[Reader-list] protest against deportation of progessive writer Aizaz ahmed

[Asit Das]

And this is from the horse's mouth.

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Aijaz, is it really possible that you have been denied a visa? One
more confirmation of neoliberal fascism.

Aijaz Ahmad Dear Arif, This is a careless misrepresentation of a
complicated reality. People hear rumours and put them up on Facebook
as if they were facts. This much is true, though: I have relocated
from India to the US for the present owing to reasons not unrelated to
politics.
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[Source: <https://www.facebook.com/aijaz.ahmad.1654?fref=ts>.]


 this clarification came from aizaz ahmeds face book since last evening
rumour was going around delhi activist circles and face book that aizaz
ahmed has been deported from india
asit


On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 1:21 AM, Asit Das <asit1917 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear friends and comrades, the sad news going around the social media is
> the eminent progressive intellectual  Aizaz Ahmed was asked to leave India,
> and he has already left. According to reliable sources he was an eye sore
> to the hindu fascist forces because he was consistently writing against
> communal fascism, the new regime led by the butcher of gujrat has forcibly
> evicted him.
> It is to be noted that Aizaz ahmeds land mark essay reading gramsci in the
> age of fascism is an much celebrated essay in the progressive and
> democratic sections in india
>  Progressive and democratic organisations and individuals are requested to
> protest the forcible deportation of prof Aizaz ahmed, and also please do
> circulate the information, pls check the face book page of eminent marxist
> intellectual  Alex callinicos
> asit
>