Polemics on 'Fractured Freedom': C Sekhar responds to Kobad Ghandy's views
Response to Kobad Ghandy C Sekhar Communist Activist I welcome and congratulate Kobad Ghandy for posing the central questions being faced by the communist movement now, as they provoke us to join hands with him to find out a path forward by nurturing a collective vision. I could not read his book, Fractured Freedom. But I have gone through his interviews, responses from K N Ramachandran and Manish Azad and his replies to them, and his replies to the questions from W. Bengal activists. I am an activist working in a communist organisation. Central Issues : 1. What are the reasons for the setbacks in world wide revolutions / socialism? 2. Reasons for stagnation and retrogression in the Indian communist movement. Let us discuss these as a layman's observation of the past history of the growth of revolution and the later strengthening of organised counter revolution. 1. The first round of the working class revolution faced a setback when laissez-faire capitalism got transform...

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