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An Indian Socialist FAQ

FAQ = Frequently Asked Questions. We as Revolutionary Socialists ☭ have to encounter a variety of questions from the common people under the influence of ignorance and/or ruling class propaganda. To aid socialists in their struggle, this page collects facts, evidence, and sources answering these questions. Anyone wishing to collaborate in this project is welcome to contact me :-).

What happened in 1991?(India's Market 'liberalisation')

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Why Reservation is a good thing

Q. Do upper caste dominate as the ruling class of India? Q. Are Dalits getting killed every two weeks in India due to explicit caste violence? Q: What is reservation? Q: Why reservation? Q: Were Reservations incorporated by the founding fathers of the constitution only for first 10 years? Q: Why give reservations on basis of caste? Q: Why not on basis of economic criterion? Q: Should there be a creamy layer criterion or not? Q: How long should the reservations continue? Q: Will not the reservations based on castes lead to divisions in the society? Q: Will not reservations affect the Merit? Q: Have existing reservations for SC/STs been effective or not? Reading materials and Resources: Q. Do upper caste dominate as the ruling class of India? Yes, upper castes dominate by a large margin in representation in the commanding heights of the Government, Economy, Judiciary and Media. Goverment Upper Castes disproportionately dominate the top positions in the government bureaucracy ...

Is Identity politics good?

Yes, the left has important things to learn from Identity Politics. But Liberal Bourgeois Identity Politics is crap. We’d be able to see a new universalism if these rigid divisions between so-called identity categories like race and gender and the category of class were overcome in a real, practical movement. If we were able to see organizations emerge and make real, concrete change in which they bridge those gaps — in which it would become impossible to say that “this is a white organization” or “this is a male-dominated organization” — it would necessarily involve challenging economic inequality and the class structures of American society. For a movement to arise, which tackled the fundamental structures of inequality, domination, and exploitation in American society in such a way that identity as a force of division could not exist — that would be a real universal moment. - Asad Haider HOW IDENTITY POLITICS HAS DIVIDED THE ...

Marx, Ambedkar and Caste

Articles: So you want to ally with the Dalit Rights Movement? - Round Table India Relevant Books/Booklets: 1. Buddha or Karl Marx - Ambedkar 2. Caste Question in India - Anuradha Ghandy - Link 3. India and Communism - B R Ambedkar - Introduction by Anand Teltumbde 4. Nine Decades Of Marxism In The Land Of Brahminism - S.K.Biswas 5. Ear to the Ground Writings on Class and Caste - K. Balagopal 6. Caste Annihilation Booklet - CPI (ML) Red Star - Link 7. Caste Question and Marxism - Abhinav Sinha