1039 Telugu People have not forgotten October Revolution or Marxism, though the World is emitting signals of Loss of Memory

Russia, where the October (1917) Revolution took place deliberately ignored its Centenary 100 years. The World also did not take much interest in the Centenary of the October Revolution. Consequently, unsung, it came and slipped like a shadow when we near a lamp post, and pass away from it. But Telugu People have not forgotten the October Revolution. Both the CPI and CPIM have celebrated it with some gusto, speeches were given, and exhortations were made. Now, the 2017 has come to an end. Suddenly, RanganAyakamma Aged, Veteran Telugu Writer sprang up with her Telugu Article in Andhra Jyothi, print edition dated 30th Dec. 2017. There are some fireworks in it. Her views, according to this ybrao-a-donkey's perception, are to be translated into English and Hindi, so that other Indians, and probably Global Citizens can also study them. This is because, the Whole World is depicted by bourgeoisie Media, to be forgetting the Communism and Marxism as if they belonged to some Stone Age. A rejoinder to the Article of Ranganayakamma has come from Shri Srinivasa Rao, Secretary of CPM, Andhra Pradesh Unit, in the Andhra Jyothy Print Edition dated 4th January 2018. The CPIM's rebuttal is also meaningful. Probably it also needs to be translated into English, or at least salient points to be discussed and commented upon.

Links to both the Articles for those Readers who are interested to read the Telugu Versions

1. Click here to go to http://www.andhrajyothy.com/artical?SID=513682. The Title of the Article "maLLI adE praSna! javAbEdI? . Approx. English: Again the same Question? Where is the Answer?

2. click here to go to http://epaper.andhrajyothy.com/m5/1491530/Andhra-Pradesh/04.01.2018#issue/4/1. The title of this Article is "Ranganayakamma guri eTu vaipu". English equivalent: Ranganayakamma's aim in which direction?". This Reply Article is by Shri V. Srinivasa Rao, Central Committee Member, CPIM.

Ranganayakamma has replied to the Criticism of CPM Central Committee Member

Here is the Link: Click here to go to http://www.andhrajyothy.com/artical?SID=518508. This Reply seems more to be a sort of personal nature. The Title of this Article is "Communists? or Feudal bourgeoisie?"

ybrao a donkey's personal view

Ranganayakamma has titled her reply 'Communists or Feudal Bourgeoisie'. I wish to point out that all individuals and Institutions operating in a Feudal or Bourgeoisie System, have no alternative , except to follow at least some bourgeoisie methods, for survival. Then, the question will be , what should be the Limit of Safety beyond which No Communist or no Communist Party can go? Even, Ranganayakamma herself might have been following some bourgeoisie methods for her Survival. May be, of course, not crossing the Limits of Safety and Sanity.

I shall try to raise some more pressing issues, shortly.

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976 Musings on Indian Cricketers, Indian Communism

The above picture shows a banner purportedly on behalf of Bharat Army (Indian Army) thanking Mr. Sachin Tendulkar, an Indian Cricketer Star, for his staying with them for 24 years. It is not clear whether the banner carries the approval from an appropriate authority from Indian Army. It will be for the Indian Army to accept it or to deny it. Occasion: Mr. Sachin Tendulkar was promoting his film in London. In the London City, apart from promoting his film, Mr. Tendulkar also received a Fellowship Award to celebrate "Excellence in Global Asian Community" whatever it may mean. It is also not clear whether the promoters of the Award benefit from the presence of Mr. Tendulkar, or-- Mr. Tendulkar benefits from being conferred the Award, or there will be mutual benefits. Anyway, I do not think, citizens of India will not benefit from their celebrations. During the celebrations, Shri Tendulkar expressed some "His Majestic" intentions, and Expression of Interest. Of course, no MOUs were signed.

RELATED LINKS

Click here to go to http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/sachin-tendulkar-conferred-with-fellowship-award-in-uk/articleshow/58551153.cms, and study the Lofty avowed objectives of Bharat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar.

Let us see what Mr. Tendulkar plans

*...Planning to support charities and various initiatives to help the under-privileged people in the second innings of life. ..."

"...Providing solar lights to poor people in India was one of them. ..."

ybrao-a-donkey's personal views, not intended to be imposed on others

Is Mr. Tendulkar over-privileged, or under-privileged?

