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Searchable PDF Format .\ The 0ther Voice Of the PEOPLE \,vpmqln's l-f lppratlqln -:[lass $tilrilglllp - NaNalhari lrotlt t=lettQlal clrqUs g'[ lrtclicrn pQlitiqs l{lndU Natiqrnalisnr rhe and rndia NRC fn Assap 41ncl iltlhfl+ i[ pnpans Samar Sen and liyppsing Pqlstnoelpmls s Book review: India after flsqtncla qn $qfqtn(ft TOTI'ARDS AINELY The 0ther Voice of Editorial the PEOPLE VoIu.€ XI rl-the has entered yet another stage of crisis within capitalism. fssue I world xrY-)tHE 2019 I O., one hand in international politics we see the possible beginning of the end of European Union after Britain's tensed exit, China's aggressive imperialist expansion in African and Latin American countries, and on the EDITORIAL BOARD other we have a clear view of all the dictators that has entered world politics. SIDHARTHA SAMTANI, ARI]EET global powers now fail to maintain even the limited I,lANDAL, ABHIJNAN SARKAR, Any meeting of SOURAV BANER]EE facade of bourgeoisie democracy anymore, and Russia, China, USA have Published B:. fallen under great dictatorships. Dictatorships now have a global alliance SIDHARTHA SAJfTAilI to conserye power among the chosen few, and implement unprecedented Design exploitation of land, labour and resources. On this front, we are not falling SUBHODEEP GHOSI{ behind; we too have a dictator in our land, and the new fascism of.2lst Cover SOI,ISAT(AR century. This issue concerns about the rise and flexing of the new fascism in India. Indla single Copy It has taken the already ruinous economic condition of the country and a 30.00 dragged it down through the vile swamp of crony capitalism, bribery in Abroad Single Copy $ s4.ss international trade, rampant privatisation of public resources and a massive offensive against small scale and regional producers. This is also noted in Phone venugopal's article how the sangh Pariyar or Hindutva politics has now a +91 9836262819 aggression of capitalism in India. +91 te177E2358 deeply rooted relationship with I,IAiI Capitalism has learnt much from fascism in the past, Especially, toHardsnerldaHncoutlook. (om capitalism learnt the mistakes not to make (mistakes that fascism and Bl 09 colonialism did) in order to ensure a status quo and maintain relentless toaneHdaHn. blogspot , in exploitation of the people. One such exploitative mode is through neo- Addre s s liberalism. One must not make the mistake of thinking it as a stage 77/LAR K chatterjee Road, recurrence of Kolkata TOOOi{.2. of capitalism alone, rather it is a complete package of fascism dotted by years of relative "peace", and pushing forward ideas and compulsions that reproduce its credibility in the nation. One such O TOI{ARDS A NEl,l DAWN idea is that of postmodernism, of which Guruprasad I(ar's article sheds A11 riqhts lnreserved Any part of aspect of neo-liberal this publlcation (an be reprodu<ed some crucial light. The other, and very important or utilised in any form or by any reactionary policy, is the promotion of identity politics. Identity is a strong electronic, mechanical means, now known or her€after invented, medium and cause under which many oppressed and wretched people can includinq photocopying & recording or in any informatron storage unite under. However, if it is not guided by revolutionary politics, it then or retrieval system, wlthout per-is- or f-on tle publ-i-rer becomes the false god under which all progressive movements end up to meet an untimely death, or worse, assimilation into right-wing politics. Nonetheless, struggle continues. It is not easy for us to forget our martyrs, nor to forget the unrelenting choices many had to make in order 'We to fight capitalism. remember all our struggles, individuals as Samar Sen, or as smaller groups bywomen during Naxalbari movements. And in doing so, we create an archive not just for the liberated people of the future, but we rather liberate our past as well. TOI{ARD5 A TIEI{ DAI{iI E1ectoral cl.rcus politics Sabyasachi coswami TIrB onryrgSre ATE AII{nFED tWith the Lok Sabha election around the corner, the (sXE EVEST EY EA88 IIO political atmosphere of the country rs heating up. On trgT THKXT DA*IlCIfi.Af, og mtE the one hand, there are self-proclaimed "patriots" CI.AS 4Bg IO and on the other the 'keepers of the constitution". aNDBEfiEEgtrffi{f The 1.T cells of the rulers of various shades along with the corporate media are trying to polarize the -EANLHAST people into these two camps.'IJflhether one shouid enlist themselves as 8. "patriot", or they should pledge to "guard the holy constifution", the public opinion is being divided on this question. While the arrogant bragging of 55 inches contains extremist nationalistic fervor, the opponents (the "great alliance")are trying to implicate that not sutr)porting them is equivaient to strengthening the Fascists and jeopardizing the "holy constitution". The parliament centric lefu and their loyal intellectuals, "eager to protect the