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tl1e ideas of Marx and Lertint he declared in one ofhis last mes-sages from prison, HWe mean by revolution the.
uprooting ofthe pres,ent social order, for this. capture ofstate power is necessary. The state apparatus U; how in the .
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hands ofthe privileged clavs. The protection ofthe interest ofthe masses andthe translation ofour ideas into l.
reality. that is, the laying ofthefozlndation ofsociety In accordance with the principles ofKarl Marx, demcifzd ihe.
seizure ofthe state apparatus. " .
. . . ,.
.
It is not sttrprising that the p'olitical genesis ofBhagat Singh began witha firm rejection ofGandhi's Ipolitics of .
'non-violence'. Bhagat Singh, along with Chandrashekhar Azad, Sukhdev, Jatin Das andYashpal had.
actively participated in the non-cooperation movement led by Gandhi. Atthe height ofthe movement, when the.
days ofBritish rule seerned numbered, the Chauri Chaura incident happened. The police here viciously beat up the.
movement volunteers, and opened fire on an u.narmed crowd that had come to protest at the police station. In a.
spontaneous outburst ofmass anger, the peasants set fire to the police station, killing 22 policemen. Gandhi.
cond~mned this peasant militancy and called offthe movement. Bhagat Singh and his comrades were qw<;k to ..
realize that something is wrong withthis so-called Oandhian 'Ahimsa', which can destroy a tn.ass·movemciit, just.
because ofan outburst ofspontaneous militancy froin a gtoup ofoppressed peasants. 'Soon, under the leadership of.
Sachin Sanyal, Jogesh Chateijee and Ram Prasad Bisrnil, the Hindustan Republican.Anny was formed in 1924 to.
build a mass movement geared towards a 'social revolution', to meet the armed might ofthe imperialists with.
.
anned resistance. Bhagat Singh, Azad and Sukhdev became members ofHRA..
HRA stood for ''the abolition ofall systems that made possible the exploitation ofman by man,..
'·Abolishing the exploitative system", HRA wanted to establish "a federal republic ofunited states ... with ·theright.
.
to vote for all" (in that period voting rights existed only for propertied or educated men). It1s on Bhagat Singh's.
political intervention HRA moved further towards the left after the historic Kakori train raid. In 1928 HRA became.
HSRA, Hindustan Socialist Republican Association. It recognized that the British rule in India was part ofa class.
rule, and dedared socialism as its goal, rather than mere voting rights. The militant struggle for socialism was to be.
waged on the strength oforganized workers, peasants and common people. .
.
Who are the inheritors ofhis political legacy?The <'manifest injustice'' that Bhagat Singh rebelled against is still rampant across the length and breadth ofIndia. .·.
The armed might ofthe state is still being used to protect the interests ofcapital and big landlords, and ·to suppress.
the voices ofdissent. Every time the poor and the dispossessed rise up to demand political power, fair wages or a.
life with dignity, the state bares its fangs and claws. Every militant movement that questions the legitimacy ofthe.
Indian state is labeled 'terrorist'. The struggle waged by Bhagat Singh remains unfinished..
Unfinished, butnot abandoned. Bhagat Singh had prophesied, "Those who celebrate life at the cost' ofthe.
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miseries ofthe labouring and starvingpeople, are sitting on a volcano which is waiting to explode,. The fight goes .
.. .
on in the tribal villages ofDandakaranya, Jharkhand, Andh.ra, Bihar or West Bengal. In thejungl~s, jhuggis, mines.
and factory gates all over the land. And that's where Bhagat Singh lives on. Not in his Bollywood bio-pics, or state-.
.
sponsored statueS and seminars, out in the militant struggles ofthe Indian people. The real inheritors ofBhagat.
Singh are the Na.xalites, the struggling workers, the nameless peasant and dalit martyrs; the likes ofManorarna Devi.
and Irom Sharmila, the countless Kashmiri, Naga or Manipuri youth fighting for a nation oftheir own. .
.
,. .
A revolutionary is best remembered by s.
~·;·.
'trengthening the revolutionary movement.
The sound ofthat bomb thro\'J.n in the assembly so long ago still reverberates throughout the land, resonating with.
hope for the exploited and the idealist; and striking terror for the powerful. No amount ofpolitical circus and.
posturing can really co-opt the revolutionary ideals ofBhagat Singh into the murky 'mainstream' ofparliamentary.
.
politics. Let us remember .Bhagat Singh and his comrades, not just on the day ofhis martyrdom, but everyday ofthe.
year. Not just in our minds but through our actions. Not by garlanding a statue, but by standing finn at the.
barricades. That's the best and most meaningful tribute for Bhagat Singh-by building our own resistances, by.
fighting state repression and standing in solidarity with the various militant struggles being waged all over India. .
.
'.
Because every time a man or a woman faces the exploitative system, and a clenched fist rises skywards with the.
revolutionary's favourite battle-cry Inquilab Zindabad, Bhagat Singh comes aJive. .
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PaRCha - JNU - All Organisations - 2006 ID-45176
.
... .
'--' .
6 .
tl1e ideas of Marx and Lertint he declared in one ofhis last mes-sages from prison, HWe mean by revolution the.
uprooting ofthe pres,ent social order, for this. capture ofstate power is necessary. The state apparatus U; how in the .
