Exposes Murky Face of Rotten Corrupt Capitalism
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Volume 43 No. 20 Organ of the SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST) June 15, 2010 Founder Editor-in-Chief : COMRADE SHIBDAS GHOSH Price : Rs. 2.00 INDIAN PREMIERE LEAGUE SCAM SUCI(C) strongly denounced Bhopal gas tragedy verdict, demanded stringent Exposes murky face of punishment of the culprits and called for observing All rotten corrupt capitalism India Protest Day on 9th June Sport, as we all know, is a great character Cricket — latest prey of moribund Reacting to the verdict of the Bhopal building tool. It is a device to sustain physical and capitalism District Court on the Bhopal gas tragedy that mental nourishment—a means to create a healthy But sport today is being packaged, advertised occurred in the Union Carbide plant in 1984, mind in a healthy body and foster the spirit of and sold no different from a bunch of toiletries or Comrade Provash Ghosh, General Secretary, cordiality and friendship. Sport is a source of a pack of junk food. Sport is now a product, to SUCI(C) in course of a statement issued on 8 refreshing entertainment right from the children to be marketed and sold in whichever way as to June said that while the countrymen expected the aged. Sportsmanship is an attitude that strives fetch maximum profit for the operators. that a crime of such magnitude which caused for fair play, courtesy toward teammates and Beautiful, uplifting sport is being methodically, death to nearly 25,000 people and maimed, opponents, ethical behaviour and integrity, and mercilessly squeezed, its essence adulterated and injured, slow poisoned and seriously affected in grace in victory or defeat. Fair play refers to all sold in the market to the highest bidder. After some way or other over 5.5 lakh more would be participants having an equitable chance to pursue being immersed in an insoluble market crisis thoroughly investigated with due promptitude victory and acting toward others in an honest, endemic of the system, moribund decadent and the culprits hauled up, tried and swiftly straightforward, and a firm and dignified manner capitalism in order to satiate its greed for profit meted out stringent punishment, the judiciary- even when others do not play fairly. It includes maximization is on a prowl—predating on newer administration combine showed unusual respect for others including team members, areas of investment to drag its gasping existence, lethargy in carrying out the proceedings, diluted opponents, and officials. Character refers to and the accompanying rot is spreading thick and the importance of the case by shifting it from dispositions, values and habits that determine the fast. Its latest target has been the arena of sports the charge of ‘culpable homicide’ to ‘causing way that person normally responds to desires, particularly those games which are more popular death by negligence’ and then allowed legal fears, challenges, opportunities, failures and and hence promise “better” business prospect. As process to meander on its tortuous path for 26 successes and is typically seen in polite behaviour testament to modern sport’s impending long years to ultimately end in a travesty of toward others such as helping an opponent up or submersion into the quagmire of corrupt justice. Stunned people of the country find that shaking hands after a match. Aim of education, capitalism, no finer instances can be had than the the eight accused found responsible for the we know, is to develop a person as a socially recently broken mega-scale scam of Indian biggest industrial disaster in the history were responsible human being with consummate Premiere League (IPL). Noticing the increased only asked to pay Rs 1 lakh as fine and undergo knowledge about life and how to approach it from obssession of a sizeable part of sports-loving imprisonment for just two years. And the height a social perspective. Sport too is a time-tested populace in the world, it was Australian media of mockery was that all the accused were device for bringing about social integration and baron Kerry Packer who first toyed with the idea granted bail against personal bond of just Rs sense of fraternity. That is why sport has always of converting cricket from a sporting event in to 25,000 immediately after the verdict was read been regarded as complementary to education. We dazzling display of an item number of modern out. It may be recalled, observed Comrade have seen in history how imbibing true spirit of show business that seeks to define entertainment Ghosh, that Chairman and CEO of Union sports spurred one in discharging his social in terms of artificially stimulated excitement, Carbide, giant US multinational now owned by obligation. During the days of our freedom incitement of perverse proclivities and a kind of Dow Chemicals, another