Volume 49 No. 18 Organ of the SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST) 8 Pages May 1, 2016 Founder Editor-in-Chief : COMRADE SHIBDAS GHOSH Price : Rs. 2.00 Long Live Historic May Day 68th Foundation Anniversary of May Day proclaims the checkered one, dating back to May international fraternity and solidarity 1, 1886, when industrial workers SUCI(C) observed throughout of the toiling people of the world. Its across USA went on strike across true observance lies in the renewed the country, with the demand of 8 the country with due solemnity resolve of working class to continue hour working day instead of the SUCI (Communist), the genuine Indian national bourgeoisie whose the struggle unitedly for achieving gruelling 12-16 hours. Their demand communist party on Indian soil, was aim was to usurp all the fruits of and preserving their legitimate rights was met with brutal repression of founded 69 years back by Comrade freedom movements and grab power – and take pledge to fight not only the state machinery, including Shibdas Ghosh, an outstanding from the British imperialists through against the exploitation of capitalism indiscriminate police firing on Marxist thinker in the post-Lenin compromise. He further realized wreaking havoc on their life and peacefully demonstrating workers in period, on this historic day of 24 that this great betrayal to the people tens of thousands in was going to take Haymarket Square, place since there was Chicago, and public no genuine communist execution of 4 Union party who could by leaders, while others way of correct and got life term. concrete application However, the of the science of impact of this Marxism-Leninism on struggle of the the then Indian workers reverberated condition foil this not only across USA conspiracy of the but Europe too. This aspirant Indian Comrade Manik Mukherjee, Member, Polit Bureau, was also borne out Comrade Ranjit Dhar, veteran Member, Polit Bureau, bourgeoisie and lead SUCI(C), hoisting the Red Flag at the by the countless SUCI(C) offering red salute to Comrade Shibdas the freedom struggle Central Party Office, Kolkata on May Day Ghosh at Party’s Central Office in Kolkata on 24 demonstrations on the to its logical April morning living but also to intensify the day of 1 May to remember the April. Misery, oppression and culmination. Once he grasped this struggle to liberate mankind from the martyrs in the following years. The repression of the common Indians in truth, he took upon himself the grip of capitalism and open the path red flag proudly carried by the British imperialist rule stirred historic task of building a real of all round progress for human working class owes its origin to this Comrade Shibdas Ghosh so much communist party based on Leninist civilization. Today more than ever incident – the workers’ flag even when he was in his early teens model premised on the science of there is crying need of the workers drenched with martyr’s blood. It that he made it a mission of his life formation of a proletarian throughout the world to close their became the symbol of their resolve, to wipe away the tears of the revolutionary party. He made no ranks in international solidarity, as courage and revolutionary audacity. suffering countrymen. So he was mistake in understanding that the one by one their hard-earned rights And in 1889, under the leadership of initiated into the fold of the party going by the name Communist achieved through decades of great Engels, the Second uncompromising revolutionary trend Party of India did not develop working class struggle across the International decided to observe of anti-imperialist freedom struggle following the Leninist model and globe are being relentlessly curtailed, May Day to proclaim workers’ as a young volunteer. Right from could not assimilate the essence of and working conditions amidst ever fraternity and solidarity in the inception, Comrade Ghosh had a Marxist philosophy. So, it failed to soaring unemployment are plunging struggle for their rights. Engels also quest for truth, for unraveling truth read the situation correctly and from bad to worse, in rich and poor enjoined on the workers to take and acting in the process of truth— chalk out appropriate strategic line countries alike. pledge on this day to put an end to not subjective but scientifically befitting to that of revolutionary Time was when May Day was capitalism. And a few years later at tested objective truth. That singular proletariat. Comrade Ghosh also observed with great hope, when the the Zurich Congress he stressed: pursuit of truth spurred him on to understood that communism is the goal of emancipation of humanity “The demonstration on May First embrace Marxism-Leninism, the highest ideology of the time. Since seemed so palpably near. That was for the eight hour day must serve at philosophy based on scientifically the kernel of all great ideals of all when the socialist camp stood in full the same time as a demonstration of verified truth. While many others ages had been ingrained in their glory, shining as a beacon of hope determined will of the working class viewed Marxism just as a political higher ethical-cultural standard, and inspiration for the oppressed and to destroy class distinctions through theory, Comrade Ghosh accepted it Comrade Ghosh realized that it was exploited people of the world. The social change and thus enter on the as a life philosophy, a guide to action imperative for those who would socialist states demonstrated how in road, the only road leading to peace in every sphere of life. The truth of form the core leadership of the new a society freed from capitalist for all peoples, to international life as well as of the given time party to first acquire that higher exploitation the workers live with peace.” (History of May Day) dawning upon him, with Marxism- proletarian culture through a socialist honour and dignity at their work- Yet, after the demise of Engels Leninism acting as the beacon, he struggle covering all aspects of life place and in social life. Even in the working class movement got could realize that the glorious and in that process derive capitalist countries working class bogged down by growing economist freedom movement, the heroic uniformity of thinking, one process struggle could wrest many rights and opportunist trends within. It was struggle and sacrifice of thousands of thinking, oneness in approach and until history took an unexpected turn great Lenin who again imparted a of martyrs was not going to achieve singleness of purpose — the as revisionism got entrenched, revolutionary orientation to the May the desired objective of essential precondition for reversed direction and finally Day observance, by rallying the emancipation from all sorts of establishing ideological centralism, brought on counter-revolution in one workers in the cause of “the great exploitation, deprivation and precursor to democratic centralism, socialist state after another. struggle for freedom of all the discrimination because the the living soul of a communist party. The history of May Day is a Contd. on page 7 leadership was appropriated by the Contd. on page 4 PAGE TWO MAY 1, 2016 PROLETARIAN ERA Tamilnadu election SUCI(C) contesting to uphold genuine leftist line as against opportunistic combinations of vote-based national and regional bourgeois parties and pseudo-Marxists Along with four other states of simple fact that with passage of control inputs to and trade in the two regional bourgeois parties, the country, Tamilnadu is also time, AIADMK and DMK have agriculture. Like other states, water, DMK and AIADMK as alternative holding its Assembly elections this become virtually indistinguishable power, agricultural implements and to each other, and two, the present month. Like all other states, in from each other save and except machinery, seeds, fertilizers, AIADMK government proving itself election or not, people of Tamilnadu, name. With crisis deepening, this pesticides — all have become to be shamelessly pro-rich and anti- too, are subject to ruthless capitalist identical character of both is prohibitively expensive. Even the poor, anti-middle class, aggressive exploitation wreaking havoc in their becoming more pronounced. For the government bungles with the even vindictive, utterly corrupt, life. But, like other states, not a last two decades or so, procurement prices of agricultural inhuman and callous to people’s single burning problem of people’s governmental power alternated produce like sugarcane or paddy sufferings. This could have been a life is featuring as election issue. between these two and whenever in etc., always keeping it lower