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The communist lore in India is so damn confusing... (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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There are so many organizations with the same name, albeit with a few differences. Some have "socialism", "communism", "labor" and "people" in their names, but don't respect the ideology in their title. Some of them have been banned as extremist organizations.

My assumption is that most of the surviving parties that haven't been banned believe in the multi-party system, and are home to intellectuals, as opposed to revolutionaries. The fate of original communist is also hard to understand, like for example the All-India Forward Bloc and Hindustan Socialist Republic Association.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

are home to intellectuals, as opposed to revolutionaries.

In lots of places the burguesie managed to turn revolutionary parties into academic ones. Thats a huge win for them. But lets not confuse academics and intellectuals. You can have a revolutionary intelectual and it can do great for the movement, Lenin being the prime example.

That said, i share this frustration. One "communist" party here was discussing how lukaks aesthetics are still relevant today, while not saying a single word about gaza. Fuck the academics