The protesters faced several rounds of water cannon, teargas, and baton charge, yet managed to reach the CM Office.

I'm banned from the soft chaddi r/kolkata so asking here.

Looking to join any protests happening in the city with my own placards against the neet leak and bjp nexus at top.

Please share info with me!

Original reel made by Neetu Syngh (@NESY.ALFAAZ on Instagram)

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In 1967 Bengal, the village of Naxalbari became the birthplace of a revolution. Who owns the land? Who does the Labour? And who deserves the rights? The echoes of this revolution gradually reached Punjab. During this time a young poet was emerging: Avtar Singh Sandhu (Better known as 'Pash'). Pash himself came from a farming family and remained a controversial figure. Many people were inspired by his ideas but many questions were also raised about him. Around 1970, at just 18 or 19 years old, his first book "the iron tale" had already been published. The tone of this book was rebellious:

Transliterated: "Main ticket kharch karke tuhadda Jamhooriyat da naatak dekhya hai. Hun taan mera naatak hall ch beh ke, haay haaye aakhan, te cheekan maaran da haqq banda hai"

Translated: "I paid for a ticket to watch your drama of democracy. Now I have earned the right to sit in the theatre, cry out, and raise my voice"

After this book was released he was charged with murder and spent two years in prison. He continued writing there as well. In 1975, under Indira Gandhi, India entered the Emergency. State censorship and injustice began to increase. By the 1980s, the atmosphere in Punjab had become even heavier. On one side there was state repression and on the other Khalistani militancy was gaining momentum. Pash urged people to wake-up:

Transliterated: "Sab toh katarnak hunda ae murda shanti naal bhar jaana. Na hona tadap da, sab sehan kar jaana. Gharan ton nikalna kam te, te kam toh ghar jaana. Sab toh khatarnak hinda ae supnian da mar jaana"

Translated: "The most dangerous thing is to be filled with lifeless peace. To lose all restlessness and silently endure everything. To leave home from work and return home from work. The most dangerous thing is for the dreams to die"

During the Bhindranwale era, as Khalistani ideology and religious extremism were rising, Pash openly spoke against them. On 23 March, 1988 Pash was shot dead (by Khalistani militants).

In the midst of the student's protest in our country's national capital, a great deal has been discussed about its nature and effects in online forums, especially left-leaning forums.

Recently in response to the opinions that some marxists have held on those protests, a few people have expressed their opposition.

First, and foremost, I have immense respect to all those who have went to protests across the country and have participated in them. Especially those who suffered from inhumane police brutality.

However the protest, and the government's response to the protest has not truly impacted my stand on the issue, which I try to explain here.

As a Marxist, my fundamental duty is to analyze the general nature of any popular movement before deciding to participate in it or extend support via other means. This general nature is comprised of a movement's immediate goals, its composition and most importantly its ideology. That gives us an idea of a movements worldview

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Here is where The CJP often Conflated with the student protest is brought in. To my belief. There is a single student Movement. The movement's short term goal is the resignation of an incompetent Minister. The protesters are usually young people who have or currently are studying.

What defers is the methods and long term goals of the two representatives of this movement. One is the many student unions, of which there exist left-leaning ones like the AISA And SFI as well the outfit named Cockroach Janata Party.

The CJP represents the same movement. But it's stuck in its short term goal of Pradhan's Resignation. The movement is made up people who are 'apolitical'. Its worldview is that BJP has a few 'problem Ministers' (Pradhan, onion lady, and ethanol enthusiast) and those should give up their seat. They have a selfish view that if they ignore the struggles of all around them, they can get what they want (a consolation prize).

Ideology, short term goals and worldview are important to achieve significant long term goals. They help aid the actual agitation part and give it a sense of purpose. There can be no effective agitation without no effective ideology. Ideology isnt merely for those who challenge power but also question it. Question on the basis of principle than convieniance.

Without effective theory, street action becomes fragile, a movement can have its goal post shifted from a minister's resignation to a "discussion in parliament". That will be the bigger damage to those who are fighting than some online post.

That to me is the problem in how CJP has dealt with the protest. The protesting is not the problem here, the leader of that protest and his position (or lack thereof) is the problem.

Here position matters, for decades we have ignored positions for short-term goals worldwide, but each time the marxist gets blamed rather than those, who in their desparation to get out of their conditions allied themselves with movements which only backstabbed. Short term goals have landed us near techno-feudalism than broad coalitions as expected.