than favourable situation for genuine left Instead, the whole focus is on which power, both of them have been what farmers demand as legitimate and democratic forces to forge unity of the regional bourgeois parties, adopting same nakedly pro- ones. As per recent data from and develop people’s movements on DMK or AIADMK, would win and corporate, aggressively anti- NSSO, 82.5% of Tamilnadu their burning problems. And in form government. To recapitulate democratic anti-working people or peasants are trapped in debt burden. course of that movement, the united the history of these two Dravidian anti-peasant policies. As regards All these together are driving left forces could have provided parties sharing power between corruption, misuse of power, increasing number of peasants to people with the desired left themselves alternatively in keeping nepotism, opportunism and bankruptcy and even to suicide. alternative in elections too. In fact, at with the sinister bourgeois design of distribution of freebies to the voters, While Vijay Mallya, who owes the instance of our Party, SUCI 2-party democracy, DMK was educated or illiterate alike, to win banks Rs 9000 crores, is allowed to (Communist), an effort was initiated founded way back in 1949 by late C. elections, they are only mirror get away to the UK, bank officials to develop and strengthen unity of N. Annadurai as a breakaway images of each other. They are so with police thrashed a peasant for left parties at all India level against faction from the Dravidar cast in each other’s image that being unable to repay the last anti-people policies of the right Kazhagam (known as ‘Justice voters are increasingly beginning to installment of a loan on his tractor, reaction and spearhead democratic Party’ until 1944) headed by E. V. feel that one is not an alternative dragged him to the police station and mass movements. A six party Ramasami Naicker (“Periyar”), a to the other in any substantive confiscated his tractor. This attests combination (a four party popular Tamil reformist leader. sense. to the miserably anti-people attitude combination in Tamilnadu) was also Dravidar Kazhagam insisted on an Under the present AIADMK being held by the present state launching movements in different independent nation for Dravidians government led by Ms. Jayalalithaa, government. states on their local issues as well as called Dravida Nadu consisting of Tamilnadu has become notorious for The callous anti-people even the anti-people policies of the union areas that were covered under the brutally suppressing any voice of inhuman face of the present government led by the BJP. It then Madras Presidency. Though dissent. Thousands of workers and government was amply exposed generated much enthusiasm among DMK, from its inception, wanted to peasants are languishing in the jails, during the recent flood in Chennai the cadres of the parties as well as have a separate independent state simply because they have dared to city and parts of the coastal districts. leftist supporters and democratic- for the Dravidians, it suspended that protest. The state government ranks Immediately afterwards, it was minded people of the state. However demand after Sino-Indian war and highest in the country in launching clear that unusual rainfall was not the record of the big official lefts, since then concentrated on ruling the maximum number of criminal the simple cause of it. Rather CPI or CPI (M) has been always of state as a regional outfit. All India defamation cases against political limitless greed of real-estate barons opportunistic vacillation as to which Anna DMK (AIADMK) formed leaders, activists and journalists. who destroyed the natural drainage of the ruling parties to join hands by MG Ramachandran in 1972 is a Tamilnadu people disdainfully recall system mindlessly for profit under with, DMK or AIADMK? Though in breakaway group of DMK. the high-handed treacherous attitude the very nose of the City corporation a bid to preserve their leftist image, Bourgeois columnists and political of the government towards the and the government, callous attitude CPI (M) and CPI claim from the commentators tend to characterize villagers fighting against the setting of the administration which did not rostrum of public addressing system the two as having different support up of Kudankulam Nuclear Plant. care to issue warning to people at that only left parties could effectively bases and different approaches to Idanthakarai village was put under right time and did not act promptly fight the menace of corruption, start with. They thus hold that DMK siege for that. The police were let to release water prudently from communalism and casteism, but for with its urban organised working loose on the demonstrators. The reservoirs, lackadaisical attitude of vote, they instead of providing a class and middle class base stresses villagers, more so those who were in the government and civic bodies in genuine left alternative before the on governance and infrastructure, the forefront of the struggle deploying relief measures: all these people explores every possibility of while the AIADMK swear by including women were arrested. point to the man-made components anyhow tying up with any regional welfare schemes and dole-outs to Tens of thousands of people have behind this disaster which took a bourgeois party so that they could lean heavily on the rural poor and been charged under the Sedition heavy toll of human life- livelihood increase their tally of seats. This unorganised workers. However, Act, for opposing the setting up of and property. The official relief time, sensing people’s mood against both parties are Dravidian in name highly risky nuclear power plant in proved to be a fraction of the both AIADMK and DMK, who are and invoke the achievements of Kudankulam without any proper spontaneous and voluntary response having enviable track-record of the DMK’s founder and first Chief safety and anti-pollution measures in of common citizens and social- neck-dip corruption, nepotism and Minister, CN Annadurai. An in-depth place thereby exposing the populace minded individuals and anti-people rule, they found their analysis would show that both the to not just health hazard but organizations. The worst came out allies in the Vaiko-led Marumalarchi parties fall in the category of contraction of serious diseases like when relief materials were stopped Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam regional bourgeois outfits in political cancer and blood disorder. All these by AIADMK cadres to paste the (MDMK), a parochial Dravidian identity and commitment. And the were done by a government who pictures of chief minister outfit, caste-based Viduthalai so-called differences in their support had once pledged in their pre-poll Jayalalithaa on them or to prevent Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), and base or approach are nothing but a run-up to stand by the people in their those from rendering help, when Manithaneya Makkal Katchi ploy to win over this or that section fight. relief materials were hijacked to (MMK). With them, they have of people and use them as assured The Tamilnadu peasants face destinations of their choice. formed a so called People’s Welfare vote-banks. That this is no wishful extreme insecurity of livelihood, So Tamilnadu goes to the polls Front (PWF). And as they have or motivated characterization of the being bound to all-powerful money with, one, people getting aligned with them, they have not two parties, may be known from the lending institutions who virtually disenchanted more and more with Contd. on page 3 PROLETARIAN ERA MAY 1, 2016 PAGE THREE Tamilnadu election Support SUCI(C) to uphold people’s cause inside assembly Contd. from page 2 Kazhagam (DMDK), headed by some distance away from seeing a has decided to fight this election from hesitated to confer on these newly- Vijayakant, a former Tamil film party other than DMK and 2 seats of the state( Dr R.K Nagar found caste-based parochial allies the actor-turned-politician, with whom AIADMK coming to power. in Chennai and Madurai North) title of being ‘democratic’ just the the BJP was also talking for a tie-up. However, that did not debar a large single-handed to protect the prestige way they have branded Congress as After some hesitation and gauging of influential section of the print, and honour of struggling leftism. In ‘secular and democratic’ and tied up water around, the DMDK joined the electronic and social media, under R. K. Nagar, SUCI(C) is fighting with them in West Bengal election. PWA on the assurance that Vijaykant control of the moneybag of the against chief minister J. Jayalalithaa. The