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Epoliticus seems to be obsessed with the CPI (Marxist). I have not mentioned it at all here. Propaganda, like confusion, is in the eyes of the beholder. The PCPA is not the same as the ³Maoist² leadership, from whose lairs the main utterances come. The ³Maoists² have not, to my mind, denied responsibility. The PCPA is a Maoist-backed group. About the fishplates: these are the joint bars that link the tracks. About 1.5 feet of the track had been ripped out of line. The driver had said there was a blast. There remains some confusion about that. On Dantewada, here are some views: http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2010/india250510.html. Kishenji says that he is sorry, and then tells people not to travel by bus since most buses would have some security personnel on board. That¹s rum. In October 1990, the People¹s War Group (parent of the ³Maoist² party) set alight the Hyderabad-Warangal train. 45 passengers died. PWG hastily said they didn¹t do it, but four senior members said they did (for which see the HRW report from September 1992; as well, K. Balagopal¹s earlier assessment, ³The End of Spring?² Economic and Political Weekly, August 25, 1990). Vijay. PS: the historian and analyst, Dilip Simeon has written this about the PCPA denial: ³The denials coming from the PCPA and by the CPI (Maoist) are problematic. Firstly, there are several cases of Naxalites targetting civilians and civilian transport there are instances from Chhatisgarh and Jharkhand before and after the merger of the MCC and PWG to form the CPI (Maoist) in 2004. Its is not new, in October 1990 the PWG burnt alive 45 passengers in Andhra. Secondly, Naxalism is not a monolith. There are over 45 different naxalite groups, which keep on splintering. Fragmentation is an in-built aspect of their politics. If the current leadership of the dominant group were to give up people¹s war¹, we may be certain that another splinter will emerge to resist their treachery¹ , keep up the armed struggle, etc. Third, once embarked upon a course of violent confrontation (and Jhargram is an area of naxal activity); it is inevitable that the believers in peoples war¹ will be suspect in any such event, especially since they have been known to be contemptuous of human life in the past. Fourth, there may be other groups and persons associated with the Maoists to some degree or other, who can act on their own. As stated before there is no monolithic control, this is especially true for organisations adhering to totalitarian ideologies. Fifth, it would be extremely difficult for anti Maoist groups to carry out clandestine operations to discredit them in an area which is their stronghold. Sixth, they may simply have made a mistake as they have done before, in Dantewada in 2005, for example, when a large number of tribals were blown up in a bus. Then the party apologised. These were not regular trains, they may have been targetting a goods train. But the mistake is too gruesome. In any case, what does a lie or two cost for groups that are convinced that the end justifies the means?² Vijay Prashad wrote: > The Maoists have not taken responsibility for the attack, as yet. Their statements do not come immediately. They take a day or two. You are incorrect. The PCAPA has already stated that it is not responsible. If you had read the messages posted to this listserv, instead of gracing us with your presence in order to conduct pro-CPI(M) propaganda whenever an opportunity presented itself, then you would have noted Greg McDonald's post from earlier today: > However, a spokesman for the group, Asit Mahato, denied any role, the Press Trust of India news agency reported. > "We were in no way involved. This is not our act," PTI quoted him as saying by phone. This statement was also reported in the Hindustan Times. With respect to the Dantewara attack, readers interested in objective reportage can obtain additional information at http://sanhati.com/articles/2408/. Epoliticus If fish plates are tie plates, upon which the actual rails rest, and which in turn rest upon the ties, or "sleepers" as they are called in British railroad jargon, then their removal should not have caused a catastrophic derailment. If "fish plates" are the plates that join sections of rail together, called angle bars in the US, then where did the story of :"land mines" come from? If fish plates are tie plates, upon which the actual rails rest, and which in turn rest upon the ties, or "sleepers" as they are called in British railroad jargon, then their removal should not have caused a catastrophic derailment. If "fish plates" are the plates that join sections of rail together, called angle bars in the US, then where did the story of :"land mines" come from? If fish plates are tie plates, upon which the actual rails rest, and which in turn rest upon the ties, or "sleepers" as they are called in British railroad jargon, then their removal should not have caused a catastrophic derailment. If "fish plates" are the plates that join sections of rail together, called angle bars in the US, then where did the story of :"land mines" come from? ________________________________________________ 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
