Volume 47 No. 23 Organ of the SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST) July 15, 2014 Founder Editor-in-Chief : COMRADE SHIBDAS GHOSH Price : Rs. 3.00

Red Salute SUCI(C) denounces Union Budget 2014 Frederick Engels as Corporatization of Indian Economy, exhorts the countrymen to reject it Comrade Provash Ghosh, General Secretary, spiral, weeding out the middlemen and ensuring SUICI(C), has issued the following statement on minimum price to the poor peasants—some of the the Union Budget 2014 on 10 July 2014 : pressing issues concerning common masses. It has Studded with surfeit of promises, routine also not stated specifically that the benefits of the allocations and stunts, the budget presented by announced tax and duty cuts should mandatorily Union Finance minister Arun Jaitley is a document be passed on to the end consumers and not of corporatization of Indian economy with liberal ‘absorbed’ by the manufacturers. The very entry of FDI in key sectors, allowing private capital announcement of setting up an Expenditure in many areas through PPP route, plethora of cuts Management Commission to look at expenditure in sales tax and customs duty to the manufacturers reforms, we apprehend, is a device to decide and and “revival” of Special Economic Zones (SEZs). implement subsidy cut and such other anti-people Privatization spree has been so large an extent that fiscal measures outside Parliament on the lines of 5 December 1820 — 5 August 1895 the Finance Minister himself has stated that “India the much condemned Railway Tariff Authority ‘‘It is the essence of bourgeois has emerged as the largest PPP market in the vested with the power of revising the fares and socialism to want to maintain the basis world.” By allowing 49% FDI in a crucial sector surcharges of its own. of all the evils of present-day society like defence, the very security of the country has So, in the budget, there is no ‘directional step’ and at the same time to want to abolish been compromised. Raising the FDI cap in the as claimed by the Finance minister, for the the evils themselves. equity holding of insurance sector to 49 per cent common people. All the proposals are in the ...Whoever declares that the via disinvestment route is actually a policy reversal interest of the corporate sector and industrial capitalist mode of production, the ‘iron since in order to remove the vulnerability of the house euphemized as ‘investors’. We are of the laws’ of present-day bourgeois society, Indian insurers at the hands of the private firm opinion that this so -called pro-reform budget are inviolable, and yet at the same time operators, the LICI was once created by neither cure capitalist economy let alone it being would like to abolish their unpleasant nationalizing all private insurance companies. The brought back on the rails but would devastate the but necessary consequences, has no very announcement of raising PSU bank capital people further since splurge of FDI, feast of other recourse but to deliver moral through retail sale of shares is nothing but privatization, binge of capital market reforms to sermons to the capitalists, moral disinvestment of the nationalized banks which has boost speculation and gambling have landed sermons whose emotional effects long been resisted by the people of the country. country after country in the West in complete immediately evaporate under the The government’s decision to revive the SEZs, bankruptcy and collapsing of the giant financial influence of private interest and, if ugly underside of which is no more hidden from institutions. necessary, of competition. public cognition, indicates how the government is While the chambers of commerce, giant ...The gospel of harmony between keen to offer a bountiful waivers and concessions monopolists and their servitor economists- capital and labour has been preached for to the big capital, both domestic and foreign. As columnists might sing paeans for this budget of almost fifty years now, and bourgeois usual, the most unproductive military budget has BJP government, people of the country pressed philanthropy has expended large sums been hiked to as high as Rs 2.29 lakh crore from under the grinding wheel of ruthless capitalist of money to prove this harmony by Rs 2.03 lakh crore of last year. Indirect tax has economic oppression ought to reject it lock, building model institutions; yet, ... we been raised to Rs. 7525 crores which will be borne stock and barrel and compel the government are today exactly where we were fifty by the common people. The budget has remained under pressure of movement withdraw fiscal years ago.’’ conspicuously silent about employment generation, and economic measures inimical to people’s — ENGELS [The Housing Question] arresting harrowing price rise, containing inflation interest. “I can say without hesitation that Comrade Yakub Pailan was a successful creation of Comrade Shibdas Ghosh” — Comrade Provash Ghosh at Jaynagar Memorial Meeting (This is the English translation of the speech delivered in Bengali by Today is the first day when I can teachings of Comrade Shibdas Comrade Provash Ghosh, General Secretary, SUCI(C), at the memorial see him no more. I cannot make you Ghosh. You all are grief-stricken. meeting of Comrade Yakub Pailan, veteran member, Central Committee understand how immensely painful it The weather has been inclement for and Secretary, South 24 Parganas district, SUCI(C), held at Jaynagar is. You all know that our Party is a quite some days. Yet, you have on 22 June, 2014. The responsibility of translation error as well as big family. It is not an organization gathered here in thousands from far inadequate representation, if any, solely lies with the Editorial Board for merely producing some MLAs, remote areas. Today thousands are of Proletarian Era.) MPs and ministers. This is a shedding tears for a person whose Comrade President and comrades, me. (Voice choked with emotion) I revolutionary Party. In our Party, name did not find place in the I have been requested to say have been regularly coming to this there is a deep affectionate newspapers or the TV. People do something in this memorial meeting. district since 1951. Every time I met relationship among the leaders- not shed tears so profusely for those But this indeed is very difficult for him, I had discussions with him. cadres based on the revolutionary Contd. on page 2 PAGE TWO JULY 15, 2014 PROLETARIAN ERA Comrade Provash Ghosh’s speech Comrade Pailan quietly struggled to develop himself as a true revolutionary Contd. from page 1 compatriot of Comrade Prativa the philosophy of Marxism-Leninism who get wide publicity in the media. Mukherjee. Comrade Jiad Ali Bakshi is the creed of the oppressed people. The tear that is wrenched from introduced Comrade Pailan to With this teaching before him, he within at the loss of someone very Comrade Sachin Banerjee in 1949. engaged himself in the struggle for close to the heart, a very close Everyone of Jaynagar town and the developing himself as a communist relative cannot be purchased with elderly people of South 24 Parganas based on Comrade Shibdas Ghosh money, does not come out so easily. district are acquainted with Comrade Thought. So great a personality, so endearing Sachin Banerjee’s name. Comrade In those days, there was no to all of us was Comrade Yakub Sachin Banerjee had met Comrade transport available in this district for Pailan. I heard from him that once Shibdas Ghosh, the great Marxist going from one village to another. he used to sell rice in the village thinker and leader, teacher and guide There was no bus, no van rickshaw. market, on the streets, to the shops of proletarian revolution in jail. In I still remember that in 1951, of Kolkata. He also worked as a those days, Comrade Sachin Comrades Sachin Banerjee, Subodh tailor. He came from a semi Banerjee was associated with the Banerjee, Yakub Pailan and many proletarian family. Totally unknown Jugantar group, a revolutionary others used to travel from one place and unheard of a person who was outfit. He set up a good number of to another on foot, on boats wading denied formal education. But how clubs in this town. By concretizing through thick mud, to organize the could he win the hearts of thousands Marxism-Leninism in the concrete poor peasants, share croppers and and thousands of people? What was situation of India, Comrade Shibdas agricultural workers, and imbue Comrade Provash Ghosh addressing at Jaynagar his strength? I am of the firm Ghosh had then released the most them with Comrade Shibdas Ghosh opinion that the question of properly arduous struggle for building up a Thought. At that time no one knew problem. Comrade Shibdas Ghosh understanding the worth of Comrade genuine revolutionary communist the Party, no one was aware of the said that Comrade Yakub Pailan was Yakub Pailan and paying due party on the soil. Comrade Sachin name of Comrade Shibdas Ghosh. the best person to shoulder the respect to him is intimately linked Banerjee joined Comrade Shibdas To accept Comrade Shibdas Ghosh responsibility. Questions arose that with realizing proper answer to this Ghosh in that arduous struggle as a as the teacher during that period, Comrade Pailan though a dedicated question. close revolutionary compatriot. He dedicate the self in building up the soldier but did not have any formal Based on history and science, brought Comrade Shibdas Ghosh to Party forsaking everything else in education. Would he be able to Marxism teaches us that no one is this town. It was in this Jaynagar life, was a very significant and rare discharge such a responsibility? born a genius. Genius is no divine an town that the SUCI(Communist) was struggle, I hold. This struggle of Comrade Shibdas Ghosh said, yes endowment. The development of an founded as the genuine communist those including Comrade Yakub he would. Comrade Ghosh had a individual, flourishment of his party of the land in 1948. Through Pailan who came forward leaving lapidary’s eye. He could identify the character takes place in course of Comrade Sachin Banerjee, Comrade everything behind to develop the jewel. So, he did not make mistake his interactions with his own Subodh Banerjee was also attracted Party responding to the call of in correctly identifying Comrade surroundings. Who will attain what by the thoughts of Comrade Shibdas Comrade Shibdas Ghosh, then Yakub Pailan. Comrades Sachin standard, acquire what strength Ghosh and joined the Party. Based on unknown and unheard of, was Banerjee and Subodh Banerjee took depends on how he conducts his life the teachings of Comrade Shibdas exemplary. Comrade Shibdas Ghosh decision in the meeting of the district struggle, which ideology he is guided Ghosh, Comrades Sachin Banerjee then could not arrange even one Party workers that Comrade Yakub by and whether he wages a struggle and Subodh Banerjee took initiative square meal a day for himself. Pailan would be the South 24 covering all aspects of life. I have to build up movements on the various Comrade Yakub Pailan and others Parganas District Secretary. come to know from Comrade Pailan demands of the poor peasants, have also moved from place to place Comrade Pailan was hesitant and himself that in his early life, he had share-croppers and agricultural without food. They were chased by rushed to Comrade Ghosh and to fight with appalling poverty. And workers along both banks of the the musclemen of the rural kulaks asked how would he discharge such he was deeply moved by the wails rivers of Sunderbans. Comrade and landed gentry, were attacked by a responsibility? There were so and woes of those still poorer. In the Yakub Pailan was one of the bravest the police, faced physical onslaught. many educated persons in the town. initial stage of life, he was a believer soldiers of these movements. Those Sometimes Comrades Sachin Even many who are residing in in religion. He believed that god is who joined these struggles were Banerjee, Subodh Banerjee, Yakub villages had some formal education, omnipotent, also had faith in fate. At Comrades Yakub Pailan, Rabin Pailan and others could manage to at least they were literate. Then the same time, he wondered if such Mandal (now seriously ill), Renupada get a handful of puffed rice. Even how would he having no formal harrowing poverty, oppression and Haldar (now dead), and few days that little was also not available on education, no experience shoulder repression would continue unabated later Comrade Amir Ali Haldar many days. Yet they moved such a great responsibility? and whether remedy would remain (murdered by the CPI (M) throughout the day for building up Comrade Ghosh told him: ‘When I ever eluding. He learnt that the great criminals)) and thereafter Comrade Party organization. At that time, initiated my struggle to build up the religious preachers of the yester Nalini Pramanik as well as many those who were in the leadership in Party, what did I have? Referring to years had fought against injustice fighting