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II !J ~Cill ;:)1::ffi *ii(§:Qzij' t.
P.oo I ..:> Achin Vanaik.(Professor, Department ofPolitical Science. DU) .
p., .. (i'l~ ~cf;'r Q'ro CR 3'rt' .
..~(") ,,1 ~~rr;:r ~ .
Mana Harnecker (Marta Hamecker is a Chilean m-(i{~ ~~ .
p:rQ «r . . ~ ..
MichaellebOWitz.(Michael A. Lebowitz is professor .
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~(i{~ tiilJ"Iil CfiT ~~~J 6 emeritus ofeconomics at Simon Fraser Univer_sity in Vancouver, Canada, and the· ~$i6 Cfi {§: 3.fr vrtr ill~~ author of The Sociali$f Alternative, Beyond Cap#al: Marx's Po'!itical Economy of .
"' " ..:>.
.3ffi' ~~CfilJ' 'A~Ji..:>~ 'liT a&Gi, the Working Class) .
ilt~8 t ..:> -.. T:J1 lr<"'fl ti<AI 31 C1 IC\ .
. .
-mr .
On ?3rd March we obser\,ed the-martyrdom day of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev-young revolutionaries .
\\·ho laid down their lives fighting t11e British Empire. ln the rich history of our anti-colonial struggle, Bhagat Singh and his comrades have a towering presen.ce not just because they displayed extreme courage and made the ·supreme sacrifice but because of the immense. ideological con_tributiorr they made in influencing rhe class discourse of the goals of national liberation. The vision ofBhagat Singh-a 23 year old youth-is best captured .
·· .
in these lines .
··rve don ·/ uam independence where the Englis~1 rulers are replaced by the local elites. JVe don 't want freedom where this "n·tched ~)}stem ofexploitation and shnery continues 10 torment the.roiling classes. We are stri\·iug. for an independence rhur wouldJransform this c_ruel sy...,-tem through a ~"ocialisl re,·olution." .
Taking stock ofthe world today, not only has the dream ofBhagat Singh and his comrades been betrayed in India, .
\ which has seen increasing inequalities and misery for its people und.er the neoliberal regime, the project of socialism which inspired the likes ofBhagat Sirigh has itselfsuffered serious setbacks. Soviet Union disintegrated more than two decades ago. In the so-called ~ocialist China, Polit Bureau meml;>ers ofthe Communist Party of .
China are billi.onaires while thousanqs of workers are killed in indu~tri~l accidents every year. In yet another.
..socialise country North Korea, one family has been ruling for past many decades. And world over, many communist parties incJuding those in India still acknowledge these cow1tries as socialist In India the left, which has a glorious legacy of fighting for people's rights and successfully redistributing land to poor peasants in states .
where it was elected in govenuneuts, has been Josing ground at an alam1ing rate. Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, the .
former Chief Minister of West Bengal; alsGa Polit Bureau member of the biggest conununist party-CPI (M); .
was categorical in his statements that the role ofa communist govenunent in India was to build capitalism. .
'·Wit/una capitalism, you cannoL bringsocialism in a.feudal society... In a capitalist set up like India you cannot .
huild socialism in one part ofthe counfly and you have to accept this... I ha"e 10 auracr more invesLment... it uth:i/1 e.
cannot mislead.
am/ I just" capitalist imestmem.
always he .
peoplr! .. (lllttJ. .-..\!'It'll . t/1('/iilldulwsinc:ss/int~,in/h/inc/~006/05:'1 9/~"lories/l00605/9005 71 1OO.h11n/) .
Not\.vithstanding: tht: constant diatribes within the left. particularly the sectarian and self-righteous ultra-left .
gr0t1ps. the CPI (M) led len front's' decline has not been compensated by the rise of any other left torce. The .
situation is not very different in many parts of the globe. Even though discontent against the neolibcral regime is .
1nount ing, progrcssi\·c polillcal changes arc not happening easily. \Vhat is more interesting is even the stnsgglcs .
against the ncc\libcral regime and its ,-ices are not being waged under rhe leadership ofrroditionaJ leftcmnmunist .
... -.
.
PaRCha - JNU - DSF SFI-JNU - 2013 ID-57802
.
\ .
Public Meeting .
Socialism in the 2111 Centurv .
