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Comment on Remembering Kishenji: “The question of power must be foregrounded” by siahnaxalkal

siahnaxalkal — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:04:07 +0000

Thanks a lot Ka(samas in Philippine are shortened sometimes as Ka s) Ka Ethan. Right. Actually right now comrade Kamyar L is preparing an essay about side effects of various medications from Welbutrin that I take that keeps me awake too up to many other medications doctors give people. There used to be a …. a comrade from RCP referred to them as fbi ! but generally they used to claim to be the original RIM group that became MIM and they would simply say don’t take their medications at all. in the fashion of Kishnji’s mannerism (or path or name it) I self criticize my inability to even see clearly what I might have typed. But in another way of saying, my intuition tells me that the main reason that is filed as such in my humble little brain has more to do with a newspaper once I had utter respect for called Revolutionary Workers and, when the paper’s name changed do you know how I felt? Best way to understand it is, to read the 9 letters comrade Ely the founder of this site had written in the first place that, its memories only hurts me since after all, in ways I cannot point out here due to party/privacy security matters, deep inside I owe my staying alive solely to A particular comrade of that very party. And still, I do not look upon them as foes and, in distribution of materials about India I am going to share with them as well; will they take or not is something I will know in sometimes in the future. For those who might know, at another times I had written as “Green Red” that, due to strange effects of some medications I have written inappropriate things for which hereby, I express my honest and embarassed apology. Lal Salaam and, all power to the people!

Comment on Remembering Kishenji: “The question of power must be foregrounded” by Ethan Beasley

Ethan Beasley — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 08:22:28 +0000

I think Tom makes a good point about the importance of combining the building of mass struggle internationally, with armed struggle, in India and elsewhere. The honoring and remembrance of a figure like Kishanji could help to develop that. By the way, I might be mistaken, but I think comrade Behrooz may have accidentally referred to the Revolutionary Communist Party of the USA as the Revolutionary Workers Party.

Comment on Remembering Kishenji: “The question of power must be foregrounded” by Behrooz Navaii

Behrooz Navaii — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 01:53:21 +0000

Comradely gratefulness expressed hereby to Kasama moderating comrade(s) to meet my earnest above notification and deadline that proved validity and value of Kishenji’s self criticism value presented above and, to make it simple I dare to present paraphrase my taking of helmsman Mao teaching to state treat your friends like your foes and thousands of battles are henceforth lost without merits to our class interest. Many parties, many trends (including beloved comrades in India) have complex taking on contributions of Kasama in contrast with unfortunately semi defunct old RIM body steering committee and leadership but hey, Revolutionary Worker party has been many people’s School of Science for Revolution for many years in the past and with all diversity and fundamental differentiation I shall live and die inspired by Kishenji Mannerism (Method/Path or whatever comrades will prefer) to, through high stake struggles gain common grounds for more than a single line as soon as possible (that all depends on corresponding probable body(ies).
Gratefully yours, BN

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Tommie Romero — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:26:14 +0000

“The Kuomintang and the Communist Party are the foundation of the Anti-Japanese United Front, but of these two it is the Kuomintang that occupies first place. Without the Kuomintang, it would be inconceivable to undertake and pursue the War of Resistance. In the course of its glorious history, the Kuomintang has been responsible for the overthrow of the Ch’ing, the establishment of the Republic, opposition to [the rightist] Yüan Shih-k’ai, establishment of the Three Policies of uniting with Russia, with the Communist Party, and with the workers and peasants, and the great revolution of 1926-7…. “In carrying out the anti-Japanese war, and in organizing the Anti-Japanese United Front, the Kuomintang occupies the position of leader and framework….Under the single great condition that it support to the end the war of resistance and the United Front, one can foresee a brilliant future for the Kuomintang.…” —Ibid.

Comment on Remembering Kishenji: “The question of power must be foregrounded” by Behrooz Navaii

Behrooz Navaii — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:04:52 +0000

It was brought to my attention that comments of more than one, comrade Ethan, comrade Arif from India and another comrade whose name need to be not mentioned are awaiting an unpredictable and unorthodox moderation tactic by this good old style Revolution in South. Given that due to its relatively great efforts I do have more profound respect and value toward Kasama comrades in contract with RIM fellows as of this moment if within next 48 hours those comrades happen to be omitted or moderated due to political lines hence, with all due respect I gladly transfer this discussion’s continuation for which I granted the honor to this site to be its original to Facebook and other probable sites.
Hopefully decisions made in this regard are for the best interest of Kasama’s revolutionary movement and its goals that might have or might have not possess common grounds for our future struggle. in my humble knowledge, view and experience for example I did not possess the slightest idea whom comrade Jan and other people were years ago when discussing matters in Kasama but, nevertheless, I am here, and clearly accept my previous lack of clarity and right wordings and concepts in the past on Kasama site as a whole and, please take it as a Kishenji Path/method/mannerism, name it self criticism.
gratefully yours and keenly awaiting proper moderation acts for the best interest of all involved parties,
BN,

Comment on Remembering Kishenji: “The question of power must be foregrounded” by Arif

Arif — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:43:55 +0000

THis is a thought provoking article and the following really got my attention:

“Maoists must guard themselves from this entrenched habit of not seeing anything specific or original about its leaders and painting them all in this barren seriality of ‘yet another martyr who heroically sacrificed his life for the revolution’. Otherwise the movement will be going round in circles, will stagnate in spite of the dynamism of its concrete practice.”