notorious US MNC, movement, the urge for liberating the motherland riotous amusement of imposed glamour and who was arrested after the deadly leak of from the tentacles of foreign imperial rule was gaiety. It was he who first floated a parallel poisonous gas was immediately released on bail often expressed in the arena of sports when teams cricket extravaganza luring top notch cricketers and then allowed a safe passage to US to charged with nationalist fervour scored with huge monetary offer so much so as to be quietly avoid all legal actions as his extradition, impressive if not iconoclastic victory over much able to whisk away many of them from the the government knew, would be denied by the powerful rivals sponsored by the exploitative officially recognized arena of international US government citing provisions of bilateral rulers. Such a victory in a sport event symbolized cricket. ‘Pajama cricket’ or ‘Kerry Packer’s treaty between the two countries. Also in order victory against oppression and suppression, circus’, as it was being called those days soon to suppress the entire crime, the central victory of the just and justice against tyranny and became the major trend and International Cricket government in 1989 dropped all criminal terror. Sport also inculcates a spirit of mutual Council (ICC) struck a compromise with Packer, charges filed against the Union Carbide cooperation and coordination in both national and granted approval to the format of a 50-over one authorities and instead entered into an out of international spheres. This is how sport plays a day match as against five day long Test cricket court settlement in which the accused US role in stimulating human spirit and propelling and endorsed large-scale commercialization of multinational got away by paying on average society and human civilization forward. Contd. on page 2 Contd. on page 6 PAGE TWO JUNE 15, 2010 PROLETARIAN ERA Cricket stripped of essence of sports and made pompous commercial extravaganza Contd. from page 1 and Lalit Modi, a person of dubious the game of cricket which once 2008 and pay 10 per cent of the the game. Since then, cricket no past floated the idea of IPL. Several epitomized these virtues. Cricketers amount each year to the IPL before more remained a sport but assumed big monopolists as well as big film are “purchased” for each year’s the tournament begins. IPL also gets the character of a commercial personalities either with their own tournament by the franchises for 20 per cent share of what Sony Set venture where pomp and grandeur resource or financed by big their respective teams through Max earns from telecast rights. The and not essence of sport dominates corporates and ‘secret’ investors auction at fabulous prices, as if they IPL also gets a similar share from with notorious audacity. Soon, it have floated cricket clubs on are cattle or horses. Their cricketing central sponsors like DLF or was felt by the quarters of vested ownership basis and hired cricketers talent and skill have become Vodafone. Add to this the new rights interest that in keeping with the round the world through open purchasable commodities in the sold this year for telecasting the present day capitalist practice of not market purchase based on highest capitalist sports market. MUMBAI matches live on YouTube and for producing goods of long standing bid. To make the sector yet more Indians spent a staggering $750,000 multiplex rights. The IPL has also use but the preferred ‘use and attractive, monopolists romped in to acquire Kieron Pollard, the all- levied a licensing fee from Viacom throw’ stuff so as to mint super- glamorous film stars to add rounder from Trinidad and Tobago, network, which has the right to profit through augmented repeat ‘elegance to the show’. Also, it is for IPL Season 3 in a tightly show the after-match parties. These purchase, one-dayers should give common knowledge that in order to contested bid. The huge sums paid add upto a few more billions. The way to a still more truncated format sell their products, capitalists use to the players, coaches and even IPL website has a market worth of of T-20. In sync with the vulgar attractive wraps and unique support staff like the about Rs.800 crores ($175 million). consumerism world imperialism- advertising and promotional tactics physiotherapists and ‘vocal tonic’ Whereas in 2008, India’s top capitalism fostered to suit its sinister even crossing limits of decency and providers for a tournament of such business house Mukesh Ambani’s class motive, a new adage, “Eat, sobriety. As is the common practice small duration cannot but turn them Reliance Industries made the highest Sleep and Drink cricket” was coined to display women scantily dressed into conceited self-seekers and bid of $99 billion to bag the to make people crazy about the or provocatively posed even for corrupt them.