persons belonging to poor this town hailed from middle class Vidyasagar, he said: Do not say I and exploitation at that time. Yet families of various localities. While families. They could not advance in cannot. If others can do, you too today there is religion but there is no this struggle was on, Comrade Pailan their struggle because of being can. And he said : For revolution, I fight. Religion is now only confined came in direct contact with Comrade entangled in family matters. So, they shall do what others feel they cannot to observing rituals. Today no Shibdas Ghosh through Comrade sought relieve from their do. I have moved with this religion is waging any struggle Sachin Banerjee. And that brought a responsibilities. Many of the determination. You should also do against oppression and injustice, decisive change in his life. He could comrades were then either in jail or so. I have full confidence in you.’ against falsehood. He was seized realize that religion which once called evicted from home and hearth History says, Comrade Yakub Pailan with this question. for releasing battle against injustice, because of police onslaught. lived up to the confidence Comrade When he was in the midst of such oppression, repression and falsehood Comrade Sachin Banerjee was Ghosh reposed on him. Comrade a dilemma, he came in contact with and thus could carve out a space in going to Odisha to build up Party Shibdas Ghosh used to say: Engage Comrade Jiad Ali Bakshi whom many the hearts of the people, has now there. Comrade Subodh Banerjee’s yourself in the struggle, change of you may not know. Comrade historically exhausted its utility. Need was then a powerful voice inside the yourself, develop yourself, win over Bakshi was a Party worker of this of the day is Marxism-Leninism, the Assembly. He was busy in that. So, others with your quality. Comrade district. Later he built up Party weapon to fight against capitalist who would take up the leadership of Pailan took up the responsibility and organization in the Birbhum district as oppression and exploitation. Today, the district? The Party faced that Contd. on page 9 PROLETARIAN ERA JULY 15, 2014 PAGE THREE “Carrying the struggle that Jalaluddin conducted still further, in a still higher form, to a still greater level, will be the correct way of paying homage to our beloved comrade.” — Comrade Krishna Chakraborty (This is the text of the speech delivered by Comrade Krishna those few comrades Jalal was there. the country, not only BJP; BJP of Chakraborty, Member, Polit bureau, SUCI(C), at the memorial meeting This attracted more and more course in the northern states; in of Comrade A. Jalaluddin, Member, Kerala State Committee, SUCI(C) students. Then came a batch of Tamilnadu Jailalitha’s AIADMK, in and Vice-President, Kerala state AIUTUC, held in Quilon on 27 June) medical students. Comrade West Bengal TMC, Chandrababu Venugopal, Comrade Subramoni, Naidu in Andhra Pradesh Dear AIUTUC Comrades and communist, with communist outlook, Comrade Mahesh Babu of Allepy, (Seemandhra), Chandrashekar Rao friends, the Marxist outlook, the dialectical and there were many other students. in Telangana, Naveen Patnaik in To speak on such a painful materialist outlook with the culture of Some of them also joined the party, a Orissa; these are all reactionary occasion is really difficult. The old proletariat collectivism fighting total submission and process of the forces. The whole of India is swayed memories, storm of emotions when bourgeois individualism, the struggle struggle. People of other parties by reaction. It is our failure, failure of we remember days when such to merge with the interest of would crack jokes on this — some the left movement. People want comrades, such workers came to the revolution, with the interest of the college students, some intellectuals movement, we could not give that party, started party activities, it takes proletarian class and party, fighting will build up communist movement leadership. Leadership is the you back to those days when these personal interests, all this most and a party. Some of them admit now question. Correct political line is the comrades in their college days difficult struggle, but most noble that we used to make jokes; but question, correct ideology is the youthful days joined revolutionary struggle that makes a man Karl actually we could not believe that question, a higher culture is the party under the leadership of SUCI Marx, Lenin, Frederick Engels, such a serious struggle, such a question. Without a higher culture, a Communist founded by a great Stalin, Mao, Comrade Shibdas movement they could build up on this higher movement cannot take place, Marxist thinker Comrade Shibdas Ghosh. Such a noble struggle was soil. If you look back to those days, revolution can never take place Ghosh. It was in 1970, when necessary struggle. So to build up a you too would think how it could without a noble culture which one day Comrade Jalal came and Jalal and party here on the Kerala soil it was happen. But it happened. It created will bring in a communist society. some more comrades joined the a difficult struggle to prove that such an ideological, political, cultural Noble culture once gave birth to party. From the starting of the party, though in sincerity, honesty movement on this soil of Kerala; now capitalist society, now it should give Kerala was known as the land of the ,dedication, sacrifice nothing lacked today this number is nothing. This is way to socialist society. Capitalism left forces particularly Communist in the struggle of the CPI leaders, a part of the total number of has produced this kind of Party of India. In 1957 itself, 10 they were dedicated, they sacrificed, comrades that are present in Kerala. opportunism, ego-centrism, individual years before West Bengal, the they went to jail, they gave up lives The party is growing. This struggle freedom in the bourgeois sense Kerala people voted the Communist but still could not build up a was a very difficult struggle, a very wherefrom individualism comes, and Party of India to Power. CPI communist party on this soil. But our painstaking struggle, it almost looked today in the dying stage of capitalism government was formed in Kerala. party SUCI (Communist ) party had impossible. This required deep it cannot but give birth to polluted CPI was so popular. In 1964, this to establish in this soil that struggle in conviction not mere acceptance of individualism. People are suffering, Communist party of India was split the entire country was very much Marxism, Leninism, Comrade Ghosh this corruption, these crimes on into two parties CPI and CPI (M). needed. Real revolutionary audacity thought. In Marxism, Leninism, women, on children — wherefrom Both were very much popular in the it needed. It involved an all-out Comrade Shibdas Ghosh thoughts, a these are coming. They are because country particularly in this state. In struggle covering all aspects of life; it conviction, belief, faith these are of total fall in culture; degradation 1969, 1st May, a section coming out was to build such a character, such great things; but belief and faith also comes from vulgar individualism, the from CPI (M) formed CPI(ML) – a culture which attracts people in the break. But when conviction comes, individualism which one day brought Communist Party of India–Marxist- society , people want it, that we will then I understand by reason that revolution against feudalism when Leninist. In Kerala also there was a have to practise and you will have to society changes, changes from individual freedom was not there. So big force, many people joined the realise it in your life, your life struggle quantity to quality and in this process this cultural movement is the most CPI(ML). This was the background that your existence itself reflects a of change from quantity to quality important movement, comrades. when our party activities started. And new culture, a noble culture which gives rise to a new social structure, These very comrades whom I those who started were very young people can see from your behaviour, new society, new social - economic, remembered along with Comrade people. Those who came first, many your very existence. Such a struggle cultural, political, ethical, moral, Jalal, these comrades understood this of you may be remembering, were this first batch of comrades jurisprudence, educational — total very thing. That’s why everybody Comrade James Joseph, Vergheese, conducted. One of them is Comrade change — that we call revolution. doubted, such a small force: Can this Subhash and some of the teachers Lukose himself and Comrade Revolution is inevitable as Marx said: force build up a communist party from DKM College of Engineering, Natarajan, dedicated group, a very it is not just a wish, it is the law of fighting against those big ‘so called’ Comrade Rajagopalan, afterwards serious group of comrades from DK development of society, it brings communist parties? It was not easy. Comrade Divakaran, still then Party College of Engineering struggled to changes in nature and material world. Other communist parties knew that it activities had not started. It was build the party. Jalal was known to Marx showed that quantitative was not easy. But they did not actually the preparatory phase of be a jolly young man in college. Very changes inb a society surely lead to waiver. They understood that it is building up of the party. In 1971, no loving type, social in character, qualitative changes, whereby a new possible, because they had seen 70, we organised a discussion. A mixing with all, but nobody could society is born. . party leaders, the culture of our group of students from DK College believe that such a man though Then what is the necessity to leaders, starting from Comrade of Engineering attended that school. appearing light yet not light, instead take up this struggle? Marxism Shibdas Ghosh, they have given up It was a discussion on Marxism jolly, took up such a noble struggle; answers that also. It is not that their personal way of living, personal Leninism, Shibdas Ghosh thought. that along with these comrades, such changes just take place in nature, in life, old petty bourgeois dreams, old After the school of politics, all an arduous struggle, uphill task he nature changes take place career. If you say career, supported the party but few of them took up. As in other states, in Kerala automatically from quantity to quality, revolutionary life is also a career. But joined the party activities and took up too, we started at the beginning itself but in society there is the role of that career is totally different. Here the most difficult task of building the a commune though it was not exactly consciousness — this consciousness career means giving up personal party here. And on what line. For, the a commune—a commune is a still plays a determining role sometimes, position in life; new revolutionary old communist party leaders honestly higher standard in living together. We a leading role; without conscious career means giving up personal and sincerely tried to build a communist started a party centre, in 1977 we development of a movement becoming impersonal, that culture. To party in India, but could not build a opened party centre for those who revolution cannot not grow. Though understand Jalal’s movement, his communist party. But ours was the had given up everything, who had CPI led big struggles, glorious struggle, if you do not understand process of struggle that changed the whole heartedly dedicated struggles, but today you see to what these things; simply knowing some lives of the leaders and cadres of the themselves to build up the party, to or where they have gone. facts of his life you will not party, that makes one a real start a new concept of life. Among Reactionary forces are spreading in Contd. on page 4 PAGE FOUR JULY 15, 2014 PROLETARIAN ERA Comrade Jalaluddin was among few in Kerala taking up struggle to identify himself with the Party Contd. from page 3 correlation of sciences, Marxism civilization. Those people who have develop from lower to higher, higher understand him. That struggle is still itself is a science, dialectical science, butchered that very civilization-- to higher, still higher. The belief in valid and will remain valid until class the science of all sciences, guides all Khrushchev, Brezhnev or Gorbachev Marxism should develop into struggle is over, unless exploitation of sciences. To acquire Marxism means are the worst criminals. For killing a conviction; with conviction you can man by man is over, unless classes to acquire knowledge, knowledge of man there is capital punishment given carry forward the struggle still more are abolished. That is the movement all things that governs nature, society to a criminal; but killing a civilization, vigorously. The struggle that of the communists, that is the nobility and thought. That’s why communists what a crime it is! Whole masses are Jalaluddin carried, that struggle has