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Shefali Vaidya admits that her kids are American
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Gandhi: the myths behind the Mahatma
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ambitions, or as it happened in BHU IIT when three reactionary goons belonging to ruling party sexually assaulted a female student from the campus and are still out on bail due to their political connections; these cycle of selective outrage over not so unfamiliar issues is concerning.*
>*“We have done it... This resignation is proof that if you people are not afraid, if you people do not bow down to this government, then we can take the resignation of anyone (jhukti hai ye duniya jhukane wala chahiye)” —Dipke post resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan, 25 July, 2026*
*And I write this saying neither left social democratic front, who is usually omnipresent at every protest suddenly writes performative letter in support but not on ground presence despite police brutality is trustworthy, because they're taking calculated actions as it will jeopardize their parental party's bourgeois ambitions nor the despicable centrists or Right wing fringes who are near indentical in their motives and govern their actions wherever their reactionary outbursts lead them can be trusted, say it the protest was conspiracy of xyz enemy nation and they'll suddenly distance away from students agitation.*
*As I write this mainstream media is already peddling news of pakistani connection at LPU protest, so no question of social chauvinistic left's is now expected anywhere close to support them.*
#Question on caste unity :
*Systematic caste abuse at educational institutions is been in practice by dominant section of supposedly 'educationists' belonging to economically forward class and caste elites for decades since the birth of this bourgeoisie democracy, even if this topic somehow manages to get national attention it easily diluted with bit of sprinkle of nationalism and ignorance by willingful participants in this violence. Events leading upto 18th September at IIT Bombay isn't first case and it won't be last, so called members of hierarchally elite 'publicised enough' students group were quick to hurl casteist abuse and question the student's talent based on their twisted moral grandstanding but they have forgotten somebody from past who was similar victim of such institutional marginalisation, one who breaks their 'moral policing' and casteist notions, his name was Rohit Vemula.*
*Roughly 10 years from now a highly intelligent dalit PhD student from Hyderabad University was humiliated by reactionary hindutvavadi right wing politicians based on his caste and identity, but as usual faculty ignored his protests, written pleas and personal degradation infront of all his campus mates leading him to take drastic actions.*
*These are not sporadic events but a systematic oppression at university level that make sure to break and twist the will of those who doesn't fit their utopian dreams of supposed 'educationists' belonging to forward class and caste community's glorious 'hindu rashtra' . Personally I've also closely witnessed these during my university days sometimes directly sometimes from first hand account of victim students belonging to marginalised communities.*
#What is to be done?
*Students are not revolutionary entities inherently they can be radical but as long as they do not fight against the present state of things, one that cause division in social relations, labour, class , gender, and caste against all odds to unite humanity as species they cannot be revolutionary. It's quite easy to be reactionary and preserve present state of things but this will be jist repeatation of same cycle that has been happening since the supposed independence of this nation.*
*In 'Students and Politics' (1928) by Bhagat Singh this is why he says -*
\>***Attempts are being made to turn the youths who are supposed to lead the country tomorrow into mindless beings. We ourselves should comprehend what result we would get out of this. We understand that the main task of the students is to study, they should pay full attention towards it; but is it not a part of the education to gather knowledge regarding the situation that our country is in and develop
Is everyone focusing too much on culture wars while ignoring the class war?
I will never be able to wrap my head around how average people, are still waging culture wars over meaningless bullshit like gender, religion, caste and sexuality while the rich get richer and rob us blind, exploiting us more and more. Every election, we have the chance to focus on healthcare, infrastructure, environment, education, money in politics, taxing the super wealthy and corporations so they pay their fair share, things that actually affect all of us. But no, we can't focus on that because instead, we need to argue about who is sleeping with whom, anti-reservation fuckery, meaningless gender infighting that could never happened in the first place if people just had little empathy for each other and accept each other as they are. They want people to fight over such stuff so that maximum working class get distracted, lose their focus on the actual issues while they scam their way out. Many can't understand what they should be rather angry about. What can I even expect when the average Joe in this country votes on the basis of religion regardless of anything else. It's literally an echo-chamber everywhere.
