<<Kavita’s questions have an immediate context. It is the “inexplicable soft corner” that some of the communist parties show towards Russia in their analysis of Putin's war on Ukraine. While the Communist parties and Left intellectuals could easily identify the US-led NATO’s expansionist interests in the ongoing war, there is an expressed reluctance or negation of Putin's neo-czarist and fascist ambitions behind the aggression on Ukraine.
That the same yardstick of occupation of a weak country by a powerful state be considered as imperialist aggression needs to be applied to Putin's Russia, is not only a logical question but also a political question that needs to be raised. When it is the bounden duty of a communist to be on the side of the people under aggression, why is it that some communist parties are choosing the side of the aggressor just because of its communist past is another aspect that Kavita is perplexed about. When Putin’s officers officially admire fascism and use it as a model to install a new czarist regime in the region, she wonders why Putin is not considered as the principal enemy in the evolving political scenario. ... One can have different opinions about each of these narratives or their various aspects but still one fails to understand how raising them renders further debate and journey together impossible. This is the reason why the explanations provided by Kavita Krishnan and the party in the public domain does not seem convincing. Nevertheless, it would be fruitful to locate these questions in the historical polemic around how to evolve a socialist democracy in post-revolutionary societies after defeating the feudal-capitalist regimes. The question of democracy in socialism has now become cardinal not only for communists but also for all those who aspire for the onward march of democracy towards socialism. ... While the questions raised by Kavita Krishnan need to be debated not only by the communists but also by all those who are interested in the onward march of democracy towards socialism, no immediate or complete answers are possible. Eternal vigilance, debate, dissent and practice are the only steps possible at this historical juncture.>> (Excerpted from: < https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kavita-krishnan-s-exit-cpiml-and-elusiveness-socialist-democracy-167869 >.) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/greenyouth/CACEsOZhJQ52h50_4UkL1aameF_FsDm9nWz3xP1-%2B8Sz4fDmm-A%40mail.gmail.com.
