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Comrades, Louis had pointed out about the jumbling of text. I am sorry about that, but whatever I post, is getting jumbled up. Here is the URL of text of KK's speech on 3rd March, 2016 at JNU campus. http://www.firstpost.com/india/full-text-and-video-of-jnusu-president-kanhaya-kumars-speech-nothing-seditious-here-2628934.html Vijaya Kumar marla On Tuesday, March 22, 2016 8:42 PM, Marla Vijaya kumar via Marxism <[email protected]> wrote: You chose to allow Marla Vijaya kumar ([email protected]) even though this message failed authentication Click to disallow This message is eligible for Automatic Cleanup! ([email protected]) Add cleanup rule | More info ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. ***************************************************************** Comrades, Kanhaiya Kumar (KK for short) is aPhD student from the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in Delhi, capital of India. KK comes from a poor rural background. His is traditionally a communist family for the last 2 generations. His father used to be daily labourer, but is now paralyzed and bedridden. His mother works as a social service worker, earning $50 a month. He able to study on the scholarship of about $60 per month from the University. He is president of the University Students Union, which is dominated by Leftist students, and the rightist BJPs student wing is able to win only one position. He was arrested on Feb 9th on Charges of sedition. Some students had protested against the hanging of Afzal Guru, a Kashmiri, who was alleged to have a role in the 2002 terrorist attack on the Indian Parliament. Sensing trouble, as Students Union president, he went there to dissuade Ultra-Left and BJP student groups from resorting to fistfight. He had sent away the warring groups and then addressed the students with the now famous speech, along with the song Aazadi (freedom):We want freedom from hunger freedom from capitalism freedom from from unemployment freedom from fundamentalism freedom from upper caste discrimination..as the song goes. By now, this song has become the anthem of students and youth all across the country. Remember that Hindi is not understood in South and East India, but they translated the song and are singing in all colleges. It has become a rage.To cut the long story short, pro-government media seized the opportunity and began screening doctored videos showing KK allegedly shouting anti-India slogans. Shouting anti-government slogans in itself does not come under the sedition law, but what is interesting is an avalanche of propaganda, declaring communists as traitors and anti-nationals. Goons wearing lawyers dress had attacked and beaten up professors and fellow students, and journalist in the court premises, in the presence of the judge. The Supreme court took notice and sent a team of eminent lawyers to file a report of what happened at the local court. The next day, as KK was brought for for the trial, the same lawyer goons grabbed him from the police custody and and beat him. The police remained mute spectators. The team of lawyers sent by the Supreme Court were also attacked and journalist were beaten up.With BJPs fascist pogrom in full swing, public opinion turned against them and there was a groundswell of support for KK. Finally, on March 2nd he was given 6 months conditional bail. On 3rd March, when he returned to his JNU campus, he was given a heroes welcome, where he delivered an electrifying speech, which became an instant hit all across the country. All media channels had broadcast his speech and he had given 60 interviews in the next 10 days. KKs name had become a household name and the discourse on Left had once again become mainstream.But all that a little later.Here is an English transcript of his historic March 3rd speech at JNU campus:No sedition here: Full text and video of JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar's speech which sparked the #JNUrow - Firstpost | | | | | | | | | | | No sedition here: Full text and video of JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar's s... This is a close transcription of the speech and in case of any discrepancy, the Hindi version will be deemed as ... | | | | Vijaya Kumar Marla On Tuesday, March 22, 2016 5:52 PM, Louis Proyect <[email protected]> wrote: On 3/22/16 8:08 AM, Marla Vijaya kumar via Marxism wrote: > My observation is that India does not figure on the radar of Marxmailers. However, there are many Indians on Marxmail, based at least on the names of subscribers I see. It is important that information about the class struggle in India be posted to the list, especially from someone as knowledgeable as you. _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/marlavk%40yahoo.com _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