the communist movement are great people. That’s why in the suffering. We are suffering; the to be carried still further, in a still establishes. This nobility those whole world, with the fall of whole mankind is suffering because higher form, to a still greater level, comrades established. That nobility socialism throughout the world you of this betrayal of the renegades. So attracting youths of this country, you comrades are also establishing in see reactionary forces, total cultural Comrades, when I remember working class of the country, vast a vigorous way. When we are degradation- fanaticism are growing, comrades who have conducted this masses of exploited people of this remembering Jalaluddin we should Islamic fanaticism, Christian struggle to build not just a party but a country, towards revolution and remember this noble struggle. fanaticism, Buddhist fanaticism are communist party like ours, it is communist movement. As comrades Comrade Lukose has placed certain growing, no reason, no logic, no building an economic, political, social, in the initial stages carried forward things and you comrades also know, science. Science is taught cultural, ethical, all out movement. It this struggle, have created such a so all these details I am not entering technically, mechanically— to know is a struggle to build up a new condition in which today the country into, of emergency 1974, ‘75, ‘76. He certain processes, to work as a concept of life with new culture, new accepts that SUCI (C) is a serious was detained by the police on false doctor, an engineer and that too a values, new ethics, new civilisation, political party, you can make it much charges. He was teaching in a doctor who is going to the operation much much higher than the old one, bigger and I believe you can do it. If technical school and the management –first offers a namaste to the making life great. Freeing man from a few comrades could take up this was very much opposed to him, instrument and then starts; he may be degradation, freeing man from challenge, today we are not few because of his communist ideas, an honest man but belief is like this; exploitation of man by man. When though we understand in relation to because of his social movement and this occurs throughout the world. conviction comes, one single man the necessity of revolution we are all. He suffered in the prison on false When revolution developed, when starts a movement, so was it with few, and strength is required; charges. But that is nothing for proletarian revolution developed and Lenin, Mao Zedong and Comrade oppression, exploitation all exists revolutionaries because for assumed its victorious shape in the Ghosh. Many told him that in a vast because of its physical strength-- the revolutionaries to go to jail, to police glorious proletarian revolution of country like India, you alone with a army, police, judiciary, the state. custody is quite possible and that real Russia under the leadership of the few comrades in arms of yours, can Economically, politically the communists consider it a prize too. great Lenin, then onwards a you build a communist party, capitalists are strong, we the Prize for my struggle. He was beaten progressive movement started communist movement and revolution proletariat have only one weapon in by goondas of other parties, he was throughout the world. It was ultimately? Old CPI and so many our hands, that is the revolutionary very bold, very courageous. Nothing advanced by Comrade Stalin, he parties, RSP was not as small as you party. If the party becomes strong all could subdue his courage. Those established socialism and showed its see today, came out from the this state power is nothing. All who knew him personally also know, strength. Without any support from Anushilan Samiti in which Comrade revolutions, carried out in Russia, how loving he was. By nature he any other country, he built Russia Ghosh was also there, he was also in China, Cuba, Vietnam, North Korea was a very loving comrade. Coming which was in a condition that it was RSP, he came out to build a genuine have all proved that state becomes from a minority community in India. considered the sickest nation in communist party and a communist nothing when revolutionary masses Because of the very many riots in our Europe; he developed it into a great movement. Those people also were become armed with Marxism, country because of the communal civilization with the unity of the honest but process is most important. Leninism, most powerful weapon. forces, to have come from the people. That unity of people of a If the struggle is not correctly That’s the need of the hour. Such big minority community, when you mix socialist state could militarily defeat appreciated and taken in life movement like Occupy Wall Street with Muslims you will know, they mix the fascist forces Germany, Japan — particularly, if the leaders do not lead which culminated in America well but still some sensitivity remains; - the fascist Axis, which France, the life of communists truly, if they immediately after Middle East quite possible, that’s not their mistake, England could not defeat, but Soviet do not struggle to identify their countries from Tunisia to Egypt all they are not to be blamed for it. We Russia defeated; under the personal interest with the interest of young countries, countries burst out the fanatic Hindus are to be blamed leadership of great Stalin it showed the proletarian class, with revolution, in powerful mass movement but for it. But Jalal was absolutely free the strength of a proletarian state. with the emancipation of the could not achieve what could have from this. Nobody could feel he is Soviet Russia - it developed in such proletariat, and finally to identify been achieved by such a powerful from which community, neither did a way economically that it fed the personal interest with the interest of movement. Some achievement will he. That’s our culture, the communist world and today, after the growth of the party, you cannot become a be there but what could be achieved culture. We are not Hindus, we are revisionism under the leadership of communist how much ever you by such an upheaval could not be not Muslims. We are not upper caste renegade Khrushchev and upto struggle, how much you study, still achieved. Again we will have to go people, nor lower caste people. We Brezhnev, and Gorbachev now with you can’t. So comrades, on this back to Lenin—without a revolution- are communists. Communist means counter-revolution you see in Russia occasion I tell you again and again, ary party there cannot be any a conscious proletariat. His culture . Go to Russia, you see people the country needs not only, the whole revolution. As without a revolutionary means a noble proletariat culture. starving. Old people, retired people, world needs, the world proletariat theory there cannot be a revolution, Conscious proletariat means, he is those who led comfortable life under needs revolution and that revolution so also without a revolutionary party very sharp in terms of class struggle, socialism are today paying the price won’t come without a revolutionary there will be no revolution. Because class consciousness; by instinct he for their wrong acts and mistakes. It party of the proletariat. Lenin there was no revolutionary party in understands his class position, was to be; socialism is so great, it showed it, proved it by conducting those movements, those could not because he has tried to merge his frees man from exploitation, it frees revolution in Russian soil and when achieve what it could have. We have interest with the interest of the economy from the control of few counter revolution came, it further to draw lessons from it and build up proletarian class. All his work are powerful individuals -capitalists, established the superiority of the the Party. I believe you all will carry purposive. Even in gossip he has a establishes social ownership over revolutionary party, the revolutionary forward this struggle. That will be the purpose and that purpose is in social means of production. It line; if deviation from Marxism correct way of paying homage to our conformity with the revolutionary produces not for profit as in Leninism happens then counter- beloved comrade, Comrade movement, conducive to growth of capitalism, it produces to meet the revolution is inevitable. It does not Jalaluddin. Paying my respects, revolutionary movement. His growing need of the society, of people prove Marxism is wrong. It further homage to Jalaluddin, my beloved struggle is to acquire the highest in socialism. What need — both proves Marxism is the only comrade, and red salute to the great knowledge of this era. Marxism is material and cultural. It creates a philosophy that can guide man and leader of the proletariat Comrade based on development of sciences, new culture, new society, new make human society change and Shibdas Ghosh, I conclude. PROLETARIAN ERA JULY 15, 2014 PAGE FIVE Soccer World Cup 2014 Demeaning saga of money-media-corruption-vulgarity In the present days of acute to its compulsion under the dictates marketeering of tickets and so on. rule out if there were not more recession and market crisis in the of its masters. The Brazil It was no different with the World cases. capitalist world we will come government had the FIFA, the Cup 2014. Let us see. In regard to tickets, black- across thousand and one instances; leading world body of football, and To begin with, let us check the marketeers, called the scalpers, those will show that corporates, its partners- the German MNC grossly evident instances. The knew no nation-boundaries. The more so the MNCs, are at their Adidas and the US MNC Nike expenses incurred and the sources Reliance Industries of India had to most desperate demeanour. They share the cost of holding the mega investing have already been issue order for a probe on how and just keep on exploring ever newer event totaling to some 14 billion US mentioned. To add to these, with in what way could a bunch of areas of human activities for dollars (as against the 15 billion their coffers full of idle money, the much-coveted and expensive tickets investing their capital that lies idle, totally expended on three earlier corporates availed advanced (worth a total sum of US$ 1.2 yet restless to hunt maximum profit World Cup games). It is not difficult technology to create fabulous million) bought by them through a by any means. Since long back they to infer that the corporates having propaganda hype over the mega company that works with the FIFA had targeted the arena of sports and invested such a fabulous amount, sports events. Hoardings and end up in the Brazilian black market games. Today they have come to would stop at nothing less than banners displayed smiling icons of of tickets. Reports were also there engulf the latter in their entirety. reaping a super-profit. Thus along the field as well as the celluloid with as to the Brazilian administration This is glaringly evident through the with the ‘beautiful game’ of football much razzle-dazzle. Media ran investigating whether football recent international mega-sports being played on the grounds of amok. For nearly one month, almost federations of three countries events like very recently completed Brazil, the all- encompassing game the entire print and electronic media including the host, were involved in World Cup 2014 football (henceforth being played in and around them were geared and steered to chant on the illegal sale of world cup tickets. referred as WC2014) or the IPL was that of M-O-N-E-Y— the and on the catchy slogans of the So money was flowing wildly, both (seventh season) cricket held FIFA World Cup 2014 has been a events devoting a lion’s share of above and below the ground. And sometime earlier. game of fabulous spending of their space- time assets to cater the why should it not? Before the grand The country hosting the money, rampant corruption and World Cup 2014 to their readers- gala of WC2014 started there were WC2014 has been Brazil, unethical happenings. But before cum-viewers. It was not just allegations already rending the air considered an upcoming capitalist scaling the depth the issue has because of the popularity of the that the FIFA choice of Qatar as the economy. Incidentally Brazil, like reached down to, we may need to game, by no means in keeping with next venue of the WC 2018 has any and all other capitalist countries, look through why we should be so the spirit of genuine sports. It was been effected in exchange of a has since long been facing intense critical of money entering the sports more to create the adequate hype huge sum of money from the oil economic crisis that doomed the arena. commensurate with the investment barons of that country. So from the teeming million there into utter Despite all aberrations, games so that the market generated would organizers to the scalpers all misery and penury. Mounting and sports evolved in human society fetch enough money to reap