200th Birth Year of Karl Marx, philosopher and the propounder of the Theory of Marxism / Communism is on the offing now. We are already going through the Centenary of the October 1917 Revolution (Bolshevik Revolution in Russia). One happy thing about Mr. Vladimir Putin is that, he does not make pretentions of being a fan or a follower of Karl Marx, just as Indian Politicians who make pretentions of being Great Disciples of Babasaheb Ambedkar, whose 125th Birth Anniversary has recently been celebrated with great gaiety. Of course, right now, the People Russia itself, do not appear to have much interest in Marx or Lenin.
Maoist Terrorist Groups in India
There are Terrorist Groups in India who swear on Marx and Mao, but who do not believe in either Marx or Mao. As labels are necessary to impress people, Maoists use the Communist Flags, literature, and names. For that matter, even Mao himself did not believe in Karl Marx. All those things are important for the World Today , though there is not a single country which is sincerely committed to Communism / Marxism / True Complete Socialism, because though modern gadgets, tools, equipment-s are ubiquitous everywhere, Working Class people are still suffering drudgeries and slaveries. We can find the severest drudgeries and slaveries, in densely populated lands like China, India, Indonesia, Bangla Desh, Pakisthan, Brazil, Mexico etc. United States, Canada, ANZ, and Europe want to build walls to prevent influx of immigrants from densely populated lands. The (said to be) dream of Karl Marx, envisaging the Unity of the World's Working Class cannot materialise as long as the Working Classes of the Developed World are not willing to treat their brothren from the Underdeveloped World and the Developing World. Besides the 'White' Working Class is not willing to accept 'Black' Working Class as their brethren, though this remark may appear to be Racialist, but Facts and Truths tend to hurt and remain unpalatable.
RELATED LINKS
Click here to go to: https://libcom.org/history/marx-piss-london-pub-crawl-karl-marx-late-1850s-wilhelm-liebknecht. Title of this Article is: "Marx on the piss; a London pub crawl with Karl Marx in the late 1850s - Wilhelm Liebknecht". The word Piss here means 'beer'.
Click here to go to http://www.andhrajyothy.com/artical?SID=407380.
Title of this Telugu article is: రోబోల యుగంలో మార్క్స్.English Script: rObOtla yugamlO Marx. Meaning: Marx in the Age of Robots. Date:5.5.2017. This short Telugu Essay is by one Shri Vuppala Narasimham.
yb-donkey's views not intended to be imposed on others:-
The aficionados and connoisseurs of English Literature, might have come across harsh reality about many Medieval-Elizabethan and Victorian English Poets and writers, being addicts of alcoholism and narcotic drugs, with probable exception of Masters like John Milton and Samuel Johnson. Examples of poets who died in drunken brawls: Christopher Marlowe, killed on 30th May 1593 (disputable?). English poets and writers, whether they ultimately die in drunken brawls or not, their being present at drunken brawls or suffering from some ailment caused by alcoholism and addiction to narcotis, seems to be common.
Now, let us see the link 1 above. By going to the link, Readers can see that the encounter described in the narration by Wilhelm Liebknecht in his Karl Marx: Biographical Memoirs, sketches "a smashing drunken evening in London Town written after some 40 years of the Event. A quote from this illustrates:
"...One evening, Edgar Bauer, acquainted with Marx from their Berlin time and then not yet his personal enemy […], had come to town from his hermitage in Highgate for the purpose of “making a beer trip.” The problem was to “take something” in every saloon between Oxford Street and Hampstead Road – making the something a very difficult task, even by confining yourself to a minimum, considering the enormous number of saloons in that part of the city. But we went to work undaunted and managed to reach the end of Tottenham Court Road without accident. ..."
"...Edgar Bauer, hurt by some chance remark, turned the tables and ridiculed the English snobs. Marx launched an enthusiastic eulogy on German science and music – no other country, he said, would have been capable of producing such masters of music as Beethoven, Mozart, Haendel and Haydn, and the Englishmen who had no music were in reality far below the Germans who had been prevented hitherto only by the miserable political and economic conditions from accomplishing any great practical work, but who would yet outclass all other nations. So fluently I have never heard him speak English. ..."
"...The brows of our hosts began to cloud […]; and when Edgar Bauer brought up still heavier guns and began to allude to the English cant, then a low “damned foreigners!” issued from the company, soon followed by louder repetitions. Threatening words were spoken, the brains began to be heated, fists were brandished in the air and – we were sensible enough to choose the better part of valor and managed to effect, not wholly without difficulty, a passably dignified retreat. ..."
It is not my (yb-donkey) intention to say that Messrs. Karl Marx, Edgar Bauer, Wilhelm Liebknecht ought to have behaved like good boys, or like the South Indian Brahmins or Jain Monks who are devoted to the virtues of total abstinence.
Once, one of my readers at my Vivekananda blog Vivekanandayb.blogspot.com, questioned: "Was Swami Vivekananda not entitled to his own need of 'fun'?" Then I had to reply to my critics, pointing out the wide difference between PREACHING PHILOSOPHERS and the ordinary citizens. Fun is for ordinary citizens. Preaching philosophers are venerated and hero-worshiped. They are treated as "above-mortals", super-human beings. Hence, there are GREAT EXPECTATIONS from them.
Late Karl Marx may also be right in declaring himself as 'Rebel with a cause'. I can only say, "Okay, let them have their own quotas of fun!".
What I am more interested is in what the Maoists in India are indulging in, in the name of Maoism. My readers may see this N TV video which depicts how Maoists in Chattisgadh torture and kill tribals, calling them informers: Click here to see the BRUTAL VIDEO at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQjwwJl765M, where the Bhunkas Militia kill a tribal after torturing him..
VOCABULARY HELP FOR THE WORD 'PISS'
piss pɪs/ vulgar slang verb verb: piss; 3rd person present: pisses; past tense: pissed; past participle: pissed; gerund or present participle: pissing.
1. urinate. synonyms: pee, wee, piddle, widdle; . informalwee-wee, Jimmy (Riddle), slash, wazz discharge (something, especially blood) when urinating. urinate involuntarily (often used hyperbolically to indicate hilarity or intense fear). Rain heavily.
noun: piss. 1. urine. an act of urinating. plural noun: pisses. 2. Australian alcoholic drink, especially beer. "we'll need 70 cans of piss for the trip" Read more: Click here to go to dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/piss.
The points raised by Shri Vuppala Narasimham in Andhra Jyothy Newspaper dated 5.5.2017 (link given above), are worth analysing threadbare. This aspect, we shall take up in our forthcoming blogposts. In the meantime, my Readers will probably agree: Three things are definite.
The first is, Maoists cannot bring true total socialism. They only contribute to anarchy and terrorism.
The second is: The bourgeoisie State and bourgeoisie Leaders are too inert and too disinclined to find out lasting solutions for the sufferings of tribals, small and marginal farmers, agricultural laborers, unorganised sector workers, tiny cottage artisans, and cart and foot-path vendors, shop clerks etc. etc .
The third is : We have to find fast and lasting solutions for the problems of INEQUALITIES OF INCOME AND WEALTH, AND THE DRUDGERIES AND SLAVERIES of millions, without deviating from democracy, and without resorting to oppressions and repressions.
To continue adding / deleting / modifying, depending on Readers' Governments' Reactions. सशेष. ఇంకా ఉంది.
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