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LeftView discussion on the "Maoists' Role in India Today"

Mon, 2009-11-30 04:08 | LeftView

 മാവോയിസ്റ്റുകള്‍ ചെയ്യുന്നതെന്ത്?
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മാവോയിസ്റ്റുകള്‍ ഇന്ന് ഇന്ത്യയില്‍ എന്തുപങ്കാണ് വഹിക്കുന്നത് എന്ന് മനസ്സിലാക്കാന്‍ ഇന്ത്യയിലെ മാവോയിസ്റ്റ് പ്രസ്ഥാനത്തിന്റെ ചരിത്രത്തിലേക്ക് ഒന്ന് തിരിഞ്ഞുനോക്കേണ്ടതുണ്ട്.

LeftView discussion on the "Maoists' Role in India Today"

Tue, 2009-11-24 01:07 | Sridip, Utsav, and LeftView

Prakash Karat's speech -

 

 আমরা আজকে ভারতবর্ষের বুকে মাওবাদীদের ভুমিকা নিয়ে আলোচনা করছি।

 

A difficult phase and possible way out

Mon, 2009-11-16 03:03 — srinir

As the Nepali Maoists launch massive protests in the capital to force the government to accede to their demands -of reversal of presidential decision on the removal of the army chief earlier this year - and others, a most unlikely way out emerges for breaking the deadlock over the Constitution writing process.

On the Indian Maoists and their Sympathisers

Sat, 2009-11-14 14:31 | Prasenjit Bose
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As the Maoists continue with their violent and disruptive activities, sections of the intelligentsia are openly expressing sympathy for their cause. Although the sympathy is often couched in rhetoric against the state and its security offensive against the Maoists, what distinguishes the Maoist sympathizers from a broader community of intellectuals and civil rights groups, who are skeptical of the intent and apprehensive of the efficacy of the Union Government’s anti-Maoists operations, is their stubborn refusal to condemn the anarchic violence and mindless killings by the Maoists. 

 

LeftView discussion on the "Maoists' Role in India Today"

Thu, 2009-11-12 11:09 | LeftView

 On the 6th of November, 2009, Left View conducted a discussion recently on the Maoists' Role in India Today featuring the general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Prakash Karat and eminent economist at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Prof. Jayati Ghosh.The meeting was chaired by Prabir Purkayastha of the Delhi Science Forum 

The video recordings of the talks are linked in this post. An unedited transcript of the video (for those who don't have broadband) is attached along with the post. UPDATE- A Tamil translation of Prakash Karat's speech is also attached (courtesy Sa.Veeramani ) UPDATE 2 - A Bengali translation is available here. UPDATE 3 - A Malayalam translation is available here. 

A tale of failures and their persistence

Thu, 2009-10-22 15:48 | Srinivasan Ramani
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The inability of the Maoists to transform their spark in 1967 into a prairie fire as late as 2009 is indicative of the stupendous failure of the Maoist praxis. Srinivasan Ramani writes.

Open Letter to Noam Chomsky

Thu, 2009-10-22 09:00 | Nirmalangshu Mukherji

Pragoti publishes a letter by Prof. Nirmalangshu Mukherji  addressed to Professor Noam Chomsky, regarding a statement made by a group of people across international boundaries on the proposed actions against the Maoists by the central government. 

Maoists and the Intellectuals in West Bengal

Thu, 2009-10-08 17:33 — subhanil

On the hypocrisy of the 'Sushil Samaj' in West Bengal

Deadlock in Nepal

Wed, 2009-10-07 22:20 — srinir

 A stasis has persisted in Nepal ever since the formation of the new government led by unelected-but-nominated (to the constituent assembly) prime minister Madhav Kumar Nepal of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist).

মমতার দাবি মেনে কেন্দ্র নিষিদ্ধ করল 'মাওবাদী' পার্টি

Wed, 2009-07-01 13:36 | আজিজুল হক

মমতা দাবি করেছিলেন মাওবাদীদের রাজ্যে নিষিদ্ধ করার. মাওবাদীরা এমন  বিপ্লব'ই করলেন    যে  সরকার আর রাষ্ট্র   জনগণের ওপর কালো আইন চাপিযে দেওয়ার অজুহাত পেল.   আজিজুল হক লিখেছেন আজকালে.