24.03.2014 ltodavJ, 9:15pm, Mabi-MandaVi Mess .
24.03.2014 .
p:r $i6ii6 q;r Cf\u:: ~~~~~~ Speakers:.
..:>.
" " .
II !J ~Cill ;:)1::ffi *ii(§:Qzij' t.
P.oo I ..:> Achin Vanaik.(Professor, Department ofPolitical Science. DU) .
p., .. (i'l~ ~cf;'r Q'ro CR 3'rt' .
..~(") ,,1 ~~rr;:r ~ .
Mana Harnecker (Marta Hamecker is a Chilean m-(i{~ ~~ .
p:rQ «r . . ~ ..
MichaellebOWitz.(Michael A. Lebowitz is professor .
..
~(i{~ tiilJ"Iil CfiT ~~~J 6 emeritus ofeconomics at Simon Fraser Univer_sity in Vancouver, Canada, and the· ~$i6 Cfi {§: 3.fr vrtr ill~~ author of The Sociali$f Alternative, Beyond Cap#al: Marx's Po'!itical Economy of .
"' " ..:>.
.3ffi' ~~CfilJ' 'A~Ji..:>~ 'liT a&Gi, the Working Class) .
ilt~8 t ..:> -.. T:J1 lr<"'fl ti<AI 31 C1 IC\ .
. .
-mr .
On ?3rd March we obser\,ed the-martyrdom day of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev-young revolutionaries .
\\·ho laid down their lives fighting t11e British Empire. ln the rich history of our anti-colonial struggle, Bhagat Singh and his comrades have a towering presen.ce not just because they displayed extreme courage and made the ·supreme sacrifice but because of the immense. ideological con_tributiorr they made in influencing rhe class discourse of the goals of national liberation. The vision ofBhagat Singh-a 23 year old youth-is best captured .
·· .
in these lines .
··rve don ·/ uam independence where the Englis~1 rulers are replaced by the local elites. JVe don 't want freedom where this "n·tched ~)}stem ofexploitation and shnery continues 10 torment the.roiling classes. We are stri\·iug. for an independence rhur wouldJransform this c_ruel sy...,-tem through a ~"ocialisl re,·olution." .
Taking stock ofthe world today, not only has the dream ofBhagat Singh and his comrades been betrayed in India, .
\ which has seen increasing inequalities and misery for its people und.er the neoliberal regime, the project of socialism which inspired the likes ofBhagat Sirigh has itselfsuffered serious setbacks. Soviet Union disintegrated more than two decades ago. In the so-called ~ocialist China, Polit Bureau meml;>ers ofthe Communist Party of .
China are billi.onaires while thousanqs of workers are killed in indu~tri~l accidents every year. In yet another.
..socialise country North Korea, one family has been ruling for past many decades. And world over, many communist parties incJuding those in India still acknowledge these cow1tries as socialist In India the left, which has a glorious legacy of fighting for people's rights and successfully redistributing land to poor peasants in states .
where it was elected in govenuneuts, has been Josing ground at an alam1ing rate. Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, the .
former Chief Minister of West Bengal; alsGa Polit Bureau member of the biggest conununist party-CPI (M); .
was categorical in his statements that the role ofa communist govenunent in India was to build capitalism. .
'·Wit/una capitalism, you cannoL bringsocialism in a.feudal society... In a capitalist set up like India you cannot .
huild socialism in one part ofthe counfly and you have to accept this... I ha"e 10 auracr more invesLment... it uth:i/1 e.
cannot mislead.
am/ I just" capitalist imestmem.
always he .
peoplr! .. (lllttJ. .-..\!'It'll . t/1('/iilldulwsinc:ss/int~,in/h/inc/~006/05:'1 9/~"lories/l00605/9005 71 1OO.h11n/) .
Not\.vithstanding: tht: constant diatribes within the left. particularly the sectarian and self-righteous ultra-left .
gr0t1ps. the CPI (M) led len front's' decline has not been compensated by the rise of any other left torce. The .
situation is not very different in many parts of the globe. Even though discontent against the neolibcral regime is .
1nount ing, progrcssi\·c polillcal changes arc not happening easily. \Vhat is more interesting is even the stnsgglcs .
against the ncc\libcral regime and its ,-ices are not being waged under rhe leadership ofrroditionaJ leftcmnmunist .
... -.
.