While I express gratitude to Niloufer Bhagwat for her kind words, I apologize for an imperfection in my post which did not mention the original author Sushantha Roy in the text(though included in the subject heading).; so, I wish to thanks due for my friend Sushantha.
On Sep 6, 3:03 pm, Niloufer Bhagwat <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear K.M. Venugopalan , > > Thank you for your excellent capsuled summing up > of the Anna Hazare movement . > > Niloufer Bhagwat > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Venugopalan K M > To: Marx Laboratory > Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2011 2:16 PM > Subject: [humanrights-movement:4896] Team Anna Successfully Blocked > thePeoplefrom Questioning the Fountainhead of Corruption..."Capital". A FACE > BOOK NOTEby Sushantha Roy > > Team Anna Successfully Blocked the People from Questioning the Fountainhead > of Corruption..."Capital". > > I have been thinking about this for days & cannot finally brush it off as > idle speculation. The entire Anna movement seems to have been designed to > mortally weaken the govt( as in the people's rule ) & pave the way for the > gradual take overof governance & the nation by the pvt sector. The just > public anger against corruption was hijacked by team Anna & the opportunity > used to embed this in the people's mind. They derided the election process, > insulted & accused all parties, which no honest man wd do, mocked the > parliament process, claimed the legitimacy of the mob, nowhere close to the > nos that constitute a majority & tried to claim victory of their methods over > the democratic ones. The people want to rid the governance process & society > of corruption & tyranny, not rid the process itself. Team Anna successfully > blocked the people from questioning the fountainhead of corruption, the > corporations, the pvt sector, "Capital". > > Is it a oversight? I think impossible, considering that NGOs too are > glaringly protected. Heap on that connections to the Sangh, Ford Foundation, > etc & there emerges a pattern which cannot be dismissed as mere speculation." > All Indian govts & parties( even the left is not spared) are corrupt & this > needs to be destroyed for ever". How? Thru a Jan Lokpal bill. It is not > accidental that this team wanted a bill which creates a 4th pillar which > subsumes all the other 3 pillars, the executive, bureaucracy & the judiciary. > A huge monolith, with lakhs of employees which has all possible powers over > everybody else with power in our republic, from the smallest govt employee to > the PM, the CMs, the chief justices!! Lets look back at modern history & see > what this means. Such an organisation has always been set up by all powerful > dictators after they have taken over a country. In this case we see an > organisation being suggested to be set up which can bring in one?? Is this > mere over-enthusiasm of the few most honest souls of the times?? I think not. > > The state( people's govt) has been systematically, since independence, > weakened, impoverished & bought over by the rich, ie., capital. Even left > govts have been made to appeal to pvt capital. They have had active help from > the mainstream political parties, be it the Cong, BJP, the regional parties, > including their best minds, in this overthrow of govt. Of course, they have > taken their pound of flesh by joining the ranks of the super-rich. The main > political class, without distinction, have been co-opted into the richest > class & to actively own the objectives of this class. Its no longer a > bargain, they are on the same side of the table, fashioning out a world > ruthlessly based on their interests. Its a perfect 'Mafia" now. > > Whats interesting is that this very mafia argues both sides, creates the > issues, supports the Annas, imprisons him, makes him a hero, then gives it > coverage, till all voices questioning its legitimacy is blanked out of public > consciousness, in short, as a class, in complete control. It ensures that the > legitimate fighter of this system, the left, the poor is left out. Is this > accidental or even new? Not so. > > Post WW-2, the US, clearly understanding the changing paradigm after that > Pyrrhic war & the explosion of scientific thought, knew that imperialism has > to be given a new form. The days of its brutal visage plowing thru the lives > of the majority was over. It then, with the help of the old & wise Europe, > fashioned its own opposition in the form of post-modernism. It sought to > create a myth of universalisation of power, the infallible nature of law & > democratic processes & urged people, "civil society" to come forward & fight > for rights! No revolution by the left was necessary. The pvt citizen > alongwith the pvt sector cd provide the best society for our race & the govt > sd go small & finally disappear! The universal people's fight has been > fractured or frustrated, wealth & power is again concentrated in a few hands, > like old times & finally the middle-class has been bought over from the left, > suitably fattened to be non-liberal." Globalisation" has replaced the " > International" & ownership of capital instead of going to the people has > bought them over thru the stock-market & the mirage of the American dream! > > Isnt this already the case in India? Intellectuals now fight for the rights > of the big "bribe giver" & wants govt to end. The govt has already been made > to lose its capability to create production assets. All the anti-people > reforms, with more in pipeline,the 2nd & the 3rd..has been legitimised, more > so, post Anna; if there is no govt , there wd be no corruption! Simple! The > left, unable to fight for the people, this space taken up by the mafia's > agents , will lose credibility & once the people's angst is under remote > control, the entire country cd be privatised. > > With no real voice to oppose, every poor man's cry for help can be dubbed > terrorist & stopped for ever. By then, we will be at decisive war with our > neighbours & wd be critically dependent on the West for military & diplomatic > support. By then, every capital holder & its middle-class employees wd be one > with the west & cultural warriors for capital. The difference between this > class & the rest of humanity, about 70% of them wd be so high that they wd > termed mutant & annihilated to save the human race. > > The whole world wd be rich & glorius! > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Maurya/184186831606234?sk=info#!/notes/... > > -- > > 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 > "humanrights 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights 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/humanrights-movement?hl=en.
