Paddy Apling wrote: "Bringing the Bengal famine into the argument is a red herring. British communists - and indeed the working class movement in Britain generally, were active throughout the war - and before - in promoting the anti-colonial struggle; but all direct contact with Marxists in India were effectively impossible during the war - though the representative of the Indian Congress, Krishna Menon, was speaker at many many public meetings organised during the war - and many on the left were advocating the handing over of power before the end of the war."
This remark is not only philistine: It suggests that Comrade Apling is an ignoramus. As a general rule, you should keep mum concerning matters such that your knowledge is that of a dilettante. I apologize to the comrades for my outburst, but it was impossible to allow such a remark to pass. epoliticus -- "In the tender annals of Political Economy, the idyllic reigns from time immemorial ... the present year of course always excepted." -- A German refugee, circa 1867 -- http://epoliticus.wordpress.com/ ________________________________________________ YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
