the basis of revolutionary mass line and to build a single, united party of the proletariat in our Country. As part of this, we are seriously striving to put an end to the prejudices, antagonisms and clashes and develop an healthy atmosphere in the CR movement. At some levels and in possible forms we are having united action. We hope, the results we win in these efforts would place the CRs in a better position. They would also help to overcome the weakness and divisions, gain strength and advance with greater momentum. Revolutionary Movement did not Stop
The conditions today are not gloomy. The Marxist Leninist forces in various countries of the world are striving to reorganize themselves and provide the leadership to the people. All the basic contradictions in the world, more particularly, the contradiction between imperialism and oppressed nations, people; the contradictions among the imperialist powers are getting intensified with every day. Last decade had witnessed mass upheavals in several countries of the Middle East against the effects of imperialist – dictated policies of liberalization, globalization and autocratic and the anti – people policies of their Govts. The US policies of hegemonism, threat, intervention, armed invasion and war carried in the name of opposing the Weapons of Mass Destruction, terrorism and other pleas had encountered and are encountering massive opposition, resistance and protest from the oppressed nations and people in the world as we have seen in Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Syria and many other Countries of the world. The Palestinian people are continuing most difficult and prolonged struggle for Home Land against the imperialist – backed Israeli Zionist rulers. The world capitalist economy is rocked by worst crisis. The working class and other toiling people in the capitalist countries are increasingly coming out into strikes, protests and massive agitations demanding better working and living conditions, jobs and opposing the closure of industries, cuts in the welfare programmes, so called austerity measures, imposition of heavy economic burdens by the rulers. The hue and cry raised by the rulers in the capitalist and imperialist countries is being used as a convenient tool to divert the people from the problem of unemployment which has assumed serious dimensions. The rulers in these countries, in an attempt to divert the people from the real problems and justify their suppressive policies, are using the danger of terrorism and are promoting the fascist and racist forces and activities. The conscious masses of people in these countries are seeing this game and raising their voice against them.
India is plagued by serious economic and political crisis. The democracy, electoral process through
6 which the exploiting ruling classes claim the legitimacy and people’ s consent for their rule have exposed their hollowness, farcical nature and crisis today more than never before. The people are seeing more clearly the disastrous consequences of the so called new economic policies and reforms of the ruling classes to the country and people. Their slogans like“ development”;“ make in India” are nothing but opening flood – gates for the imperialist powers to recklessly loot and control the country’ s resources and shamelessly prostrate before them. These policies are curtailing the hard won rights of the workers; denying the opportunities for employment to the millions of youth, robbing away and depriving the adivasis, coastal people, peasants and other toiling people from their right over the lands, natural resources, traditional means of livelihood, house sites, evading the responsibility to provide the basic necessities of life. The people are reacting against these policies in various forms. They are increasingly coming out into protests, organized and united struggles in defence of their rights. The adivasis and peasants in different parts of the country like AP, Odisha, TN, Jharkhand and Bihar are carrying on struggle against the forcible acquisition of lands and the loot of natural resources carried on by the rulers in the name of big projects, setting up of industries and atomic power plants, etc; by the MNCs and Indian Corporate Houses. The fisher folk in many coastal areas are carrying on struggle to protect their traditional rights of fishing and other means of livelihood. Dalits, together with other democratic forces, are increasingly taking the road of organized struggle against the caste discrimination, caste oppression, atrocities and brutal attacks perpetrated by the feudal, upper casteist and hindu communal fascist forces backed by the BJP led regime and under various pleas like gow raksha, etc; Women, youth and students are on the path of struggle. The progressive, rationalist and democratic forces in the field of history, science, art, literature and education, etc., are defying threats, attacks and even murderous acts and are putting up a conscious and organized struggle against the dark forces of obscurantism, communalism, pseudo nationalism and pseudo patriotism. The struggle for democratic rights of people and against the environmental destruction aggrevated by the anti-nature and pro-imperialist policies of the rulers is developing in the country.
The adivasi and peasant revolutionary movements are continuing in various parts of the country even in the face of many odds and ups and downs. Organised and united themselves in the adivasi and peasant organizations the people are waging militant struggles to defend and restore contd. in page 12
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