Saint-Just
11th March 2004, 16:49
The Naxalite movement has been around since the late 60s when the Communist Party of India (Marxist) split, the Communisty Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) was formed. The CPI (Marxist) began to participate in elections and formed a coalition government in West Bengal. The CPI (M-L) pursued geurrilla tactics.
Many middle-class intellectuals from India’s IITs came out of college to organise. They developed tactics based on those used in previous geurrilla struggles such as in China and Cuba. They were able to dominate village after village as they taught revolution to many Indians. They developed villages to bring in currency in from the cities using various business methods and then brought things for the villages to aid in education and healthcare and of course to attain weapons.
The Naxalite movement exists mostly in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, eastern Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, and western Orissa. In operates inland in rural areas of dense jungle.
Many women join the movement because they say Indian society and capitalist society is patriarchal and they want to fight for women’s liberation.
The Indian government pursues the western idea of neo-liberal economic development in the third world dogmatically. But in reality there are many poor people in India who stay poor and so will join the Naxalites.
It is said the movement is weak, but still thousands of people continue to join it, although they have a difficult opponent in the Indian armed forces.
Many middle-class intellectuals from India’s IITs came out of college to organise. They developed tactics based on those used in previous geurrilla struggles such as in China and Cuba. They were able to dominate village after village as they taught revolution to many Indians. They developed villages to bring in currency in from the cities using various business methods and then brought things for the villages to aid in education and healthcare and of course to attain weapons.
The Naxalite movement exists mostly in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, eastern Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, and western Orissa. In operates inland in rural areas of dense jungle.
Many women join the movement because they say Indian society and capitalist society is patriarchal and they want to fight for women’s liberation.
The Indian government pursues the western idea of neo-liberal economic development in the third world dogmatically. But in reality there are many poor people in India who stay poor and so will join the Naxalites.
It is said the movement is weak, but still thousands of people continue to join it, although they have a difficult opponent in the Indian armed forces.