PWF earlier decided to contest would be its chief ministerial monopolists and politicians to Armed with the teachings of the 2016 Assembly elections as the candidate. However, people from become busy with expert analysis, Comrade Shibdas Ghosh, the founder People’s Welfare Alliance (PWA), their experience view the PWA only predictions and advice. Politicians General Secretary of the Party and with a slogan of freeing the people as the ‘B’ team of the AIADMK. from the various parties, caught up one of the foremost Marxist thinkers from decade long corruption-ridden The Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC), in the election fever, are busy of the era, the Party can assure every governments of AIADMK and a recent breakaway group from giving interviews to the newspapers single member of the vast masses of DMK and fight both Congress and Congress is reportedly trying some and on various TV channels, common toiling people, that electing BJP as well. Once PWA was formed bargaining with the AIADMK, attending meetings. But remarkably, even one SUCI(C) candidate will MMK left it to join DMK saying they though to no avail as yet. Congress as has been the trend in recent mean that the voice and demands of joined PWF for developing people’s with its deleted strength appears Indian elections, no serious political the people will be raised in the movement and not elections. One inconsequential. So, it has united issues, no vital issue of people’s life Tamilnadu Assembly. As against wonders how could these smaller with DMK. seems to be finding a place in the politics of pelf, power and outfits broadly having same political Different parties of Tamilnadu agenda of this electoral fever. The opportunism of the vote-based views as the DMK-AIADMK, namely AIADMK, DMK, PMK, suffering common man only bourgeois parties, both national and would act as dependable allies in MDMK, and DMDK as also CPI wonders what will be done to solve regional, SUCI(C) stands committed fighting against corruption just as one and CPI(M), at different times the pressing problems of their lives; to strengthen extra-parliamentary is befuddled to see CPI(M), CPI backed the party in power in the when and whether they will get movements and if any of its asking people of West Bengal to Union Government. BJP was some relief from poverty, price rise, candidates merge victorious, he believe that Congress known for given a foothold in Tamilnadu unemployment, hunger, disease, would integrate parliamentary battle butchering democracy and soft- politics by AIADMK in the late health problems, drinking water with extra-parliamentary movement pedaling communal mentalities would 1980s. Yet the aggressive shortage and so forth. and leave mark as to how noble restore democracy and practise communal agenda of the Sangh Our Party the SUCI value-based ideologically-attuned secularism. One would recall that Parivar is seen as a reason why no (Communist) has accepted this revolutionary politics is distinctively guided by the same sole motive of party in Tamilnadu is at present election as a part of its on-going different from vote-politics of self- grabbing seats, CPI (M) and CPI willing to risk going with BJP. efforts for building up people’s subservience and self- once joined hands with Assamese Such is the murky scenario of movement on burning problems of aggrandizement. So, SUCI(C) Chauvinist AGP and even supported electoral adjustments in Tamilnadu life. While it will continue its efforts fervently calls upon the people of its government. The opportunism of fraught with opportunistic towards developing mass and class Tamilnadu to support its candidatesby PWF was apparent when on the eve manoeuvring of the different vote- struggles in the state, making utmost stamping on BATTERY TORCH of this election, they tried to rope in based parties. endeavour to forge unity with to ensure their cause is upheld inside the Desiya Murpokku Dravidar As a result Tamilnadu is still genuine left and democratic forces, it assembly. Puttingal Temple tragedy exposed a criminal nexus of the authority-administration For a country of teeming firecracker display within the temple MLA (who was also Kerala centres of power. And by virtue of millions among whom a large premises. More than 110 were killed Devaswom Board chief) both from that position of theirs they bluntly section is god-fearing, it is not and over 380 injured. This ghastly the Congress, for making the event defy even laws of the land and unlikely that the devotees will incident shows how the Temple happen. Though the Congress-led administrative orders. Utterly throng at different temple or Management Committee seating on state government as face saving has deplorable further is that instead of pilgrimage sites particularly on the heaps of cash ignored all warnings, ordered crime branch to probe into expressing grief at this man-made occasions deemed auspicious. grossly violated all legal restrictions the incident, the point is why did the tragedy, Dwarka Shankaracharya However, startling as well as including order of the additional government and its police allow Swaroopanand Saraswati, a shocking is the fact that accidents district Magistrate and allowed a such an event to take place? misogynist religious leader, and disasters of serious nature, best firework competition to take place Can the government also nonchalantly pronounced that the described as tragic human without putting requisite safety absolve itself of the responsibility “Kerala temple tragedy may have devastations, taking a toll of lives measures in place. Unlawfully and even if there is an arrest of the occurred due to women forcibly of devotees and visitors in tens, neglecting all necessary temple officials? What is its entering the Shani Shingnapur even hundreds, keep on occurring precautionary measures, they went accountability to and concern for the temple in Maharashtra.” He was at this place of pilgrimage or that ahead with the competition and even people? Does the excuse that it referring to the recent lifting of ban over the years. A few years back permitted storage of highly cannot put a deterrent to age-long of over four centuries, preventing there was an accident at the inflammable material without any religious traditions like the bursting women from entering the temple. Kumbhmela site. Then again India protective shield. So the Committee of crackers to mark the occasion has These self-styled religious leaders witnessed the sad death of some members acting in criminal defiance any ground to stand? Does so called perch atop the shrines, lead 105 in an incident at Sabarimala of law are liable to be prosecuted religious sentiment or spruced up luxurious life and vend religious Temple in Kerala in 2011; the toll for virtual murder of the devotees. hype over a fire game in the name backwardness, blind faith and was 89 at the Ratangarh temple in What is more disquieting is the of religion have primacy over superstitious mindset in faithful Madhya Pradesh in 2013; while 22 fact that the committee had taken in people’s life? The fact is such subservience to reactionary pilgrims died off stampede at tow most of the local politicians who events are occasions for making bourgeois class design of blunting Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh in in their electoral interest endorse money from devotees’ contributions people’s thought and keeping them 2015. everything in the name of religion. It and other means. Hence, the arrested within the precincts of Just a quarter of the current is reported that in the midway of the authorities enjoy a hallowed status bigotry and medieval darkness with year has passed, we have witnessed competition, the Temple authorities because of their immense wealth alacrity. Many of these self- yet another such shocking accident thanked local politicians, including and backing by all sorts of ‘big- pronounced godmen amassing huge at Puttingal Devi temple in Kollam, the sitting MLA from CPI and a wigs’, in the administration- police- wealth from either selling Kerala, caused by unauthorised former MP and another former political circles, in one word, all Contd. on page 8 PAGE FOUR MAY 1, 2016 PROLETARIAN ERA Party Foundation Day observed throughout the country Contd. from page 1 strides ahead frustrating all So, he along with a handful of bourgeois conspiracy to halt its revolutionary compatriots began march forward while all other conducting a historic, arduous, all- parties including the pseudo- embracing and ceaseless struggle to Marxists have sold themselves out attain the desired standard. Only to the lure of pelf and power of when they in course of that struggle bourgeois