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Dumbfck college-mates
My classmates troll me coz I am a catholic and they feel very proud of themselves being a hindu and its the world's oldest religion 🤡. I am the only catholic in my class, rest our hindus. Should I ignore them coz I cannot handle their sanghi mindset stupidity.
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Divide and Rule 🤤
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trickle-down economics failed, so trick the masses.
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this brutality must stop
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US panel says India is misusing anti-terror law to jail minorities, seeks release of Khalid, Imam
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THE BHAGAT SINGH READER - ENGLISH
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Under Sanghi Edu. Policy NCERT says 'Indian' Kings received swords from goddesses to resist religious-driven invasions; Yet they failed to resist those invasions || Begs the question then—How cuck were 'Indian' Kings?
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100 Years After Naujawan Bharat Sabha, Bhagat Singhs Words Meet a New Youth Movement
https://m.thewire.in/article/politics/100-years-after-naujawan-bharat-sabha-bhagat-singhs-words-meet-a-new-youth-movement
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should altogether be abandoned. That will create a number of workers who shall be forced to lead an underground life. They should carry on the work with the same zeal. And it is this group of workers that shall produce worthy leaders for the real opportunity.***
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>***The party requires workers which can be recruited only through the youth movement. Hence we find the youth movement as the starting point of our programme. The youth movement should organize study circles, class lectures and publication of leaflets, pamphlets, books and periodicals. This is the best recruiting and training ground for political workers.***
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>***Those young men who may have matured their ideas and may find themselves ready to devote their life to the cause, may be transferred to the party. The party workers shall always guide and control the work of the youth movement as well. The party should start with the work of mass propaganda. It is very essential. One of the fundamental causes of the failure of the efforts of the Ghadar Party (1914-15) was the ignorance, apathy and sometimes active opposition of the masses. And apart from that, it is essential for gaining the active sympathy of and of and organising the peasants and workers. The name of party or rather, a communist party. This party of political workers, bound by strict discipline, should handle all other movements. It shall have to organize the peasants’ and workers’ parties, labour unions, and kindred political bodes.***
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>***There are certain people in the labour movement who enlist some absurd ideas about the economic liberty of the peasants and workers without political freedom. They are demagogues or muddle-headed people. Such ideas are unimaginable and preposterous. We mean the economic liberty of the masses, and for that very purpose we are striving to win the political power. No doubt in the beginning, we shall have to fight for little economic demands and privileges of these classes. But these struggles are the best means for educating them for a final struggles are the best means for educating them for a final struggle to conquer political power.***
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>***Apart from these, there shall necessarily be organized a military department. This is very important. At times its need is felt very badly. But at that time you cannot start and formulate such a group with substantial means to act effectively. Perhaps this is the topic that needs a careful explanation. There is very great probability of my being misunderstood on this subject. Apparently I have acted like a terrorist. But I am not a terrorist. I am a revolutionary who has got such definite ideas of a lengthy programme as is being discussed here. My “comrades in arms” might accuse me, like Ram Prasad Bismil, for having been subjected to certain sort of reaction in the condemned cell, which is not true. I have got the same ideas, same convictions, same convictions, same zeal and same spirit as I used to have outside, perhaps — nay, decidedly — better. Hence I warn my readers to be careful while reading my words. They should not try to read anything between the lines. Let me announced with all the strength at my command, that I am not a terrorist and I never was, expected perhaps in the beginning of my revolutionary career. And I am convinced that we cannot gain anything through those methods. One can easily judge it from the history of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association. All our activities were directed towards an aim, i.e., identifying ourselves with the great movement as its military wing. If anybody has misunderstood me, let him amend his ideas. I do not mean that bombs and pistols are useless, rather the contrary. But I mean to say that mere bomb-throwing is not only useless but sometimes harmful. The military department of the party should always keep ready all the war-material it can command for any emergency. It should back the political work of the party. It cannot and should not work independently.***
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>***On these lines indicated above, the party should proceed with its work. Through
