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[Marxism] Kashmir -- "‘We Have Been in a Lockdown for Three Decades’

2020-06-17 Thread Alan Ginsberg via Marxism

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NY Times Op-Art, June 11, 2020

By Malik Sajad

Mr. Sajad is a graphic novelist from Kashmir.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/opinion/kashmir-lockdown-india.html
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Re: [Marxism] Kashmir

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Agreed, Louis. There is no point in extending the discussion endlessly. It is 
true that the people of Kashmir are being oppressed, more so 
by BJP and Modi. But the 20 odd poor farmers in India who are committing 
suicides every year after going bankrupt are also 
suffering and are being exploited. It is the perception of some people here 
that Indian CPs have given up revolutionary struggle. It is left 
to the discretion of those that argue against CPs here . If that were so, why 
do hundreds of thousands of comrades struggle to bring about 
a revolution in India? Are they all  deluding themselves? Have some empathy. 
Others also can be right, after all. 
Let us call it a day here. 
Vijaya Kumar M
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Re: [Marxism] Kashmir

2019-09-14 Thread Louis Proyect via Marxism


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On 9/14/19 8:15 PM, John Reimann via Marxism wrote:


As far as the Indian people having the right to make their own decisions:
How about the the people of Myanmar regarding the Rohingya or the Sri
Lankans regarding the Tamils? Is that a matter for the people of those
nations to resolve and nobody else has anything to say about it?


You can say anything you want but you have to get used to the idea that 
there are going to be deep political differences here. For example, the 
other day someone defended what Grover Furr has written about Katyn. I 
replied to him and then the thread came to an end.


Vijaya Kumar has been on Marxmail for over a decade now and he has been 
an exemplary contributor to the discussions. This is the first time 
anybody has had an objection to anything he has written. My only advice 
is to avoid threads that grind on when it is obvious that the 
differences are insurmountable. Repetition does not really win arguments.

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Re: [Marxism] Kashmir

2019-09-14 Thread John Reimann via Marxism

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When I said I thought that Marla Vijaya kumar should be removed from this
list, I was unaware he was a Stalinist. I thought he was simply a supporter
of Modi and the BJP, which is certainly how he comes off. But I do have the
impression that more than simple etiquette determines who's on this list. I
have noticed, for example, that there are no Assadists on it. Since they
are a dime a dozen on the left, I had assumed that they are not allowed to
make their arguments here. Maybe I'm mistaken.

As far as the Indian people having the right to make their own decisions:
How about the the people of Myanmar regarding the Rohingya or the Sri
Lankans regarding the Tamils? Is that a matter for the people of those
nations to resolve and nobody else has anything to say about it?

John Reimann

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Two main points quickly. This would be my last response in this chain to
be posted.

1. I will not go into the general issues concerning the right to
self-determination, except to say that the demand for that and the fight
for communism must be inter-linked (note: an independent bourgeois
Kashmir would exploit and oppress its workers and peasants).

2. You say: 'why not Tamils decide their fate, Bengal people their own
fate'.

a. It is _very_ problematic to equate the Kashmir issue to Tamils,
Bengalis, etc. Please do not under-estimate the sufferings of Kashmiris.

Can anyone say that: the kind of oppression that Kashmiris have been
experiencing under both Congress and non-Congress parties which are
running the affairs of the capitalist state, is *also *experienced by
Tamils and Bengalis?

You say that Tamil and Punjabi farmers think they belong to one nation.
If that is the case, communists do not advocate their right to
self-determination. But do majority of Kashmiris feel that they belong
to India? Let them have a chance to say what they feel, no?

b. There is the fact that Kashmir's accession to India was *conditional
*on Kashmiris being given a chance to say whether they wish to be a part
of India.* (see the footnote below).

i) Does /that /fact hold for Tamils, etc.?

ii) And, how would you respond to Nehru's 1952 statement that 'Kashmir
is not the property of India or Pakistan' ?

c. No one is going to support the right to self-determination if a few
Tamils sitting in a coffee place decide to leave the Indian union. The
question is: *is there a national oppression*?

I am not in favour of mindless divisions of a country, which /can/ do
more harm than good, to the cause of communist revolution.

