Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 12:09 PM
Atrocities on Cultural Activists and Dalits Condemned
We the undersigned are extremely appalled and outraged by the arrest of Kanwal Bharti eminent Dalit writer for his comments on Face book. If one looks seriously at the banner headlines of the Corporate media, the Indian ruling classes have been boasting India as the new economic power house of the world and being the largest democracy. Various clauses of the Indian constitution guarantees the fundamental rights of its citizens ie right to expression, right to choose ones cultural and political views. The pretensions of the Indian state about it being a liberal democracy has proved to be a total mockery of the very meaning of the words like liberalism, democracy and rule of law. Since the past six decades under draconian laws like AFPSA, UAPA, National security act etc. Tens of thousands of people have died in fake encounters, thousands of youth have vanished from Kashmir and Punjab. There are genocides happening on the struggling people of oppressed Nationalities, thousands are tortured, there are thousand of unknown mass graves in Kashmir. Thousand of woman are raped, tortured and killed in police custody. When it comes to writers and cultural activists the Indian state has always bared its fascist and castist fangs again and again. There glaring examples are the false prosecution of the members of Kabir Kala Manch, (Eminent Revolutionary Balladeer Ghadar who is a living legend in the revolutionary peasant resistance struggle was fired upon by Andhra Police and was seriously injured had to be hospitalized for quite a long time and had to be hospitalized for months. Jiten Marandi an eminent radical cultural activist from Jharkhand was jailed for years on trumped up false criminal charges. Progressive poet and writer Savyasachi Goswami is still languishing in Jail on false criminal charges, and the ruthless murder of comrade Gantiprasadam of RDF who was a famous revolutionary writer. The above facts prove that dalit writers and cultural activists are ruthlessly oppresses and persecuted by the Indian state. In this context one has to look seriously at the dialectics of the rise of identity politics in Indian via the Mandal and Kamandal debate. The rise if identity politics in late 80’s and early 90’s which has created an opportunity for the rise of a thin strata of OBC kulaks, who join hands with upper caste landlords to commit atrocities on Dalits. The Vanniyar Sangham hooliganism clearly proves this. However one has to look at the identity question in a dialectical prism.
There are identities and identities some are oppressed some are oppressors. We should discern the democratic content of the identity struggles we should firmly stand with the oppressed identities. History has shown it is only the oppresses can break their own chains. We appeal to the left and democratic organizations, and the progressive intelligentia to join hands and fight together against the right to expression and atrocities on Dalits.
The very logic of Predatory Neoliberalism accentuates the class differentiation within the endogamous caste group further creating class polarization and exploitation. On one hand it pauperizes vast masses of Dalits, OBC’s pasmanda muslims on the other hand a handful of minorities rich peasantry and the kulaks elements of the OBC’s join hand with upper caste land lords to perpetuate atrocities. With the rise of identify politics in late eighties and early nineties especially in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar these elements have become the subsidiary part of the Indian Ruling Classes. We draw attention of another danger in contemporary Identity discourse, the rise of Slogans like Dalit Capitalism and formation of neoliberal clubs like DICCI, its ideologues conveniently forget the fact that 90% of the super exploited agricultural labourers are predominantly dalits and the dalit female agricultural laboures are also sexually exploited.
These stooges of wall street simply over look the fact that under the Neoliberal regime it’s the Dalits, Adivasis, Poor OBC’s and Muslims form that vast mass of Super exploited mobile insecure “foot loose labour” which forms a bulk of the contractual, informal workers in the post fordist production relations and labour process. Therefore this dubious notion of Dalit capitalism is an albatross in the neck of every exploited Dalit. Because it is the very logic of capital which produces wealth and prosperity at one pole and poverty, destitution and despair at the other pole.
1. We demand the withdrawal of all criminal cases on Jiten Marandi, Aparna Marandi, Savyasachi Goswami, Members of Kabir Kala Manch and Kanwal Bharti, Jayeeta Das, Hem Mishra, Prashant Rahi, Seema Azad and two Adivasi Youths arrested from Aheri, Gadchiroli, Maharashtra.
2. Immediately and unconditionally release Savyasaachi Goswami, Jayeeta Das, Hem Mishra, Prashant Rahi, Two Adivasi Youths arrested from Aheri, Gadchiroli, Maharashtra and Kabir Kala Manch Members.
3. We demand a high level judicial enquiry on the murder of Com Ganti Prasadam and the resignation of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister for this tragedy.