armies are in the villages and in factories, the peasantry and the labourers. But our bourgeois leaders do not and cannot dare to tackle them. The sleeping lion once awakened from its slumber shall become irresistible even after the achievement of what our leaders aim at. After his first experience with the Ahmedabad labourers in 1920 Mahatma Gandhi declared: “We must not tamper with the labourers. It is dangerous to make political use of the factory proletariat” (The Times, May 1921). Since then, they never dared to approach them. There remains the peasantry. The Bardoli resolution of 1922 clearly denies the horror the leaders felt when they saw the gigantic peasant class rising to shake off not only the domination of an alien nation but also the yoke of the landlords.***
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>***It Is there that our leaders prefer a surrender to the British than to the peasantry. Leave alone Pt. Jawahar lal. Can you point out any effort to organize the peasants or the labourers? No, they will not run the risk. There they lack. That is why I say they never meant a complete revolution. Through economic and administrative pressure they hoped to get a few more reforms, a few more concessions for the Indian capitalists. That is why I say that this movement is doomed to die, may be after some sort of compromise or even without. They young workers who in all sincerity raise the cry “Long Live Revolution”, are not well organized and strong enough to carry the movement themselves. As a matter of fact, even our great leaders, with the exception of perhaps Pt. Motilal Nehru, do not dare to take any responsibility on their shoulders, that is Why every now and then they surrender unconditionally before Gandhi. In spite of their differences, they never oppose him seriously and the resolutions have to be carried for the Mahatma.***
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>***In these circumstances, let me warn the sincere young workers who seriously mean a revolution, that harder times are coming. Let then beware lest they should get confused or disheartened. After the experience made through two struggles of the Great Gandhi, we are in a better position to form a clear idea of our present position and the future programme.***
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>***Now allow me to state the case in the simplest manner. You cry “Long Live Revolution.” Let me assume that you really mean it. According to our definition of the term, as stated in our statement in the Assembly Bomb Case, revolution means the complete overthrow of the existing social order and its replacement with the socialist order. For that purpose our immediate aim is the achievement of power. As a matter of fact, the state, the government machinery is just a weapon in the hands of the ruling class to further and safeguard its interest. We want to snatch and handle it to utilise it for the consummation of our ideal, i.e., social reconstruction on new, i.e., Marxist, basis. For this purpose we are fighting to handle the government machinery. All along we have to educate the masses and to create a favourable atmosphere for our social programme. In the struggles we can best train and educate them.***
(This educating role is the part many liberal activist ignore but will nevertheless compare a safe playing centrist as Bhagat Singh)
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>***We have discussed the present situation to some extent. The goal also has been slightly touched. We want a socialist revolution, the Indispensable preliminary to which is the political revolution. That is what we want. The political revolution does not mean the transfer of state (or more crudely, the power) from the hands of the British to the Indian, but to those Indians who are at one with us as to the final goal, or to be more precise, the power to be transferred to the revolutionary party through popular support. After that, to proceed in right earnest is to organize the reconstruction of the whole society on the socialist basis. If you do not mean this revolution, then please have mercy. Stop shouting “Long Live Revolution.” The term revolution is too sacred, at least to us, to be so lightly used or misused.
government is quite unique. According to them, before the students take admission in a college, they are supposed to sign the condition that they would not participate in political activities. It is very unfortunate that popularly elected Manohar, who is now the education minister, has sent a circular in the name of schools and colleges to the effect that no students or teachers would participate in politics. Just a few days have passed that a celebration of students’ week was organized by the students’ union in Lahore. Even there, Sir Abdul Kadar and Prof. Ishwarchandra Nanda laid stress that the students should not take part in politics.*
Here we can see that Singh is criticising colonial administration forbading students from taking part in national liberation movement (Anti-Simon Commission protest) fearing that might result in radicalisation of students against colonial administration.
>*Punjab is said to be the most politically backward state in the country. What is the reason for this? Has Punjab made fewer sacrifices? Has Punjab been suffering less? Then what is the reason that we are backward in this field? The reason is quite clear that the officers of our education department are completely stupid.*
Here Singh blames colonial education system for backwardess of Punjab and political nullity of students regarding national liberation movement of India. Singh accuses them as incompetent for betraying national determination of the Indian masses and taking sides with colonial administration.
