Quote ... the answer would lie in sustained, determined, intelligent politico- adminstrative measures to mobilize the beneficiaries and neutralize the losers" Unquote
Forget about "neo-liberalism"! The terms "mobilize" and "neutralize", as used here, have spine-chilling implications. The bloodbath in Nandigram, perpetrated by gun-wielding hoodlums riding motorbikes and fluttering red flags, was the graphic and gory demonstration. That it eventually backfired is another story altogether. Sukla On 8/8/09, damodar prasad <damodar.pra...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > Many of you must have read Indraneel Dasgupta's epw article "on Some Left > critiques of the Left". It seems some are higlighting as if this paper has > something revelator!!! Oye!!! We should be asking the otherway: is there > anything new in this article? It is a representation of the neo-orthodoxy so > popular amongst instituional economists. Its neo-orthodoxy in the sense it > is unwilling to carry the baggage of the Rightwing but wants itself to get > close to mainstream Left. Actually this is the neo-classical neo-populism > accepted at large by the policy making bodies and international instituions > like WB, IMF etc. > > In Kerala, it may not be so popular in the popular media because it mostly > clings to left sentimentalism (the romanticism of worst kind!!). Economists > like Dr.Santakumar of CDS has been advocating this perspective for so > long openly stating this ideology as neo-liberal. However they did > articulate such ideas with a sense of democracy unilke the cantakerous ones > now associating with the left who are like leeches cluthcing to movements > and parties in transition for absolutely self-sake agenda. > > Nirupam Sen himself in a post-election interview has clearly said why the WB > wanted to pursue agressive industrialkization and what price they have to > give for such deeds. Basically, what can be inferred from the interveiw is > the question of democracy and development. It is not like the conservative > opposition to industrialization and private capital but how the Left should > pursue a model different from say a Modi like development administrator. How > the issue of disposession and accumulation via disposession has to be > treated? > > We are discussing all this in the contexct of Global finance crisis and also > politico-administrative crisis that we are witnessing at LALGARH... > > Indarneel Banerjee' " one-liner" on the issue of disposession is > interesting: ".. the answer would lie in sustained, determined, intelligent > politico- adminstrative measures to mobilize the beneficiaries and > neutralize the losers".. What an important political advise to Left in times > of crises of neoliberalism!!!. > > d.prasad, > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
