An Indian Socialist FAQ

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 ...

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

1. Economic Inequality/Landlord-ism/Capitalism Land Redistribution. Collectivization. Co-operatives. Nationalization. 2. Social inequality/Brahmanism/Patriarchy Cultural Revolution. Affirmative action(Reservation) in a nationalized Cultural Industry. Social Justice Education. Minority Leadership at all levels of the Hierarchy. Intersectional (Bahujan Feminist) Affinity Organizations with full authority on Issues. Caste-based Surnames Banned. 3. Communalism/Hindutva/Islamophobia Cultural Revolution. Universalist Education. Affinity Groups and Minority Leadership. 4. Neo-liberalism/Privatization Nationalization. Direct Democracy and Planning. 5. Imperialism, Corporate Plunder and Assault on Adivasis Adivasi Nationhood. Socialist Economic Planning under Adivasi Leadership. 6. Colonization of Kashmir, North-East and Adivasis Plebiscite. Right to self-determination. 7. Climate Change/Environmental Destruction Scientific Economic Planning, Direct Democracy and Decentralization. Focus on Sust...

 Why Socialism? 1. Inequality, Exploitation & Class Struggle 2. Climate Change, Environmental Externalities and Limits on Capitalist Development 3. Capitalist Crisis, Instability & Superstructural Degradation 4. Surplus Value, Imperialism, Manufacturing Consent 5. Alternative - Socialist Growth Why Capitalism? 1. Growth 2. Stability & Reform

  What is Marxism? This answer is intended for people looking into Marxism for the first time, and is not intended as a substitute for a thorough study of Marxist writings, biographies and group discussions. According to  Lenin , leader of the Russian Revolution, there are  Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism : materialist philosophy, critique of political economy and socialist politics. Marx's philosophy . Just at the beginning of his political career, the following two works were written by  Karl Marx , the founder of modern communism: Theses on Feuerbach , Marx's philosophy in eleven short points. Idealism and Materialism  from  The German Ideology , an outline of Marx's approach to history. 35 years later,  Engels , Marx's life-long collaborator, wrote  Socialism: Utopian and Scientific  in an effort to popularise Marx's ideas. Chapter one:  Utopian Socialism . An outline of Marx's critique of utopian socialism. Chapte...