[Marxism] China, India and the United States in 2007, by Ashok Mitra

["Ruthless Critic of All that Exists" <ok.president+marxml@xxxxxxxxx>]

Full: <http://www.monthlyreview.org/mrzine/mitra241207.html>

"[...]Despite lip service to what is curtly described as 'inclusive growth',
the turn of events in India is likely to be far different.  The rulers of a
fractious India, it appears altogether possible, are going to fritter away
the country's economic resources, in part, to satisfy the hankering of the
upper strata for the good things in life and, in part, to further strengthen
State power with the object of suppressing social forces emerging in
different parts to avenge inequities perpetrated by the system.  The Dalits,
the tribal masses divested of their land, the victims of the phenomenon of
jobless growth and assorted radical groups establishment circles love to
club together as Maoists could, jointly as well as severally, create enough
of a domestic mess, so much so that India might turn out to be a no more
worthwhile strategic ally of the US than Pakistan.  A thousand rebellions
would be the daily menu, and attempts to subdue them through additional
spending on defence and security measures could, by drawing away resources
from crucial growth-inducing sectors, actually lead to further economic
enfeeblement of the nation.[...]"

[Ashok Mitra, was first Finance Minister of the Left Front Government in
West Bengal in 1977, and is a former member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper
house of the Indian Parliament.]

Full: <http://www.monthlyreview.org/mrzine/mitra241207.html>
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