Already, plenty of students and volunteers have associated themselves with the student's protest. Many have also gone to their stages to express their solidarity. The organized left is in that protest and has seen decent visibility. One groups opinion or stand does not affect the reality.

Instead of fighting with each other on how we should view this protest, we must ask ourselves about two things.

The first is why has, an apolitical organization sprung up by no names has dominated the visibility of left leaning student unions and why have some preferred the former than the latter. Where was our shortcoming?

The second is that, protests might or might not change the worldview of those witnessing them. But it permanently changes the worldview of those who participated in them. Have the worldview of those protesters changed? And can we, intertwine their interests with other marginalised groups?

If we stop accusing each other as "right agents" we might find the answers.

As rightly argued by many here that reform is garbage, we need lasting and sustainable structual change. I understand we don't believe that is possible under capitalism, but humor me this hypothetical where if I were to pose my strucutal change as demands to an electoral party, what would they look like?

No stackoverflow energy please. Approach with empathy, and genuine strategy. If you don't like it, you can simply ignore the post and move on please.

Same as title.

OC : https://www.instagram.com/a_sketchnomad/

Frames > words

Every time you see a sanghi grifter or an annoying troll run their mouths, and you understand there's something wrong but you can't articulate it properly, you're missing frames and language to address the problem. Their words seem effortlessly hateful, not because they are intelligent, it's because they are just riding over pre built bridges over decades (they're activating familiar ways of interpreting the world that have been built over decades through institutions of civil society). To make our view "common sense", we have to understand how everyone understand things and build new frames to communicate​ better​. The author is a liberal (ignore all of that also don't put too much weight into his strong vs nurturing parent theory​), but rest of the concepts are solid and will make you a better communicator. The hegemonic "truth" stands on layered assumptions that become much easier to question once you learn to identify the frames and contradictions that sustain it.

PDF: https://dokumen.pub/dont-think-of-an-elephant.html​​​​​

Video lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1-dlA2pP_M

There's also the risk of drifting into postmodernism, making this purely a struggle of words​ with no objective reality, that should also be combated.

• ​Postmodernism Explained - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG9DodUxfFY
• ​Postmodernism vs Marxism: Gabriel Rockhill Debates David Guignion - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtHYZ73eySA
• ​The same in hindi​/urdu - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOV7ykEqGK1bQgFOVbPaYvqWXLJpzBJHn

India gained independence through a combination of different forms of resistance. Gandhi's nonviolent movement played a central role, but there were also revolutionary movements led by figures such as Subhas Chandra Bose, Bhagat Singh, and many others who believed that armed resistance had a place in the struggle.

With that historical context in mind, do you think a movement based primarily on Gandhian principles also needs a more radical wing operating separately, so that the main civil movement can maintain its commitment to nonviolence without being pressured to escalate?

At the same time, I'm skeptical about how long peaceful protests can continue if the police respond with severe force. On the other hand, history has shown that police brutality can sometimes backfire by further mobilizing and radicalizing the public, especially young people.

I'm interested in hearing different perspectives on whether history suggests that a diversity of resistance strategies is inevitable or whether nonviolent movements are more effective on their own.

I want to tell one thing to the people who are protesting on Janpath: use military tactics. Stretch the police. Don't go to the barricades where they are waiting. Go into the streets and lanes. Explore all possible routes. Make the police run from one place to another, because they are smaller in number. Divide them and identify weak positions.

Don't stay in one place. Explore as many places as you can. Divide yourselves into disciplined groups that stay together and move together. Don't wear masks.

And remember the Arab Spring. They may try to shut down social media, so be prepared for that. Follow the principles from The Art of War.

Form groups of 100 people and move like a system. Create human chains. They can beat an individual—watch the videos carefully. Four or more police officers can overpower one student, but they cannot beat 100 students holding hands at the same time.

The exact plan can only be made by the leaders of the protest. We can only make them aware of these ideas.

Comrades,

On 20 July, we joined and witnessed one of the most intense protests against the Modi Government. Over 1 lakh students joined the Parliament March call for the resignation of the Education Minister and to hold the Government accountable. Students, with barely enough to eat and nowhere to stay, came from far away states to join this historic protest.

Over the last 12 years, we have seen a corrupt and indifferent Government, ignoring the issues of the students and the youth, and feeding them with jumlas. Numerous student agitations took place over the last decade. Yet, they were crushed with force.

Yet, after another paper leak in NEET exam and nearly 20 students dying by suicide, the Government refused to accept any accountability. Instead, they kept abusing the students and the youths, calling them anti-national, terrorists, cockroaches and parasites.