vote politics and thereby reached a basic level of that considerably discredited themselves standard, Comrade Shibdas Ghosh before the people. Comrade Shibdas formed the party on a solid Ghosh Thought as the most foundation and then ensured that the developed and comprehensive struggle was kept alive in the Party. understanding is also making Comrade Krishna Chakraborty, Member Polit Bureau, addressing at Bangalore Braving all odds, disdaining all taunts significant impact on leftists- and ridicule, overcoming all hurdles, communists round the world. Uma and HG Jayalakshmi, both Pradesh governments. They are he built up the Party inch by inch, It is in this backdrop, that the State Committee members, were busy raising the prices of essential creating a band of professional 68th foundation anniversary of the present on the dais. commodities, permitting liquor revolutionaries who could merge Party marked 24 April last and business and promoting real estate their individual interest with the throughout the country the Day was Andhra Pradesh- Telangana while neglecting projects for interest of the proletarian class, observed with due solemnity with 69th Party Foundation Day was people’s welfare. He underscored revolution and party. He concretised fists clamped in resolve to make observed at Hyderabad on 26 April the need and importance of people’s Marxism-Leninism on the soil, Indian revolution a success 2016, with Comrade Ch. Murahari, movements based on higher ethics deduced the strategy of anti- weathering all storms. Member, State Organizing and morality to thwart the heinous capitalist socialist revolution and in Committee and In-charge, and diabolical design of the central the process enriched and developed Central Office in Kolkata Hyderabad District, presiding over government’s fascistic and divisive the philosophy of Marxism-Leninism In the morning of the 69th the meeting. Comrade K. policies as well as the anti-people and elevated its understanding to a Foundation Day, at the Party Radhakrishna, Member, Central measures of the state governments. new height. There was not a single Central office in Kolkata, Comrade Committee, was the main speaker problem, either in national or Ranjit Dhar, veteran Member, Polit in the meeting and Comrade K. Tripura international spheres or in the realm Bureau, SUCI(C), hoisted the Red Sridhar, Secretary, Andhra Pradesh At Agartala in the far eastern of philosophy-culture-art-literature Flag and paid floral tribute to and Telangana State Organizing state of Tripura, the Foundation Day which was not illumined by his Comrade Shibdas Ghosh, the great Committee also addressed it. was observed through a mass profound wisdom. He was first in leader of the proletariat and Founder Dealing with the policies of the meeting at Shakuntala Road on 25 the world to caution that penetration General Secretary of the Party. Also BJP government at the Centre, April. Comrade Arun Bhowmick, of mechanical thought process as present were central and state level Comrade K. Radhakrishna said Secretary of Tripura Organizing against dialectical thought process in leaders. there was no fundamental Committe of the Party and international communist movement, difference between BJP and the President of meeting initited the would, if not checked forthwith, Karnataka Congress there. Both the parties proceedings. Comrade Gopal bring disaster. Again he was first to Comrade Krishna Chakraborty, have doled out huge sums to the Kundu, Member, Central Committe notice that Khrushchev by Member, Polit Bureau, SUCI(C)), monopolists at the cost of welfare of the Party, and the main speaker denigrating Stalin was uncrowning addressed a well-attended meeting projects for people. The Congress presented an analysis of the national Lenin himself and opening floodgate with people attending from rule initiated administrative fascism and international situations, of revisionism, that it would spell Bangalore, Mysore, Tumkur, to stave off the crisis of the Indian highlighting the aggressive war- danger in revolutionary working Chitradurga and Davangere on 24 capitalist system. RSS- BJP monger policies of the imperialists. class movement and posed threat to April 2016, the occasion of Party combine and other Hindutvawadi He indicated that the Indian socialism. He also explained the foundation day at SCM house, outfits with their hallmark attitude monopolists, now turned imperialists process of growth of modern Bangalore, Karnataka. In his of intolerance towards other ideas are frantically trying to combine with revisionism, the menace of elaborate speech Comrade and ideologies, create an the US imperialists in their own individualism and delineated in Chakraborty called for standing up atmosphere of terror so that none interests. They are thrusting the concrete terms what would to the occasion to fulfil the historic can raise their voice against their onus of entire crisis of their constitute a true communist task of proving once again that destructive policies. Cunningly they decadent capitalist system on to the character in the given socio-historic socialism is no utopia, it is real and it have chosen premier education people. Armed with the teachings of condition. Guided by Marxism- is possible. We will publish the text institutions like Madras University, Comrade Shibdas Ghosh, Leninism-Shibdas Ghosh Thought of his speech in a coming issue. Central University in Hyderabad or SUCI(Communist) is striving hard and in avid pursuit of truth as well Among Karnataka State Committee JNU, New Delhi to bring down for building up mass struggles as traversing the path of truth, Members, while Comrade M N attacks on the students who conducive to the socialist revolution. SUCI(C) today has emerged as a Sriram presided over the meeting, represent other ideas, which bear As its own strength falls short of formidable Party at all India level Comrade B R Manjunath, State distinct footprints of fascism in all necessity, it is also trying to forge singularly holding aloft the banner of Committee Member, also spoke on these gory incidents. united movement of left parties. But militant leftism and is making bold the occasion while Comrades K. Only a conscious people’s CPI(M) in their limitless greed for movement under the leadership of power is facing the on-going SUCI (C) where all sections like assembly election in West Bengal students, youth, women, peasants, joining hands with the discredited employees are organized on higher force of Congress. Comrade Kundu ethics and morality, as taught by urged people to come forward and Comrade Shibdas Ghosh, can bring under the banner of any change in social and political SUCI(Communist) to strengthen atmosphere in the country. Comrade mass movement ultimately leading to K. Radhakrishna appealed to revolutionary battle. dedicate ourselves to that historic task by strengthening SUCI (C) to Haryana fulfil our role bestowed by history. On 24 April itself, Party Comrade Sridhar, in his speech, Foundation Anniversary was also criticized the anti-people rule of observed at Pataudi Chowk in Comrade K. Radhakrishna, Member, Central Committee, addressing at Hyderabad both the Telangana and Andhra Contd. on page 5 PROLETARIAN ERA MAY 1, 2016 PAGE FIVE Party Foundation Day observed throughout the country Contd. from page4 realize the need to strengthen the is totally decadent and is giving birth Bihar Gurgaon in Haryana through a SUCI(C) when all the so-called left to each and every problems of 69th Party Foundation Day was state-level mass meeting with an parties are treading the path of people’s life. People need to observed by organizing district level impressive participation of people revisionism, opportunism and class strengthen SUCI(Communist) to meetings. In Patna, Bihar by the from different parts of the state. It collaboration. Elaborating the anti- help accomplish that task of anti- Patna District Committee on 24 was presided over by Comrade people, pro-corporate policies of capitalist socialist revolution. MP April. After Red Flag hoisting in the Satyawan, Haryana State Secretary both the Congress and BJP State Secretary, Comrade Pratap morning at the Party central office of of the Party and Member, Central governments, and the heinous design Samal also addressed the meeting the state located in the city, a Committee, while Comrade Chhaya of the BJP-RSS combine to disrupt and Gwalior District Secretary, meeting was held at the IMA Hall in Mukherjee, Member Central the unity of the people by stoking Comrade Sunil Gopal presided over the evening. The meeting was Committee addressed it as the main communal passions and spreading the meeting. Earlier in the morning