>*Today’s proceedings of the Punjab council makes it much clearer that the reason behind it is that our education is waste and useless, and the student-youth community is not participating in issues related to our country. They are ignorant in this regard.*
Singh insist that because of how current education system is designed to be ‘useless’, this was the reason why there weren’t enough ‘radical’ figures in Punjab. Singh’s analysis wasn’t wrong as British colonial administration educated Indian masses as much as which will only benefit their smooth operation of colonial capitalism.
[Now as I have said earlier before most students are indeed ‘radical’ figures of the society but are not necessarily revolutionary by any means, because their class interest are not intertwined with that of working classes yet, many of them had yet to learn true meaning of becoming a ‘class traitor’ and that idea comes through becoming part of a class party and dealing with the problems of proletariat not by waving placards and banners infront of your oppressor (in case of India it was both bourgeoisie and colonial administration then), Bhagat Singh will ofcourse learn this lesson in tragic ending.]
>*Attempts are being made to turn the youths who are supposed to lead the country tomorrow into mindless beings. We ourselves should comprehend what result we would get out of this. We understand that the main task of the students is to study, they should pay full attention towards it; but is it not a part of the education to gather knowledge regarding the situation that our country is in and develop the ability to think about measures to improve it?*
The improvement here he’s talking about is regarding Simon Commission of course, and potential reforms which like Singh many had hoped will result in some degree of sovereignty and self government of India.
>*Some cunning people say – “Dear, you should read and think politically, but never practice politics. Once you become more qualified, you’ll be beneficial for our country.”*
Singh here is ofcourse talking about colonial lapdogs who despite knowing how peasants and unarmed protestors get bogged down by guns of colonial forces, are still betraying people of it’s own nation.
**Note: Singh is quite aware of bourgeoisie nature of Indian National liberation movement and it’s leadership but for sake of unity he’s not trying to complicate things by adding class interest of these lapdogs that would mean he's turning blind eye to his favoured side ofcourse the members of INC and other
It breaks my heart that one of India's brightest minds is wasting away in a prison cell
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the ability to think about measures to improve it?***
*Later he says in 'To young political workers' (1931) -*
\>***Now allow me to state the case in the simplest manner. You cry “Long Live Revolution” ("Inquilab Zindabad"). Let me assume that you really mean it. According to our definition of the term, as stated in our statement in the Assembly Bomb Case, revolution means the complete overthrow of the existing social order and its replacement with the socialist order. For that purpose our immediate aim is the achievement of power. As a matter of fact, the state, the government machinery is just a weapon in the hands of the ruling class to further and safeguard its interest. We want to snatch and handle it to utilise it for the consummation of our ideal, i.e., social reconstruction on new, i.e., Marxist, basis. For this purpose we are fighting to handle the government machinery. All along we have to educate the masses and to create a favourable atmosphere for our social programme. In the struggles we can best train and educate them.***
**These words clearly portrays Bhagat Singh's understanding of reactionaries and revolutionaries.**
*What indian students really needs is a unified popular front under the leadership of true marxist party that can help them organise them and elevate their identity as radical political units to truly revolutionary ones that challenges every form of dogma ranging from faith to customs, aiming for truly scientific society.*
*A unified leadership that gives liberty to all oppressed and disempowered section of the society against every form of institutionalised bourgeoisie superstructures that has been feeding on them by dividing them making them hate on eachother based on their regional or gender identity.*
*In this way we can truly combat the educational rot of our nation which is generally incurable by the tried and failed formulation of capitalist and casteist social order.*
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Victory of Mirage : student radicalism being used as tool for bourgeoisie electoralism
`Roughly 70 days have passed when I write this piece, when it was universally declared by a reactionary group that student victory is achieved merely at the resignation of a puppet, a protest that was deitified by idealists, falsifiers and opportunists as ultimate tribute for the students that were forced to take their lives post NEET paper leaks and if we are to take their words at face value it was expected that no innocent lives will be lost post this 'resplendent victory' and students unity against the system will forever reign, this illusionary sandcastle quickly fell apart after the events of 18th September 2026 at IIT Bombay and 27th September 2026 at Lovely Professional University, Punjab`