Finally, the Cockroach Janata Party called a sit-in protest, which was joined by many student unions. Sonam Wangchuk sat on a hunger strike.

Yet the Government refused to heed their demands or to start a dialogue. Finally, the Parliament March was called.

The protest saw a brutal repression against the protesters. Yet, they faced it and fought against it. Many have been hospitalized or detained. The movement also received widespread support across the nation, with protests in many cities. Everyone did their part.

Yet, what was "librandu", a self proclaimed leftist subreddit, doing? Its mods banned any discussion on this historic protest, which is now a subject of international discussion.

These self-proclaimed revolutionary left, used to abuse anyone who spoke about voting, saying that elections do not work, and the left should protest instead. Yet, when the time for protest came, those revolutionaries suddenly started making excuses.

> The protest is not revolutionary enough for me. It is a bourgeoisie protest. And dozens of excuses.

Keep in mind, the protest was for education. Education is the issue of the proletariat, not the bourgeoisie.

There can be only two explanations for this deceit by the Librandu. Either, they are cowards. And are scared to support any protest at all. Or, they are right wing agents, who are paid to sabotage the left.

In any case, this deceit cannot be tolerated any longer. These people cannot be allowed to sabotage the movement or mislead the people.

We must openly call out these traitors and remove them from our circles. Defend the movement against the saboteurs.

"Be Water." Stay flexible, avoid being boxed in, and adapt quickly to changing situations.

• Leaderless organization. Decentralized coordination allowed the movement to continue even when individual organizers were arrested.

Protective gear. Many protesters wore helmets, goggles, gloves, and sturdy clothing to reduce the risk of injury.

Umbrellas as protection. Umbrellas became an iconic symbol, used to tv provide cover from cameras, rain, and to create visual barriers.

The "cone tactic." Traffic cones were sometimes placed over deployed tear gas canisters before they were extinguished, becoming one of the protest's most recognizable symbols of collective action.

• Water bottles and teamwork. Volunteers were often seen using water to help cool or extinguish tear gas canisters while others assisted with cones or helped keep people away from the area.

Street medics. Volunteer first-aid teams treated injuries and helped people affected by crowd-control measures.

• Supply chains. Communities passed along water, first-aid supplies, food, helmets, and other essentials through coordinated volunteer networks.

• Real-time communication. Protesters relied on encrypted messaging platforms and live updates to share information about road closures, medical assistance, and changing conditions.

• Buddy system. People looked after one another, attended in groups, and ensured everyone got home safely.

The lasting lesson from Hong Kong wasn't just resistance. It was preparation, mutual aid, adaptability, and community coordination under pressure.

And don't forget why you're there. Stay focused on the cause, not the confrontation. Protect yourself, don't retaliate, and don't let provocation distract from the demand for accountability.

Be disciplined. Let the message be remembered, not the chaos. A united, peaceful movement is always stronger.

CJP, protest, cockroach janta party, jantar mantar, BJP, Pradhan, Education Minister, peace

Hi,

I work in an AI startup, and I would really like to leave. I don't want to do this anymore, and want to do some impactful work, at the very least create a space for progressive discussions and education, a third place of sorts. I think a lot of people get involved in politics in college and then start working, lose touch with what they can do because life itself gets so difficult. I cant be the only one thinking this - so I'm asking for experiences, suggestions, anything would work. My idea was to have a storefront for experiences, charge people for it to sustain the whole thing, and a backroom of sorts where people can gather, have discussions, engage in theory, talk about practical steps on how we can do better, ask help, find refuge.
I genuinely want to do something to help - and there are so many issues these days, a complete lack of awareness and I struggle to understand what to do. However, creating any sort of space requires going beyond caste/class/religious divisions, and I'm not sure how to properly bring everyone under one roof - I don't want any space to become an elitist club. I'm not sure what to do exactly, and I would really really appreciate your help in anything you think should or can be done, and if you just need help with anything you're working on, I'd be more than happy to help. I'm based in Bangalore. Please let me know.

I'm not writing this because I was at Jantar Mantar today. I wasn't. I'm safe at home. I wasn't beaten. I wasn't affected by the exam leaks personally.

But watching what happened today left me angry, exhausted, and honestly ashamed of how easy it is to scroll past things that don't affect us directly.

That's exactly how people with power get away with it. It happens to one group, everyone else says, "Not my problem," and then it happens to the next, and the next, until one day it's our turn.

This poem is for everyone who felt that same frustration today. If you can protest, protest. If you can't, don't let silence be your contribution. Speak. Write. Share.

