PaRCha - JNU - DSU - 1999 ID-57949
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C'f1J J a_. _......t__ .
Unite! Fight!! Liberate!!! .
Date: 06-11-02 .
The Autumn of Our Discontent .
First, let us clarify why this pamphlet. No friends, we are not a bunch of monsoon frngs (barsati mendhak, that is) joining the .
croakino bandwagon every time election clouds overcast the JNU sky. We believe that any res~onsible students organization .
on the ~ampus has to clarify its position on the issue of this major political event, the electton to the JNUSU . Hence the .
pamphlet. .
It must be clear that we hold this event of annual election to be of significance. We bel.ic~e it is ?rivilege to b~ a student of this relatively more politically conscious and democratic university_. ~t. is a greater pnvtlege sttll t? ~?nte.st tn the :nnual elections to the students union. But with this privilege comes responstbtltty. For .a studen~ the .responstbtltty ltes, a.m.o~~ other th' a to cast (or not to cast) his/her vote responsibly. For an organization taktng part tn thts event .the responstbt.lttt~s, w.e b~~~~~ arc mainly twofold. First, propagating the principles, mostly political i~ nature, on whtc.h the orgamzatton '.s founded. Students are more receptive during the election time. Seco.ndly. ~nd m~re tmpo:tan~ly, ~ss~r~tg i~gei~~~d~~~\~~~t~~.
f h · t tl and responstbly wtth all tts organtzauona mtg ,.
would function in the best interest o t em consts en Y. d ft times they are found to be complementary. That is, .
runnina the union. Though these two duties may seelm '.ndep.en ednt, ot eh:ve her/his/i;s say abdicatina the duty of addressing.
.
" . t. nnot J. ust contest e ecttOns tn or er o , " d d .
any individual or organtza ton ca f . t f . where any theory without practice is regar e to.
. I b'l't Th. s is more so from a 1e t potn o vtew h . b.
the students cause wtt 1 capa t t y. t I D t' Students Union (DSU) have not thoug t tt to e a .
. b . h derstanding we from t 1C cmocra tc , I d d .
be vacuous. Thts emg t e un , . I . At . ·se t we lack the oranizational strengt1 nee e to carry.
politically correct decision to contest the current c ccttons. pte n " forward students struggle for greater democracy. . . · ,. ·d tJ· ~ ll:w }Joint rcoardin" the present student politics on the campus arc in order. Our modest atm ts to analyze.
H 115.
avmgs.tt " " . ffl'. h }' · fth t tla·oe.
the various mgnnizations ' functioning and see if they reflect a deeper mala1se a ICttng t e po tty o e coun ry a ''=' . .
We start with AI SA f'or whom sa lutino the Naxalbari has become an empty ritual. On the face value their pamphlets seem to be politically mature. and it is true that students union in 1993, 94. 95 led by AISA functioned more resiliently than the pathetic, apologetic student politics we are witnessing today . But why the great fall from grace? We hold that there would always be space for radical left politics against the social democratic populism of SF!, the soft communal, bourgeois posturing ofNSUI or the rabid anti-people, fascistic Sanghi designs. The mandate that AISA had received reflected this. This was the period when our society was coming out of the churning of Mandai Commission, Bahri Masjid demolition, riots and .
blasts. But the advantage was frittered away through petty-politicking, vote bank politics and intra-organiLational feuds. At a deeper level this sad ending manifests the bankruptcy of genuine ten vision that does not know how to compromise with opportunists. It is this lnmkruptcy that compels CPI-ML (Liberation) to forge electoral alliance with CPI, a party serving the interests'of the ruling classes. The same factor brought about the nemcsi:; of AlSA and it is wntinuing even today. Indeed AI SA/Liberation today are a-poor, unsuccessful replica of SFI/CPM. .
