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SUMMARY:Class-Struggles and Revolution in South Asia - Arsalan Ghani
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CONTACT:Arsalan Ghani
DESCRIPTION:Ever since the reactionary and bloody partition of the South A
 sian subcontinent in 1947\, on either side of Radcliff-line\, Durand-line 
 or the others that divide the South Asian subcontinent\, whether it be a t
 errorist outrage\, a colossal accident or natural disaster\, the capitalis
 t states and their structures are unable to provide any meaningful solutio
 n to the miseries of the  land. As a result\, new class struggles are erup
 ting and some layers of the masses are developing revolutionary consciousn
 ess.\n\nLess than 350 years ago the Indian subcontinent was far ahead of c
 ontemporary Europe. Two centuries of the British Raj was an era of immense
  looting and plundering of the resources of the sub-continent.  Millions w
 ere killed and perished due to state brutalities and starvation. The end o
 f the Raj and subsequent ‘independence’ came with a very heavy price. 
 First there was a tragic loss of almost 2.7 million lives slaughtered in a
 n orgy of religious frenzy with its venomous\, reactionary vengeance with 
 the largest migration of peoples in modern history. The policy of divide a
 nd rule fomented this vicious genocide\, the wounds of which are still fes
 tering in the region today.\n\nPresently\, the system\, which has enriched
  the ruling elite\, has not only impoverished the masses into excruciating
  destitution\, but its burgeoning crisis is destabilising all aspects of g
 overnance including security and foreign policy. This means the turbulence
  and turmoil in the subcontinent will exasperate and will spiral out of co
 ntrol. The masses have been lulled and bewildered with despair for quite s
 ome time. They have been trapped in a history of hypocritical embraces\, v
 ile duplicitous hatreds and deceitful hostility of the ruling classes.\n\n
 How long can the workers and the oppressed masses endure this tyranny and 
 coercion? There have been severe strikes in India and Pakistan. Bangladesh
  has seen more general strikes in the last three years than any other coun
 try in the world. \n\nThese class struggles are bound to erupt on a higher
  plane leading to a revolutionary situation.
LOCATION:Munby Room\, Kings College Cambridge.
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