r/IndianLeft • u/ManLikeRed • 8h ago
r/IndianLeft • u/No_Rub_6403 • 3d ago
💬 Discussion We made this satirical subreddit to document, the stuff the right says
We made this satirical subreddit to document the most unhinged, absurd, and eye-watering takes floating around the internet, and we need your support to get it off the ground.
Whether it's right-wing extremists, fake centrists, or internet trolls spinning wild conspiracy theories, r/ShitSanghisSay_ is designed to be the ultimate archive for calling out ridiculous nonsense basically modeled after communities like r/ShitLiberalsSay, but kinda also tailored specifically to the circus of Indian internet politics.
If you spot a wild rant on Twitter/X, a bizarre WhatsApp forward, or a meltdown in a comment section, screenshot it, drop it in, and let the satire do the work.
r/IndianLeft • u/BitTemporary7655 • May 30 '24
💬 Discussion A brief note on how the electoral CPI(M) betrayed the indian revolutionary cause.
The CPI (marxist) a political party in india currently in power in the state of Kerala betrayed the cause of indian communism by siding with reactionaries.
Many people on the left including non-indian leftists seem to have a soft spot for the CPI(M) , many seem to think of them as the last bastion of the left in India. They praise the high literacy rates and the higher life expectancy , but what they are uanble see is the reactionary nature of the party and the atrocities they have committed.
For some context : India is a semi feudal country under the grip of neo-imperialism by the imperial core. One system of opression that still persists in India is caste oppression which is based in the ownership of land. The untouchable castes (dalits) disproportionately make up the landless peasants population, while the oppressor castes generally own disproportionate amount of land, there are also middle castes who own some land but not a lot, calculations[1] by scholars Nitin Tagade and Sukhadeo Thorat, based on the All-India Debt and Investment Survey, show that members of the Scheduled Castes, who account for 18% of the country’s households, own only 8.5% of the land in India. On the other hand, upper-caste Hindus, who make up 22% of the households, own 28% of the land, Caste isnt just confined to the rural parts of india, but also the urban parts although it’s orgins are in ownership of land, people are frequently not hired and not allowed to rent homes because of their caste in urban india too.
What has kerela done to address this system of oprression? Perhaps they have redistributed land ? Maybe collectivized agricultre? They did redistribute land but only above a certain land ceiling , big landlords still remained. Infact huge swathes of dalits and indigenous people in kerela are still landless. Among the landless population, indigenous people are overepresented. You the reader might ask what offical data we have , we do have date but not on a large scale ,why? Because the “communist” goverment refuses to do a caste census! It refuses to reveal how much wealth which castes have, because that would reveal the monopoly of certain castes economically. Triple exclusion of dalits in Land Ownership in kerela[2], a study published in the journal Social Change, shows that low rate of land ownership by them is the result of a exclusionsary policy by the goverment! Does this sound like something a communist goverment would do?
This isn’t all. The goverment has also been involved in massacares of dalits. The Marichjhapi massacre, when dalit refugees from bangladesh came to indian they settled in Marichjapi. Schools and hospitals were built and many were involved in pisciculture. A press blackout followed and survivors today say[3], huts were burned, woman were raped, wells poisoned. The survivors of the massacare still to this day have not gotten any Justice.
These are not the actions of a communist party but a reactionary one doused in red paint and communist aesthetics. Even today, the first dalit leader in the politburo of the party was only admitted in 2022, 58 years after it’s creation, how utterly shameful.
I hope by this article I am able to convince you, the reader ,why as leftists we shouldn’t support the CPI(M).
Sources: 1. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/2394481118808107 2. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0049085716654814 3. https://thewire.in/history/west-bengal-violence-marichjhapi-dandakaranya
r/IndianLeft • u/ogMasterPloKoon • 55m ago
💬 Discussion Do you counter left bashing workplace? How?
There are lots of chaddi in my office. I am pretty sure they have no idea what a leftist is but according to them they are violent, emotional, support the underdog, hinder a nation's progress (cite usa/wesst are far ahead and here leftist oppose all projects and hate rich), hitler was a leftist as he target rich jews, left appease muslims/don't criticise them, bash and hate their own nation and religious background and things like that ......
How would you counter these or at least where to start or just let them be......
r/IndianLeft • u/happihappihappiii • 3h ago
Yall I need friends IN REAL LIFE
I am 26 and since the last few months, I have grown really comfortable with cutting people out after discovering boundaries when my prefrontal cortex got a system update. I now have a clearer sense of self and honestly it led to a journey of lone self actualisation. Which is a lot of fun and I highly recommend it 10/10.
Big words aside, at the risk of sounding desperate, man I need friends. And I cannot befriend people who worry more about property damage than the erosion of human rights or only recognise the retaliatory violence against the ruling class and not how the system is inherently violent every day in every manner conceivable.
I need yall commies to organise.
Please send in your applications. Yes this is an interview. To help you out, I will help connect you to people in your city and it would be more helpful if you sent your red flags and green flags that you look for in others, as you feel comfortable.
My location- Delhi.
My age- 26
What makes up my personality?
60% of it is just my cats and the new projects they make me embark on. I am currently building a cat wall for them. Wish me luck. I am really bad at electrical projects, sacrificed a switch board to a short circuit yesterday but I am OBSESSED with creating the perfect lighting in my home, especially after watching Heated Rivalry. I bet 150 dollars out of their 200 dollar budget just went into lamps.
I also love love hoyas and orchids and plan to grow them. I love to cook and meal prep and organising everything into lists and putting labels on everything is my primary source of dopamine. I make lists of everything.
