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Democracy Dialogues Lecture Series ( Webinar)
Organised by New Socialist Initiative
The 6th
lecture in the Democracy Dialogues series organized by the New Socialist
Initiative will be delivered by Com Dipankar Bhattacharya, General Secretary of
CPI (ML) Liberation on 20 th December 6 pm (IST) where he will be speaking on
‘Fascism, Democracy and the Left’
Abstract :
‘Fascism, Democracy, and the Left’
With the rise of the Modi
government, BJP has managed to establish a vicious grip on Indian polity.
Parliamentary democracy and the constitutional vision of a secular democratic
Indian republic have come under fierce attack. Instead of remaining busy with
studying historical parallels we should treat the present phase as the rise of
the Indian model of fascism and resist it with all our might. While we can
locate the present Indian developments in the context of global economic and
political trends in the post-Soviet world, there are strong roots in Indian
history and society. One should revisit Ambedkar and the warnings he had issued
right at the time of adoption of India’s Constitution.
The Left vision and role
in politics has been historically identified with ideas and experiments of
building socialism, but the challenge for socialism to offer a superior model
of democracy has remained fatally neglected. In the face of a fascist
offensive, the Left in India must emerge and assert as the most consistent and
reliable champion of democracy.
Zoom link
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