PaRCha - JNU - AISA material - 2008 ID-20896
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But this struggle has become all the more protracted with some of the earlier opponents of capital and corporates, like the CPI[M] who promised to rally people under the red flag, now choosing to turn this very red flag into a red carpet for corporate interests. In all the states where it is ruling, the CPM has chosen to implement and promote the corporate agenda, often at gun point, whether in Singur, Nandigram and recently in Chengara. On campus, in a shameless display of double standards, SFI has emerged as the defender of the brutal policies of the CPM, even while maintaining a ritual rhetoric against the neo-liberal assault. Not just in actions, the CPI[M] has internalized this corporate commonsense to such an extent that it justifies it, even in its ideological articulations. When a self-proclaimed left force reiterates this corporate logic, then it not only delegitimizes the struggles for alternatives, but also strengthens the ruling class and corporate myth that there is no alternative. The uncontrolled capitulation of CPM therefore poses a double danger to the struggle. .
How CPI[M] turned itself into the Corporate Party of India [Murderers] .
Listen to what Jyoti Basu said at a Kolkata press conference in January: Socialism is not possible now
We had spoken about building a classless society, but that was a long time ago
Socialism is our political agenda and was mentioned in our party document, but capitalism will continue to be the compulsion for the future. [Indian Express, 6 Jan, 2008] Listen to the CM of Bengal, Buddhadeb Bhattacharya at the CPMs highest state-level forum, the 22nd state conference: Let industry grow on its own momentum
There is no need for any political interference in industrialization. [Indian Express, 18 Jan 2008] This opportunism is no longer restricted to the CPMs Bengal line alone. Selling Kerala to big investors, Kerala's Industry minister E. Kareem said, "Nowhere else in India can you see such a concentration of skilled workers. Significantly, they receive very low wages, compared with their counterparts elsewhere. The wages of factory workers in Kerala is lower than the national average. But the media often fail to reflect such positive changes...." (Frontline, Dec 1 2006) Again in 2008 Kareem said, "The investor should have all freedom in choosing his employees. No economic theory -not Marx certainly -says that one who idly watches while others work can claim wages" At the present juncture, according to the CPI[M], whoever, whenever, whatever ---industrialists and industries must not only be invited and appeased with all kinds of sops, the state government must unleash all of its financial and coercive powers to get things done in their favour. If the Tatas come and demand the most fertile triple-cropped land at Singur for setting up a car factory, the government must not only oblige but also quickly evict the reluctant peasants at gunpoint to clear up the tracks. When the Salim Group, which has a gruesome anti-communist record offers to build an SEZ at Nandigram, and the locals disagree, the government and the ruling party must enact rape, murder and any number of bloodbaths to pave the way. .
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PaRCha - JNU - AISA material - 2008 ID-20896
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But this struggle has become all the more protracted with some of the earlier opponents of capital and corporates, like the CPI[M] who promised to rally people under the red flag, now choosing to turn this very red flag into a red carpet for corporate interests. In all the states where it is ruling, the CPM has chosen to implement and promote the corporate agenda, often at gun point, whether in Singur, Nandigram and recently in Chengara. On campus, in a shameless display of double standards, SFI has emerged as the defender of the brutal policies of the CPM, even while maintaining a ritual rhetoric against the neo-liberal assault. Not just in actions, the CPI[M] has internalized this corporate commonsense to such an extent that it justifies it, even in its ideological articulations. When a self-proclaimed left force reiterates this corporate logic, then it not only delegitimizes the struggles for alternatives, but also strengthens the ruling class and corporate myth that there is no alternative. The uncontrolled capitulation of CPM therefore poses a double danger to the struggle. .
How CPI[M] turned itself into the Corporate Party of India [Murderers] .
Listen to what Jyoti Basu said at a Kolkata press conference in January: Socialism is not possible now
We had spoken about building a classless society, but that was a long time ago
Socialism is our political agenda and was mentioned in our party document, but capitalism will continue to be the compulsion for the future. [Indian Express, 6 Jan, 2008] Listen to the CM of Bengal, Buddhadeb Bhattacharya at the CPMs highest state-level forum, the 22nd state conference: Let industry grow on its own momentum
There is no need for any political interference in industrialization. [Indian Express, 18 Jan 2008] This opportunism is no longer restricted to the CPMs Bengal line alone. Selling Kerala to big investors, Kerala's Industry minister E. Kareem said, "Nowhere else in India can you see such a concentration of skilled workers. Significantly, they receive very low wages, compared with their counterparts elsewhere. The wages of factory workers in Kerala is lower than the national average. But the media often fail to reflect such positive changes...." (Frontline, Dec 1 2006) Again in 2008 Kareem said, "The investor should have all freedom in choosing his employees. No economic theory -not Marx certainly -says that one who idly watches while others work can claim wages" At the present juncture, according to the CPI[M], whoever, whenever, whatever ---industrialists and industries must not only be invited and appeased with all kinds of sops, the state government must unleash all of its financial and coercive powers to get things done in their favour. If the Tatas come and demand the most fertile triple-cropped land at Singur for setting up a car factory, the government must not only oblige but also quickly evict the reluctant peasants at gunpoint to clear up the tracks. When the Salim Group, which has a gruesome anti-communist record offers to build an SEZ at Nandigram, and the locals disagree, the government and the ruling party must enact rape, murder and any number of bloodbaths to pave the way. .
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