>"The organised Left should not be undermined of its power to manipulate perfomances that excert the polemical energy to tranform discourses at the public realm"
As I find here, this statement by Ranju is most probably meant to be read as "..organized left ..should be" and not as "..should not be". And, l hence like to fully endorse his views. Regards, Venu. On Nov 10, 7:45 pm, "ranju radha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > just adding .. > > in fact the left (the mainstream left ) in kerala often proves us wrong. > they are well ahead with the Right in organising and consolidating and of > course acting in the very way what we witnessed in Art Faculty in DElhi > university and last year in baroda. The organised Left should not > be undermined of its power to manipulate perfomances that excert the > polemical energy to tranform discourses at the public realm. > what ashley arguing may be to constitute such a polemical realm where the > power of the polemics of Left or Right can be countered with the same > polemical vigor. But a conglomeration of like-minded academically oriented > people need not constitute it; presence of a politically ambitious group > might trigger sucha a counter force, i think. Fortunately or unfortunately, > that is not the case always. This in no way undermine the relvance of > consolidation of secular democratic people. but unless triggered by a group > or Party (taking cues from Lenin), this may not tranform into a political > force. the process for tha same shall be initiated or ignited by these very > consolidations, though. > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 7:49 PM, venukm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > .>"That the Right organises and consolidates well > > and we on the secular front and the Left don't. > > > >..We need to learn from that and organise and consistently fight against > > these > > fascist goons."... > > > Sounds both modest and reasonable, > > provided we acknowledge (and devote more time for) the need to learn > > about not only the forms > > but also the content, > > which makes the essentials of Right Wing mobilization/ fascism in > > India. > > Let's begin to look caste and gender not as separate things, but as > > the Brahmanical > > amalgam Caste-Gender. > > Perhaps this is unique in many ways in its ruthless ways of > > challenging reason everywhere, invoking cults. > > This variety of nationalism being itself automatically embedded with > > hate and bigotry, you cannot win too many people in your efforts of > > defending reason. > > This is probably why the RW organizations and consolidations are > > qualitatively at great variance with those in the Left camps. > > The former offers simple answers to complex questions ,while the > > latter often complicates even seemingly simple things just not to > > offend the status-quo, > > and not to loose votes...This is one of the great paradoxes of > > (Secular) India that this may be the only country in the contemporary > > world where killing of humans for no reasons would even > > "democratically" bring the perpetrators to power with a greater chunk > > of popular votes on their side! > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dear Mahtab, > > > > Dont try ur best in my lines, bz these lines are not drawn by me. Contact > > > Ashley Tellis for more details. > > > However, thanks for the mail > > > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 10:48 AM, Mahtab Alam <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >wrote: > > > > > Dear Ranjit, > > > > Thanks a lot for your suggestions. We will try our > > > > best in future on the same lines. > > > > > Regards, > > > > Mahtab > > > > > 2008/11/10 Ranjit Ranjit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > >> Hi hany, > > > > >> This is what Ashley wrote in response to your comment. I am posting > > this > > > >> bz he is not a member of greenyouth and i have made the initial > > posting of > > > >> his article. I have also invited him to greenyouth > > > > >> ranjit > > > > >> Dear Ranjit, > > > > >> Please post this on my behalf on greenyouth as I am not a member. > > > > >> Thanks > > > >> ashley > > > > >> In reponse to Dr. Hany Babu's retort to my article: > > > > >> Seeking police protection in advance is wise because then they cannot > > > >> stand by as mute witnesses but have to take action. I also meant > > asking > > > >> students to act as security and not just depend on the police as we > > have > > > >> done in the past at such events. > > > > >> The second reason offered by Dr. Babu does not make any sense in > > relation > > > >> to dependence or the lack of it on the police. Demonstrations are fine > > but > > > >> not unless they are consolidated with consistent action. We had a > > great > > > >> demonstration early this year over the History Department vndalism by > > the > > > >> same people and at the close of the year we have this. What does that > > prove? > > > >> That coming out in hundreds on one day means nothing in the long run. > > > > >> I was well aware of the reactions of the audience (much of it was in > > the > > > >> press release) and I commend them, But these are simply not enough. > > Geelani > > > >> was spat upon and humiiated, microphones broken, tables and chairs > > > >> vandalised, windows broken. All of this can and must be avoided in the > > > >> future by creating a strong secular student-teacher body like the > > erstwhile > > > >> Delhi University Forum for Democracy. That it died is indication of > > the > > > >> whole point of my article. That the Right organises and consolidates > > well > > > >> and we on the secular front and the Left don't. > > > > >> We need to learn from that and organise and consistently fight against > > > >> these fascist goons. > > > > >> -- > > > >> Ranjit --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
