Revisionism

Problems of Indian Revolution: Prospects and Challenges

Red Polemique Agrarian Question, Alain Badiou, Anarchism/Anarcho-syndicalism, Capitalist Development in Indian Agriculture, Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Imperialism and Crisis, Josef Stalin, Karl Marx, Mao Tse-tung, New Socialist Revolution, Non-Party Revolutionism, Prussian Path of Land Reforms, Revisionism, Socialist Revolution in India, Soviet Socialism, Speculative Philosophers, The Semi-feudal Semi-colonial orthodoxy, Uncategorized, V.I.Lenin, Vagabond Philosophers, Workerism/Operaismo, Working Class Movement , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Abhinav Sinha After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the disintegration of the mighty Soviet Union in 1990, bourgeois think-tanks and academia of the West reveled in hysteric caterwaul. The death of Marxism and Socialism was proclaimed; the age of 'meta-narratives' was finally over; the last oppressiveness of the 'modern' was finally … Continue reading Problems of Indian Revolution: Prospects and Challenges

The People’s Quest for the Alternative and the Problems of a New Alternative – Part II

Red Polemique Alain Badiou, Anti-Capitalist Movements, Critique of Post-Modernism, Imperialism and Crisis, Problems of Socialism, Revisionism, Slavoj Žižek, Speculative Philosophers, Uncategorized, Vagabond Philosophers, Working Class Movement , , ,

The Critical Crisis of Capitalism and the Challenges of Alternative One thing is clear that without grasping the successes and failures, perfections and imperfections, strengths and weaknesses of the proletarian revolutions of the Twentieth century; we cannot talk of providing an alternative to capitalism in the Twenty-first century. However, today, precisely this is being done. … Continue reading The People’s Quest for the Alternative and the Problems of a New Alternative – Part II

The People’s Quest for the Alternative and the Problems of a New Alternative – Part I

Red Polemique Alain Badiou, Anti-Capitalist Movements, Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Imperialism and Crisis, Josef Stalin, Mao Tse-tung, Problems of Socialism, Revisionism, Slavoj Žižek, Soviet Socialism, Speculative Philosophers, V.I.Lenin, Vagabond Philosophers, Working Class Movement , , , ,

The year 2011 has elapsed. Yet another year, imperialism and capitalism continued their death-dance of profit at the cost of human lives throughout the world. And in a more naked form than ever. In the age of Globalization, the capitalist system, critically crisis-ridden, continued to tear apart its remaining "welfarist", "democratic", "just and fair" masks, … Continue reading The People’s Quest for the Alternative and the Problems of a New Alternative – Part I

Why is Prof. Aijaz Ahmad so Shame-faced? – Part II

Red Polemique Aijaz Ahmad, Anti-Capitalist Movements, Imperialism and Crisis, Revisionism

Then Prof. Ahmad proceeds and concedes that one of the reasons for the collapse of "Social Europe" is also the surrender of social democracy in front of the neoliberal agenda. He opines that after the "collapse of communism" and "surrender of social democracy in front of neoliberalism", anarchism has become the principal ideology of the … Continue reading Why is Prof. Aijaz Ahmad so Shame-faced? – Part II

Why is Prof. Aijaz Ahmad so Shame-faced? – Part I

Red Polemique Aijaz Ahmad, Anti-Capitalist Movements, Imperialism and Crisis, Revisionism , , , , , , , ,

One of the things that distinguishes any revolutionary Marxist is that he/she never conceals their views; moreover, he/she is not ashamed of the views they profess. Keeping in mind these criteria, one can ask Prof. Aijaz Ahmad that why is he so ashamed of his views? One can as well ask that why is he … Continue reading Why is Prof. Aijaz Ahmad so Shame-faced? – Part I