Hi hany, This is what Ashley wrote in response to your comment. I am posting this bz he is not a member of greenyouth and i have made the initial posting of his article. I have also invited him to greenyouth
ranjit Dear Ranjit, Please post this on my behalf on greenyouth as I am not a member. Thanks ashley In reponse to Dr. Hany Babu's retort to my article: Seeking police protection in advance is wise because then they cannot stand by as mute witnesses but have to take action. I also meant asking students to act as security and not just depend on the police as we have done in the past at such events. The second reason offered by Dr. Babu does not make any sense in relation to dependence or the lack of it on the police. Demonstrations are fine but not unless they are consolidated with consistent action. We had a great demonstration early this year over the History Department vndalism by the same people and at the close of the year we have this. What does that prove? That coming out in hundreds on one day means nothing in the long run. I was well aware of the reactions of the audience (much of it was in the press release) and I commend them, But these are simply not enough. Geelani was spat upon and humiiated, microphones broken, tables and chairs vandalised, windows broken. All of this can and must be avoided in the future by creating a strong secular student-teacher body like the erstwhile Delhi University Forum for Democracy. That it died is indication of the whole point of my article. That the Right organises and consolidates well and we on the secular front and the Left don't. We need to learn from that and organise and consistently fight against these fascist goons. -- Ranjit --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