\.
hands ofthe privileged clavs. The protection ofthe interest ofthe masses andthe translation ofour ideas into l.
reality. that is, the laying ofthefozlndation ofsociety In accordance with the principles ofKarl Marx, demcifzd ihe.
seizure ofthe state apparatus. " .
. . . ,.
.
It is not sttrprising that the p'olitical genesis ofBhagat Singh began witha firm rejection ofGandhi's Ipolitics of .
'non-violence'. Bhagat Singh, along with Chandrashekhar Azad, Sukhdev, Jatin Das andYashpal had.
actively participated in the non-cooperation movement led by Gandhi. Atthe height ofthe movement, when the.
days ofBritish rule seerned numbered, the Chauri Chaura incident happened. The police here viciously beat up the.
movement volunteers, and opened fire on an u.narmed crowd that had come to protest at the police station. In a.
spontaneous outburst ofmass anger, the peasants set fire to the police station, killing 22 policemen. Gandhi.
cond~mned this peasant militancy and called offthe movement. Bhagat Singh and his comrades were qw<;k to ..
realize that something is wrong withthis so-called Oandhian 'Ahimsa', which can destroy a tn.ass·movemciit, just.
because ofan outburst ofspontaneous militancy froin a gtoup ofoppressed peasants. 'Soon, under the leadership of.
Sachin Sanyal, Jogesh Chateijee and Ram Prasad Bisrnil, the Hindustan Republican.Anny was formed in 1924 to.
build a mass movement geared towards a 'social revolution', to meet the armed might ofthe imperialists with.
.
anned resistance. Bhagat Singh, Azad and Sukhdev became members ofHRA..
HRA stood for ''the abolition ofall systems that made possible the exploitation ofman by man,..
'·Abolishing the exploitative system", HRA wanted to establish "a federal republic ofunited states ... with ·theright.
.
to vote for all" (in that period voting rights existed only for propertied or educated men). It1s on Bhagat Singh's.
political intervention HRA moved further towards the left after the historic Kakori train raid. In 1928 HRA became.
HSRA, Hindustan Socialist Republican Association. It recognized that the British rule in India was part ofa class.
rule, and dedared socialism as its goal, rather than mere voting rights. The militant struggle for socialism was to be.
waged on the strength oforganized workers, peasants and common people. .
.
Who are the inheritors ofhis political legacy?The <'manifest injustice'' that Bhagat Singh rebelled against is still rampant across the length and breadth ofIndia. .·.
The armed might ofthe state is still being used to protect the interests ofcapital and big landlords, and ·to suppress.
the voices ofdissent. Every time the poor and the dispossessed rise up to demand political power, fair wages or a.
life with dignity, the state bares its fangs and claws. Every militant movement that questions the legitimacy ofthe.
Indian state is labeled 'terrorist'. The struggle waged by Bhagat Singh remains unfinished..
Unfinished, butnot abandoned. Bhagat Singh had prophesied, "Those who celebrate life at the cost' ofthe.
. ~· ..., ' 4. .
~ ....
miseries ofthe labouring and starvingpeople, are sitting on a volcano which is waiting to explode,. The fight goes .
.. .
on in the tribal villages ofDandakaranya, Jharkhand, Andh.ra, Bihar or West Bengal. In thejungl~s, jhuggis, mines.
and factory gates all over the land. And that's where Bhagat Singh lives on. Not in his Bollywood bio-pics, or state-.
.
sponsored statueS and seminars, out in the militant struggles ofthe Indian people. The real inheritors ofBhagat.
Singh are the Na.xalites, the struggling workers, the nameless peasant and dalit martyrs; the likes ofManorarna Devi.
and Irom Sharmila, the countless Kashmiri, Naga or Manipuri youth fighting for a nation oftheir own. .
.
,. .
A revolutionary is best remembered by s.
~·;·.
'trengthening the revolutionary movement.
The sound ofthat bomb thro\'J.n in the assembly so long ago still reverberates throughout the land, resonating with.
hope for the exploited and the idealist; and striking terror for the powerful. No amount ofpolitical circus and.
posturing can really co-opt the revolutionary ideals ofBhagat Singh into the murky 'mainstream' ofparliamentary.
.
politics. Let us remember .Bhagat Singh and his comrades, not just on the day ofhis martyrdom, but everyday ofthe.
year. Not just in our minds but through our actions. Not by garlanding a statue, but by standing finn at the.
barricades. That's the best and most meaningful tribute for Bhagat Singh-by building our own resistances, by.
fighting state repression and standing in solidarity with the various militant struggles being waged all over India. .
.
'.
Because every time a man or a woman faces the exploitative system, and a clenched fist rises skywards with the.
revolutionary's favourite battle-cry Inquilab Zindabad, Bhagat Singh comes aJive. .
·l f\,..JffUUUfiii( O ~~~.n-'--....-.... ~~--Visit: www.bhopal.netJmarch nod www.stucrcntsroronnpa..orgnl! .
.
'J::: ' .
! , .. -!~·J'':';:~.
. ~~ ~"' I1.< PIP ."""-~,....."'=': ---~l'h-~-.
,--.
I, .'1. .
.~ :'.
! ., .
\: ..'{' ~-r.J:W~.~iir o!l:'i .
.., '"' '· ' ...,: 'W'r''~:~ .
.; ~.:.: .
-F ,;;;;: I j ,. .. ' .
-d-· --~ .
.