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

[Tapas Ray]

I should add that this is not going to be easy for critics of the Left 
Front government, because they do not have anything like the resources 
which the latter can bring to bear for this purpose.


Tapas Ray
> If Chomsky and the other signatories buy that line, it will provide 
> useful insights into (a) their thought process, which will be useful 
> for contextualising and interpreting their words (not only about 
> India) from now on, and (b) the pains that have been taken by 
> interested parties for years, to induce such thinking in order to buy 
> credibility abroad, and then import that credibility, because the 
> supply of that commodity has been dwindling at home. These insights 
> can be used by those who are interested in democracy, alternatives, 
> and democratic alternatives - as opposed to authoritarian 
> neoliberalism by another name - to be more proactive in forging links 
> with, and arriving at a common understanding with, people like Chomsky 
> in future. That is, if they think this is worth the trouble.
>
> Just my two-bit.
>
> Tapas
>
>
> Taraprakash wrote:
>> What if Chomsky buys the CPIM line?
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tapas Ray" <tapasrayx at gmail.com>
>>
>>> 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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