[lbo-talk] Roy on Indian election

[Dennis Redmond]

> There is not slightest doubt in mind that the overwhelming
> majority of CPs leaders and militants were deeply and genuinely committed
> to the idea of social and economic equality.

Then why was the caste issue ignored for so long? Didn't this have
something to do with the CP structure itself -- its reliance on deeply
authoritarian or neo-patriarchal (some would say, neo-ecclesiastical)
structures? Or did state repression force the CP movements to take their
modern form?

-- Dennis