*From the very beginning real marxists position on student protest has always been that it was a systematic failure of the bourgeoisie education system that harbours section of privileged class elites from every community and will come together to* [*cover up*](https://www.reddit.com/r/librandu/s/uGfusWAgM7) *when their collective corrupt and psychovertic interests are at risk to get compromised. Post NEET paper leak protests the state machinery scapegoated small timers who used to get crumbs to force them resign (as it always happens and sometimes it never happens), but that system which has facilitated it's nurturing still remains. There's no absolute guarantee that same won't happen in near future even post anti-incumbency under same new-old bourgeoisie masters of this system.*
#Question of popular student unity:
*Unironically it was never there, when we explore this from material basis if we saw massive outrage and media cover-up for NEET paper protests both from students belonging to medical/ non-medical background because it generates more capital to the bourgeoisie examination order in this country than any one, which is roughly ₹300-₹400 crores ($31-$41 millions USD at current exchange rate) annually vis application fees. Combined with other major exams such as JEE's and CUET, ministry of education roughly generated ₹1000 ($ 104 USD) crores in revenue all from application fees, still managing to generate massive surplus of ₹449 crores FY 2023-24.*
*Whereas small time state exams with recent paper leak scandal such as UP constable leak (2024), UP RO/ARO leak (2024), REET paper leak (2021), BSSC leak (2022), JSSC CGL leak (2024) , etc exam's application fees generated surplus of ≈ ₹40 cr-₹80 cr, ₹7-₹8 cr, ₹20 cr, ₹27-₹18 cr , ₹42 lakh respectively by their state board of examinations.*
*This naturally makes victim students from regional exam leaks hierarchally inferior and dependent on 'more publicised exam protests' to join them and to raise their demands mostly achieving nothing, whilst the cycle of corruption scandal still goes on at their respective region which aren't 'publicised enough' by capitalist mainstream media.*
*This compulsion of students often leaves them to be preyed upon by regional or national electoral parties & their reactionary student wings , predatory activism, etc. which promise them of justice but are same extension of malignant organelle that has been infecting educational rights of students through generations, some are newer ones but are born from budding of same organism with equally cancerous tendency.*
*This situation often creates divide amongst students whenever the political interest of these bourgeoisie parties whom they're locally supporting and their electoral margins are on lines. Marking these crisis as opportunity for one and distress for another, creating regionalist xenophobic politics inplay (pitting students looking for career opportunities from one region with local candidates), most of the progresive parties distance away from this issues if it effects their bourgeoisie electoral allies.*
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*Case of Punjab's LPU isn't alien to anyone now how a 'publicised section of student fronts' are restraining from speaking on it because it effects their parental party's electoral
Reddit took down an account because it simply showed Anant Ambani singing bigoted song associated to hindutva nazis
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Indian Capitalist Elite has begun forming alliances with the Opposition.
I just read that Akhilesh Yadav has chosen a Reliance Executive as Samajwadi Party's Rajya Sabha Candidate. I think they feel the Modi ship is sinking fast and our capitalist elite are looking for exits already. Which is why Rahul Gandhi chose to not mention Ambani in his latest press conference.
That's Bourgeois Democracy for you.
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Encore Abj (½ Seedhe Maut) on Ilhan Omar citing the Genocide Watch study about the persecution of minorities in India
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Video on Mamdani's reformism
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Darbhanga, Bihar: In a park, two Hindu extremists filmed a Muslim woman from a distance; one of them is named Shailesh. They pressured a minor girl who was begging by enticing her with money and told her, “Go and get that Muslim woman’s phone number; we will give you money.”
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Beaten through night, thrown into canal, pregnant woman survives attack by father, brother
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/punjab-pregnant-woman-thrown-canal-father-brother-inter-caste-marriage-10869026/lite/
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Majlis-e-Librandu | 30th September, 2026
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Am I the only one who finds this weird? How is this possible? CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s family.
Father: Gyanesh Kumar, the Chief Election Commissioner of India and a retired Kerala-cadre IAS officer.
Elder Daughter / Self: Medha Roopam, IAS officer, District Magistrate of Noida (Gautam Buddh Nagar).
Elder Son-in-Law: Manish Bansal, IAS officer and District Magistrate of Saharanpur.