Who benefited more? Did the Indian Army benefit by appointing Mr. Tendulkar as its Brand Ambassador? Or did Mr. Tendulkar benefit from his getting appointed as Army's Brand Ambassador?

Mr. Tendulkar is already 44. He is still mooting. He is still thinking of "supporting charities and various initiatives". What are those initiatives? Somebody has to collect funds, buy some goodies such as solar lanterns, arrange functions, he will come late waving his hands, and then distribute the khilone (toys) to those so called under-privileged, amidst Television glares. And that too, if he gets time, after servicing his "Endorsement Marketers" and completing his "short-film shootings". To thank him again for all these, we have to institute a New Award larger than "Bharat Ratna".

Vocabulary help: 'Mute', 'Moot' difference. Both can be used as attributive adjectives. They can also be placed at the end of sentences

MUTE	MOOT
Refraining from speech or temporarily speechless. *(of a person) lacking the faculty of speech. *(of a letter) not pronounced.	*Subject to debate, dispute, or uncertainty. *Having little or no practical relevance. Moot can also be used as verb, noun. Moot, as verb: raise, airing ideas.

Last time we wrote of Respectable Shri D. Raja, the Rajya Sabha Member from Tamil Nadu, was on 30th Nov. 2015. It was in our post No. 619. Click here to go to our post No. 619 and study our criticism of Shri D. Raja.. It was about his getting inspiration from China, and Vietnam as Beacons for Indian Communism.
Today, our subject will be, his interview to DeccanChronicle.com, on 7th May 2017. Click here to go to http://www.deccanchronicle.com/opinion/op-ed/070517/sunday-interview-there-needs-to-be-a-movement-to-counter-the-modi-shah-duo.html, and study D. Raja's interview. The title of the interview is "...There needs to be a movement to counter the Modi-Shah duo...". It has mainly dealt with Opposition Unit, for the Election of the President of India, 2017. Two important quotes from the interview are particularly interesting:--

"...I have met Congress president Sonia Gandhi. She is concerned with the current situation. The Sangh Parivar is vitiating the atmosphere. When I told her that there needs to be a broadest possible alliance, she agreed. She also agreed to my view that there needs to be a people’s movement to counter the Modi-Shah duo. ..."

"... All said and done, the Congress is a pan-Indian secular party. The regional parties have their own pulls and pressures. However, no leadership has been discussed as of now. We will talk about it only after the presidential polls. We are not discussing any political alliance as of now. As far as Mr Gandhi is concerned, the Opposition parties have to understand that times are changing. I don’t think blaming Mr Gandhi for everything makes sense. ..."

"...At present, we are interested in a people’s movement. We have to resist the politics of the Sangh Parivar. As of now, this movement should not be linked to electoral politics. ..."

yb-a-donkey's view (not intended to be imposed on others): The history of CPI shows, that the principal reason for its downfall is, its hanging around Congress Party, before the 1962 CPI split, and after the 1962 split.

Is Congress a pan-Indian Party? Is Congress a Secular Party? Is CPI not a pan Indian Secular Party? Only Mr. Raja should explain the Secular character of Congress !!!

During Mrs. Indira Gandhi's days, CPI did not want blame her. Instead, it wanted to hang around her. 2017, CPI does not want to blame Mr. Rahul Gandhi. If Congress is really a pan-Indian Party, and if its Crown Prince Rahul Gandhi is a pan Indian National Leader, then, there should be nothing wrong in blaming Mr. Rahul Gandhi, for his incapability to compete with Mr. Narendra Modi.

About Mr. Raja's idea of People's Movement to counter the Sangh Parivar
1. This falls under one important Communist dilemma/enigma. Which is to be opposed first? Communalism? Or Capitalism? In the name of preventing communalism, Left Parties became soldiers of Congress. In spite of that, finally power went into the hands of Communalists. And the Communalists also seem to be moderating and mending themselves, or at least making facades of shifting themselves,as a balancing act, as they might have found from experience that with only Hindu votes alone, they cannot capture all the States, and at all times.