the seemed to be involved in making unemployment, retrenchment to provide man with a kind of relief harvest. Thus parallel to the money underhand. followed; there was lack of from drudgery of daily life, that is a schedule of matches of the Now about the players and the educational and medical facilities; kind of creative entertainment, that tournament, there were accounts money. It is now a well-known fact subsidies were withdrawn from would not only stimulate creative and analysis of which team and that the best players of different essential items and services like senses of values and ethics, at the which encounter would draw how countries scatter around the world in food and transport ; corruption same time contribute to developing a much spectators with how many search of CLUBS to earn money. engulfed government officials. It is healthy mind in a healthy body. tickets sold. And as has been the Sponsors, business magnates, no wonder then that when Brazilian Among the games, football is case in the recent days, keen eyes corporates prowl about in the President Dilma Roussef ventured immensely popular throughout the were set to see that with gradual players market for fishing their to host the World Cup in the world. Not only would the weeding out of teams in the knock- chosen players. Those should be country— effecting large scale participants but the beholders, the out stage, the crowd-pulling teams talented, icons in the public eye and overhauling incurring huge spectators too would be entertained remained in the fray. The media hence crowd-pullers. Fabulous expenses for building stadiums, fly- with this beautiful ball-game of speed thus regulated the campaign for or offers are made. So many kinds of overs, highways and in the process and skill, emotion and excitement, all subtly against this or that team. The fees are in vogue, for transfer, for evacuating thousands of coming up within a brief spell of Fifa appeared to be equally vigilant. releasing from a club, for lien etc. impoverished destitutes and street- time, hardly one and a half hour or As soon as a team defeated two etc. The amounts are staggering; dwellers who were forcibly driven two. However with the corporates favourite teams quite unexpectedly media enthusiastically report the out of the cities— people from all taking over, sports in general and (though later the winning team auctioning; the clubs engaging sections of life erupted in vehement football and cricket in particular proved its mettle by winning a rank players assert themselves as and protest and took to the streets. The have gradually been robbed of the in the last 8, that is quarter-final when required. And even that may situation was further aggravated essence therein. Instead, such sports stage), the FIFA for unexplained be at the cost of their not releasing with the Brazil government hiking have rather turned into money- reasons, and going beyond its rules players to play for their countries. taxes, transport fares and imposing making ‘show business’ or of dope testing a few players of a The players go on playing special World Cup cess, etc. The ‘entertainment packages’. This contending team, summoned as throughout the season till they are people cried hoarse “No world cup unwarranted change is amply many as seven players of that exhausted. And the effect was —we want food!” It would be evident from the World Cup 2014, minnow, as they call upcoming non- apparent in the WC 2014 too. necessary to recall that Brazil is a as it has also been from the cricket favourite teams in the media, for Particularly with some traditionally football- loving country (with even a mega-event IPL Cricket Tournament dope test. powerful countries, players seemed small child dreaming to become a played earlier in India. Here the In any case these were all in to be out of tune. It was thought, Pele or a Garrincha). Yet between participants earn money as much as the open. There were cases perhaps not too wildly, that long football and question of survival they they can by dint of their sprouting out from underground. seasons were telling upon them; opted for the latter. performance which always do not May be, they had many such besides, different players of one The question now arises, with remain within ethical limits; the equivalents not yet brought out, or country had been playing for such simmering public discontent organizers fetch the maximum from may not be. But there was at least different clubs and their tight over ever-worsening economic the events they organize; the media, one serious case of match fixing schedules prevented them from situation, how could the Brazil an essential part of any modern that came out, implicating an African practicing together for the World government venture to host an event also avail of this opportunity to team to have deliberately Cup and their country. So they affair involving a staggering enhance their assets, and besides surrendered for a clean defeat, and lacked cohesion and integration. But expenditure ? The obvious answer these components of the events in one of its important players getting after all, the clubs provided the is: it did so with assurance from the the open, those underground make himself sent off the game for a bad money, which the World Cup or the corporates, which really amounted merry from fixing results, black foul on an opponent. People cannot Contd. on page 6 PAGE SIX JULY 15, 2014 PROLETARIAN ERA Down with corporate money vitiating sports and games ! Revive beautiful football ! Contd. from page 5 taken so many other dives some of than the number of fouls made in and their associates, being football federations of different which might have affected the this WC2014, or uglier and more benefitted with such obnoxious countries could not. So players games; yet he was never booked continuous use of brute physical shows of money, particularly when were duty bound, rather money- (incidentally in an earlier World Cup force to thwart skill undertaken. for so-called want of funds millions bound to their clubs and not to the even a player of Maradona’s stature Such was the skeleton of the languish from lack of food, shelter, games first and foremost. was booked for the same offence). WC2014 below the skin of glitz and health facilities, education even Also it is our experience that to Then again it was wondered glamour. Conspicuously missing clean potable drinking water and whatever sphere the corporates cast how could a goalkeeper take to were the flesh and blood: the pollution free air and such other their avaricious eyes, corruption and totally illegal movements and excellence, beauty and spirit of the basic amenities of life and vulgarization follow hand-in-hand. sledging when a shot is being taken beautiful game of football. What livelihood ! They can ask why in The corporates in their bid to attract during a penalty shoot-out (thus was once a good healthy the land of Brazil where football is a a larger number of spectators unlawfully maximizing his chances entertainment has been shamelessly passion for people of all ages, men commodify sports and games. The of successfully saving the shot) in an commoditized, has been made a or women, and where a world cup players are dressed in bright and as important game as of the quarter- money-making, money-flaunting was being held with so much gaudy garments with logos of this final without being cautioned by the extravaganza. To make its inroad grandeur, marginalized people, youth brand or that hailing the respective referee ; how could a referee allow into people smooth, the media and children aspiring to be football corporate-sponsors. Cheerleaders, 58 fouls to take place in another created an ambience releasing their players, Peles or Tostaos, are reportedly recruited against hefty important quarter final match thousand and one means to dupe rebounded from the gates of the fees from different college and before he drew a card for one people with a artificial hype. Hence arena. It is so expensive, in its literal university gymnastic groups are offender; how could an offender do after the curtains are drawn, the terms, that they have to remain trained and groomed to perform their a foul in the same match that real football-lovers should throw a satisfied with their own miniature antics supposedly to entertain the turned out to have smashed a question : Were they really satisfied world cups organized by different spectators and boost up the players vertebral bone of the victim and yet with this vulgarly dazzling show NGOs or benevolent individuals with and thus add to the glamour quotient could go scot free. In fact as devoid of life, a caricature of vision. So, along with the demand of of different mega sports events. presently all data are stored in football. The Brazilians or for that reviving the spirit of football, people World Cup 2014 did not have computers, one wonders if the Fifa matter people of any country may may firmly shout the slogan: Down cheerleaders, but the Fifa and its should look up for any record of think out loudly again: How are with corporate money thus vitiating associates found much more more fouls in any earlier world cups people, other than a few corporates sports and games! commercially viable, that is crowd- pulling alluring means of engaging model celebrities to perform freely Significant achievements of and wildly to inaugurate or to draw curtain over the games. The entire ASHA workers in Karnataka media and ad campaigns, sparing ASHA (Accredited Social Union took along several delegations in July. The state government has neither electronic, nor print, nor open Health Activist) workers in the state and ultimately government has also appealed to the central air displays, were thickly of Karnataka have gained several released the matching incentive. In government for hiking the matching interspersed with extremely benefits recently by their protracted this regard when state leaders of the grant which the state government obnoxious images of scantily covered movement. The state government Union met state health minister Sri shall follow suit. If this is women bodies in filthy gestures- has declared last year, matching U T Khader on June 18, 2014, long implemented, every ASHA will get postures- advances often in the incentive on par with the central pending issues regarding providing Rs.2200/- (Monthly) regular name of performing arts, that could government in its first budget owing mobiles and SIM cards, matching incentive plus the added incentives only repulse any normally thinking to the relentless struggle by the grant balance were settled. The based on work (from central person with a minimum sense of ASHA union. ASHA workers union state government has released a government) and the state taste and ethics vehemently. affiliated to All India UTUC has sum of Rs. 2900/- matching governments matching incentive on On this background, questions are been continuously organizing series incentive to each ASHA workers. par with the central government. being asked with eyebrows raised on of successful movements for last 5- The minister also assured the State Secretary of ASHA workers the Fifa talking of fair play and ethics 6yrs in Karnataka. Also this release of matching incentive union D Nagalakshmi and vice that has become a sort of jokes or on movement was supported by many balance amount very soon. He also President of AIUTUC M N Sriram the standard and neutrality of eminent people belonging to different told that mobiles and SIM will be and other representatives from the referees appointed by the Fifa itself. walks of life and thereby earned distributed on world population day districts were in the delegation. The case of Qatar winning the bid for importance. the next venue has been mentioned Nearly 30,000 ASHA have above. A few more instances may been trained & appointed by state not be irrelevant. health department. They are The Fifa had no option to working in rural areas of all the banning a well-known player from districts in Karnataka for the last 6- the rest of the games, after he had 7 years under the central been found clearly to be biting an government programme of National opponent player. But neither the Fifa Rural Health Mission (NRHM). The nor any referee could take another CM of Karnataka, in the 2013-14 renowned player to task. He was Budget said that the ASHA workers found with an ever smiling face and doing yeoman service in the health seen patting on the shoulder of the sector would be provided with referee, but was also found to be incentive by the state government in taking fake dives one after another addition to what they receive from to wrench a penalty or a free-kick, the central government. But after admitting at the same breath that he order was issued, matching grant was an honest player and had taken was not given to ASHA workers for one dive, but it did not affect the 4-5 months. Then perusing the Delegation of ASHA workers union meeting the Karnataka health monister game. Really