yes,for the past 30+ experiences ,we have been knowing the story of bengal left front politics. its negative impact has been exposed now. but,the question remains-what is the way of industrialisation-a genocide type politics of small peasantry lie russia during the period of stalin?indian democratic experiment is more deep. now,we know the experiments of latin american countries-a liberal democratic experiment with a left politics.indian left has such experiences.but,they have not been able to do much.
--- On Sat, 8/8/09, Sukla Sen <sukla....@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Sukla Sen <sukla....@gmail.com> > Subject: [GreenYouth] Re: pdgin agitprop of the populist kind > To: greenyouth@googlegroups.com > Date: Saturday, 8 August, 2009, 4:34 PM > > 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, > > > > > > > > > > > Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