2. People do not have much time to participate in movements, carry Sickle Flags, get beaten by police lathis, being pushed into police vans, unless some 'wages' are paid for participation, or some alternative money/property benefits are shown. Gone are the days of 'nishkAma karma', English: working without expecting results. Besides, some of the things which CPI and CPIM are promising, are also being offered by BJP, Congress, Regional Paries, who else not?

3. Why CPI and CPM are unable to promise something more drastic?
CPI can promise something like 'Removal of Private Property', 'Nationalisation of all Occupations and Businesses', 'Treating every citizen as a Government Employee', 'Removal of currency system, paper or digital'?

4. When getting defeated in Presidential Elections is 100% predictable, why waste time in selecting some person as a Joint Opposition Candidate? And why should CPI, CPM participate in useless negotiations with the likes of Deve Gowda, Sharad Yadav, Lalu Yadav, Mulayam Yadav? All the resources such as time, money, workers, vehicles, are very precious. Why waste them? They can be spent on communicating to the Workers and the Poorest, instead of hassling and bickering with the likes of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.

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973 (Part 1/10) 200th Birth Year of Karl Marx, commencing from today. Some studious musings

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.

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930 The 4200 km. strain-stress full walkathlon (pAda yAtra) of Shri Tammineni Veerabhadram,CPIM General Secretary, Telangana, may get a few seats for CPIM, but it will not bring Communism/Marxism/Socialism to India

On the occasion of completion of the 4200 kms. of Walkathlon of Shri Tammineni Veerabhadram, General Secretary, Telangana State, of Communist Party of India Marxist, a jumboree like flood-lit mass meeting has been organised in Hyderabad, which has been addressed by Mr. Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister, Kerala State. The Mass Meeting resembled the jumborees organised by bourgeoisie parties like TRS, BJP, TDP and Congress. It is not clear, who has provided funds to them for organising the jumboree. Ordinarily, bourgeoisie parties, when they organise jumborees, collect their funds from Corporates, Forest, Liquor, and Mining Contractors. It may not be possible for Proletarian Parties to collect such type of huge donations from Corporates and Contractors, because they have very few prospects of coming to power. A few years back, CPI Khammam arranged a grand jumboree in Khammam. Later, it emerged that Communist Parties in Khammam got their funds from Liquor Contractors. That issue was under police investigation,along with some other liquor cases which included some belt shops said to be benami-owned by Shri Botsa Satyanarayana, for sometime. Finally, everything was swept into/under the carpet.

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918 If Pinarayi Vijayan and CPM Kerala are killing RSS Workers, Center can order CBI Investigation and punish guilty.

Rule of Law has not yet completely died in India, though rot has set in. Both Central and State Governments, the Society have to work out to bring back "Rule of Law" to central stage. Trigger for this ybdonkey's view is the video in circulation in social media, about a reward of Rs. 1 crore (Rs. 10 million) announced by Shri Chandravat, RSS Pramukh at Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, to anyone who beheads Mr. Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister of Kerala State. This video is available on internet abundantly. Here is one link, which I have come across: Click here to go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zboOokjPye0, and see the video.. When yb-donkey-this-blogger viewed this youtube video, he felt that Mr. Chandravat, the Ujjain RSS Pramukh, who spoke on the mike, HAS all the characteristic traits of a speaker (oratorial style, body language, waving hands, modulation of language, selection of words etc. etc.) needed to become, Prime Minister of India, someday. Of course, in addition to oratorial skills and capabilities, he must also have manipulating and manoeuvre-ing abilities to handle persons, groups, committees, people and situations.

A news report on this subject can be read at DeccanChronicle.com: Click here to see and study the news at Deccan Chronicle.com.

yb-donkey's personal views not intended to be imposed on others

If Mr. Pinarayi Vijayan has managed to kill 300 workers, the matter should be of great seriousness, deserving National Attention. But, Mr. Chandravat has chosen a wrong method, to draw attention of the Nation to the alleged murders. The Organ of RSS, - BJP is in power at Centre, If the matter is brought by RSS leaders to the attention of the Prime Minister, Home Minister, they might/could have ordered an investigation by CBI, and prosecution of the guilty in Specially established CBI Courts. If, Mr. Chandravat is emotionally disturbed about the killings he can explore the following options:
*Mr. Chandravat can approach RSS Nagpur Headquarters, with a request to take up at National Level.
*Mr. Chandravat can file a police complaint at Ujjain itself under various sections of IPC.
*Approach High Court of Madhya Pradesh / Kerala with a writ under Article 226 of Constitution.
*If his Article 226 Writ fails in High Courts, he can approach Supreme Court of India, under Article 32 of Constitutioin.
There is no need to raise the issue of Godhra killings, and retributive Gujarat Mayhem.
There is no need to call for killing 300,000 people (See the video).