About SFI/AISF the less said the better. This campus has long bf:en a safe sanctuary cum breeding ground of their activists, steeped in empty rhetoric and running for greener pastures at the dangling of the smal lest carrot. We~1eTerring not only to the numerous promotions that the ex-SFI JNUSU presidents gave themselves by joining NSUI and the likes, we are also alluding to the massive rung of activists, sympathizers and supporters this comb ine builds up on the eve of elections. In most cases they vanish without a trace by the time they"~~sured of admission or hostel accommodation. Neither is this mobilization visible lighting for just, democratic rig~ts. In other words it is sheer vote-contractorship on which the core support base of the combine is formed. The rest of the support comes due to artificially constructed TINA factor. But the leadership is n~t complaining.. Political consciousness is antithetical to populism. It may bring down the 25 years LF rule in Bengal. Same ts true for the juggernaut of AISF/SFI on the campus. We find no difference between the LF rule and the AISF/SFI rule .as f~r as the level ~f ap~thy ?r. vote.-cot~tractorship is concerned. With time increasing centrist, populist stances of SF! ts gotng to create an Jdenttty cnsts as tt wtll be difficult to distinguish itself from the more successful ruling classes' students organizations like NSUI. .
Unlike the AISA, Sfl/AISF, NSUI, the ABVP is not the students' wing of a political party. It is one of the organized expressions of an inherently fascist, communal, patriarchal ideology embodied in the RSS. This gives Parishad a space to distance itselffrom anti-people policies and practices of any of its sister organizations. namely BJP, Bajrang Dal, VHP etc. at opportune moments. There is the precise role of ABVP defined -to diffuse the anger of the student community, to co-opt them and to eliminate the political opposition by force. It is characteristic of the diabolic and opportunistic pattern of functioning of RSS-the Indian variety of Hitler's Nazi Party and Mussolini's Fascist Party. .
In the light of our views expressed above it is a thought worth pondering over if the organizations that are contesting do deserve your vote. DSU commits itself to accomplishing its task of the New Democratic Revolution, and hence, we hold students union elections in high esteem. We however, feel that the students politics should not be confined within the four walls of the university: it has to reach out and forge alliances with the struggling masses of the country. .
Democratic Students Union (DSU) .
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PaRCha - JNU - DSU - 1999 ID-57949
.
.
.
.
C'f1J J a_. _......t__ .
Unite! Fight!! Liberate!!! .
Date: 06-11-02 .
The Autumn of Our Discontent .
First, let us clarify why this pamphlet. No friends, we are not a bunch of monsoon frngs (barsati mendhak, that is) joining the .
croakino bandwagon every time election clouds overcast the JNU sky. We believe that any res~onsible students organization .
on the ~ampus has to clarify its position on the issue of this major political event, the electton to the JNUSU . Hence the .
pamphlet. .
It must be clear that we hold this event of annual election to be of significance. We bel.ic~e it is ?rivilege to b~ a student of this relatively more politically conscious and democratic university_. ~t. is a greater pnvtlege sttll t? ~?nte.st tn the :nnual elections to the students union. But with this privilege comes responstbtltty. For .a studen~ the .responstbtltty ltes, a.m.o~~ other th' a to cast (or not to cast) his/her vote responsibly. For an organization taktng part tn thts event .the responstbt.lttt~s, w.e b~~~~~ arc mainly twofold. First, propagating the principles, mostly political i~ nature, on whtc.h the orgamzatton '.s founded. Students are more receptive during the election time. Seco.ndly. ~nd m~re tmpo:tan~ly, ~ss~r~tg i~gei~~~d~~~\~~~t~~.
f h · t tl and responstbly wtth all tts organtzauona mtg ,.
would function in the best interest o t em consts en Y. d ft times they are found to be complementary. That is, .
runnina the union. Though these two duties may seelm '.ndep.en ednt, ot eh:ve her/his/i;s say abdicatina the duty of addressing.
.
" . t. nnot J. ust contest e ecttOns tn or er o , " d d .
any individual or organtza ton ca f . t f . where any theory without practice is regar e to.
. I b'l't Th. s is more so from a 1e t potn o vtew h . b.
the students cause wtt 1 capa t t y. t I D t' Students Union (DSU) have not thoug t tt to e a .