however, he had same, state leadership of the ASHA PROLETARIAN ERA JULY 15, 2014 PAGE SEVEN SUCI(C) carries on people’s movements across the country Our Party SUCI (C), its different frontal organizations, as also unions public meetings, campaigns at metro prices, and other issues, affiliated to the AIUTUC have been sustaining movements across the stations and public places, interaction demonstration was held on June 23, country on people’s demands in regard to their life and livelihood. The with the parents and students at Dadar East, Mumbai, by the following is a summary of reports made available in the recent times. coming to DU to take admission, Mumbai Organizing Committee of meetings with trade union leaders, SUCI(C). Comrade Chhaya AIMSS women’s organizations, leaders of Mukherjee, member Central The All India Committee of since 2002, Comrade Tapan Bhowmik, president of North different political parties and Committee SUCI(C), in her address AIMSS in two statements made submission of memoranda to the to the demonstrators as well as the recently on 1 July and 3 July Bengal Tea Plantation Employees Union, affiliated to the AIUTUC, Prime Minister and the President of common people appealed to respectively condemned the India, etc. Initiated by left and organize themselves for future statement of Trinamool Congress pointed out in a statement on 27 June last, that over and above evoking democratic forces of the university sustained movement on these MP Tapas Paul as reported in the which included DUTA (Delhi issues. Comrade Anil Tyagi and media and expressed its reservation sorrow the tragic deaths created irrepressible wrath in the minds of University Teachers’ Association) Comrade Jairam Vishwakarma over the Supreme Court judgement led by its president Nandita were among the others who that the accused in dowry working people of the tea plantations as well as at large. Not only the Narayana, Democratic Teachers addressed the gathering. harassment incidents should not be Front (DTF) and students and youth Mumbai also saw the arrested immediately as soon as the administration and the plantation authorities remained criminally mute organizations like AIDSO, AISA, observance of the AIDYO case is registered, as practiced under KYS, SFI, and later the PACHHAS, foundation day with great the Section 498 A at present, failing over a decade, despite repeated demands to the past as well as the the rationality of the demands and enthusiasm from the youth and which would lead to contempt of the logical opposition to the FYUP people of the megapolis held on Court. present state governments for cancelling the lease of the closed attracted eminent personalities and June 29, at Thane in Mumbai at The AIMSS observed that the education loving people cutting Sangharsh Nagar, Chandivali, threat expressed by Tapas Paul to plantation, and taking it over by the government, nothing was done. across their political and ideological Andheri (East). With Comrade shoot down his political opponents affiliation. The all embracing Kumar Kulashreshtha , member also calling upon his boys to rape the Instead the government was not even paying the minimum wage for popularity of the movement and Thane Organizing Committee, CPI(M) workers, if anything growing resentment within people SUCI(C) paying homage at the happens to his mothers or sisters or 100 day work. Rather, they, as usual, are trying frantically to establish that even compelled the ABVP, the column of martyrs of class and his political workers by his political NSUI and the INSO to line up mass struggles, Comrade Manoj opponents, the CPI(M) party, was the deaths are not due to starvation. Comrade Bhowmik humbly raised against the FYUP. Singh, AIDYO president presiding not only anti-women but anti- The statement also condemned over the occasion and Comrade civilization itself. Whereas political the question : Does the photograph of the decimated body of a dead the autocratic atmosphere in DU Jairam Vishwakarma, organizer, differences notwithstanding, decent that crushes the autonomy of AIDYO Maharashtra delivering the politics calls upon for a serious worker coming out in the media, depict in any way that he had university by the university address as the main speaker, the political debate, politics which administration itself, as it takes programme was graced by the defends the injustice cannot but enough to eat. Hence the deaths were natural outcome of criminal decision trampling underfoot the eminent archaeologist, historian and produce such elements who can autonomy and rights of stake philosopher as the Chief Guest. The stoop to such low for the sake of negligence and silence of the administration including the holders of university and statutory meeting was addressed by other power and pelf. The AIMSS called bodies. Also undesirable and leaders too. upon all sections of people, governments. Comrade Bhowmik reiterated the demands of paying all unfortunate was the directive of the Moradabad, UP particularly women to come out in UGC to get rid of this anti the due wages and continuing to pay Protest movements against strong protest against this statement education, anti-student FYUP. the daily wage right on the day of railway fare hike, fuel price hike and of Tapas Paul and demands that he Though the students and teachers work, of supplying essential food other issues were held also at is severely punished. accepted it warmly, they must also items to each family of the closed Moradabad UP, Seemapuri Chawk The AIMSS, in the second be aware that direct Government statement, submitted that as gardens under the Antyodaya Yojana in Delhi and elsewhere. and arranging for regular medical intervention or UGC directive cannot admitted by the Supreme Court Uttarakhand treatment of the sick workers, and be appreciated because those also itself, 1,97,762 persons were At Rudrapryag, one year of the of taking over all closed tea – ruin autonomy of the university. The arrested in 2012 under Section Uttarakhand disaster was observed plantations scrapping their leases. AIDSO further drew attention of 498A, among which charge sheet the students, teachers, the academic in a meeting in memory of the was filed in 93.6% cases and the AIDSO community and the society at large victims on June 16, at the initiative of accused were punished only in 15% In a statement issued on 28 June to the greater battle that lies ahead Medical Service Centre with the cases. In the present patriarchal set 2014, the General Secretary of against the onslaughts of both the Councillor Rajesh Natial speaking up of our country, where crimes on AIDSO, Comrade Ashok Mishra, earlier Congress led UPA on the occasion. Also present were women including domestic violence congratulated the students, teachers government and the present BJP Dr. Anup Maity, Dr. Anshuman are growing at an alarming rate, any and non-teaching staff of Delhi government on the autonomy of Mitra, Comrade Tapan Dasgupta changes in laws require a serious University in particular and common educational institutions as well as and others. Mukesh Semwel was in debate and consensus involving people in general for the victory of people’s right to education through conduction. On June 17, a similar legal experts, eminent personalities their sustained movement for over the policy of privatization and programme was held at Banshra- of our society, women’s two years against the introduction of commercialization of education of Viri area. organizations, social activists. The the Four Year Undergraduate which the FYUP was one of the Haryana AIMSS urged upon the Programme (FYUP) by the fall-outs. On July 9, at the initiative of Mid governments, both Union and state, University of Delhi ultimately Mumbai Day Meal Karya Karta Union to initiate this process and protect effecting roll back of the FYUP . Along with other parts of the affiliated to AIUTUC, mid-day meal the interests of women and uphold He made it clear that despite all country, Mumbai saw people’s workers held a demonstration at justice. efforts from different quarters, there movement. As a part of the Bhiwani, Haryana and submitted a North Bengal Tea Plantation should be no confusion that it was countrywide protest movement memorandum to the Chief Minister Employees’ Union not due to administrative measures against rail fare and freight hike and of the state through the District At the tragic death of 6 starving but the pressure of movement which also against 30% compulsory Magistrate, demanding increase of tea-garden workers of the Raipur created such a condition that FYUP disinvestment and privatization of their honourarium and against tea garden near Jalpaiguri in had to be rolled back. The railways and PSU’s as well as cutting of the same during summer northern part of West Bengal, closed movement included a long series of rampant price hike, hike in fuel holidays etc. PAGE EIGHT JULY 15, 2014 PROLETARIAN ERA Corporates making money in treasury operation

Would you believe it? Country’s deploy funds not only across Institutional Investors (FIIs), investment are switching to financial top ten corporates have outdone the different asset classes, they can Participatory Notes (PNs) and so activities and taking over the role of top ten banks in treasury income. move their money across the globe forth. Now, with increasing the banks and financial institutions. Incredible indeed! Treasury income depending on where their operations participation in treasury operations, And it is happening so fast that even refers to the earnings generated by are. Some of them also take these corporates are virtually RBI could not but sound a word of deploying surplus cash in bonds and positions in two different markets to dabbling into the area of banking and caution as the banks might well be other money market instruments in tap arbitrage opportunities. The even outperforming the latter. in a quandary if such things continue order to maximize returns from idle RBI has also expressed concern Besides, they are also taking part in unabated. It is another façade of funds. Although the mainstay of over the new trends of peer-to-peer various kinds of online financing capitalist crisis as capital finding no corporate earning is sales income, financing (means lending money to activities which are now unfolding to scope for productive investment is for many companies a large chunk unrelated individuals, or “peers”, make passage for idle capital to trying to find a shelter in most of profits comes from treasury without going through a traditional maximize return. In other corporates unrelated and mostly speculative profits. For banks, the key earning is financial intermediary such as a which are starved of market and arenas. (Source:— Times of India net interest income — the spread bank or other traditional financial find no avenue for productive 27-06-14) between loans and deposits. In the institution. This lending normally case of a cash-rich corporate like takes place online) and crowd Odisha AIMSS protests Badaun rape case Reliance Industries, the treasury funding (means collection of finance income at over Rs 8,000 crore is from backers—the “crowd”—to AIMSS, Odisha State there. Among the speakers were more than a third of the total profit. fund an initiative which could be a committee organized a protest Comrades Swayanprava Nayak, “An analysis indicates a trend of an nonprofit e.g. to raise funds for a demonstration at Bhubaneswar on AIMSS State Secretary, Chhabi th increasing share of ‘other income’ of school or social service organization, 6 June 2014 against the brutal gang Mohanty, Vice President and non-financial companies (NFCs), political i.e. to support a candidate or rape and murder of two teen aged others. All the speakers strongly which is observed across sectors political party, charitable e.g. funding girls at Badau of Utter Pradesh as condemned the callous attitude of ranging from information technology a critical operation, commercial e.g. well as growing atrocities on the the U.P government and its Police (IT) to heavy machineries. These creating a new product or financing women throughout the country. A toward the ghastly incident and NFCs, aiming to use the huge cash campaign for a startup company.) protest meeting presided over by demanded immediate arrest of all balances to improve their returns on What does it mean? It means Comrade Binapani Das, Odisha culprits and exemplary punishment assets, engage aggressively in that with the purchasing power of state AIMSS president, was held to them. ‘financial’ activities (commonly the people on a steady dwindle; the referred to as ‘treasury operations’), big corporates having surplus capital Students’ demonstration in Kolkata and the ‘interest income’ of some are diverting funds to speculation NFCs exceeds the overall net profit and financial operation to maximize AIDSO organized a massive stopping of atrocities on women. The of some banks,” said RBI in its return. Hitherto, the corporate funds well-decorated