The question is what sorts of ideas and practices on the part of a
communist movement defend the economic and politics rights of the
exploited and the oppressed and *promote the cause of communist
revolution*?

p.s. Needless to say that more than 90% of what passes for the communist
movement in India has, more or less, given up on the idea and practice
of communist revolution. But that is a much bigger issue than the
Kashmir question.

Raju J Das

*In 1952, addressing the Kashmiris, India’s first prime minister, Nehru,
said: “Kashmir is not the property of India or Pakistan. It belongs to
the Kashmiri people ... We have taken the issue to the United Nations
and give our word of honour for a peaceful solution. As a great nation,
we cannot go back on it. We have left the question of final solution to
the people of Kashmir and we are determined to abide by their decision.”

On 2019-09-14 12:34 p.m., Marla Vijaya kumar via Marxism wrote:

Comrade Raju Das, First let us agree that the
people of a country are the ones who decide their fate. If it is not so, then
revolutionary
change is impossible. If you say that only the people of Kashmir have the right
to decide their fate, then why not Tamils decide their
fate, Bengal people their own fate etc etc. It virtually means that India
should break up into thousands of pieces. For your kind
information, Hyderabad City with 9 million people has 1 million Muslims. Do you
advocate that they should fight for their
independence from India? My neighbour is a Muslim, another in the upper floor
is a Christian. So my apartment block should be
divided in to so many smaller countries? We Indian communists vehemently oppose
the cancellation of Special Status for Kashmir
(Article 370 of the Constitution).
As an Indian yourself, you know very well what binds The Dalit (untouchable)
farmer of Tamilnadu with the Jat farmer of Punjab -
both feel they are Indians and belong to one nation, though they belong to
different ethic, language, religion and caste groups. Some
friends here do not seem to like the very idea of India. Well, it is left to
their wisdom.
Vijaya Kumar M
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Re: [Marxism] Kashmir

2019-09-14 Thread John Obrien via Marxism

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I hold the view that a nation of people who the majority believe and practice -

racism, sexism, homophobia - should be challenged and interfered with - to end 
such practices.



And that the position that only a peple of a nation decide their fate - is not 
historically accurate.

Did the people of Germany in 1939 - 1945 decide their fate?


I am an internationalist who respects cultural identity but not based on or 
supportve of religion.

Religion is backward.







Comrade Raju Das,  First let us agree that the 
people of a country are the ones who decide their fate. If it is not so, then 
revolutionary
change is impossible. If you say that only the people of Kashmir have the right 
to decide their fate, then why not Tamils decide their
fate, Bengal people their own fate etc etc. It virtually means that India 
should break up into thousands of pieces. For your kind
information, Hyderabad City with 9 million people has 1 million Muslims. Do you 
advocate that they should fight for their
independence from India? My neighbour is a Muslim, another in the upper floor 
is a Christian. So my apartment block should be
divided in to so many smaller countries? We Indian communists vehemently oppose 
the cancellation of Special Status for Kashmir
(Article 370 of the Constitution).
As an Indian yourself, you know very well what binds The Dalit (untouchable) 
farmer of Tamilnadu with the Jat farmer of Punjab -
both feel they are Indians and belong to one nation, though they belong to 
different ethic, language, religion and caste groups. Some
friends here do not seem to like the very idea of India. Well, it is left to 
their wisdom.
Vijaya Kumar M

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Re: [Marxism] Kashmir

2019-09-14 Thread Marla Vijaya kumar via Marxism

Re: [Marxism] Kashmir

2019-09-14 Thread Raju Das via Marxism


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On 2019-09-14 11:13 a.m., Marla Vijaya kumar via Marxism wrote:

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As regards some comments that Indian people can not decide on the fate of India 
and its future by RKOB


This statement mistakenly assumes that Kashmiris are a part of the 
Indian people, that Kashmir is a part of India, and that the fate of 
Kashmir is a part of the fate of India.


Why can Kashmiris not democratically determine their own fate?



, I feel, such armchair
revolutionaries should remind themselves of the fact that it is only the people 
of a country who can decide their fate.


The people of a country?

The people of a country include those who own/control big enterprises on 
the one hand, and those who work for these enterprises for a wage, as 
well as small-scale producers on the other. So all of them together 
should determine the fate of India?