addressed by Comrade Sadhna speaker. Different other leaders of Hindutva thoughts, Comrade of 24 April, an exhibition on Mishra, Patna District Secretary of the State Committee of the Party Mukherjee appealed to the people to quotations of Comrade Shibdas the Party. She said that the capitalist and its peasant organizations strengthen the party by joining the Ghosh was inaugurated by Comrade world including our country is moving addressed the meeting. In her all-embracing socio-cultural and Umaprasad, State Office Secretary. in the road towards fascism. At the address Comrade Chhaya political movements launched by it to same time, waves of movement are Mukherjee firmly pronounced that realize the goal of the anti-capitalist West Bengal gradually coming up in different the future of the world lies in socialist revolution. Because of the on-going countries. Yet those are not finding socialism, the debacle the socialist Assembly elections taking place in the correct revolutionary leadership. camp has suffered is temporary; the Tamilnadu seven phases since April there was She indicated that the united left end of capitalism is certain. The In Taminadu, a public meeting in no central programme in the state. movement was coming up at the imperialist policy of globalization- observance of the 69th Party Among many local programmes in initiative of our Party. But the privatization has miserably failed all Foundation Day was organized on the city of Kolkata as also CPI(M)’s alliance with the Congress over the world. Crisis is gripping 26 April at Gauripalayam in elsewhere, at Shyambazar in West Bengal has sent a shock every country, including ours, fast Madurai. Comrade BR Manjunath, crossing in north Kolkata Comrade wave to people who had hoped for and without respite. Democratic Member, Karnataka State Chhaya Mukherjee, Member a lot. Comrade Manikant Pathak, rights and concepts are being Committee, SUCI(C) was the main Central Committee placed wreaths Member, Bihar State Committee trampled. Trend towards fascism speaker. Comrade A Rengasamy, at the portrait of the great leader presided over the meeting. keeping the parliament intact, that State Secretary, Tamilnadu State Comrade Shibdas Ghosh. In south At Bakhri in Begusarai district was set by the Congress is being Organizing Committee, SUCI(C), Kolkata at Hazra crossing in the Day was observed in a meeting strengthened by the BJP. To thwart presided over and Comrade A another meeting in the evening on 26 April, which was presided it, it is necessary to step up mass Anavarathan, Member, Tamilnadu organized by the Calcutta District over by Comrade Jaiprakash struggles along with intense SOC, SUCI(C), translated Comrade Committee, District Committee Malakar and was addressed by ideological-cultural movements. And B R Manjunath’s speech into Tamil. leaders Comrade Karuna Rajkumar Chowdhury, Member for that we need working people’s Comrade MJ Voltaire, SUCI(C) Bhattacharyya was the President Bihar State Committee. Highlighting unity, amity and fraternity. candidate for Madurai North also and Comrade Anjanava the background and struggle of SUCI(Communist) has been striving spoke. On 27 April at R K Nagar in Chakraborty, the main speaker, foundation of this Party by the great its utmost to develop left and Chennai, a meeting on the occasion while candidates for the Rashbehari leader Comrade Shibdas Ghosh, democratic unity. However, the was presided over by Comrade K and Bhowanipore assembly Comrade Choudhury called for opportunistic parliamentary politics Chandran, Member, Chennai District constituencies, Comrades Swati strengthening SUCI (C) for of CPI(M) – CPI is standing as a Organizing Committee and was Dutta and Shova Singh respectively developing powerful mass struggles great stumbling block. Comrade addressed by Comrade A were present on the dais. conducive to the anti-capitalist Mukherjee appealed to the Party Anavarathan, Member, Tamilnadu Incidentally, Comrade Shobha Singh revolution. comrades to assimilate Marxism- State Organizing Committee, was the only leftist candidate against Report of Party Foundation Day Leninism in a deeper and deeper SUCI(C). Other members of the the state chief minister Mamata in other places will be covered in way and step ahead with initiative Chennai District Committee and Banerjee in Bhownipur. coming issues. for fighting for people’s cause. The Comrade E Sadayandi, SUCI(C) meeting accepted two proposals, candidate for R K NAGAR were one protesting the change in the present on the dais. name of Gurgaon and Mewat district Meeting at the and the other against the anti- Madhya Pradesh (MP) Gandhi Peace worker measures being taken by the At Indarganj Chouraha in Foundation Hall, New Delhi state government. Gwalior, MP a state level public meeting was held on 24 April Delhi evening on the occasion of 69th Delhi State Organising party foundation day, which was Comrade B R Committee of the Party held a public participated by party workers, Manjunath, meeting on 27 April at the Gandhi supporters and common peoples Member, Peace Foundation Hall, New Delhi. from Bhopal, Guna, Ashoknagar, Karnataka State Comrade. Chhaya Mukherjee, Jabalpur, Sagar, Indore, Devas, Committee, SUCI(C) Member, Central Committee, Vidisha and Alirajpur. The main addressing in SUCI(C), addressed the meeting as speaker Comrade Dhurjati Das, Madurai the main speaker. The meeting was Odisha State Secretary, SUCI(C), presided over by Comrade Pran said that in 1948 Comrade Shibdas Sharma, Delhi State Secretary of the Ghosh founded this party, Party. SUCI(Communist) from the Comrade Chhaya Mukherjee realization that the independence A part of the impressive recalled the intense and all- from the British imperialists was not gathering at embracing struggle waged by Com. going to bring freedom for the Party Shibdas Ghosh and a handful of his oppressed toiling masses for which Foundation Day comrades in laying the foundation of another revolution under the meeting at the party way back in 1948 and leadership of a genuine communist Gwalior exhorted the people of the country to party was needed. Today capitalism PAGE SIX MAY 1, 2016 PROLETARIAN ERA Spruced up euphoria over a fake economic growth International Monetary Fund people going hungry every day. frantic efforts by the Government of other sectors of the economy, the (IMF) is an organization of 189 Close to 165 million children India and its pliant experts to total output of the sector from which countries, whose stated mission, are stunted as a result of under- artificially lower the figure through a they were withdrawn would not be among other things, is to “promote nutrition and infection, leaving them slew of techniques including diminished even though no high employment and reduce poverty physically and intellectually weak. It discovering alternative unrealistic significant reorganisation occurred in around the world.” But, in reality, costs just Rs 16 per day to provide criteria for fixing poverty line. Yet this sector.) Disguised the role of IMF, inter alia, is singing a child all the vitamins and nutrients the soaring poverty of people in unemployment in rural India is 25 % glory to crisis–ridden reactionary he/she requires to grow healthy. But capitalist India could not be shielded. to 30 %. And increasing number of moribund capitalism through a surfeit appalling poverty deprives the After all trickeries and statistical job loss following closure of existing of counterfeit propositions. Of late, parents of arranging that bare juggleries, while clearing of the industries because of acute World Economic outlook released by minimum for their wards. Over half National Food Security Ordinance, insolvable market crisis of capitalism the IMF has stated that India a million children die in India before the Planning Commission had is further augmenting the number of continues to remain a bright spot in their fifth birthday because of estimated in 2013 that subsidised unemployed. the otherwise bleak global economic severe malnutrition, according foodgrain entitlements will cover Next point is about IMF’s forecast, as the fastest growing to the Indian Academy of 67% of the BPL population. Even observation about people having major economy in 2016-17 with Paediatrics. One child dies every the President of Indian in a speech been “benefited from lower energy growth rate (meaning GDP growth) minute. In the last 20 years, nearly last year endorsed the figure. Rising prices and higher real incomes.” of 7.5%, which is more than China. 