The persistant sectarian splittism of the Indian Left (as well as most other "Lefts" worldwide) does not this depress you? There was ONE Chinese Communist Party that defeated the Japanese and compradors. With 37 parties competing w/ each other, the real deep problems in India of mass poverty (even w/ a growing middle class) and marginalization and the caste system and Hindu fascism of the JVP, will never get contested w/o a more unified left. Michael
On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 18:39:37 -0500, Hari Kumar <hari.kumar at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Dear Michael: Since you are not obtuse, I can only assume you wish to
> 'get my goat'. What has the multiplicity of Maoist parties got to do with
> it? Yours Truely, Confused, In Upper Canada.
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-- Michael Pugliese
From "Marx at the Millenium, " by Cyril Smith, Pluto Press. Footnote 5, pg. 178, "...The Three Priciples of Democratic Centralism...by Don Cuckson: 1 Father Knows Best 2 Not in front of the children 3 Keep it in the family.