If tomorrow a massive crackdown on striking workers happens in support 
of the interest of Indian capitalists, there is then no reason for 
workers in Canada, the US, the UK, Germany, etc. to provide support to 
Indian workers?


In fact, the idea that 'only the people of a country ... can decide 
their fate' can be deployed by Indian capital and its subservient state 
whether run by the BJP or the Congress, to stop international working 
class support to Indian workers and peasants, no?


By the way, I am personally not in support of censorship in this present 
context.


Raju J Das

York University, Toronto



  Though I was called
all kinds of weird names, I struck to the allowed parameters of discussion.
As I said, everyone free to air his views, within the allowed rules of the game.

Vijaya Kumar M
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Re: [Marxism] Kashmir

2019-09-14 Thread Marla Vijaya kumar via Marxism

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It is the Indian communists who have raised their voice against the use of 
force on the people of Kashmir and other North-Eastern States.
The Indian student leader, Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested and tarnished as an 
enemy of India, until after 3 years of legal battle, the Delhi 
court had absolved him. We welcome any Kashmir comrades to participate in the 
discussion. This is after all a democratic debate and all 
views are welcome.
The stand that, "since I don't agree with you, you should be expelled from the 
group," kind of mindset is not welcome among the various 
whats app groups maintained by the Left in India and we welcome free 
discussion, without resorting to personal attacks and animosity.
Vijaya Kumar M
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[Marxism] Kashmir

2019-09-14 Thread Ken Hiebert via Marxism

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I am with those who have reacted sharply to the comments of Marla Vijaya kumar 
on Kashmir.  His remarks are certainly a reminder of how far the Stalinists 
travelled from the Leninist view of the national question.
When the suggestion was made that he be excluded from the list, I was initially 
opposed.  But it is reasonable to ask, if some Kashmiris find their way to this 
list, what would they make of this exchange taking place during their harrowing 
experience with the Indian occupation of Kashmir.

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Re: [Marxism] Kashmir

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I strongly object to the comment that I am a follower of Modi. He is the enemy 
number one of Indian communists.
As regards some comments that Indian people can not decide on the fate of India 
and its future by RKOB, I feel, such armchair 
revolutionaries should remind themselves of the fact that it is only the people 
of a country who can decide their fate. Though I was called 
all kinds of weird names, I struck to the allowed parameters of discussion.
As I said, everyone free to air his views, within the allowed rules of the game.

Vijaya Kumar M
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Re: [Marxism] Kashmir

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On 9/14/19 8:10 AM, John Reimann via Marxism wrote:

I am not in favor of censorship, but if somebody came on this list with a
continued defense of the vicious bigot Netanyahu, I think they would be
removed from the list. Same with Marla Vijaya kumar, and in fact it is no
accident that his apparent leader, Nerandra Modi, is in fact very close to
Netanyahu. I don't see why a defendant of Hindutva is on a Marxist email
list.

John Reimann


We (me actually) only removes people from the list for racist, sexist, 
homophobic statements, etc. Within Marxism, there are sharp differences 
over many different things but as long as you observe the list 
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Re: [Marxism] Kashmir

2019-09-14 Thread John Reimann via Marxism

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I am not in favor of censorship, but if somebody came on this list with a
continued defense of the vicious bigot Netanyahu, I think they would be
removed from the list. Same with Marla Vijaya kumar, and in fact it is no
accident that his apparent leader, Nerandra Modi, is in fact very close to
Netanyahu. I don't see why a defendant of Hindutva is on a Marxist email
list.

John Reimann

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Re: [Marxism] Kashmir

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Dear Vijaya Kumar M,

Thanks for your reply. I think it offers all of us a good insight in the 
way in which – probably quiet many – supporters of the “Communist” 
Parties of India are thinking.


You claim: “The people of Kashmir opted to remain in India”. In fact, it 
was a Hindu monarch who decided this without asking the people of Kashmir!


You praise the constitution of the Indian capitalist state (“The Indian 
Constitution is egalitarian and ensures equal rights to every citizen, 
irrespective of his faith or caste. Right now, it is our best bulwark 
against the onslaught of BJP's communal fascism.”). Yet you can not 
answer why did the Indian state with its wonderful constitution never 
allow the Kashmiri people to have a plebiscite!