300,000 peasants being unable to poverty and hunger attests to falling This is another brazen It has expressed optimism that bear the plight of poverty have income. So the very claim of misrepresentation of facts. With the “India’s growth will continue to be committed suicide. Every 30 “growth is being driven by private Indian basket of crude oil price driven by private consumption, minutes, one peasant commits consumption” is hollow, if not a plummeting to an 11-year-low of which has benefited from lower suicide in India. Right now, 33% of blatant lie. $37.34 a barrel because of drastic energy prices and higher real “growing” India is reeling under Over and above that, fall in international crude oil price, incomes.” Once this IMF report was severe drought. Last year, one had unemployment is soaring. India does the country is set to save Rs 2.14 published, the Indian government witnessed what enormous misery not publish any official data on lakh crore (as against earlier and the columnists-economists in was caused to the people because of unemployment or job loss for estimate of Rs 1.5 lakh crore) on its servitude of ruling capitalism have torrential rain and fury of flood in obvious reason of hiding truth. But, oil import bill alone in FY16, been euphoric and giving accolades various parts of the country. The from unofficial sources and media according to the oil ministry. This is to themselves for such a rulers and their servitor section of reports, a large pool of youth in the in addition to the benefits to the ‘spectacular’ growth. But the “Growing” India who are busy age group of 18-25 years despite government in the form of question is whose growth is it? Is it sending satellites to the cosmic being skilled are facing lower petroleum subsidy. The of the people of the country or a world or priding on successful unemployment. Similarly, the government had collected Rs 99,184 handful of industrialists-monopolists launch of high-powered missiles unemployment amongst the graduate crore in excise collections from the swelling their coffers by squeezing have not even slightest of concern is 32 %. A glimpse of unemployment petroleum sector in 2014-15. The the last drop of blood of the toiling for the hapless people falling victim among the educated can be had budget for the current year has millions? to this cyclic assault of drought or from the recently published news provided subsidy for the oil sector - Any sensible person would flood. To them, the immediate task that for 369 posts of peons in Uttar essentially on cooking gas and agree that economic growth can be instead is to ensure chanting of Pradesh secretariat, 23 lakh job- kerosene - of just Rs 30,000 crore testified only by the rising standard “bharat mata ki jai,” or setting up seekers including 255 doctorates, against the revised estimates of Rs of the life of the common people, Ram Temple in Ajodhya or installing 24,969 post-graduates and more 60,270 crore for 2014-15. Besides rapid all out development of both wax statue of the prime minister in than 1.5 lakh graduates have the government, other huge industry and agriculture, spurt in the Madame Tussauds museum. submitted applications. Rising rural beneficiaries have been the oil purchasing power of the masses, Another hoax is the story of poverty is indicative of the extent of behemoths. For example, profit of dipping unemployment and ‘higher income’ of the masses. The rural unemployment. There is a Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance availability of all essential very extent of poverty holds out how phenomenon of disguised Industries Ltd. rose nearly 16% to commodities and services to the fast is plummeting the income of the unemployment in rural areas. Rs 7,398 crore ($1.1 billion) in the countrymen at large, and so forth. penury-stricken masses resulting in (Disguised unemployed are those fourth quarter of 2015-16, the But what is the spectacle in that fall off their purchasing power persons who work on their own highest in more than eight years, due respect? A report of the State of which in turn is entailing recession account and who are too numerous to strong margins in its refining and Food Insecurity in the World and market-crisis. Recently relatively to resources with which petrochemicals business. But, the mentioned that “Higher economic published Socio-economic Census they work, so that if a number of people at large, contrary to what the growth has not been fully translated report, revealed that 75% of rural them were withdrawn to work in Contd. on page 7 into higher food consumption, let households do not earn even Rs alone better diets overall, suggesting 5000 a month. In 92 % of Haryana SUCI(C) protests changing that the poor and hungry may have households, the main earning failed to benefit much from overall member makes less than Rs. 10,000 name of Gurgaon growth.” Facts corroborate that. A a month. In nearly 75% of all rural Protesting against the proposal of BJP government of Haryana state global survey revealed that there household, the income of the highest to change the name of ‘Gurgaon’ to ‘Gurugaon’ and of ‘Mewat’ district is enough food to feed everyone in earning member is Rs 5,000 or less to ‘Nooh’, Comrade Satyawan, Central Committee member and Haryana the world. If total world food per month. It could be either Rs State Secretary, SUCI(C), has called upon the people to develop a supplies are divided equally – all 1,000 or even Rs 10. Obviously, they movement against the decision. Terming the decision undemocratic and food grown divided into equal have to be categorized as abysmally useless, Comrade Satyawan pointed out that the name Gurgaon is age- portions – there will be plenty for poor. 6.68 lakh families survive on old and it stands to reflect the local culture and heritage. Comrade everyone, with some to spare; in begging while 4.08 lakh families earn Satyawan pointed out that such a change would not in any way bring fact, today the world produces 10 % their livelihood by rag picking. Late about any betterment in public life and so there can be no justification. more food than is needed to feed Arjun Sengupta, who chaired the Also the huge expense amounting to thousands of crores involved in the everyone. But 30% to 50% of 1.2-2 National Commission for Enterprises campaign for introducing the new name is equally useless. Then again billion tonnes of food produced in the Unorganised Sector a decade there seems to be a conspiracy to bring in mythical reference instead of around the world never makes it to back, estimated that 77% of India’s historical significance in support of the change in name, thereby paving a plate, and gets wasted. India is a population was below the poverty way for blindness rather than scientific reasoning and logic. Finally there glaring example of that. It is home to line if an income criterion of Rs 20 has been no public consensus invited on the change and the process is the largest under-nourished and per day per capita was used to undemocratic. It thus calls for a powerful people’s movement to thwart hungry population, with 230 million calculate poverty. There have been the decision, Comrade Satyawan urged. PROLETARIAN ERA MAY 1, 2016 PAGE SEVEN MAY DAY Grasp essence of Marxism-Leninism and overthrow oppressive capitalism by revolution Contd. from page 1 It is following the law of socialist the progenitor, has no solution. On the prevent and pre-empt this. Capitalism people and liberation of all who toil, economy and educating workers contrary capitalism survives on is frantically attempting to set one from the yoke of capital”. politically, ideologically that such militarization, wars, enslavement of section of workers against another, And what a profound change spectacular progress in all spheres of peoples, and ruination of the toiling by inciting and creating ethnic, occurred in the life of workers when life, and social activity was made. masses. communal and religious hatred and for the first time the honour and But the whole process, as well as this Though the temporary setback division among the toiling people. dignity of their labour was ensured in surge of inspiration so characteristic to the international communist In this situation, learning the the first working class state of the working people in the USSR movement brought about by lesson of May Day has acquired a established through the Bolshevik under revolutionary leadership, revisionism, have left the working new importance. Today the call of revolution. Under the leadership of reversed later in the aftermath of class of the world in a temporary May Day rings loud and clear: Lenin, and later of Stalin what a usurpation of power by the disarray, history has proved that workers of the world unite; take great upliftment of workers’ and Khrushchevite revisionist