[Reader-list] Response to Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn et al on Nandigram

[parthaekka at gmail.com]

Hi,

As a personal viewpoint, whether "Chomsky buys  the CPIM line" or a
fishing line is irrelevant. Putting aside the fact that the government
in WB is a 'Left' party or a host of other facts that are obfuscating
the issue, why don't we focus on the core?

- That the WB government has behaved like the pigs in Gorge Orwell's
'Animal Farm'
- That people have been killed, raped and otherwise subjucated by the
state and cadres
- That wether or not we are 'left' or 'right'. 'capitalist' or
'socialist' or 'imperialist' or any other
   absurd tag that is bandied, we as human beings have a sense of
right and wrong, and
   what has happened (and is still fermenting) at Nandigram is wrong
and has been done
   by the very government that is supposed to uphold the law.

Rgds, Partha
..............................

On 11/29/07, Taraprakash <taraprakash at gmail.com> wrote:
> What if Chomsky buys the CPIM line?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tapas Ray" <tapasrayx at gmail.com>
> To: "Naeem Mohaiemen" <naeem.mohaiemen at gmail.com>
> Cc: <reader-list at sarai.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 9:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Response to Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn et al on
> Nandigram
>
>
> > Thanks, Naeem. It will be interesting to see what they say.
> >
> > Tapas
> >
> > Naeem Mohaiemen wrote:
> >> There is a group letter (response to the response) being drafted by
> >> the original signatories (Chomsky, Ali, Bilgrami, et al).
> >>
> >> By the way, one of the earlier emails on this thread indicated a
> >> theory that the letter may have been initiated by Vijay Prashad (I
> >> suppose an unsaid hint may be that the "well meaning white liberals"
> >> had been duped by the "argumentative indian").  I checked w/ Vijay--
> >> he did not initiate the letter, although he did indeed sign it.
> >>
> >>
> >>> From: Tapas Ray <tapasrayx at gmail.com>
> >>> I was wondering if you have received a response from Prof. Chomsky or
> >>> any other signatory of the open letter published in The Hindu.
> >>>
> >> _
> >
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