The same with the history of brutal oppression by the Indian state which 
killed so many people. Your only thought about all these facts are that 
this is “Pakistani propaganda”.


You claim that India has a historic right (since “millennia”!) to 
possess and occupy another people. Do you claim that the Kashmiri people 
are part of the “Indian nation”? Do you deny that they are a separate 
nation? Do you seriously claim that the Kashmiri people have no right of 
independence because the rest of India considers Kashmir to be part of 
India?! This is like denying the right of national self-determination to 
the oppressed people of Russia because the Russian majority population 
does not support this! How can a communist in the tradition of Lenin 
justify such an outright violation of the most basic democratic rights 
of an oppressed nation?!


Your inability to answer all this most elementary facts reflects the 
positions of the “Communist” parties. And this tells us a lot about 
Indian Stalinism! They are neither internationalist nor communist but 
patriotic towards a capitalist oppressor state. Lenin called such 
parties “social-patriotic”. An appropriate characterization of the CPI 
and the CPI(M)!


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Re: [Marxism] Kashmir

2019-09-13 Thread Marla Vijaya kumar via Marxism

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Dear MM,                 Peaceful atmosphere where every citizen's aspirations 
find a place is our idea of a Democratic solution.
In India, Muslims form a sizeable minority, about 17-18%, Christians less than 
2% and Buddhists a minuscule minority. The Indian 
Constitution is egalitarian and ensures equal rights to every citizen, 
irrespective of his faith or caste. Right now, it is our best bulwark 
against the onslaught of BJP's communal fascism. And BJP has designs to dump 
the Constitution and declare India, a Hindu Republic.
In every town and village, in every street, you find Hindus and Muslims living 
together for centuries. Our bane is caste discrimination
and Communists continue to fight caste oppression. 
The tragedy of Partition is that a country and its people are trifurcated, with 
imperialist designs continuously fuelling war and 
terrorism. If India is to be further subdivided based on ethnicity, religion, 
language and caste, it will be balkanised in to thousands of 
tiny fiefdoms for US to play at will.  Every town and village has to be 
divided. The people of India fought for about 90 years to 
achieve freedom from British colonial rule and do not want any more destruction 
of their country. If someone calls it chauvinism, 
well, he is free to advocate his views, but nobody in India supports this view.
Vijaya Kumar M
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Re: [Marxism] Kashmir

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> On Sep 13, 2019, at 9:49 PM, Marla Vijaya kumar via Marxism 
>  wrote:
> 
> A vast majority of Indians believe that, but they 
> want a democratic solution to the Kashmir problem within the Indian Union.

It’s probably good that we have access to comrade Marla V-K’s reflections. I 
trust the comrade will eventually inform the list regarding the “democratic 
solution to the Kashmir problem.”

Meanwhile, I can’t help but be reminded of remarks from anti-pope Stephan 
Hoeller, delivered with a knowing snicker:

“Peace? Everyone wants peace — as long as it doesn't interfere with what they 
would like to do.” 

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Re: [Marxism] Kashmir

2019-09-13 Thread Marla Vijaya kumar via Marxism

Dear RKOB,
Whether chauvinist or not is to be decided not from your coloured glasses, but
by the will of the Indian people. We the
communists in India vehemently oppose the oppression unleashed against the
people of Kashmir by Congress and BJP
governments in the last 30 years. Read a bit of history and about the tragic
Partition to learn the facts, before calling names. You seem
to believe that it is only BJP which claims that Kashmir is an integral part of
India. A vast majority of Indians believe that, but they
want a democratic solution to the Kashmir problem within the Indian Union. You
seem to be blinded by Pakistan's propaganda. Well,
please understand that India is still a functioning democracy, despite BJP's
communal fascism whereas Pakistan is controlled by the
Military mafia, despite its facade of an elected government. Indian communists
want Kashmir to be an integral part of India and this
reflects the aspirations of Indian people, including Kashmir people. India is
not a playground for playing Divide and Rule, a British
technique.
We, the people of India want a peaceful and democratic India. If you call this
chauvinism, it shows how jaded your worldview is.
Vijaya Kumar M
On Friday, September 13, 2019, 10:03:40 PM GMT+5:30, RKOB via Marxism
wrote:

What a pathetic Indian chauvinist nonsense!