clique. when they close their ranks in lessons from history! Give defeat to peasants’ life took place in Soviet Under revisionist dispensation, life in solidarity and fraternity under correct the conspiracy of the capitalist class Russia, embracing economic, Soviet Union turned more and more ideological leadership, their force is by closing your ranks in international political, educational, social, and into a burdensome existence, until invincible and there is no power on solidarity and fraternity! Grasping cultural spheres. Savants from capitalism was restored through earth that can prevent their progress the invincible weapon of Marxism- abroad including Rabindranath counter-revolutionary blow. The and advance. The capitalist class too Leninism step up the struggle to put Tagore who visited that country and socialist camp got dismantled as knows that the conscious unity of the an end to this obsolete capitalist who were by no means communists, counter-revolution brought back working class would spell its doom system and bring about have all attested this fact. Deeply capitalism in the erstwhile socialist and it is desperate in its attempts to emancipation of humanity! moved by what he saw, countries. Rabindranath extensively wrote The absence of the socialist about it in his “Letters from Russia”. camp has left the workers of the Fake economic growth Great leadership of first Lenin world unprotected and open to Contd. from page 6 poor and have-nots has been and then Stalin was able to inspire renewed aggressive attacks of advocates of market economy widening monstrously. As per media the working people in Soviet Union capitalism in its most crisis-ridden, promised while deregulating retail report, India’s richest 10%, getting with dedication, sense of decadent stage. One by one their tariff of petrol-diesel, have been steadily richer, hold 370 times the brotherhood and enthusiasm, rights, acquired through long years of denied the due benefits which were share of wealth that its poorest hold. releasing their creative labour power struggle drenched in martyr’s blood, appropriated by the government India’s super-rich constituting 1% of that was held captive under have been ruthlessly trampled. unjustifiably by repeatedly imposing the populace has been getting richer capitalism in its decaying state. The Exploitation and virulent attacks in additional cess on fuel to finance its even faster. A report submitted by Soviet state also freed the women economic, social and cultural life are yawning budget deficit caused not the chief economist and director of not only from the grip of patriarchal becoming most barbaric under the on account of providing relief to the research and advisory services in oppression but confinement to prescripts of globalization and people but because of dishing out Knight Frank India estimated that in drudgery of housewife’s life, by liberalization. Permanent jobs are plethora of tax concessions and the decade between 2003 and 2013, assisting them in every way and being abolished giving way to waivers to the big industrial houses the number of billionaires in India creating countless opportunities for contractual work without any and corporate sector running into grew from 23 to 60, a jump of 161%, them and to play their due role in the security. Even where officially lakhs of crores of rupees. While and the number of Ultra-High Net productive system in society. The ‘standard model of employment’ still international crude price has come Individuals grew from 598 to 1,576, goal of socialism is emancipation of exists, conditions are continually down by 367%, the corresponding up 164%. This clearly shows that labour from its coerced imposition, worsening and the pressure of fall in retail tariff has been a from an equity standpoint, the that is, freedom to perform labour workload on the workers and cosmetic 16%. Tax components of disparity is increasing phenomenally which would provide access to employees for ever increasing while retail tariff of petrol and diesel at no matter how much the rate of material and spiritual necessities of danger of losing their job is rising by present are around 57% and 55% economic growth is rejoiced over. life. Thus in socialism, the social the day in the background of the respectively which makes the Indian Perhaps not being able to endorse outlook on labour be radically existence of a gigantic army of retail prices virtually double the the exultation of the government and transformed — from its being unemployed forced to accept global retail price of oil. So, the its lackey economists-columnists looked upon as a possible means of whatever crumbs are offered to claim of IMF that ‘steep decline in over the IMF’s description of India earning living of those who are not them. Crisis of capitalism is leading oil prices has helped India reduce as ‘the bright spot in the global entitled to accessing any other to relocation, outsourcing or food price inflation’ is a big lie as economy’, Raghuram Rajan, the means to earn their living to its being downsizing of industries to boost their just reverse is the case. Food prices governor of the Reserve Bank of the ‘prime want of life’. profits to the maximum level while are jumping in tandem with dip in India, said that this is a case of “the Little wonder, that Stalin driving down workers’ wages, rights, international oil price. Finally, a word one-eyed man” being king in the speaking at the Conference of and amenities further and further. about the very basics of GDP land of the blind. Warning not to be Stakhanovites about worker’s life, Today, labour conditions in growth and its calculation. As we ‘euphoric’ about the fastest growing and the significance of the new capitalism mimic virtual slavery. had pointed out repeatedly in our economy tag, he pointed out that one wave of higher socialist emulation Slavery of the olden days was previous write-ups, celebration over has still miles to go in providing sweeping the country, commented: formally abolished through the bitter rise in GDP is meaningless as GDP every Indian a decent livelihood. He “Life has improved, comrades. Life struggle of civil war in USA, but it does not indicate the distribution of also confirmed slowdown in has become more joyous.” has not only made a comeback but is the wealth generated. Moreover, of industrial production saying 30% of Superceding the 8-hour working growing fast; the US State late, the method of calculation of installed capacity is not utilised. But day, the 7-hour working day was Department and social scientists GDP has been so revised that figure what Mr Rajan held back is the fact introduced in Soviet Union. May estimate that there are as many as of 4.7% growth has jumped to that in dying capitalism, there cannot Day was observed in Soviet Union 47 million slaves in the world today. 6.9%. This trickery has also come be any alteration to the scenario. to highlight the great achievements Slavery is not highly visible as of old, handy in boasting that Indian Rather, the situation would turn more and tasks of the working class but is mainly enforced on victims in a economy has overtaken China. and more nightmarish and struggle, and as an inspiration for the clandestine manner, after kidnapping, In capitalist India, like any other strangulating for people at large with workers of the world to step up their trafficking or allurements of jobs. To capitalist-imperialist country, the gap passage of time while the rich would struggle for emancipation. all these problems capitalism, being between the few rich and myriads of prosper at their cost. RNI No. 13932/67 PAGE EIGHT MAY 1, 2016 P. R. No. KOL / RMS / /145 / 2016-2018 Anti-imperialist symposium in Turkey : calls Dangerous move to for solidarity of toiling people of the world Aimed at mobilizing solidarity for the Committee (IAPSCC) jointly with the introduce Sanskrit in IITs struggle in Turkey, as also to form a Consultative Centre for Studies and Call it Sikhhan nu Bharatiyakaran (Indianisation of learning) forum to collect and exchange Documentation in Beirut, and several apparently initiated by a RSS ideologue while writing textbooks in experiences and perspectives of other political and social organizations Gujarat or suggestions in the report of a panel chaired by a former struggles from different countries and to and forces. The 3rd International Anti- CEC, the Union HRDM has come out with its latest agenda of internationalize solidarity of anti- imperialist Conference was held at requesting IITs “to teach Sanskrit language especially with imperialist fighters all over the world, the Dhaka in 2011. reference to study of works which contain scientific