Re: [PEN-L] India and labor

2007-04-11 Thread ravi
On 31 Mar, 2007, at 4:35 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: The ISO of the USA appears to be doing brisk recruitment business among students from the subcontinent, but perhaps those are the only Marxists from the urban middle of India. :- Perhaps that is the Indian Student Organisation that you

Re: [PEN-L] India and labor

2007-04-11 Thread Michael Perelman
I did not know that the US Democratic Leadership Council had a branch in India. On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 11:36:12AM -0400, ravi wrote: Perhaps that is the Indian Student Organisation that you are thinking of? In all my time here I have come across about 4 Indian Marxists, one of whom is a

Re: [PEN-L] India and labor

2007-03-31 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
On 3/30/07, Martin Hart-Landsberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At issue is whether workers are wise to support the export-led growth models that their governments are pursing. It is not a question of whether a particular worker gets a job, but whether the growth process really offers workers

Re: [PEN-L] India and labor

2007-03-31 Thread ravi
At around 31/3/07 1:08 pm, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: Most workers, intellectuals, and others on the Left in India who vote for the CPI(M), the Congress, etc. probably do so not to celebrate the Indian model of neoliberal capitalism but to back the lesser evil in fear of the BJP-led right-wing

Re: [PEN-L] India and labor

2007-03-31 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
On 3/31/07, ravi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At around 31/3/07 1:08 pm, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: Most workers, intellectuals, and others on the Left in India who vote for the CPI(M), the Congress, etc. probably do so not to celebrate the Indian model of neoliberal capitalism but to back the

Re: [PEN-L] India and labor

2007-03-31 Thread Anthony D'Costa
The puzzle of Indian employment growth. 1. The ISI strategy did not generate employment as anticipated. The reason is technological change and demand growth. ISI did not generate growth either. 2. The ISI strategy created its own vested interests both within the state and in the private

[PEN-L] India and labor

2007-03-30 Thread Martin Hart-Landsberg
At issue is whether workers are wise to support the export-led growth models that their governments are pursing. It is not a question of whether a particular worker gets a job, but whether the growth process really offers workers anything significant for the exploitation they endure. If not,