Ideally I want to build a community to attend protests more effectively, educate people, and train to give medical help ( I am a doctor)
r/IndianLeft • u/Upstairs-Shower2673 • 18h ago
He says he doesn't support CJP because he follows Che Guevera.
Did he just say that he follows Che Guevara, Yogi Adityanath and Modi at the same time. Like do these guys do even a little research before posting such reels.
r/IndianLeft • u/imaginaryimmi • 22h ago
💬 Discussion "What are we working for exactly?" "She's waving at the crowd gathered by the NSUI, it is not what we all have signed up for?" Are these people fr?????
I really really really wanted to keep my mouth shut watching Rahul Gandhi using the protesters for his political gain so openly and obviously because that is secondary right now. But no these people really don't give a fuck about the system or correcting it they are only worried about their clout.
Do they really not know or they just care about their satta, which they're working for, and they cannot handle sharing the limelight with someone else? Like be fr.
I'm telling y'all. This congress situation is the same as 2014 situation where people were ready to elect the criminal behind 2002 just to get rid of congress somehow. Now we're making the same mistake. People are going to regret it. They do not care about the issues if they cannot use it for their own gain.
Does a public that is awakening and learning about how the system works not deserve a better government? Why are we trapped between these opportunists?
r/IndianLeft • u/TruthSeekerHumanist • 1d ago
If Imran Khan’s foreign citizenship is an issue, then questions should also be raised regarding the RSS’s foreign funding—or are laws meant only for those who dare to speak up?
r/IndianLeft • u/TruthSeekerHumanist • 2d ago
A Letter from Umar Khalid - Do you think he will ever get a fair trial under the current regime ?
galleryr/IndianLeft • u/syee101 • 2d ago
Alleged Rapist/Murderer of Ankita Bhandari has become the governor of Sikkim before CBI investigation concludes.
Why is grape the only prerequisite for being a BJP member?
Source- Neetivan On X
r/IndianLeft • u/Quirky-Thing-5378 • 2d ago
❓Questions A request to all my northeastern comrades, please try and tackle the fomentation of xenophobic slants in your community. Anti-bihari sentiment is the default for most Indians.
This is not a secret anti-bihari sentiment is always used for creating the upper and lower class argument in india and specifically these things are how it starts.
The video was posted across all ne states' subreddit and I do genuinely believe it is to foment xenophobias by the IT cell.
The video inherently has no issues of its own. The only issue is misogyny but that's uniformly present in all men in this country and should be criticised as such. It is not applied over to specifically NE women but all women in India afaik.
This characterization is bad and comrades in this sub would definitely understand why. I would request folks who organize here, who are from ne, please do challenge these stereotypical notions that they form using anecdotes.
I have given up on making north Indian subs follow this, they are reactionary to the boot. But I believe in my ne comrades understand the struggle against xenophobia. The way ne people are used as tokens when they are categorized as Indians and "non-indians" by the North Indian communities.
This kind of reactionary behaviour is saddening imo. And as a person from Bihar who has fought this stuff all my life I am well aware of these insults hurled at me.
Thanks for the attention to this post. ❤️
r/IndianLeft • u/pamphletz • 2d ago
China Canceled $3.4 Billion in African Debt and Restructured $15 Billion More
r/IndianLeft • u/TruthSeekerHumanist • 2d ago
Can someone explain me why didn't Rahul Gandhi or INDIA bloc start a sit in protest at Jantar Mantar with its rally of 2.5 lakh people on 12 October instead of or after visiting Supreme Court?
Now I see Indian Youth Congress trying to reclaim Jantar Mantar in small numbers so it's not clear to me what they want to achieve with this
r/IndianLeft • u/freeBurnol • 2d ago
💬 Discussion These so-called independent journalists were ready to work for the a political party for some money. So much for their “independence”! They are not journalists and should not be clubbed with them.
r/IndianLeft • u/ManLikeRed • 2d ago
ARTICLE Brief Thoughts on Artificial Intelligence | ICT
r/IndianLeft • u/ManLikeRed • 3d ago
Article The Indian Left’s Organisational Delusion | Countercurrents
r/IndianLeft • u/amateur-philosopher- • 3d ago
"There was pressure to remove 3,000 names": Karnataka Deputy Commissioner makes major claim over electoral roll revision
r/IndianLeft • u/amateur-philosopher- • 3d ago
Groups associated with RSS received millions in foreign funding. Bellingcat expose reveals.
r/IndianLeft • u/Lazy-Interest-7100 • 4d ago
Gorakhpur jail's 'Ghost' : Parvez parwaz , witness of the infamous hate speech yogi Adityanath gave in 2007 , dies in jail
r/IndianLeft • u/Electrical_Tap6684 • 4d ago
💬 Discussion Hello leftist from the USA here
India is home, to my favorite revolutionary’s especially in Kerala and east bengal. How is the leftist situation in India rn? How do you participate in leftism in your state?
r/IndianLeft • u/Ok-Lifeguard-2217 • 5d ago
Theory Got myself Marxist literature
What is Philosophy by Howard Selsam
Philosophy is no mystery - I don't know, maybe it's the Chinese working class or something
माओ त्से तुङ की कविताएँ - Mao Zedong... duh
Great Soviet Stories Part 1 - many great Soviet authors
मुर्दों को क्या लाज-शर्म Gregory Baklanov
The Class Struggle in France 1848-1850 - Karl Marx
r/IndianLeft • u/ManLikeRed • 5d ago
Theory Capitalism : Competition, conflict, crisis - Anwar Sheikh
dokumen.pubr/IndianLeft • u/Popular-Landscape-82 • 5d ago