1.I do not want to start a discussion about “Kashmir has been an
integral part of India since millenia”. In consider this as a chauvinist
argument a la Modi and the BJP! Sufficient to say that:

a) There were various and different empires on the South Asian
sub-continent (incl. the Muslim Mughal Empire). How can one create a
continuity between them and refer to this as justification of occupying
Kashmir?!

b) In itself this is a reactionary argument. What counts is not
“millennia” but what the people of Kashmir want since decades until this
very day. Such a chauvinist argument is used by Turkish nationalists to
deny the Kurdish people the right to have their own state (“the Kurds
were always part of the Ottoman Empire and then Turkey”; “they never had
their own state”; etc.). The Greek chauvinists have used the same logic
against the Macedonians. By the way: the Zionists also claim the
Palestinian land because of Torah and the “millennia”!

2.“The people of Kashmir opted to remain in India”. This is an insult
against a) history and b) the people of Kashmir! When did they opt for
this?! As a matter of fact it was the Maharaja Hari Singh, a thoroughly
dissolute and corrupt Hindu autocrat, who “opted to remain in India”!
The Muslim majority population was never asked and certainly would have
never agreed to it! (See on this chapter 4 and 5 in this essay incl.
numerous sources
https://www.thecommunists.net/theory/revolutionaries-and-the-slogan-of-azadi-kashmir/)

3.The UN requested in 1948 (and the Indian government agreed) to hold a
plebiscite in which the Kashmiri people could decide about their fate.
The Indian government never hold such a referendum. If the people of
Kashmir would really wish to remain in India, the government could have
easily held such a referendum and then use a pro-Indian result as a huge
propaganda victory. Guess why Delhi never allowed a plebiscite!
Contrary, the Indian state had to send about 800,000 troops to keep a
people of 8 million under control! They had to slaughter up to 100,000
Kashmiri since 1989 and gang-rape thousands of women! How can one
imagine that the Kashmiri people want to be part of such a state?!

Why on earth should the people outside of Kashmir have a say in which
state the people of Kashmir shall live?! Because “Kashmir has been an
integral part of India since millenia”?! I repeat: This is a chauvinist
argument a la Modi and the BJP!

5.You say: “The two main

Re: [Marxism] Kashmir

2019-09-13 Thread RKOB via Marxism

What a pathetic Indian chauvinist nonsense!

1.I do not want to start a discussion about “Kashmir has been an
integral part of India since millenia”. In consider this as a chauvinist
argument a la Modi and the BJP! Sufficient to say that:

4.Your argument “Whether Kashmir should remain as apart of India or is
to be decided by the people of India” is a thoroughly chauvinist
argument which is unfortunately so widespread among the Stalinist and
semi-Stalinist forces in India. (See e.g. on the positions of Indian
“Communist” parties on Kashmir this essay with numerous references:
“Kashmir: Social-Patriotism Among the Indian Left”,
https://www.thecommunists.net/worldwide/asia/kashmir-social-patriotism-among-indian-left/)
Why on earth should the people outside of Kashmir have a say in which
state the people of Kashmir shall live?! Because “Kashmir has been an
integral part of India since millenia”?! I repeat: This is a chauvinist
argument a la Modi and the BJP!

5.You say: “The two main Communist Parties also adhere to this stand.”
This is unfortunately true. These are the same “Communist” parties who
supported denying Kashmir its right of national self-determination since
the creation of independent India, which ruled West-Bengal for decades
and implemented neoliberal policy and which oppressed the Naxalite
peasant rebellions. Surely, these are worthy flag-bearers of your
arguments! Fortunately, there are also progressive people in India like
Arundhati Roy who have the courage to defend the right of the Kashmiri
people (for quotes and sources see the first essay mentioned here.) I
strongly suggest to stop defending the artificial borders of India which
are kept only by violence against various people (See on this e.g.
India: A Prison House of Nations and Lower Castes,
https://www.thecommunists.net/theory/india-is-a-a-prison-house-of-nations-and-lower-castes/)