protest rally in rally was led by Comrades Kamal Financial Stability Report released were making forays in speculative Kolkata on 18 June in demand for Sai, President and Ashok Misra, on Thursday. Bankers said that capital market through solution of admission problem, General Secretary of AIDSO. Also multinational corporations can intermediation of Foreign restoration of the abandoned seats in present were Comrades Sujit Ghosh, medical course, reintroduction of President and Anshuman Roy, Secre- pass-fail system upto Class VIII and Sugar and onion prices soaring on tary of West Bengal State AIDSO. the eve of Maharashtra elections IACC demands immediate What would one call it? Strange simply playing to the gallery to coincidence or handiwork of vested befool the masses. Prices will be stoppage of Israeli attack interest? Every time the state of jacked up by the sugar and onion Maharashtra goes to poll, the barons at their sweet will to make countrymen find prices of sugar and quick bucks because they would on the people of Gaza onion soaring. It had happened on need to fund the parties and Comrade Manik Mukherjee, General Secretary, International Anti- earlier occasions. This time also, politicians whom they intend to back imperialist Coordinating Committee (IACC) issued the following with the assembly election to the in the assembly elections. It is an statement on 15 July, 2014: state slated to take place in October open secret that the sugar and onion IACC condemns in strongest terms Israel’s murderous air attacks next, the people have begun feeling lobbies have their political agents in on defenseless Palestinian people of Gaza for over a week. Hundreds the pinch. Sugar prices have already the ruling parties. These agents of people, mostly women and children, have been killed and thousands been officially raised by Rs 3 per kg. ensure that the vested class interest are injured. Israel has been able to indulge in such vicious attacks on It is anybody’s guess how much of these sugar and onion barons is the Palestinian people for more than 60 years because of the continued would be the subsequent increases. protected and subserved. So, while support by the imperialist powers, notably USA. All along they have Apart from the official increase, these barons trigger price rise by been helping Israel with military and financial aids and diplomatic retail price at which the common creating artificial scarcity or raising support. The roots of the conflict lie in Israel’s illegal occupation of the people purchase sugar in the market bogey of insufficient monsoon, fall in Palestinian land, their rejection of the demand of a sovereign, soars much more by factoring in crop production etc., the political independent Palestine state and their intransigence in the peace talks. middlemen cost, transport cost, state agents of theirs in the government The recent Egypt-brokered cease-fire proposal is a clever ruse to to state entry tax and so forth. see to it that they get away with it pave the way for continued attack by Israel. The cease-fire proposal Similar is the case with onion. with impunity. Thus while the was prepared without any consultation with Hamas. Hamas has Already the upswing in the price is producer barons swell their coffers, justifiably rejected the proposal and demanded a more comprehensive visible. Even the government is their political agents in the Congress, solution which would put an end to the Israeli attacks on the Palestinian apprehending that the price may go NCP and BJP guarantee their pelf people. The brutal air attacks by Israel are continuing. IACC demands up to as high as Rs 100 per kg in the and power by squeezing the pockets that the barbaric Israeli attacks be halted and Israel be appropriately next three months. There is already of the common masses reeling punished for its criminal acts. IACC echoes the Palestinian people’s the usual drill on the part of the under ruthless capitalist exploitation. demand for sanctions against Israel for its decades-long illegal government to, what it claims, resist What would the apologists of market occupation, flouting of international law, and construction of an the impending price rise by fixing economy, reforms and globalization apartheid regime. It calls for international boycott of Israeli goods. export price and imposing restriction call this fleecing of the common IACC asserts its solidarity with the Palestinian people in their heroic on import. But the people know that people, sugaronomics or battle against Israel and for their struggle for peace, justice and equality. all these measures are hollow, onionominics? PROLETARIAN ERA JULY 15, 2014 PAGE NINE Comrade Provash Ghosh’s speech Wherever were poor people with their wail and woe, Comrade Yakub Pailan was by their side Contd. from page 2 international situation, crisis of waged the struggle: a relentless international communist movement, struggle round the clock. Inspired by danger of imperialist attack, danger Memorial meeting of the teachings of Comrade Shibdas of fascism — his was a very high Ghosh, an ordinary person like understanding about each of these Comrade Yakub Pailan Comrade Pailan who used to sell subjects. He used to learn rice in the market, worked as a tailor meticulously. That is why I say that to earn a livelihood, conducted such I have seen the immense quest of a great struggle silently to develop knowledge in him. In fact, he knew himself as an able communist from Comrade Shibdas Ghosh’s revolutionary. I am a witness to that. teachings that the power of So is Comrade Ranjit Dhar sitting by knowledge is the real power in my side. proletarian revolution. He used to Now we have a good number read any literature, Party organs like of educated comrades. Comrade Ganadabi and Proletarian Era Pailan is an example to them as immediately on publication. He used well. They have many things to to struggle to understand national learn from him. Comrade Pailan had and international situations from an immense quest for knowledge. Marxist outlook. Whenever he met Not that he only laboured hard to me or any other leader, he used to learn reading Party literature, he ask question after question. also struggled to assimilate the Comrade Manik Mukherjee has told essence of the teachings enshrined me that Comrade Pailan had many there. What was the level of his discussions with him on art- formal education? May be upto literature. He was well acquainted Class III or IV or even less than with the works of Saratchandra, that, I do not know exactly. But he Nazrul, Bankimchandra and would not give up if he could not Rabindranath. I would urge upon pick up or grasp anything. His was you to note this struggle that he waged as a person coming from a a tireless endeavour to seek A memorial meeting of Comrade Yakub Pailan, veteran member, clarifications, answer to his very poor family and having no Central Committee and Secretary South 24 Parganas district, SUCI(C), formal education to go through the questions from whomever he could was held at Sarat Sadan, Howrah, on 7 July. Comrade Ranjit Dhar, works of such great litterateurs, and approach. He even read English Member, Polit Bureau, presided over. At the outset, wreaths were placed papers. He would approach an to develop himself as a true at the portrait of Comrade Pailan on behalf of the various state communist leader. You are aware English-knowing comrade and ask committees and mass organizations. Then Comrade Provash Ghosh, that in this district he built up a him to translate in Bengali. Many of General Secretary, Comrades Ranjit Dhar, Manik Mukherjee and you do not know how Comrade movement against installation of a Krishna Chakraborty, all Polit Bureau members, Comrades Debaprasad nuclear power unit and succeeded in Debaprasad Sarkar, President of Sarkar, C. K. Lukose, K. Radhakrishna, Gopal Kundu, Saumen Basu, stalling the same. At that time, he this meeting, was initiated into the Satyawan, Sankar Saha and Chhaya Mukherjee, all Central committee Party. Everyone in Comrade used to hold discussion with the members paid floral tribute. Thereafter, Comrades Provash Ghosh and scientists connected with the Party Sarkar’s family is connected with Comrade Krishna Chakraborty delivered their speeches. Presidential and learnt the minutest details in the Party. Many of them are Party address was delivered by Comrade Ranjit Dhar. workers. Comrade Sarkar was a regard to nuclear power. The school teacher. He was a supporter scientist comrades have told me of the Party. Comrade Yakub Pailan that. Alongside undertaking so many He landed in many dangers (rich peasants) became a Party used to regularly go to Comrade activities, he toiled day and night to many a times. One elderly comrade organizer after coming in contact Sarkar for translation of our the then build up, safeguard and expand who might not have been able to with Comrade Yakub Pailan. English organ, Socialist Unity. In Party organization. But he never come today because of ailment, has Comrades are reminiscing about all course of that close association with questioned when was he to find time written to me that once in a these incidents with tears. You will Comrade Pailan, Comrade to read and study after attending to courthouse of the jotedar (rural come to know about many such Debaprasad Sarkar was drawn into so many tasks. Work and study were kulak) of Kankandighi, Comrade incidents in the district of South 24 the Party fold and is today placed in entwined in him. I particularly like to Pailan was tied to a poll and beaten Parganas. He always tried to the high rung of leadership. highlight this very aspect of mercilessly. Thereafter, he was establish a relationship with the poor Comrade Sarkar respectfully relentless cultivation of knowledge pushed by the shoulder and forced people who were provoked by the acknowledges that even today. before the comrades of today. to cross the river. But he again went vested interest to attack him. He There is not a single Party literature Whenever he was assigned a job, there, was again beaten severely made them understand that this was containing Comrade Shibdas Ghosh whenever he took upon himself any and chased away. And the manager a movement of the poor and for the Thought which Comrade Pailan has task, he tried to discharge his of the zamindar’s estate who led the poor. Why should they try to break not read repeatedly or not struggled responsibility with a firm attack on him was one Keshto such a movement as agents of the to grasp the contents thereof. determination and dream. He used Gantait. Comrade Pailan had spoken zamindar-jotedar? Thus he won Marxism, Dialectical Materialism is to work excessively hard. In fact, he to Keshto Gantait about Comrade them over. a scientific philosophy. His grasp of was engrossed in work. He never Shibdas Ghosh’s teaching, teachings Comrade Sachin Banerjee and the essence of this philosophy had backtracked by saying that there of the Party even when he was Comrade Subodh Banerjee gave been so high as to make any of our were difficulties, problems and being physically assaulted. The foundation to Party organization in educated comrades bend head in obstacles. In the interest of same Keshto Gantait later became a this district. Comrades Rabin shame. He had many discussions revolution, one has to surmount all pillar of strength of the Party at Mandal, Renupada Haldar, Amir Ali with us. Whenever he met us, he difficulties, overcome all obstacles— Raidighi-Kankandighi area. I have Haldar and Nalini Pramanik had wanted to know a wide range of such was the education he received seen Comrade Keshto Gantait. provided leadership covering a vast things. From philosophy to political from the Party. So ‘impossible’ was Comrade Subol Sardar who once area, built up Party organization. But ideology, national situation, a word unknown to him. was the muscleman of the jotedars Contd. on page 10 PAGE TEN JULY 15, 2014 PROLETARIAN ERA Comrade Provash Ghosh’s speech Remarkable was Comrade Pailan’s quest for knowledge Contd. from page 9 by them at the hour of need, give district, to the district Party for this. the teachings of Comrade Shibdas Comrade Yakub Pailan played a them good advice. There has been I want to make another point. Ghosh with which he fought during historic role in integrating the various instance that husband and wife He was secretary of such a big his entire lifetime. He went far Party units so developed into the whose relation was almost at the district. He had thousands of his ahead in identifying himself with the form of a well-knit district point of breaking had come to followers who could go to jail, face interest of the poor people, organization. He was the livewire of Comrade Pailan with tears rolling bullets and batons at his words. Such revolution and SUCI (C), the the district organization. Many of down their eyes. Many conflicts was his influence and command revolutionary party. He attained a you know that in the big meetings, between brothers, between