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Left isolationism and digging oneself deeper and deeper in to entrenched positions is the bane of some Leftists. I do not want to justify myself , by denying a hundredth time any support for Hindutva. It is the invention of some people here, who have little regard for other's views and least idea about what the communists in India are fighting for. That might be because India gets low priority in the Western media, including Leftist oriented journals. And there is scope for a lot of bias. But here in India, for those that work actively in the Leftist movement, a realization is dawning that this internecine fighting is what had led to the loss of confidence of the people. I remember the days when fighting comrades holding different views was given more priority than fighting the class enemy, but now it is history. Now, the picture is changing for the better. I do not brag that total Left unity will be ushered in, but certainly, the traditional animosity between CPI, CPI(M) and CPI(ML) is cooling off. For example, in my home state, Andhra Pradesh, a good number of joint meetings are being held regularly to discuss the rise of Communal fascism and the Left's failure to contain it. One such meeting was called by CPI(ML) comrades in Guntur in Andhra Pradesh. The meeting was held in CPI(M) office and intellectuals from CPI, CPI(M) and CPI(ML) spoke to a large gathering. The subject of the discussion was, "Latest Developments in Capitalism and its impact on India." I was one of the speakers and I noticed that there was and atmosphere of camaraderie and a realisation that "if we don't hang together, we will surely be hanged separately." Mutual recrimination was totally absent and one speaker from CPI(ML) said, "Let us put aside our differences and try to build a common struggle. The reason for failure is that, no one group is correct in understanding the Indian reality and the truth lies somewhere in between." I said, "if we agree on eight issues out of ten, then the two issues on which we differ should not hold us back from working together." Many mass struggles in India are being waged on a common Left platform and even on Kashmir issue, Many ML groups agree with CPI and CPI(M). I am making this statement out of my experience of working and interacting in the movement along with other Left comrades. Vijaya Kumar _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