Disagree if you want. Just don't pretend nothing happened.

I'm only one person with a keyboard, but I'd rather use it than stay silent..

The following is a short clipping of the songs sung by telangana gaddar.

This is an appeal to the delhi police.

Here's the translation

Introduction

"The government didn't invest in factories, hospitals or schools. What did they spend on? Police camps!"

(The heavy infrastructure used by crpf delhi police and RAF)

"Do the villages need police camps? Villages need schools, hospital's, land, fair prices. But they deployed police. O police brothers, my dear constables, you became police for your daily needs, you are also the children of farmers. Your officers are IPS, they come from mummy daddy's schools. They come and tell you Hello, please, come on, FIRE and they order you around. My dear police. Remember you are pointing your rifle on your Village. On your brothers. On your sisters. My dear police brothers please think"

The song

"Minister after minister comes and goes

Nothing changed in your lives

They increased your wages tiny bit. For that, they brought in the big money.

They changed your topi and knickers

They put a cap on your head o police brother.

They kept you in jail under different laws

There's no difference between you and me brother

There's no option but to fight brother"

" When there's pelting of stones, you step in like a hero.

You stop people from fighting with their swords. You shoot tear gas even when it's hurting your eyes too.

Your entire life is full of risk.

Why is there no risk allowance to you police brother? "

"When I am the one protesting they deployed you.

When you were the one protesting they deployed CRP.

When CR board protested. They deployed military.

If we keep fighting amongst ourselves...

The sarkar is very happy looking at us o police brother."

"The police who doesn't take our FIR came as the SI

The guy who came as an SI became an SP...

30 years have gone past....

Yet to get the 3 stripes on his uniform"

"You have tied your children to the trees with your own hands..

Fire!

When they gave you the order, you fired multiple rounds at them...

When we remember the incidents. Our hearts are shattered.

It was your finger, it was your own eye. Your stomach and your intestine that you shot at..

The one who shot me and killed me. Will shoot and kill you too...

If you and I get together brother. We will together witness the collapse of the one giving orders! Police brothers"

I had seen it on Amazon a few months ago and had decided to buy it later on. I recently decided to buy it but couldn't find it anywhere online, including Amazon. does anyone know of a place I can buy both the volumes from?

Iam not really a beginner I actively talk about climate change, feminism and wealth inequality..

I truly believe in all of these and I have rejected religion. I got fed religious propaganda from childhood and always hated other religions since Iam introduced to the religious pride(you know what Iam talking about) it was a whole phase of me becoming a leftist. It all began with me having intrest in climate change and fossil fuels. I didn't stop learning there, I read so much about almost everything, class consciousness and all. I rejected religion and do not support leaders based on religion, however one disturbing element that makes me feel bad about is that(Iam gonna say it directly 😭) my Muslim friend supports leaders based on religion. I find it contradictory and I don't feel included as I reject religion because how bad it is and there are people that support leaders based on religions and I find it difficult to believe that we are in the same boat even though we are. Iam not really hating any particular religion but I reject religion as a whole and I want to know why these people who also talk about justice and how bad the elites are, also support religion and leaders based on religion. Thankyou.

The blame goes to Congress. The majority of it is because of the INC, because they LARPed as "socialist" from 1951 to 1984 (I guess?), but in reality, it was far, far from socialism. It was a state-capitalist and oligopolistic country with feudal agriculture. Congress was never a socialist party; it was a coalition of upper-caste landlords, big businesses, some socialists, some free-market liberals, and some token Dalit/Muslim leaders. The socialist faction, though it dominated the party leadership, was still heavily dependent on the landlord leadership and landlord voter base. So, the INC played this trick where they used socialist rhetoric and symbolism, but in execution, they kept protecting big businesses and their domestic monopolies, and they kept protecting the landlords through loopholes and poor implementation.

These "socialists" failed to invest in primary education and basic healthcare. They failed to invest in roads, railways, ports, and highways. And most importantly, they never implemented land reforms; they never tried to end zamindari and kept protecting it.

This led to a very stagnant system in which markets are controlled by private monopolies that produce shit-quality goods at expensive prices, public education and healthcare are poor, housing is trash, roads, highways, and railways are of poor quality, poverty is everywhere, the bureaucracy was extremely corrupt and unaccountable (still is), and in village regions, landlords still oppressed the peasants.

And this shit was sold by the INC as socialism.

This is the reason socialism is unpopular in India today. Because whenever someone mentions socialism, they equate it with the Licence Raj era, and they think that the licence raj era is true socialism.