holy constitution" are also shouting on top of their voices, 'the system is in danger'. In reality, either you are in my camp ctherwise you are art "artti-nationai" or a "fascist" -these are essentially the two di-fferent expressions of the lndian statist fascism, only the articulation is difierent ln this situation, it is important to take a conscious political stand. We need to ca-refi,rlly determine our programmes based on a holistic understanding of each of these political parties' activities and a dialectica-t materialistic analysis of our past experiences with them. Todayour reality is overshadowed bythevirtual space. The 'false' is being established as the'truth', thanks to the joint effort made by the corporate media and the so-called internet world. As Sukumar Roy once na said, cat materializes out of a handkerchief'. They have successfu-lIy projected the main architect of the Gujarat genocide as the "poster boy of developmenfl tfuough their publicity, Congress, the epitome of injustice becomes the flagbearer of "justice". The corrupted and fallen lefts are being worshipped as the "communists" and TMC, the parfy with no 7 TOtllARDS A NEI.I DAhlN ideology who came to power in Bengal only by using other places. We need to take note that when the their politics of opposition is now being praised for BIP is trfrng to push the nation towards a religious its "principled politics". fanaticism, how aII other parties are trying to prove their credibility asHindus instead of boldly Although the different ruling parties have certain promoting the idea of secularism. We have seen expressions and articulations, differences in their how these parties including Congress, CPM and essentially similar in their activities, there they are TMC surrendered before the BfP's call for war and is no materia-listic basis to doubt this. Because firstly, nationalistic frenzy during the incident of Pulwama. are corroborators of the development all of them Avoiding the main question, all of them were busy model that sen'es the interest of the corporates. Each in shedding crocodile's tear in the candlelight vigils. actively takes part in accordance to their of them But all of them maintained complete silence when palming the natural resources to the abilities in out the security forces killed 10 innocent villagers at the people to gratiff the corporate sharks, displacing Abujhmar in Bastar when 42 Adivasi people who foreign investment in all corporate greed, inviting gathered for a marriage ceremony were brutally inthe name of open economy, repressing the sectors killed in Garchhidoli when thousands of I(ashmiris people's agitation by using military passing Powers, were injured with a pellet gun and several others repressive laws, killing people in fake encounters were disappeared forcefully. This is their patriotism. and imprisoning thousands of people in fascist style. A country, to them, is merely the map, the market, Their only aim is to protect the interest of the national and the investment.The people and their plights do compradors like Tata, Ambani, Adani, Mittal )indal, not have any place in it. and Vedant, and the multinational corporations and to ensure their profit. All of their hands are soaked Porth, whenever any of them came into power they in the blood of the protesting people. All of them advocated for a more concentrated form of ruling. are "Chowkidar" (gatekeeper) of the looters of the Time and again, mass movements have raised the country. demand of a true federal structure of government, where the defense, communicatir:n, currency and the fact that India is a country of Secondly, denying foreign these four departments \Mill remain under diverse ethnicity, they promote an idea of "Indian the control of the center and all other powers will nationalism". This is nothing but a false claim. be vested on the state governments. But these is their ploy to impose the upper caste Hindi- It parties have never recognized this demand in their Hindudominance on the oppressed nationalities" programs. Rather they promoted the idea of "Akhand of them perceive the Kashmirisand North Atl Bharat" to safeguard the undMded market for the Eastern people's desire for freedom as separatism big capitals and imperialist multinational capitals. and terrorism. In the same way, they try to'brutally The leftists, rightists and the religious fanatics all are oppress self-determination movementsof the on the same boat. Gorkha, Kamtapuri, and others. They are using military forces to tyrannize the tears, blood, and Fifth, all of them are promoters of the Brahminical dreams of these oppressed identities in the name of caste system, only they differ in their expressions" "Akanda Bharat", "Indian Nationality" etc. andnone They are expert in dominating any attempt made of them ever attempted to find a political solution by the Dalit people to reclaim their rights, There's to these issues.
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