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813 (Part 2/100) of Lenin X Gandhi Comparisons, Future of Global Communism, and Indian Communism

The Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, October 2 2016, is a few days ahead. As usual, there will be a public holiday, so that Government Employees can play cards the whole day, booze, or visit pubs, or go to dance bars, or hang around TV sets, or do whatever they like, except studying at least for one day, what Gandhiji had said or practised during his life time, what methods Gandhiji used in the various movements led by him such as Non-Co-operation Movement, Salt SatyAgraha, Quit India Movement. Of course, officially Governments will order closure of meat shops and wine shops. Okay, let us have this annual ritual, as true Indians whose penchant for rituals is well-known globally.

In the last post, I have given some links for download of Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, Collected works of Lenin. I have also given one link to a 1930 article by a Indo-British Labor Leader of those days Shapurji Saklatvala, with the article titled 'Who is this Gandhi?". Along with that I have also given a 'memoriam' about late Shapurji Saklatvala.

Now, I provide below a link to a telegram by Late Lenin, soon after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, addressed to his associates. Click to go to Telegram to Comrades Kuraev, Bosh, Minkin, and other Penza communists at Marxists.org.

I also quote excerpts from the telegram:

Written: August 11, 1918
Source: From the Library of Congress exhibit Revelations from the Russian Archives: Collectivization and Industrialization: “Hanging order”, p. 1 & p. 2.
Translated: Prof. Richard B. Day, of the University of Toronto Mississauga (2008)
qTranscription & Markup: Kevin Goins (2008)
Public Domain: Lenin Internet Archive (2008). You may freely copy, distribute, display and perform this work; as well as make derivative and commercial works. Please credit “Marxists Internet Archive” as your source.

Russian Federated Soviet Republic
Chairman of the Council Of People’s Commissars From Moscow, the Kremlin. 11-VIII-08
To Penza

To Comrades Kuraev, Bosh, Minkin and other Penza communists.

Comrades! The uprising by the five kulak volosts must be mercilessly suppressed. The interest of the entire revolution demands this, for we are now facing everywhere the “final decisive battle” with the kulaks. We need to set an example.

1. You need to hang (hang without fail, so that the people see) no fewer than 100 of the notorious kulaks, the rich and the bloodsuckers.
2. Publish their names.
3. Take all their grain from them.
4. Appoint the hostages — in accordance with yesterday’s telegram.

This needs to be done in such a way that the people for hundreds of versts around will see, tremble, know and shout: they are throttling and will throttle the bloodsucking kulaks.

Telegraph us concerning receipt and implementation.
Yours, Lenin.
PS. Find tougher people.

ybrao-a-donkey's humble comments. वैबीराव एक गधे के विनम्र राय . వైబీరావ్ గాడిద వినమ్ర వాణి. You have every right to differ with me. I respect your right. आपको मेरे मत से भिन्न राय रखने के संपूर्ण हक है। मै उस अधिकार को परिपूर्ण रूप से गौरव देता हुँ. మీకు, మీ భిన్నమైన అభిప్రాయాన్ని కలిగిఉండే సంపూర్ణ హక్కు ఉంది. దానిని ఎంతో నేను గౌరవిస్తాను. However, pl. examine this donkey's views also. परन्तु एस गधे के दृष्टिकोण को भी अनुशीलन कीजिये. కానీ ఈ గాడిద దృష్టికోణాన్ని కూడ ఓర చూపుతో కంటజూడుమీ, క్రీగంట జూడమీ.

I do not want to eulogise or criticse Late Lenin, because we do not know the grassroot level scenario prevailing in Russia of 1917. I am more interested for the 'Indian Context", that too "India 2016".

