I am writing this letter in response to a DV Editorial of March 16, 2000: “Failure on Media Centre forces DV to retreat: When Enemy is not even identified how to fight it?”.
From what I gather it is obvious that members, of the Dalit Movement have a misunderstanding of the people’s struggle and what a mass movement is predicated upon. From the very inception of any organizational infrastructure, there must be a workable program which guides the whole group.
From what I see there is no revolutionary party in India. So, you cannot have a bonafide revolutionary movement to achieve state power. It is the party which is the supreme leadership which sets overall policy.
Lenin on revolution: As Lenin states in the State & Revolution, the imperialist superstructure is the complete enemy of the revolutionary party and thus will do all it can to keep the power it possesses.
So, the state is a concrete reality whose being lies within the almighty ruling class. Once this is a commonly known fact then it is easily seen why the masses of oppressed remain at the bottom of the ladder.
Karl Marx on religion: Karl Marx said religion is the opium of the masses. In other words Islam, Sikhism, Christianity. Budhism, Hinduism keep the masses in a sophorific state. Free them from religious bondage.
It is time to look yourself in the mirror and realise that the blame does not rest on your shoulders, but on the inability of the leadership to properly focus the attention of the masses on a concrete revolutionary objective.
Thus, my dear Editor, you should stop being so pessimistic and come to the correct view that all party programs fall short of the goal which they must reach and that the Hindu nazi Aryans are only doing their job when they divide the masses and the leadership against each other. The sun only sets to rise again at dawn next day. So, I say all power to Dalit Nation. Free your land.