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[Marxism] Kashmir

2019-09-13 Thread Marla Vijaya kumar via Marxism

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I have been observing that a number of posts are there advocating an 
Independent Kashmir.
Let me make it clear that Kashmir has been an integral part of India since 
millenia. At the time of Partition, the people of Kashmir opted 
to remain in India, but Pakistan had forcibly taken away the Western part of 
Kashmir and it has been the point of contention between the
two neighbours. And Pakistan has made Western Kasmir as its base to breed 
terrorism. Whether Kashmir should remain as apart of India 
or is to be decided by the people of India and certainly not by those outside 
its borders. The rise of Taliban and and Afghan War and 
fundamentalism has fuelled separatist feelings in the people of Kashmir.
It is true that in the last 30 years, successive governments in Delhi tried to 
suppress the legitimate democratic demands of the people of 
Kashmir. An overwhelming majority of Indians want Kasmir to enjoy full 
democratic rights and that it should remain as a part of the 
Indian Union. The two main Communist Parties also adhere to this stand. 
I strongly object to the tone of the messages, picturing India as an occupier 
of Kashmir. It is a distortion of history.
Vijaya Kumar M
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[Marxism] Kashmir: Major Event in Solidarity with the Oppressed People

2019-09-01 Thread RKOB via Marxism


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Report (with Pictures and Video) from a major event of the Pakistani and 
Kashmiri migrant community in Vienna on 31 August 2019


https://www.thecommunists.net/rcit/kashmir-major-event-in-solidarity-with-the-oppressed-people/

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[Marxism] Kashmir crisis a heritage of British imperialism

2019-08-17 Thread John Reimann via Marxism

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"India’s ultra-right prime minister Modi has staged an overnight coup
abolishing Kashmir’s statehood and autonomous status, cutting all its
communication links and flooding it with occupation troops, writes Roger
Silverman in Britain.

"Like Palestine, Kashmir is a living mangled relic of the crimes of British
imperialism, which wantonly promoted internecine communal hatred (just as
also in Ireland and wherever else it set foot) in order to “divide and
rule”.

"When Britain was forced to abandon its rule over the Indian subcontinent,
it made sure that its departure, as in Palestine and Ireland, was marked by
a brutal partition and a consequent orgy of bloodletting whipped up by
Hindu and Muslim gangsters and demagogues"

Full article:
https://oaklandsocialist.com/2019/08/17/kashmir-crisis-a-heritage-of-british-colonialism/

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[Marxism] Kashmir: Social-Patriotism Among the Indian Left

2019-03-03 Thread RKOB via Marxism


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Kashmir: Social-Patriotism Among the Indian Left

On the opportunistic adaptation of various “Stalinists”, “Trotskyists” 
and “Maoists” to the chauvinistic wave in the wake of the latest 
conflict between India and Pakistan


By Michael Pröbsting, RCIT, 02 March 2019

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Re: [Marxism] Kashmir: Protesters condemn repression

2016-07-17 Thread Stuart Munckton via Marxism

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correct url: https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/62193

On 18 July 2016 at 12:13, Stuart Munckton  wrote:

> Hundreds of students, trade union activists, women's rights groups,
> lawyers and queer groups gathered at Jantar Mantar, Delhi, on July 14,
> wearing black bands to condemn the violence being unleashed on unarmed
> civilians in Kashmir.
>
> https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/Kashmir-Protesters-condemn-repression
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[Marxism] Kashmir: Protesters condemn repression

2016-07-17 Thread Stuart Munckton via Marxism

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Hundreds of students, trade union activists, women's rights groups, lawyers
and queer groups gathered at Jantar Mantar, Delhi, on July 14, wearing
black bands to condemn the violence being unleashed on unarmed civilians in
Kashmir.

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[Marxism] Kashmir

2016-07-13 Thread Prashad, Vijay via Marxism

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My column today in Alternet is on the events in Kashmir. The last paragraph 
points the finger:

Kashmiris need to be able to see a future where their own ambitions can govern 
their present and future. That imagination cannot be build through the scope of 
a rifle. It has to be built with historical generosity and an adherence to the 
basic norms of the UN Charter. Who among us is willing to face up to that 
challenge - to stop having the same old tired conversations and start our 
discussion with the Kashmiris front and center?

You can read the rest here: 
www.alternet.org/world/indian-army-kills-kashmir-leader

Warmly, Vijay.



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