father over the comrades. But the person very high standard in this respect he never gave any long speech. In and son were resolved by him. who wielded so much of influence which many of our leaders are yet the workers’ meetings also, he used Many people acknowledge it even had not even an iota of pride. In him, to achieve. It is not enough if one to place the gist of the matter in few today. The affection and guidance there was not a trace of self- has a teacher and guidance. It is words. He never delivered any fiery they received from Comrade Pailan projection, egotism, immodesty important to ascertain how the speech. He used to convey the restored their relation, brought back which holds back a person from student is conducting struggle based essence in a very precise and the lost sweetness of life. General attaining high standard of character. on the teachings of the teacher; how effective manner that touched supporters also came to him with a Yes, his sense of prestige was very is he applying the teachings in every everyone’s heart, inspired all. mind that whatever he would say high. He used to be upset if anyone walk of his life. That is of prime Because, his words came from the would be accepted. How could he disobeyed the Party, disgraced the importance in so far as his innermost recess of his heart. The earn so much of faith and Party’s ideology. He faced physical development is concerned. The way words which come from the bottom confidence of people? He earned it assault, harassment even humiliation a blacksmith melts iron in his shop to of the heart do penetrate deep into by virtue of his higher knowledge, while doing Party work. He never manufacture sword, Comrade one’s mind. Teachings of Comrade character and tender feeling of felt that his prestige is harmed. But Pailan had moulded himself in the Shibdas Ghosh, emancipation heart. he could not tolerate any dishonour fire of revolutionary struggle and struggle of the downtrodden, Once, after being released from to the Party, any anti-Party activity. completely changed himself based revolutionary movement, the task of hospital, he came to stay for some It was no trivial a matter. Some of on the teachings of Comrade building up and organizing SUCI time at the Tollygunge Party Centre the leaders, whatever they might Shibdas Ghosh. His entire soul was (Communist), the genuine in Kolkata where I was staying have been earlier, lose composure dedicated to the Party. Except the revolutionary party of the proletariat then. He was not keeping well. after having name, fame and wider interest of the poor and revolution, — all these were, so to say, Doctors advised him to go for a acquaintance. In our Party, there is he had nothing else in his life. I have absorbed in his flesh and blood so stroll in the afternoon. I found after a relentless struggle based on not seen many characters like this in much so that his words came alive some days that some ladies who Comrade Shibdas Ghosh Thought the Party. I am immensely inspired and could touch people’s mind. He work as domestic maids in the against such tendencies. There is a by him. grasped proletarian class outlook so locality were coming to him. He cult in the Party to elevate the self, Comrade Yakub Pailan joined intensively that he could examine used to listen to their tales of woe attain high standard of character. the party in 1949. I joined in 1950. any issue, any question, any when he met them during his stroll. No one can elevate himself by He was 5-6 year older than me. In movement, any aspect of life with They also understood in no time that indulging in falsehood, evading 1951, I came to this district to ease and effortlessly on the anvil of here was a man they could trust, responsibility, undermining others develop students’ organization. He that class outlook. This grew as an have exchanges and seek guidance. and projecting oneself. Such people used to love me very much. We had instinct in him. Very few of the He began visiting the adjacent slum do not stand out in history. There is many discussions. In course of time, revolutionary leaders could grasp areas and tried to build up a certain kind of people who possess I became the State Secretary of the revolutionary politics and outlook so organization there. Did any leader enormous wealth in the form of Party. Now I am the General profoundly. tell him to do this? He never waited house, car, bank balance and hard Secretary. The Party has given me Comrade Yakub Pailan was in for any formal instruction from the cash. They are known as rich these responsibilities. But the sweet the truest sense a fighter for the leadership. Wherever were the poor persons. But there is another kind of relationship we cherished remained cause of the poor and downtrodden. people with their wails and woes, people who too are rich—not in ever intact. There was so much of Comrade Shibdas Ghosh used to say they found Comrade Pailan by their terms of money but in terms of love-affection-tender feeling- that ‘nobler is the spirit that spurs on side. How many of such leaders do human essence. They might have respect-compassion in this to revolutionary politics’. This you find? I can say without any been poor for ages having no relationship of ours. All these politics is born out of genuine love hesitation that Comrade Yakub shelter, no food and died on the reminiscences are crowding my and heart-felt affection of the Pailan was a successful product of street. Yet they are persons of mind. So, I was feeling disturbed at highest level for the oppressed poor. the teachings of Comrade Shibdas worth. Their greatness lies in their the outset in saying something about The very source of revolutionary Ghosh. ideological base. Comrade Yakub him. So much of memory, so many politics is the tender heart for the Comrade Yakub Pailan did not Pailan belonged to that genre. One incidents, so many discussions are poor that is born out of the have any personal property. Nor did has to learn this from his character. surfacing in my mind. transformation in the realm of values he have any personal wants or The word fearless is now not in that If the higher leadership issued a revolutionary undergoes with the desires. His only dream, only much of use. Fearless means not some instruction or rejected any of imprint in his mind of the pain and mission in life was to free the poor being afraid of anything. Comrade his suggestions, he himself first tried sorrow of the oppressed millions. people from the yoke of exploitation, Yakub Pailan was a fearless leader. to understand the reason. If he had Comrade Yakub Pailan had this to make proletarian revolution For the sake of revolution, emanci- any question, he got it resolved by tender heart. He might have gone to victorious, to develop and strengthen pation struggle of the downtrodden discussing it with the leadership. But a village, visited someone’s house, SUCI (Communist) based on and SUCI (Communist), the he never used to discuss those spent some time under a tree, sat in Marxism-Leninism-Shibdas Ghosh revolutionary party of the proletariat, things here and there. If he had any a village market, accepted lunch Thought. He was tuned to this, he boldly faced all attacks and difference of opinion with the higher invitation of any mother or sister— bodily and mentally. His has been an assaults, overcame all obstacles. leadership or higher body, he everywhere and in everyone he left unforgettable character. Such was his revolutionary audacity. resolved it through discussion at the a mark of this tender heart. A huge This district gave us two great He had no craving for name, appropriate level. Never did he number of poor people of this revolutionaries, two great fame, pride or greed for personal allow anyone to know about such district, who might not be Party personalities in Comrades Sachin property. Now that he is no more, differences. Never did he discuss workers, not even sympathizers but Banerjee and Subodh Banerjee. you can only find a couple of shirts issues anywhere other than at an general toiling people knew him After them, there was Comrade and dhoti that he wore. Even those appropriate forum. He first tried to intimately. Whenever in trouble, they Yakub Pailan, a rare struggling were given by the comrades. Yes he understand the instructions and then used to rush to him. They knew that character. We are highly indebted to had something of his own which he engaged himself in implementing the here was a person who would stand the people’s movement of this has left behind. He has left behind Contd. on page 11 PROLETARIAN ERA JULY 15, 2014 PAGE ELEVEN Comrade Provash Ghosh’s speech Entire struggle Comrade Yakub Pailan conducted was for building up and strengthening SUCI (Communist) Contd. from page 10 painstaking struggle under the was 21 years back. But he was He continued that till he breathed his decisions. If he failed to implement leadership of great Mao Zedong, not quite aged at that time. The last. once, he used to try again and again. on the strength of MLAs and MPs. criminals of the CPI (M) attacked Once I had told him incidentally His allegiance to the leadership was Vietnam was not freed based on the him with bamboo sticks, mercilessly that we had started a small hospital beyond question. He used to firmly number of MLAs and MPs. The beat him. He would have been killed in Medinipur. Why cannot he think observe Party discipline and struggling revolutionary battalions, that day had not some of our of such a venture in this district? He revolutionary code of conduct. On the volunteer corps of emancipation workers embraced him from all the took a big initiative. He dreamt of a the one hand, he was very serious organized on the basis revolutionary sides and took the beating on them. big hospital to treat the poor at least during work. On the other hand, he character, revolutionary Why did he rush there? Because, he of cost. Comrade Nihar Mukherjee used to chat with the comrades, consciousness of the poor oppressed could not stay back when the asked him: When the government make jokes. But there was nothing people have brought about revolution comrades were under fierce attack. was unable to run a hospital, how trivial. Everywhere he reflected a in these countries. Our Party is His health broke after that incident. would you? Later through his high cultural tone and had a steeled in this education. So, Once he was in a good health. You efforts, the ‘Swastha Sadan’ was set revolutionary purposiveness. This Comrade Pailan was not hurt at the just cannot imagine how hard he up as a small centre of medical was possible because he possessed electoral defeat. He was repeatedly could toil, tolerate any amount of treatment. It was his creation. He a very high cultural standard. If any pained when so many leaders and pain. I am a witness to that. He was kept himself regularly informed worker was found to be lagging workers reared and steered with so so big a leader but had no wants at about the functioning of this small behind, falling victim to weakness or much of efforts and diligence, were all. Comrade Sudhir Banerjee had hospital. He used to feel anxious if committing mistakes, he strove very murdered. When the mothers and given him a small room to stay in any leader or cadre fell sick. He hard to rectify him with patience and wives of those murdered burst into Jaynagar. Prior to that, he used to regularly enquired how were they, affection. tears before one, how does one stay in Durgapur. Before that, his where were they being treated, He received so many shocks, feel? Comrade Pailan had withstood dwelling place was a mud house. what treatment were they getting was profusely pained at so many that wrenching pain with an He used to cook in an earthen pot. and so forth. things. During the Congress regime, unswerving spirit of a revolutionary. Four assembled pieces of brick He emerged as the guardian not so many of his close comrades were He was immensely stirred with pain constituted his cooking stove. He only of the Party but also of the poor murdered. Under CPI (M)’s rule, but never gave vent to that. This is used to sleep on a small cot made of and general masses. I know of an 151 Party workers including a leader not so easy! In his struggle to attain ropes. So long he could, he washed incident when there was dispute like Amir Ali Haldar were killed. a remarkable revolutionary his clothes himself, did not allow between one of our Party worker Even a young comrade like Ashok character, revolutionary ethics- others to do so. Till the time his and a worker of another party Haldar was brutally murdered. He culture-morality, he had advanced health permitted, he cleaned his centring on land. Comrade Pailan withstood all these pains and was much ahead. All personal necessities room himself with broom and wet went there. It was found that our never perturbed, never became were left behind. It was an all- cloth; never let others to do that for party worker had committed wrong. shaky. These deaths were