. b . h derstanding we from t 1C cmocra tc , I d d .
be vacuous. Thts emg t e un , . I . At . ·se t we lack the oranizational strengt1 nee e to carry.
politically correct decision to contest the current c ccttons. pte n " forward students struggle for greater democracy. . . · ,. ·d tJ· ~ ll:w }Joint rcoardin" the present student politics on the campus arc in order. Our modest atm ts to analyze.
H 115.
avmgs.tt " " . ffl'. h }' · fth t tla·oe.
the various mgnnizations ' functioning and see if they reflect a deeper mala1se a ICttng t e po tty o e coun ry a ''=' . .
We start with AI SA f'or whom sa lutino the Naxalbari has become an empty ritual. On the face value their pamphlets seem to be politically mature. and it is true that students union in 1993, 94. 95 led by AISA functioned more resiliently than the pathetic, apologetic student politics we are witnessing today . But why the great fall from grace? We hold that there would always be space for radical left politics against the social democratic populism of SF!, the soft communal, bourgeois posturing ofNSUI or the rabid anti-people, fascistic Sanghi designs. The mandate that AISA had received reflected this. This was the period when our society was coming out of the churning of Mandai Commission, Bahri Masjid demolition, riots and .
blasts. But the advantage was frittered away through petty-politicking, vote bank politics and intra-organiLational feuds. At a deeper level this sad ending manifests the bankruptcy of genuine ten vision that does not know how to compromise with opportunists. It is this lnmkruptcy that compels CPI-ML (Liberation) to forge electoral alliance with CPI, a party serving the interests'of the ruling classes. The same factor brought about the nemcsi:; of AlSA and it is wntinuing even today. Indeed AI SA/Liberation today are a-poor, unsuccessful replica of SFI/CPM. .
About SFI/AISF the less said the better. This campus has long bf:en a safe sanctuary cum breeding ground of their activists, steeped in empty rhetoric and running for greener pastures at the dangling of the smal lest carrot. We~1eTerring not only to the numerous promotions that the ex-SFI JNUSU presidents gave themselves by joining NSUI and the likes, we are also alluding to the massive rung of activists, sympathizers and supporters this comb ine builds up on the eve of elections. In most cases they vanish without a trace by the time they"~~sured of admission or hostel accommodation. Neither is this mobilization visible lighting for just, democratic rig~ts. In other words it is sheer vote-contractorship on which the core support base of the combine is formed. The rest of the support comes due to artificially constructed TINA factor. But the leadership is n~t complaining.. Political consciousness is antithetical to populism. It may bring down the 25 years LF rule in Bengal. Same ts true for the juggernaut of AISF/SFI on the campus. We find no difference between the LF rule and the AISF/SFI rule .as f~r as the level ~f ap~thy ?r. vote.-cot~tractorship is concerned. With time increasing centrist, populist stances of SF! ts gotng to create an Jdenttty cnsts as tt wtll be difficult to distinguish itself from the more successful ruling classes' students organizations like NSUI. .
Unlike the AISA, Sfl/AISF, NSUI, the ABVP is not the students' wing of a political party. It is one of the organized expressions of an inherently fascist, communal, patriarchal ideology embodied in the RSS. This gives Parishad a space to distance itselffrom anti-people policies and practices of any of its sister organizations. namely BJP, Bajrang Dal, VHP etc. at opportune moments. There is the precise role of ABVP defined -to diffuse the anger of the student community, to co-opt them and to eliminate the political opposition by force. It is characteristic of the diabolic and opportunistic pattern of functioning of RSS-the Indian variety of Hitler's Nazi Party and Mussolini's Fascist Party. .
In the light of our views expressed above it is a thought worth pondering over if the organizations that are contesting do deserve your vote. DSU commits itself to accomplishing its task of the New Democratic Revolution, and hence, we hold students union elections in high esteem. We however, feel that the students politics should not be confined within the four walls of the university: it has to reach out and forge alliances with the struggling masses of the country. .
Democratic Students Union (DSU) .
.
.