TO be frank, I wished too that the Maoists would highlight the contribution of leaders like Kishenji, in terms of originality and innovation. I myself am at a loss to know what his specific contributions were until I read this piece to a large degree. The Maoists need a better propaganda machine that will highlight, highlight and highlight what vanguards like Kishenji accomplished for the movement, in a non cliche point of view.

“‘Yes Kishanji talks about Marxism, but I find it very difficult to follow’. Then I ask him what has he understood of Marxism, what is it? I think he felt cornered but after some reflection came with a reply: it is something very good but some people have spoiled and distorted it. ‘We guerillas are fighting such people’.”

Spilling out what something complex like Marxism into simple street language is what comrades like Che Guevara, Kim Il Sung etc., shined at. Unfortunately, we are still unable to find cadre in the Maoists who have this ability. If people are dying for the aadivasis in the name of Marxism, what use is it if the people who are being served don’t know WHAT they’re being served? The hallmark of a special class of leader like Che is the ability to translate complex theory into understandable simple words. THis is why I insist groups like Maoists need to make a special effort at leadership grooming- identifying leaders who have a capacity to passionately explain to the masses what Marxism means to their daily lives and to their daily bread. Only if masses fully understand what is being served will they appreciate it enough to die for it. Saying Marxism is “something good” simply doesn’t cut it.

This is why I can appreciate Ju’Che when it says that leaders are central to a revolution, because leaders primary role is to explain what they’re fighting for and how their solution (which is Marxism in this case) will be better for them than what they currently have. There are several layers of understanding. Saying “Under Marxism, I will have something better than what I have today” is 1 layer. But saying “under current system, my PDS provisioned are auctioned off for export, under Marxism, I will get my due share of PDS which is X kg rice per month, Y kg meat per month etc etc” is another layer of understanding. What needs to be stressed out is the latter.

Hope the MAoists will focus a good deal of effort on leadership grooming and brush their propaganda machine up a bit.

Comment on Remembering Kishenji: “The question of power must be foregrounded” by Tom Watts

Tom Watts — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 07:42:27 +0000

I think it is an essential thing to combine building mass struggle with the armed struggle in India and elsewhere. Honoring fallen comrades like Kishanji and Che is important in building the struggle of the masses. It is also important in building the internationalism of the struggle.

Comment on Remembering Kishenji: “The question of power must be foregrounded” by Behrooz Navaii

Behrooz Navaii — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 08:44:58 +0000

Thanks a lot comrade Sid.
I have only browsed the content up till now but, reading the provided document can help to evaluate and comprehend late great comrade Kishnji whose accomplishment certainly he needs his remembrance peculiar legacy by, for example referring to his keen methodology as Kishnji’s way or, Kishnji’s method or what have you to draw clear lines within history to state who he really was. Kishenji’s way/method/line/path/course/track/manners/route/ of existence(all taken from certainly needs to achieve its own title inscribed within the heart of the history of people’s struggles and wars. He surely deserves honor, respect and legacy like no man has had before in the history of the humankind. My notion, my intuition tells me that comrade Ganapathy consciously intents to evade cult of personality. Chair of the party has much more valuable and essential interests in re shaping Hindustan but, what I am trying to accomplish is not ever going to be projected as the party line. All that is sought is, to grasp the attentions of Che fans to acknowledge a greater Che for a larger part of earth with extreme difficult walks of life and, all over the world from outside of India protest, picket line, letters of condemnation etc. things to the powers of Indian state and, step back and think before taking Green hunting inhumane civil war and killings off of the life of the DK peoples in the least. A Hindu in Hidustan who does not hunt animals and consumes meet saying Green hunting, is an absolute offensive, inhumane and brutal to refer to, the Peoples’, War, in India. I wish you had mentioned a few words in addition to the presented reference. Lal Salam comrade Sid.

Comment on Remembering Kishenji: “The question of power must be foregrounded” by Ethan Beasley

Ethan Beasley — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 04:47:25 +0000

I agree that more people should know about Kishanji outside of India and South Asia. I am always amazed at how few people in the US know about the People’s War in India. I think the time has come for Kishanji to be recognized as a figure like Che Guevara. Perhaps someday soon he will be recognized as such, internationally.