Younger Daughter: Abhishri, an Indian Revenue Service, IRS officer.
Younger Son-in-Law: Akshay Labroo, 2018-batch IAS officer and Director of the Information Department in Jammu and Kashmir.
Brother: Manish Kumar, an IRS officer.
Brother-in-Law (Roli's husband): Upendra Jain, an Indian Police Service, (IPS) officer.
Son: Arnav Kumar, currently pursuing his studies.
How do so many of them become IAS, IRS, or IPS officers when there are so few seats and such intense competition?
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periodical meetings and conferences they should go on educating and enlightening their workers on all topics. If you start the work on these lines, you shall have to be very sober. The programme requires at least twenty years for its fulfillment. Cast aside the youthful dreams of a revolution within ten years of Gandhi’s utopian promises of Swaraj in One Year. It requires neither the emotion nor the death, but the life of constant struggle, suffering and sacrifice. Crush your individuality first. Shake off the dreams of personal comfort. Then start to work. Inch by inch you shall have to proceed. It needs courage, perseverance and very strong determination. No difficulties and no hardships shall discourage you. No failure and betrayals shall dishearten you. No travails (!) imposed upon you shall snuff out the revolutionary will in you. Through the ordeal of sufferings and sacrifice you shall come out victorious. And these individual victories shall be the valuable assets of the revolution.***
***LONG LIVE REVOLUTION***
[Bhagat Singh (to young political workers)](https://www.marxists.org/archive/bhagat-singh/1931/02/02.htm)
Not only Bhagat Singh talks about Party work but also about organising Marxist reading circles for students, which many leftist falsifiers blinded by actvist disease were mocking me after I said similar words.
If waving placards and banners infront of bourgeoisie and petit bourgeoisie classes were primary drivers for revolution then Fidel Castro would have achieved that in Cuba without needing to flee to Mexico, and then allying with local proletriats for a violent militant uprising in response to Batista regime (although it wasn't a marxist revolution but proletarian agitation was genuine).
##Conclusion:
• we should be wary about trusting liberals as our comrades
• revolutionary optimism should be checked, it exists in every form of communists but we should not be fooled by assuming that revolution will arrive automatically, it doesn’t. Revolution is expression of oppressed classes and peoples determination against forces in relation towards collective goals of achivement of dictatorship of proletariats, nothing less.
• Party is essential organ of revolution not activism, we can add more people to our cause by encouraging them to think in their own mettle and develop a class consciousness in beginning not by exasperating them with stupid placard or flag holding session.
• a collective organic central of socialist objective is must for future planning, and we all should be collectively working in this direction as most of the present existing all known socialist branches have failed badly.
• Again learn to think than larping for electoral mussoliniyte falsifiers and centrists.
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But if you say you are for the national revolution and the aims of your struggle is an Indian republic of the type of the United State of America, then I ask you to please let known on what forces you rely that will help you bring about that revolution. Whether national or the socialist, are the peasantry and the labour. Congress leaders do not dare to organize those forces. You have seen it in this movement. They know it better than anybody else that without these forces they are absolutely helpless. When they passed the resolution of complete independence — that really meant a revolution — they did not mean it. They had to do it under pressure of the younger element, and then they wanted to us it as a threat to achieve their hearts’ desire — Dominion Status. You can easily judge it by studying the resolutions of the last three sessions of the Congress. I mean Madras, Calcutta and Lahore. At Calcutta, they passed a resolution asking for Dominion Status within twelve months, otherwise they would be forced to adopt complete independence as their object, and in all solemnity waited for some such gift till midnight after the 31st December, 1929. Then they found themselves “honour bound” to adopt the Independence resolution, otherwise they did not mean it. But even then Mahatmaji made no secret of the fact that the door (for compromise) was open. That was the real spirit. At the very outset they knew that their movement could not but end in some compromise. It is this half-heartedness that we hate, not the compromise at a particular stage in the struggle. Anyway, we were discussing the forces on which you can depend for a revolution. But if you say that you will approach the peasants and labourers to enlist their active support, let me tell you that they are not going to be fooled by any sentimental talk. They ask you quite candidly: what are they going to gain by your revolution for which you demand their sacrifices, what difference does it make to them whether Lord Reading is the head of the Indian government or Sir Purshotamdas Thakordas? What difference for a peasant if Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru replaces Lord Irwin! It is useless to appeal to his national sentiment. You can’t “use” him for your purpose; you shall have to mean seriously and to make him understand that the revolution is going to be his and for his good. The revolution of the proletariat and for the proletariat.***
