CC Resolutions

Intensify Mass Movements Against Imperialist Globalisation and State Terror
[Resolution Adopted by the CC of CPI(ML) at Nagpur Meeting, 17 February 2010]

1.      The two decades long imperialist globalization policies have further worsened the neo-colonial slavery and miseries to the people. Price rise, unemployment and under employment and abandoning of the welfare policies under neo-liberal regime have thrown out millions from jobs, reduced the real income of hundreds of  millions, increased peasant suicides, reduced millions to near-starvation level and have thrown vast majority of dalits, adivasis and other oppressed sections to destitution. When the elite classes are enriched manifold, the working class and all other toiling masses are facing unprecedented crises in all fields of life.
2.      It is in this situation the latest policy decisions of the Congress-led UPA Government at centre should be viewed. It refuses to take any steps to reverse the policies which have led to present price rise, unemployment/ under employment and destitution of the masses. On the contrary, it is opening more avenues for the MNCs and Corporates to control even retail trade. It is on the verge of another hike in prices of petroleum products which will sky-rocket the prices of all essential commodities further. Besides, the central budget being presented in a few days is going to make the burden over the people much more, while dishing out many more concessions to the Corporate houses and other elite sections. It is undermining the food production by promoting cultivation of cash crops and diverting agricultural land massively for real estates and to various land mafias. The present crisis and devastation faced by the masses are the consequences of the political decisions of the government. They can be fought and defeated only through uncompromising struggles to reverse them.
3.      While the vast masses of people are facing unprecedented hardships, in order to divert their attention from the central political issues causing them, and to unleash state terror against people’s movements, the bogey of terrorism and ‘Maoism’ is constantly raised. All the black laws including the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act and the Operation Green Hunt are ruthlessly utilized to intensify suppressive actions. While in the name of fighting terrorism the Muslim minorities and Pakistan are targeted, in the name of suppressing the ‘Maoists’ active in few pockets of few states, all progressive people’s movements all over the country are targeted. For doing this the co-operation and services of all state governments are utilized. The services of all ruling class parties, big or small or regional, and of the ‘Left Front’ led by CPI (M) are utilized.
4.      One of the glaring examples of how these reactionary policies are affecting the oppressed masses is the way in which the indigenous people of more than 100 millions are treated in spite of the mush trumpeted Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act which came to force in 2006. The dead line for receipt of claims by these people ran out on December 31, 2009. But till October 31, according to government of India records, the title deeds were distributed to only a little more than 6,10,000 forest dwellers. Very little is done by the government departments and its various agencies including the NGOs to get these people registered for title deeds. On the contrary the Union government has allowed leasing out of 1,00,871 hectors of forest land for mining and various other projects throwing out the adivasis and creating immense harm to the environment. While no action is taken for effective implementation of the FRA, the Operation Green Hunt is pursued vigorously in the name of throwing out ‘Maoists’, creating immense harm to the habitats and livelihood of the advasis.
5.      Almost the same, or worse is the fate of the peoples and aboriginals of North East and Jammu and Kashmir. For many decades these areas are under virtual military rule in spite of the fake elections conducted there perpetuating corrupt, anti-people regimes. Conditions of almost fascist like rule exist there. The people as a whole, especially women are subjected to ruthless suppression. The AFSPA has made life intolerable with almost all democratic rights denied to the masses. The Manorama Devi incident of 2004 and the ten-years old indefinite fast by Ms. Irom Sharmila in Manipur symbolize the state terror under AFSPA and people’s resistance against it taking place in the whole of North East. The condition is no better in Jammu and Kashmir.
6.      Along with the state terror, the degenerated imperialist and feudal cultural values, religions fundamental-ism of various sorts, caste system, chauvinist strife and mafiaisation are utilized to maim the people and to make them incapable of fighting against the neo-colonial slavery which is intensifying day by day. Unprecede-nted corruption at all levels has socked the country. Liquor and drugs addition is becoming rampant. It is a cultural aggression to perpetuate the neo-colonial slavery.
7.      The Central Committee of the CPI (ML) calls for all out efforts to expose and struggle against this neo-colonial slavery in all walks of life:

1. Continue and intensify the anti-price rise campaign at all India level, leading it towards mobilization of the masses for storming of godowns and MNCs–Corporates’ storages and distribution of food grains to the masses, so as to compel the central govt to reverse its neo- liberal policies.

2. Mobilise the working class and develop their struggles to seize back the hard-earned rights snatched away from them, to advance their struggle against wage slavery, and to develop their consciousness to become the leader of the social revolution.
3. Develop the agrarian revolutionary movement mobilizing the landless-poor peasants and agricultural workers putting forward land to the tiller slogan, to stop displacements from agricultural land and to achieve Housing rights for all. As immedicte slogan, struggle for need based minimum wages, including employment for all the agricultural workers including dalits and adivasis.
4. Develop the struggle for education and employment for all mobilizing the youth and students struggle against unemployment and under-employment focusing on the struggle against neo-colonial globalization policies which are creating them.
5. Develop all India revolutionary women’s movement.
6. Mobilize the advasis to fight for their right to their land and against all forms of displacement. Build up All India Krantikari Adivasi Mahasabha.
7. Organize all India movements against state terror, the Operation Green Hunt and all forms of black Acts including the draconian AFSPA.
8. Launch vigorous democratic, people’s cultural movement against the cultural aggression of the imperialist forces and the Indian ruling system. Struggle against religions fundament-alism, communal fascism and caste system.
9. Intensify the campaign against neo-colonial slavery based on the ideological-political line put forward by the Bhopal All India Special Conference.
10. Cast away all sectarian approaches and intensify the efforts to build up a powerful, Bolshevik style party capable of leading the People’s Democratic Revolution to victory.