On 3/29/07, Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 3/28/07, Yoshie Furuhashi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On India's Growing Violence: 'It's Outright War and Both Sides are
> Choosing Their Weapons'
> by Arundhati Roy
>
> The following is an interview with Arundhati Roy, conducted by Shoma
> Chaudhury of Tehelka.
given the parallels between China and India, is it possible that China
will be shaken up by Maoist guerrillas?
The Chinese government, in its paranoid moments, might have
contemplated such a possibility. It was notably cool to the Maoists
in Nepal before they helped overthrow the ancient regime, as was the
Cuban government which needs Beijing's friendship, though neither was
as hostile as the Indian government, which has seen its Maoist
insurgency grow in recent years.
But China is not in the same league as India and Nepal. China, unlike
Nepal and India, after all underwent an authentic social revolution
decades ago, and the difference shows in human development.
Maoist guerrillas thrive best in rural areas where semi-feudal
relations still exist, like those in India and the Philippines.
Maoism might also work in, say, Afghanistan if Afghans didn't have
such a terrible popular memory of socialism.
--
Yoshie