Similarly, I do not want to eulogise or criticise Mahatma Gandhi's leadership and working styles, because he had his own set of priorities and problems. His topmost priority, obviously was to lead India to freedom, and that he had done to the best of his ability. There might have taken place many meritorious things and some undesirable things. Anyway, whatever had happened at that time is history. It will be suffice if facts are recorded by historians in a "mirror-like manner".

In the above telegram, Lenin was asking his associates to hang at least 100 kulaks.

Kulak definition as per Merrium Webster Dictionary: 1. A prosperous or wealthy peasant farmer in 19th century Russia. 2 : a farmer characterized by Communists as having excessive wealth.

In Indian context, we can call them landlords, big farmers. For sometime, when P.V. Narasimha Rao as Chief Minister of United Andhra Pradesh tried to bring in Land Reforms, some fragmentation took place in AP, and it appeared as though there are few landlords left in Andhra Pradesh. Probably, a similar thing might have happened in Bengal and Kerala. In some other States administered by other bourgeoisie parties like Congress, BJP, RJD, Samajvadi, BSP, etc. etc. some sort of facade-land-reforms might have taken place.

2016 Indian Situation, is definitely different. Owing to continuous fragmentation which took place among children of farmers, while the number of small and marginal farmers, landless agricultural laborers, unwritten-tenant farmers has gone up, simultaneously several pieces of small land holdings were purchased in benami names by nouveau riche

Simple Definition of nouveau riche as per Merriam Webster Dictionary:

: a person who has recently become rich and who likes to spend a lot of money.

of Society consisting of industrialists and business magnets, politicians and bureaucrats, film stars, cricketers, successful lawyers and doctors, corrupt Govt. engineers etc. In other words, the old class of kulaks (in Telugu we can probably call them 'peda rAyuDu') have been replaced by the modern kulaks.

Maoists hiding in forests tried the techniques of killing kulaks and contractors, probably some rural money-lenders. They have also killed some villagers, calling them informers. They have also indulged in killing some low-level police employees treating them as enemies. But, ultimately, they could achieve nothing in India, except extracting moneys from contractors. Some surrendered Maoists like Nayeem, Sambasivudu (et al) have even established their own empires of criminal extortions.

The Empire established by Lenin in U.S.S.R. (erstwhile Soviet Union) through MASS KILLINGS as proven by the above telegram, did not last long. About Lenin's administration of his so called new Communist Society, we shall take up later. Soon after death of Lenin, the Russian Empire went into the hands of Stalin, who was nothing but a tyrant.

What I wish that we should study in the reigns of Lenin and Stalin is, whether Collective Farming Methods had brought any improvements in the lives of the then Russian Working Class. If there were failures, gradual atrophy till 1991 dissolution of Soviet Union, possible reasons for such failures, we have to study. What I am tempted to say is: Why should we throw away baby with the bathwater? Why not we identify what went wrong in the Russian and East European Experimentations of so-called Socialism-Communism? We know that Chinese Communism is a total failure, as can be seen from China2016.

To continue. Subject to further editing to remove anything illegal/unlawful. सशेष. సశేషం.

795 If Mr. Bernie Sanders were a TRUE SOCIALIST he ought not to have joined Democratic Party!

Last time we wrote about Mr. Nick Cohen in our blog was on 24th May 2015, in our blog post No. 510. Click here to have a look at post No. 510 at this blog . At that time, we were discussing about the Indian oligarchs eager to buy posh and prime properties in London. This time, here is a need to compare American Socialist Bernie Sanders, British Labor Leader Jeremy Corbyn, and the European past of Communism of the days of Stalin and Trotsky. Mr. Cohen did it quite effectively and impressively in his article titled "LEFT HAS A HISTORY OF FOOLISHNESS" in Spectator, dated 30th July 2016. I have given below the link to this Spectator's article, for our readers to study. I am not going to rediscover or reinvent what Mr. Cohen has done so convincingly and penetratingly.

Being the largest democracy in the world, howsoever badly the so-called democracy survives in India, being one of the citizens of the poorest country in this world (this truth most Indians do not admit), I am tempted to fantasize about the future of Left in India, and explain how relevant one quote of Mr. Cohen in his article is, for our experience with the Left Parties in India. Conversely, if Indian Left Parties can rebuild themselves and succeed, that success will definitely serve as a model to the Euro, British, American, and probably even for Chinese People, not to write of the African Peoples, and the South American Peoples. (Peoples, as plural= in the meaning of Nations).

