[Reader-list] NAXAL BRUTAL TERROR

[Shuddhabrata Sengupta]

Yes, you are right, I do not believe that the forests should be  
opened up to mining. Mining for large capitalist corporations or  
state run enterprises unleashes havoc, and extracts materials that we  
can well do without. For example - the vast majority of the aluminium  
that is made out of bauxite mined in the world is used by a parasitic  
defence industry that answers no human needs. The little aluminium  
that is necessary for non defence related uses can be easily  
processed from existing resources, you do not need new mines.

So here you have a situation which goes like this - in order to  
sustain capitalism you need a large war machine - which answers no  
human needs, contributes only to misery - in order to feed the needs  
of that war machine - you need mining of the kind that is being  
resisted. take the mines away, and you will contribute to a lessening  
of human misery

Or else, you can see the entire forest region of Central India  
converted to the hell that is Bellary. Where the Reddy Brothers are  
able to manipulate politics, threaten journalists, run MPs in Delhi  
and subsidize a vast empire of greed.

On 18-Apr-10, at 10:52 AM, Bipin Trivedi wrote:

> Dear Shuddha,
> As you say large section of the population does not want to  
> surveyed, that’s your belief but are they ready to keep them out of  
> survey? As per knowledge/report most of them (may be not all of  
> them), NGO’s, human right activists probable demand for them  
> government help, aid, jobs, BPL benefits but do not want to give  
> their resources. One way traffic? Is it justifiable?
> I think from your content, you and may be some others believe that  
> we should not use forest resources, mines  etc. is it? Your reply  
> waited.
> Thanks
> Bipin
>

Shuddhabrata Sengupta
The Sarai Programme at CSDS
Raqs Media Collective
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