Re: Communalising Kerala

["Devine, James" <jdevine@xxxxxxx>]

I think it was Fred Engels who called anti-semitism the "socialism of fools." This slogan fits with the general notion that when socialism fails -- due to corruption of left leaders or their becoming part of the political-economic establishment or whatever -- it encourages other versions of communitarian or collective action to arise. When socialism falls, that of fools rises. This is encouraged by the rise of neo-liberalism (and free-market capitalism) which undermines and destroys all "left-wing" communitarianism (socialism, social democracy, Stalinism, etc.) and tries to turn the world into one big market in which everything is for sale. In response to the collective/communitarian failure (the decline or fall of the welfare state, etc.), in come religious or ethnic organizations to provide collective services (madrasas rather than public schools, etc.) 

Is this an explanation of what's happening in Kerala according to the following article?

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Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxx &  http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine

The Hindu

Tuesday, May 13, 2003

Communalising Kerala

By K.N. Panikkar

A transition from the communitarian to the communal
has been taking place, slowly but steadily.

ANOTHER BASTION is falling. Kerala known for its
relatively harmonious communal relations has lately
witnessed quite a few clashes between members of
different communities. In Nadapuram, Panur, Taikal and
Pathanamthitta.

The latest is in Marad, a coastal village near
Kozhikode, in which nine persons were brutally killed
and several injured on May 3. It was not a communal
riot in the generally accepted sense, in which the
members of two communities violently engage with each
other, in most cases spontaneously, due to some
immediate provocation. In Marad, it was a sudden
attack by a group of people well armed and well
organized who, if the police are to be believed,
carried out the operation in one sweep in less than 15
minutes.

Marad has fallen victim to communal fury for a second
time....