Click here to study Mr. Nick Cohen's Article at Spectator.

First we shall take up the quote given in the above image:--

"...Unfortunately, his real world was not the world his supporters lived in. They had believed Sanders when he said Clinton was a Wall Street puppet and were not going to stop believing him just because the danger of a mentally unstable and instinctively authoritarian President Trump entering the White House had forced Sanders to sober up. Clinton’s name produced boos. Trump’s brought shrugs. For them, there remained no difference between the two, and it did not matter who won. ..."

For the benefit of my Telugu readers, I provide an approx. Telugu translation of the above quote: "...దురదృష్టవశాత్తూ, ఆయన (బెర్నీ సాండర్సు గారి) వాస్తవ ప్రపంచము, ఆయన మద్దతు దారులు, జీవించే ప్రపంచము ఒకటి కాదు. 'హిల్లరీ క్లింటన్ గారు వాల్ స్ట్రీట్ యొక్క (భారత్ లో దలాల్ స్ట్రీట్ మరియు ఎన్ .ఎస్.యీ గారి మామగారు) తోలుబొమ్మ (పప్పెట్)' అని చెప్పినప్పుడు, ఆయన మద్దతుదారులు దానిని నమ్మారు. నేడు, మానసికంగా స్థిమితం లేని, సహజ స్వభావంచేతనే నియంతృత్వ స్వభావం కలిగిన అధ్యక్షుడుగా ట్రంప్ గారు వైట్ హౌస్ లోకి ప్రవేశించే అపాయం ఉంది కాబట్టి, ఇపుడు శాండర్సుగారు మెత్తపడ్డారు కాబట్టి, మద్దతుదారులు కూడ సాండర్సుగారు ఇంతవరకు చెప్పినదానిని నమ్మటం ఆపరు. (అంటే, హిల్లరీ క్లింటన్ గారు వాల్ స్ట్రీట్ తోలుబొమ్మ అనే విషయాన్ని నమ్మటం మానరు అని భావం). (సాండర్సు గారు) క్లింటన్ గారి పేరు చెప్పినపుడు, ఆయన మద్దతు దారులు బూ చేసారు (ఎగతాళిగా అరిచారు). (సాండర్సుగారు) ట్రంపుగారి పేరు చెప్పినపుడు, భుజాలు ఊపారు. వాళ్ళ దృష్టిలో, ఇద్దరి మధ్య (ట్రంపు, హిలరీ క్లింటన్) తేడా లేదు. ఎవరు గెలిచారు అనేదానికి పట్టింపు లేదు. ..."

ybrao-a-donkey's humble comments. वैबीराव एक गधे के विनम्र राय . వైబీరావ్ గాడిద వినమ్ర వాణి. You have every right to differ with me. I respect your right. आपको मेरे मत से भिन्न राय रखने के संपूर्ण हक है। मै उस अधिकार को परिपूर्ण रूप से गौरव देता हुँ. మీకు, మీ భిన్నమైన అభిప్రాయాన్ని కలిగిఉండే సంపూర్ణ హక్కు ఉంది. దానిని ఎంతో నేను గౌరవిస్తాను. However, pl. examine this donkey's views also. परन्तु एस गधे के दृष्टिकोण को भी अनुशीलन कीजिये. కానీ ఈ గాడిద దృష్టికోణాన్ని కూడ ఓర చూపుతో కంటజూడుమీ, క్రీగంట జూడమీ.

Mr. Bernie Sanders, if he were a true socialist, he ought not to have joined the Democratic Party in United States, which is a bourgeoisie Party.

I am tempted to use a cliche like simile here: A cuckoo cannot sing like a cuckoo, when it is in the party of crows. Initially, crows may allow the cuckoo for a little time to melody like a cuckoo, but eventually the cuckoo will be forced to caw like a crow.

In management science lingo, this can probably called SOCIALISATION. If a newly admitted an employee / Manager in an organisation refuses to get SOCIALISED and undergo the METAMORPHOSIS, there will be EXTERMINATION and OSTRACIZATION.