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>***After the present movement ends, you will find disgust and some disappointment amongst the sincere revolutionary workers. But you need not worry. Leave sentimentalism aside. Be prepared to face the facts. Revolution is a very difficult task. It is beyond the power of any man to make a revolution. Neither can it be brought about on any appointed date. It is brought can it be brought about on an appointed date. It is brought about by special environments, social and economic. The function of an organized party is to utilise an such opportunity offered by these circumstances. And to prepare the masses and organize the forces for the revolution is a very difficult task. And that required a very great sacrifice on the part of the revolutionary workers. Let me make it clear that if you are a businessman or an established worldly or family man, please don’t play with fire. As a leader you are of no use to the party. We have already very many such leaders who spare some evening hours for delivering speeches. They are useless. We require — to use the term so dear to Lenin — the “professional revolutionaries”. The whole-time workers who have no other ambitions or life-work except the revolution. The greater the number of such workers organized into a party, the great the chances of your success.***
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>***To proceed systematically, what you need the most is a party with workers of the type discussed above with clear-cut ideas and keen perception and ability of initiative and quick decisions. The party shall have iron discipline and it need not necessarily be an underground party, rather the contrary. Thought the policy of voluntarily going to jail
parties of national liberation. He’ll mention about this much later in 1931 after realising his impending death in captivity.**
Some liberal political adventurists misquote this context as Singh calling for ‘constant action’ which isn’t true, Singh here is referring to party work and political struggle which he later prove it by joining HSRA in same year (a Marxist class party based on Bolsheviks) and engaging in combat against colonial administration, Singh’s action can parallel with Maoist People’s protracted warfare but not quite similar as he would later surrender in hopes that liberal leadership of national liberation movement will use them as symbol for freedom struggle, and in turn will popularise Marxism (None of that happened).
In later part of the article Singh talks about incompetency of colonial educators and their goals to create more sycophants for colonial administration.
>***The youth cannot forget the atrocities inflicted upon the students in 1919. They also realize that we need a revolution. They should study, surely study! But along with it, they should also acquire political knowledge and when required they should not hesitate to jump into the fray and dedicate their life to this work. Sacrifice their life for the cause. There is no other way to save the situation.***
This is where Singh makes a naive mistake that would cost him dearly, he remembers Jallianwala Bagh massacre and other colonial police brutality of 1919 but assumes that upcoming movement will materialise in some kind of ‘revolution’.
Which wasn’t true, only thing that will result in is betrayal and compromise by liberal leadership of national liberation.
##HSRA and revolutionary optimism (1928-31):
Bhagat Singh joined HRA in 1928, his staunch Marxist ideas impressed it’s leadership and they later changed their name to HSRA. With this began Singh’s short stint of revolutionary war against colonial administration, such as shooting assistant superintendent Saunders (mistaken identity) as murderer of Lala Lajpat Rai (1928), bombing of train carrying Lord Irwin (1929) and bombing of Delhi Assembly (1929) which he did to attract people towards communist movement.
>**“Long Live Socialist Revolution”, “Long Live Communist International”, “Long Live People” “Lenin’s Name Will Never Die”, and “Down with Imperialism”** *— Bhagat Singh and his comrades inside magistrate court (1929)*
HSRA and it’s fractured groups will continue it’s optimistic actions but will later be betrayed by liberals.
##Betrayal of Bhagat Singh by Liberals:
Following bombing of Irwin’s train Gandhi called HSRA as “cult of bomb” and “cowards”. Later Gandhi instead of using Singh and his comrades as crux point for Civil Disobedience movement of 1930 completely ignored them. Despite this Singh and his friends became popular figures for national agitation, a banner against British colonialism in Punjab and North India.
Gandhi will later call off the protest again after some minor compromises.
