The Polit Bureau of CPI(ML) Liberation met at New Delhi during 13 to 15th October and deliberated on recent socio-political developments in India. In a press note released on 18th October, the PB expressed the following views on various topics debated:-
The PB condemned the Pricol management for implicating several workers, TU activists and Comrade S Kumarasamy in the unfortunate incident that led to the demise of a senior Pricol executive on 22 September and demanded immediate release of all arrested workers and the dropping of all fabricated charges against Pricol workers and Comrade Kumarasamy. The PB congratulated the workers of Pricol for their continued resistance and thanked the unions, lawyers’ associations and other citizens inside and outside of Tamil Nadu who have opposed the witch hunt against Pricol workers and their leaders and expressed The PB also condemned the indiscriminate arrests of activists and supporters of the Lalgarh agitation and the sealing of the press where our Bengali state organ Deshabrati used to be printed. While the CPI(M) opposes the UAPA in principle, in West Bengal the CPI(M)-led government is increasingly invoking the draconian clauses of the UAPA to harass and arrest all those who have been opposing the wrong policies and repressive measures of the government. It should be noted that the state repression going on in West Bengal is very much a joint venture of the state and central governments and Mamata Banerjee’s occasional protestations are therefore nothing but political hypocrisy solidarity with AICCTU in the ongoing struggle for justice and industrial democracy. The UPA government’s politico-military offensive against Maoism constitutes a multipronged assault on democracy and a conspiracy to suppress people’s struggles on basic issues and crush the voice of protest and resistance against the state-sponsored corporate plunder of the country’s resources. The Maoists are of course indulging in reckless anarchist acts, alienating and antagonizing the general democratic opinion and making it easier for the state to drum up support for harsh measures of repression. While boldly resisting the state’s politico-military offensive we must also clearly assert the ideological-political demarcation between the ‘Maoist’ variety of anarchism and revolutionary Marxism. The challenge of resisting repression and asserting our distinct political-ideological identity and historical legacy can of course be met only on the basis of powerful mass struggles and a united and consolidated Party organization. The PB noted with concern the shrill anti-China campaign in sections of the Indian media. Sections of defence strategists and even senior military and governmental functionaries hold China as India’s greatest security threat, and the recent exchange of acrimonious statements from both sides on the border dispute indicates heightened bilateral tension. Any aggravation of India-China tension will provide the US with greater opportunities to meddle in the region and strengthen its strategic stranglehold over India. Past experiences show that heightened tension or border skirmish with Pakistan or China creates huge financial burden on the country and vitiates the political climate. We must therefore denounce any attempt to whip up tension between India and China and press for peaceful negotiated resolution of all outstanding issues and greater economic and political cooperation between these two big Asian countries in the international arena. -- You cannot build anything on the foundations of caste. You cannot build up a nation, you cannot build up a morality. Anything that you will build on the foundations of caste will crack and will never be a whole. -AMBEDKAR http://venukm.blogspot.com http://www.shelfari.com/kmvenuannur http://kmvenuannur.livejournal.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