Now, let us see the predicament of Mr. Sanders. He gave repeated messages to his supporters that Ms. Clinton is a puppet of Wall Street. By and large, it is true also. At the same time, Mr. Sanders ought to have kept in mind that Mr. Trump is also a puppet of the same Wall Street.

Is Mr. Trump a larger puppet, and Ms. Clinton a smaller puppet?

Are there any differences in magnitude and direction between the two? Answer for this can be : Appearances can, sometimes, be deceptive. Ms. Clinton may appear as polished and refined. Mr. Trump may appear as roguish and rubbish. But is there real difference between them? Is that difference so large, so wide, so deep, that Mr. Sanders has to give a call to his supporters to support Ms. Clinton, knowing pretty well that she is a puppet of Wall Street? This shift also gives us another grammatical example of degrees of comparison: Mr. Sanders is a big puppet, Ms. Clinton is a bigger pupper, and Mr. Trump is the biggest puppet!

COMPARISON OF ABOVE SANDERS BEHAVIOR , WITH THE INDIAN LEFTIST BEHAVIORS

The main Communist parties in India are 1. CPI (Communist Parties of India). 2. CPIM (Communist Party of India-Marxist), also called CPM. Both these parties are facing identify crises, notwithstanding their win in 2016 Kerala Assembly Elections, (Kerala=Southwest State of India on the coast of Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean).

Just as Sanders was compelled by his Democratic Party peers (or probably on his own volition) to ask his supporters to TRANSFER their support to Ms. Clinton, with an ostensible objective of preventing Trump entering the White House, Indian Communist Parties have an ostensible objective of preventing Communal Forces (in their view BJP Party)from capturing power in India.

Left parties in India, particularly CPM maintained that it wanted to stay at an equi-distance both from Congress and BJP. That stand was logically correct, because BJP has earned a bad name for enflaming majority communalism, whereas Congress Party tacitly pampered minority communalism. Indian Left Parties if they are truly committed to complete socialism, cannot enter into electoral alliances with bourgeoisie parties. In 2016 Bengal Elections, CPM tried to gather some votes by entering to electoral adjustments with Congress. While Congress benefited from it, CPM paid the price for it.

WHAT IS THE LESSON FROM ALL THIS WHETHER IN INDIA, UK OR USA?

Supporters and Voters are not puppets. Leftist Parties and Truly Socialist Parties have to realise this. The difference between the supporters of bourgeoisie parties and the socialist parties is: Supporters of Socialism become socialists because they have analytical abilities, because they have strong convictions, because they have had in their lives bitter experiences inflicted by Capitalism. Their shift in favour of True Socialism becomes rather indelible and nearly unalterable . Hence, they are not TRANSFERABLE like cheques and drafts, by endorsement and delivery.

WHAT MAY BE THE RIGHT OPTION FOR MR. SANDERS, AND THE TRUE SOCIALISTS IN US?

They have to start a NEW SOCIALIST PARTY in United States, build a truly socialist movement, and get ready for 2020. This is going to be difficult. But where is the choice? Mr. Sanders, or True Socialists, cannot hijack Democratic Party or Republican Party!

WHAT OPTIONS WE CAN THINK OF FOR SUPPORTERS OF TRUE SOCIALISM IN BRITISH LABOR PARTY?

In my mother tongue Telugu language there is a word 'nEti bIrakAya'. It refers to the vegetable a gourd, akin to rugged gourd (Telugu bIra kAya) family. nEti bIrakAya refers to a gourd with CLARIFIED BUTTER. Though nEti bIra kAya is a rare and tasty vegetable, gullible persons may believe that it also contains CLARIFIED BUTTER. British Labor Party, does not contain LABOR. Chinese Communist Party does not contain COMMUNISM.

In this world, especially the Capitalist World, the hard and harsh reality is PACKING CONCEALS THE TRUE NATURE. Actual goods do not conform to their Label. Whereever samples are used, merchandise actually delivered do not conform to samples. Everywhere, only tokenism prevails. In other words, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. True supporters of Working Class in U.K. may have to start a new Labor Party, with some other name, and start afresh.

To continue. सशेष. ఇంకా ఉంది.