symbols of their nationalism is the security forces, signifying the suppression of the rising people’ s movements against increasing exploitation and oppression.
They are targeting minorities, particularly Muslims, organizing physical attacks against them including lynching. Communalization of the state machinery has helped in unleashing these attacks. The Hindutva of RSS-BJP, which is aimed at constructing a Hindu identity for establishing their hegemony, but their Hindu way of life rooted in Manusmriti is essentially patriarchal upper caste chauvinism. Physical attacks against Dalits including their killings have increased. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes( Prevention of Atrocities) Act has been virtually annulled by the Supreme Court. The Central Govt. has banned even use‘ Dalit’ by the media. Dalit youth protesting against these attacks are being arrested in thousands and put in jails. Tribals are being dispossessed from their land including podu( Shifting cultivation) lands and means of livelihood which they have been enjoying for decades, while their culture is being destroyed. Their struggles are being crushed by large-scale deployment of security forces, large number of arrests, foisting of false cases and use of draconian laws. Women’ s striving for equality and independence from patriarchy is being denied and the code of Manusmriti is being foisted on them. Suppression of the struggles of nationalities for their democratic aspirations including right to selfdetermination under military boots is being intensified.
The main targets of the RSS-BJP fascist offensive are the struggles of workers and peasants, especially the revolutionary movement. They have intensified suppression of the revolutionary movement with the increasing deployment of the security forces in the areas of struggle. Use of draconian laws like UAPA, PD Act has become common. RSS-BJP have coined the term“ Urban Naxalism” to target the movement for democratic rights and to destroy and intimidate the democratic rights’ activists especially those who stand for the democratic rights of struggling people. Arrests of intellectuals in June 2018 and now again in August and raids on the houses of a number of intellectuals bear serious portents for the people’ s struggles.
As the non-fulfilment of promises by the RSS-BJP has become glaring and its attacks on the constitutional democratic rights are arousing anger, RSS-BJP is targeting the sections of media opposed to them. They are also trying to control the social media which has become an important vehicle for dissemination of the news and views of the people’ s struggles.
Resisting this fascist offensive has become an urgent task before the communist revolutionaries. Being the most consistent fighters for people’ s rights
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Obituary:
Homage to Prof. Seshadri
Prof. Seshadri breathed his last on 9th August 2018 due to cancer at the ripe age of 80 years.“ Class Struggle” pays revolutionary homages to Prof. Seshadri and extends its deep felt condolences to his family members.
Born on 4th July 1938 at Hopet, Karnataka, Prof. Seshadri was trained as an economist and teached at Hampi university. He was profficient in Kannada, Telugu and English languages. As a member of Nanjundappa Commission, he studied the causes of backwardness of Nizam part of Karnataka. He developed many alternative methods in mesuring development index for the backward areas.
He was a democrat to the core. After retirement, he extended his support to many strugles of the people. especially of those by peasants. He extended his support to the democratic rights movement. We will fondly remember Prof. Seshadri for his contributions in the civil society.
and being the only force struggling for the revolutionary transformation of this crisis-ridden system, communist revolutionaries should be in the first rank of fighters against this fascist offensive. They should unitedly take up this task of developing struggle against this offensive, of uniting all the forces which can be united against this offensive and deal powerful blows on the base of this fascist offensive. Besides communist revolutionaries, a number of organizations of oppressed communities are struggling against the attacks of fascist forces and these needs to be united. Communist revolutionaries should display requisite initiative and flexibility to forge united action with such forces. Given the all round attack by the fascist forces and the need for all out resistance against this fascist offensive, communist revolutionaries should also go for joint struggles on the issues of this fascist offensive. This is an urgent task which brooks no delay. It also influences the struggle of the communist revolutionaries for change of the present system. By spearheading this resistance, communist revolutionaries will be able to harness the unity of the oppressed people and even expose the compromising nature of the ruling class opposition.
Comrades, there are a number of issues on which we can undertake sustainable joint action. Ambit of the joint action will be decided by the nature of the issue and the stand in practice of the various forces on that issue.
Hyderabad
( Presented by Sep 9, 2018 Com. Y. Sambasiva Rao) �
Class Struggle