knowledge”, Anti-imperialist Front of Turkey Comrade Sridhar then added it is in as the HRD minister Smriti Irani said in a written reply to the Lok organized its 7th symposium at Istanbul this era of imperialism and proletarian Sabha on 25 April. between 14 and 17 April 2016. Comrade revolution, task imperative is to build up India’s higher education system has many problems —— K Sridhar participated in the symposium powerful movements against ruling mismatch in supply demand, mushrooming of low-quality institutes, on behalf of the All India Anti-imperialist capitalism-imperialism in each country funds crunch, shortage of teachers —— which need more than Forum (AIAIF) and the International and strengthen the unity of revolution- some heavy-duty and long-term solutions that require time and Anti-imperialist Coordinating Committee ary forces of all countries to combat intense involvement. However, Hindutvawadi ideologues and (IACC). globally the imperialist aggression, political flag-bearers think otherwise. So they rake up issues. Delegates from Russia, Ukraine, thwart fascistic attacks and accelerate Sanskrit was no doubt a well-developed, neatly structured Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Germany, Czech process of anti-capitalist revolution. classical and liturgical (related to worship) language in which Republic, Morocco, Ireland, Lebanon, He mentioned that Comrade Shibdas grammar, science, religion and philosophy were written. But its study Pays Basque, Columbia, Peru, Mexico, Ghosh defined fascism as an being restricted to the upper castes, to the Brahmins and priests, so Kurdistan, Syria and of course from anticipatory counter revolutionary move lamented Vivekananda, despite being a believer in Vedantic Turkey took part in various sessions to stave off revolution by annihilating philosophy, “In our country, owing to all learning being in Sanskrit conducted on themes like the issue of communism ideologically and from the ancient times, there has arisen an immeasurable gulf Political prisoners in the world, communists physically. He also pointed between the learned and the common folk”. “The Sanskrit language, Coordination of class and mass out that Marxism is an invincible so difficult that almost a life time is necessary for its perfect struggles, Imperialism and its attacks, weapon which no arms on earth can acquisition, is well known to have been for ages a lamentable check Kurdistan problem, Syrian refugee crisis suppress, provided it is understood and on the diffusion of knowledge.” (1823), as said Rammohan Roy a and lastly Militant struggles and used creatively. Comrade Sridhar then great scholar of Sanskrit. Iswarchandra Vidyasagar, another stalwart democratic mass movements. Comrade read out the message of Comrade of Sanskrit language, among his other similar views, wrote “The K Sridhar spoke on “Imperialism- Manik Mukherjee, Member, Polit study of mathematics in Sanskrit should be discontinued... I wish to terrorism and fascism”. Bureau, SUCI(C) and General substitute the pursuit of it in English, whence in less than half the In his speech Comrade Sridhar Secretary, IACC. time now given to it an intelligent student will acquire more than narrated in brief, how SUCI After his speech delegates asked double the amount of sound information that he could obtain by the (Communist) guided by Comrade questions like “What is left adventurism most perfect acquaintance of all that exists in the Sanskrit language Shibdas Ghosh Thought, stepped ahead and how to understand it” and “how to in the subject”. (1852) If studying mathematics in Sanskrit at to build up an anti-imperialist people’s correlate anti-capitalist struggles with Vidyasagar’s time be that difficult, one can well imagine what hurdles front at international level with anti-imperialist struggles”. will stand on the way of studying still more intricate and difficult communists at the core to conduct Afterwards copies of Volume 1 of issues of the modern science in Sanskrit, if possible at all. Yet the militant peace movement and to the Selected Works by Comrade Hindutvawadis, who stand nowhere near these great scholars and coordinate the anti-imperialist Shibdas Ghosh, the Founder General philosophers, are rushing after introducing this language in the IITs. movements of different countries in Secretary of SUCI ( Communist) and Of course, it is not really unexpected from them. The way these fulfilment of the historic necessity after one of the eminent Marxist thinkers of Hindutvawadis instead of scientists invited papers for the Indian sad dismantling of the socialist camp and the present era, and the booklet titled Science Congress from the department of Sanskrit of Mumbai revival of imperialist aggression and “Great Stalin” by Comrade Provash University and Kavi Kulaguru Kalidas University, Ramtek and brigandage. At the Calcutta anti- Ghosh, General Secretary of SUCI ( allowed self-styled authors of those papers, only attested their motive. imperialist Conference in 2007, the C) were distributed to the delegates. The speakers who presented their papers included even students of desired people’s committee was formed Some delegates who showed interest in Sanskrit with no serious research background. The chairpersons of with the name International Anti- knowing about formation of genuine the sessions did not allow any question- answer session, virtually imperialist and People’s Solidarity communist party were given copies of mandatory in scientific forum, thus leading to suggest blind Coordinating Committee (IAPSCC), the book “Why SUCI(C) is the only acceptance instead of scientific reasoning. Naturally the attempt at [now named as International Anti- genuine communist party in India” by Sikhhan nu Bharatiyakaran or promotion of Sanskrit in Science imperialist Coordinating Committee Comrade Shibdas Ghosh. Among the only ridiculed India and Indian scientists before the scientific world. (IACC)] with Ramsey Clark as decisions agreed upon were setting up Now the same design is prescribed for the IITs which, despite many President and Manik Mukherjee as of a ‘political prisoners’ international shortcomings, are still considered as leading institutions in scientific General Secretary. The 2nd representation committee’ and another and industrial research and studies. One can only wonder what looms International Conference was held at committee comprising leaders from before these fore-ranking institutions of the country as and when Beirut, Lebanon in January 2009 by the Morocco, Columbia, Bulgaria, Italy and they accept the request of the HRDM. The treacherous duplicity International Anti-Imperialist and Ukraine for organizing the next speaks out when the HRDM uses the word ‘requests’ to make this Peoples’ Solidarity Coordinating symposium in 2017. proposal gullible to the IIT authority. Because, as the trend goes, any dissent might well be marked as anti-national (Opposed to Temple tragedy exposed a criminal nexus Bharatiyakaran). Contd. from page 3 mobilise opinion against the nexus of Acharyya Prafulla Chandra Roy, the celebrated scientist and commercial merchandise in the name authorities of such religious shrines- author of The History of Hindu Chemistry once lamented that of Ayurveda or emasculating people administration- government-police- because of ‘bidding adieu to experimental and inductive sciences’, from within by propagating so called moneybag to stop recurrence of such India could not produce another Newton or Descartes ‘for once life-style mantras are backed by big tragedy and release an intense bade. Later during the Renaissance, Indian science again made business and protected by out and out ideological campaign to keep vigil some long strides to attract appreciation and reverence of the corrupt bourgeois administration. against the heinous designs of international scientific world. But the moves mooted by these People must rise up against such killing religious fundamentalists to spread the Hindutvawadis are destined to spell a further doom, a total and cheating business in the name of venom of gender-bias, discord and destruction, for Indian science. Every rational, scientific minded religion, make concerted effort to disunity among the people. person faces the task of recognizing the danger and thwarting it. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF : PROVASH GHOSH Edited & Published by Asit Bhattacharyya from 48 Lenin Sarani, Kolkata 700 013 and printed by him at Ganadabi Printers and Publishers Private Limited, 52B, Indian Mirror Street, Kolkata 700013. Phone : 2249-1828, 2265-3234 E-mail : [email protected], [email protected], Website : www.sucicommunist.org