At this point in our history, we should savor any victory, however hollow. Maybe the
Right has finally
overreached.
Is Congress still as neo-liberal as it was under the last Gandhi?
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Chico, CA
Isn't there someone here who can tell us how the BJP is really the
lesser of two evils?
Doug
from the anyone but bush again dept, a victory of sorts: the
right-wing fundamentalist (and dare i say, murderous) BJP suffers an
election defeat:
India's ruling party concedes defeat
http://www.guardian.co.uk/india/story/0,12559,1215700,00.html
India's ruling Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) today
Doug Henwood wrote:
Isn't there someone here who can tell us how the BJP is really the
lesser of two evils?
i am a bit confused by the above. i think the BJP is the worse of the
many evils. are you asking for a contrary opinion to mine? or did you
misunderstand mine?
i would have a tough time
I could but I just finished teaching my India class and now heading into
my development class. I'll try. cheers, anthony
xxx
Anthony P. D'Costa, Associate Professor
Comparative International Development
University of
I could but I just finished teaching my India class and now heading into
my development class. I'll try. cheers, anthony
xxx
Anthony P. D'Costa, Associate Professor
Comparative International Development
University of
Q: YOU MENTIONED the Congress Party and its decline as one of the
factors that led to the rise of the BJP. The Congress had historically
been identified with what is known as the Nehruvian legacy of centrist
and social-democratic policies. Why did it begin to bury that legacy?
A: THE CONGRESS
Isn't there someone here who can tell us how the BJP is really the
lesser of two evils?
Doug
No, but yesterday there would have been plenty around
to tell us how voting Communist Party (of your choice)
would throw the election to the BJP.
Shane
No, but yesterday there would have been plenty around
to tell us how voting Communist Party (of your choice)
would throw the election to the BJP.
Shane
Not really. India, like most civilized countries, has a parliamentary
system. This means that all parties can get some representation no
matter
ravi wrote:
Doug Henwood wrote:
Isn't there someone here who can tell us how the BJP is really the
lesser of two evils?
i am a bit confused by the above. i think the BJP is the worse of the
many evils. are you asking for a contrary opinion to mine? or did you
misunderstand mine?
That was a
Louis Proyect wrote:
First,
there were forces in the north connected to caste politics. Second, the
emergence of the right-wing and reactionary elements like the RSS
[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh].
a few points:
1) w.r.t the above, the RSS is not a recent emergence. the
hindu/upper-caste
Louis Proyect wrote:
Not really. India, like most civilized countries, has a parliamentary
system. This means that all parties can get some representation no
matter how small. The USA has a winner take all system that was if not
designed to marginalize smaller parties certainly has that
: Thursday, May 13, 2004 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: a victory of sorts in india...
No, but yesterday there would have been plenty around
to tell us how voting Communist Party (of your choice)
would throw the election to the BJP.
Shane
Not really. India, like most civilized countries, has
I am afraid I have to diagree on the emergency issue. It was Mrs. Gandhi
who was solely responsible for the emergency. But that was in 1975 and
lasted until 1977, until she was thrown out, but then she came back in
1979! When she realized her populist garibi hatao (eliminate poverty)
slogan was
On Thursday, May 13, 2004 at 14:41:13 (-0400) Doug Henwood writes:
... the argument you
sometimes see that Bush is actually a lesser evil than Kerry. (See,
for example, Gabriel Kolko's piece in Counterpunch.) ...
Actually, his argument was a bit
I am afraid I have to diagree on the emergency issue. It was Mrs.
Gandhi who was solely responsible for the emergency. But that was in
1975 and lasted until 1977, until she was thrown out, but then she came
back in 1979! When she realized her populist garibi hatao (eliminate
poverty) slogan was
No, but yesterday there would have been plenty around
to tell us how voting Communist Party (of your choice)
would throw the election to the BJP.
Shane
Actually, the Communist Party (M) formed electoral alliances with Congress,
because, as it stated in its press, it understood correctly that the
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