severe embracing struggle. There was no him. I have seen all these with my Comrade Pailan ruled in favour of blows to him but an electoral defeat compromise, evasion or own eyes. Not many days have the worker of the other party. It was never hurt him that much. He was shortcoming. rolled by since then. He used to do not that he supported our Party an ardent student of Comrade He was not just a leader of the every job as perfectly as possible. worker. He never entertained Shibdas Ghosh. He knew that ours Party, he was a mass leader. I am a His shirt might have been torn at falsehood, had no compromise with is not a vote-based party. Our Party mass leader delivering speeches in places but was neat and clean. He untruthfulness. So many women emphasizes on struggle, movement, big meetings, rousing the masses, was very meticulous in everything. used to come to him, narrated their revolution. When elections are held, developing movements. People are He had immense love for the tales of woe, reported to him the we participate out of the compulsion aware of that. They know me. This younger people. His cousin, Safi, unrest they were facing in the of freeing people from is one task. But the task of building who is associated with the Party, family. They felt relieved after they parliamentary illusion. Ours is not a up party organization is much more addressed him as elder uncle. He were lent an affectionate ear. How Party of MLAs, MPs and ministers. difficult. Imbuing each and every became universal elder uncle to all many such leaders could one People of this country have seen a individual with revolutionary theory, the young folks of the district. have? lot of MLAs, MPs and ministers. freeing them from self-centeredness, Whenever the elder uncle was So I was saying that all of us are Even today, they have been seeing completely remoulding them, turning available, he was surrounded by the fighting with the teachings of so many. Both our Party and the them into soldiers of revolution and young ones. He used to mix with Comrade Shibdas Ghosh. We have to CPI (M) have lost in the last Lok alongside building up committees, them very openly, without any prove till death how far we have been Sabha election. But has this defeat conducting those committees, inhibition whatsoever. He used to able to protect ourselves against any caused a split in our Party? Have implementing the programmes of the awaken their conscience, roused slack, any deviation. But Comrade any of our leaders left the Party? Party—these are the responsibilities human essence in them by the Yakub Pailan has passed that test. Have any of our Party committees of an organizational leader. This is regale touch of his profound He was a lifelong revolutionary. I been dismantled? Have any of our much more tough and arduous. affection. They could not say ‘no’ to never thought that we would be Party workers deserted the Party? Many times there are mass leaders him. Initially, he had doubt whether losing him this time. He fell seriously But if you look at the media, you as well as organizational leaders in a he would be acceptable to the ill earlier also on several occasions. would find that the CPI (M), the revolutionary party. And though very educated people of Jaynagar town. His breathing trouble was so much vote-based pseudo-Marxists who rare, there are mass leaders who are But in course of his struggle, the that he was put in ventilation. But he ruled West Bengal for 34 long years organizational leaders as well. educated people of this very came out of that. However, this time is disintegrating. Our Party is not Comrade Pailan belonged to this Jaynagar town, who were not he could not. Of late, he was staying like that. Based on Comrade Shibdas rare category. connected with our Party or even on the second floor of our district Ghosh’s teachings, Comrade Yakub In 1993, the criminals of the CPI belonged to other parties, could not office. Whenever we had come, he Pailan knew that socialism was (M) ran amuck in Maipith, killed but show deep respect to him. He used to come down to the first floor. established in Russia because of the people, threw the dead bodies into had imbibed the teaching of He used to give us red salute, we also revolutionary ideology and activities the river, set houses on fire and Comrade Shibdas Ghosh that one reciprocated. So long we did not take under the leadership of Lenin-Stalin. raped the women. Hundreds of our has to win others by completely a seat, he never sat. This was not just Socialism was not achieved based supporter families fled the area. remoulding oneself. The entire a respect to me, it was respect for on the number of MLAs and MPs. Comrade Yakub Pailan rushed to the struggle Comrade Yakub Pailan the Party. But this time when I came The Chinese revolution was spot disregarding his old age. He conducted was for building up and for a meeting at Jaynagar Santi accomplished through prolonged reached the place of occurrence. It strengthening SUCI (Communist). Contd. on page 12 RNI No. 13932/67 P. R. No. KOL / RMS / /145 / 2013-2015 Comrade Provash Ghosh’s speech Real value of our tears, our heart-felt respect will be realized if we develop the Party he strengthened with flesh and blood Contd. from page 11 are aware of that. On the one hand against all these malaises? Which families. Develop yourselves Sangha ground after a long period, there is so harrowing a crisis, while temple, which mosque, which church accordingly. Develop the Party, save Comrade Pailan came to ground on the other hand, the BJP and the is raising voice of protest? But, those the Party, strengthen the Party. floor. He greeted me with red salute. Congress are vending deception of who once preached religion, valiantly Comrade Yakub Pailan had a dream I asked him why did he come down development. By one stroke of fought against oppression-injustice of working in a new place. with a such an ailing health. Then he development, the railway fare and during that time. Comrade Pailan Repeatedly, he requested the Party again came to the meeting at the prices of diesel-petrol-kerosene understood that it is only Marxism- to allow him to do so. During the Krishnachandrapur of Mathurapur. It have been substantially hiked by BJP Leninism-Shibdas Ghosh Thought first Party congress, he sent this was raining. I asked Comrade Nanda led government. On the other hand, which can guide us in waging this request to Comrade Nihar Kundu why did they allow Comrade there is drastic reduction in the taxes struggle. So, if we are to pay respect Mukherjee through me. He said that Pailan to come there. Comrade and duties payable by the Tatas- to Comrade Pailan, we have to the district of South 24 Parganas Kundu told me that he was bent upon Ambanis. Arrangements are made to honour this struggle of his, the could function without him. He coming. Then, I found him attending ensure that the can draw any amount struggle in the midst of which he wanted to go to some place where the meeting at Sikirhat of Kultali. I from the bank at minimum interest. spent his entire life, exhausted Party activities had not started. But was wondering why was he taking The crores of rupees they have taken himself. Try to know this Comrade Comrade Nihar Mukherjee told him: so much of risk? Now after his from the banks as loans are being Yakub Pailan, get acquainted with his This district needs you more. We demise, I could realize that he knew waived. And there is one after struggling life, remember him with want comrades like this who are his days were numbered. (voice another attack on the poor. You have reverence. An 85 year old person ready to venture in unexplored choked in emotion) His very coming seen the 34 years of CPI (M) rule in from Gopalgunge of Kultali, an old areas. Conveying heart-felt respect down to the ground floor to offer me the state. You have witnessed how friend of Comrade Pailan, who could to him, remembering him with red salute and attending the three the poor was oppressed, repressed not come here has written a letter to reverence presuppose that we try to workers’ meetings was for being and terrorized. The TMC came to me. In that letter he has urged upon acquire these qualities of Comrade with the comrades for the last time. power by talking of ushering in me to see that the boys and girls of Pailan. It means that one ought to (Voice once again got choked, he change. Now you are experiencing his family are associated with the fight lifelong to become a true paused a bit) I would not say much what a change(!) has been brought Party. This is how the old comrades student of Comrade Shibdas Ghosh more today. The real value of our about by it. Oppression-repression- are thinking to save their children. as did Comrade Pailan. I hope all of tears, our heart-felt respect will be terror is continuing as before. And I want that greater number of you will come forward and take realized if we protect and strengthen gravest of the crises is that of human Comrade Yakub Pailans, Comrade pledge to pay due respect to him by the great revolutionary ideology he essence, human quality. The rulers of Amir Ali Haldars and valiant fighters emulating the example he has set upheld, the Party he built up with the country are striking at the very like them are born in each of your before you. With this, I conclude. struggle. roots of human essence, turning We are passing through a very human beings inhuman. They are SUCI(C) calls the Railway budget bad time. Such a bad time had not pushing the youth to drinking, come earlier. This country has gambling, talking indecently about a blueprint of privatization, produced stalwarts like Vidyasagar- woman physique and all such other calls for resisting it Vivekanada-Rabindranath-Sarat- wrongdoings and perverse Comrade Provash Ghosh, General Secretary, SUCI(C), issued the chandra-Deshbandhu Chittaranjan- proclivities. They are delinking them following statement on 09-07-2014 : Subhaschandra-Nazrul. They had not from the glorious legacy of After imposing a steep hike in passenger fare and freight charges by seen so much of deterioration of Vidyasagar, Nazrul-Saratchandra- issuing administrative fiat bypassing Parliament, the BJP government has India. There are millions of Subhaschandra, alienating them from now presented a railway budget which is a blueprint of total privatization unemployed. Millions are dying of the past. The impact is felt in the of an all-important essential public service like the Railways. Not a single starvation, without any medical care. villages also. Whole and sole problem faced by the passengers issues like punctuality, proper Unable to bear with hunger and being concentration is on money, securing maintenance of tracks, bogies and the stations, adequate safety from enmeshed in debt burden, thousands money at any cost, from any source. theft, burglary, prevention of frequent accidents as well as large scale are committing suicide. The girls and Grab money from wherever you can malpractices, nepotism, misappropriation and theft, has been addressed. housewives of poor families are and then eat, drink and be merry. Old No reference has been made to leash corruption which is making the initiated into flesh trade. Thousands parents are driven out of home. Railways sick and starved of resources. Instead, there has been hollow and thousands of women and Husband is murdering wife. Brother boasting of so-called modernization, introduction of high speed even bullet children are being trafficked. All is selling sister. Where is the binding trains and so forth. And for bringing about this much trumpetted these are coming in the media. You of religion? Which religion is fighting modernization, what has been prescribed is liberal inflow of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and wide adoption of PPP (Public private partnership) route. Opening the floodgate of privatization will trigger further shrinkage of job opportunity, massive retrenchment, more contractualisation of regular jobs at lower wage and above all, hefty rise in fare and freight charges at regular interval. Thus, under the camouflage of so-called modernization, the deck is cleared for extensive loot and fleecing of the passengers. This budget is also discriminatory in so far as granting new trains and projects is concerned. Whereas Gujarat and Karnataka have received the lion’s share, other states particularly the Eastern Zone have virtually drawn blank. While condemning this most pernicious railway budget studded with false promises of modernization which is a camouflage to hand over the Railways to private operators to be run on commercial basis, we call upon the countrymen to resist such out and out anti-people moves by asserting Demonstration by the SUCI(C) at Joint Labour Commissioner Office, their power in the form of development of a countrywide powerful Siliguri on 4 July against starvation death and plight of tea plantation workers movement. (News on Page 7) 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.suci-c.in