(*Note: it's strange to see the supposed leftists of today larping for Gandhi and Bhagat Singh simultaneously, while placing their hopes on a bourgeoisie nepo family as last line of defence against fascism, such weakness, such frivolousness and the audacity of some philistines to compare him with centrists, truly we've reached an era of complete madness and peak mental degeneracy.*)
##Singh’s realisation of his mistake:
In article ‘To young political workers’ Singh fully goes unhinged against Gandhi and national bourgeoisie, now that he knew that they betrayed his cause and his impending death.
>***I have said that the present movement, i.e. the present struggle, is bound to end in some sort of compromise or complete failure.***
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>***I said that, because in my opinion, this time the real revolutionary forces have not been invited into the arena. This is a struggle dependent upon the middle class shopkeepers and a few capitalists. Both these, and particularly the latter, can never dare to risk its property or possessions in any struggle. The real revolutionary
Revolutionary Optimism of Bhagat Singh, his betrayal and twisting his legacy by liberals
`The following article is dissection of Bhagat Singh’s political experience from 1928-31 and his role in national liberation movement imbued with his marxist visions, in this article we shall discuss Bhagat Singh’s ‘Students and Politics’ (1928) and external factors that materialised him in writing such, his short stint with Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (1928-31) and his letter to ‘young political workers’ (1931) where he expresses his remorse for not understanding the opportunism of national bourgeoisie.`
#Background:
Following the promise of Montengue-Chelmsford reforms (1919) to send a delegation of research commision after 10 years to analyse it’s effect on colonial India was sent one years early by British government in 1928 (Simon Commission). The problem was the members were all 7 members were conservative Britishers and none were Indians. This sparked mass outrage amongst Indian national liberation leaderships, including leaders of Indian National Congress and All India Muslim League.
Cherry on top situation was then Viceroy Edward Woods aka Lord Irwin openly supporting the delegation and sidelining the concerns of Indians (fun fact: Woods would later suggest British Government to support Nazis in 1937). Woods distaste for Indians and their national determination was well known amongst radical circle and this gesture was taken by Indians as sign of racist discrimination.
This followed series nationwide protest against this racist gesture of Britishers and call for Simon Commission to leave India intensified. Nevertheless, Woods (follower of Conservative party) and his fellow conservative associates in commission (minus Clement Atlee) kept their mission ongoing fearing withdrawal will be sign of their weakness towards Labours in upcoming elections in Britain.
To make matter much intense, popular radical leader Lala Lajpat Rai was killed in police assault on protesting crowd and later in same year Motilal Nehru’s report for demanding ‘new dominion status and a federal set-up of government for the constitution of India’ was rejected.
The wounds of Jallianwala Bagh massacre (1919) and previous non-cooperation movement (1920-22) was still fresh in memories of masses, and fresh British administration’s racist response resulted in Civil Disobedience movement of 1930 which aimed at achieving complete self government of Indians devoid of British interference.
##Bhagat Singh’s stance (1928):
By 1927, Singh was popular radical figure known to both his enemies (colonial administration) and national liberation leaderships (supposed allies), he was arrested several times on suspicions of aiding revolutionary terrorist activities but released after failing to link his involvement. Singh used to write for *‘Kirti Kisan Party’* (workers and peasants party) in their newspaper *‘Kirti’* leading and influencing people towards national liberation and commmuism.
In 1928 when the environment for another national liberation movement was imminent post Lala Lajpat Rai’s death and Simon Commission’s stubbornness to back off, proponents of liberal colonial lapdogs and salaried classes began discouraging people from participating against their masters, these people contained: lawyers, social reformers, ministers, bureaucrats, industrialists and even some liberal politicians. In 1928, Singh wrote one such article in form of ‘Student and Politics’ as reply to such elements.
## Dissection of ‘Students and Politics’ (1928):
`Singh wrote this article keeping in mind of national liberation movement’s bourgeoisie nature with intention to target opportunism of some colonial lapdogs, therefore nowhere in the article he speaks against this nature of NatLib movement of India. Singh however will talk about this much later in 1931 realising his mistakes.`
>*Too much noise is heard these days about the opinion that the youth (students) who are studying should not participate in political activities. The view of Punjab