4. We demand Mulayam Singh Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav apologise to the Dalits of this country
1. Arjun Prasad Singh PDFI
2. Anand Teltumbde CPDR, Mumbai
3. Prof. Uma Chakrabarty Women Against Sexual Violence
4. Subhash Gatade New Socialist and state repression (WSS)
5. Javed Akhtar Eminent Initiate Urdu Poet and Film Lyricist, Mumbai
6. Shirisha Naidu SANHATI, Chennai
7. Kaveri Rajaram SANHATI, Bangalore
8. Swati Birla SANJATI, Mumbai
9. Shiv Sethi SANHATI, Bangalore
10. Shamsul Islam Nishant Natya Manch, Delhi
11. Neelima Sharma Nishant Natya Manch, Delhi
12. Srirupa Revolutionary Cultural Front (RCF), JNU
13. Sudhir Suman Jan Sanskrit Manch (JASAM), Delhi
14. Brahma Prakash Janrang Radical left cultural group, JNU
15. Hadi BAHROOP Progressive theatre group, JNU
16. Katyayani
17. Martand
18. Anil Chamadia Journalist, Delhi
19. Kamayani Bali Mahabal
20. Vivek Sundara Human Rights Activist, Mumbai
21. Anirban Kar SANHATI, Delhi Chapter
22. Prof. Subodh Malakar Professor SIS JNU and ex-president JNU teachers Association (JNUTA)
23. Anirban
24. Sucheta dey Research Scholar and Ex-president , JNU Student
25. Ravi Prakash Research Scholar and Ex-Secretary JNU Students Union (JNUSU)
26. Piyush Raj Joint Secretary Union (JNUSU)
27. Prof. Nivedita Menon Professor School of Intervention studies, JNU
28. Nayanjyoti
29. Wilfred D’costa
30. Rakesh Ranjan
31. Vir Bharat Talwar Professor, Center for Indian languages, JNU
32. Vivek Kumar Professor, Centre for study of Social Systems, JNU
33. Yagati Chinna Rao Centre for Study of Discrimination and Exclusion, JNU
34. Abhijit Pathak Professor, Centre for Study of Social Systems, JNU
35. Arun Kumar Professor, Centre for Economic and Social Planning, JNU
36. Anand Kumar Professor, Centre for Study of Social Systems, JNU
37. Papori Bora, Asst. Professor, Centre for Women’s Studies, JNU
38. Bimol Akoijam Professor, Centre for Study of Social Systems, JNU
39. Ajay Gudavarty Asst. Professor, Centre for Political Studies, JNU
40. Mahindranath Thakur Asst. Professor, Centre for Political Studies, JNU
41. Amir Ali
42. Rinku Lamba Asst. Professor, Centre for Political Studies, JNU
43. Shefali Jha Asst. Professor, Centre for Political Studies, JNU
44. A. k. Ramakrishnan
45. Suraj Beri The New Materialists, JNU
46. Mahatab Alam Civil Rights Activist, JNU
47. Students for Resistance (SFR), Delhi University and JNU
48. Vira Sathidar Republican Assistant Professor, Centre for study of Social Science, Kolkata
49. Rita Jyoti Bandpadhyay
50. Susovan Dhar Radical Socialist, Kolkata
51. Achin Vanaik CNDP, Delhi
52. Praful Bidwai Eminent Eco-Marxist Thinker, Delhi
53. Sumit Chakrabarty People together, Kolkata
54. Nisha Biswas WSS
55. Kiran Shaheen WSS, Delhi
56. Sudha Reddy social activist, Bangalore
57. Seema Mustafa Centre for Policy Analysis, Delhi
58. Malem Ningthouza Campaign for peace and democracy, Manipur
59. Tripta Wahi Professor, Delhi University
60. Jyotsna
61. Reyazul Haque Student, JNU
62. Trisha Agarwal Focus on Global South
63. Mansi Sharma Social Activist, Delhi
64. Benny Kuruvila Social Activist, Delhi
65. Susana Baria Social Activist, Delhi
66. Kamla Bhasin Eminent Feminist Activist, Delhi
67. Ajit Singh Yadav
68. C. Laxmanan Dalit Intellectual Collective, Chennai
69. Rajni Tilak Rashtriya Dalit Mahila Andolan, Delhi
70. Chinmay
71. Aryama
72. Pravin NSI, Delhi
73. Ankur Rai JASAM, Mumbai
74. Rohit Ranjan Progressive Student Activist TISS, Mumbai
75. P.K. Sundram Research Scholar, JNU
76. Bhuvi Gupta Research Scholar, JNU
77. Mayur Chetia Research Scholar, JNU
78. Asit Das
79. Usman Research Scholar, JNU
80. Imran Radical left Activist, Delhi
81. Ambedkar
82. Laxman Singh Research Scholar and Dalit Activist, Delhi
83. Bhupen Singh Faculty, Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Delhi
84. Ashish Bharadwaj Faculty, Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Delhi
85. Bhasha Singh Deputy Editor, Outlook, Hindi, Delhi
86. Vaishali Patil Eminent Antinuclear Activist Konkan, Maharashtra
87. Vidya Dinkar Citizens Forum, Mangalore, Karnataka
88. Ashish Kumar Research Scholar, Centre for Russian Studies, JNU
89. Mujibur Rehman Research Scholar, JNU
90. Kushal Singh Research Scholar, JNU
91. Neha Thakur Research Scholar, JNU
92. Akash Bhattacharya Krantikari Naujawan Sabha (KNS), JNU
93. Koyal Verma Research Scholar, JNU
94. Anubhuti
95. Shweta
96. Archana
97. Shasank
98. Suvaid
99. Fauzan
100. Vi
101. Sa
102. Ar
103. Ta
104. Ch
105. Br
106. Ba
107. Dh
108. Di
109. Sn
110. Ra
111. Pr
112. Ji
113. De
114. Sh
115. Pr
116. Kr
117. Sh
118. Da
119. Ni
120. Af
121. Az
122. Dr
123. Pr
124. Ar
125. Si
126. Ah
127. Ma
128. La
129. Di
130. Dw
131. M.
132. Dr
133. Ra
134. Sa
135. Na
136. C.
137. Hi
138. Go
139. So
140. Ro
141. Am
142. Pr
143. Ra
144. N. K. Jeet Lok Morcha, Punjab
No comments:
Post a Comment