Extremely optimistic sections among those concerned about the future of India’s official Marxist parties (better termed ‘Leninist) such as the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India and variants of Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) dream of their comeback. The reality is that Indian Leftist parties never regained their past dominance once their area of influence declined. Take the Praja Socialist Party, Samyukta Socialist Party, CPI and even the CPI(ML)s. The CPI(ML) Liberation is confined to pockets in Bihar. Going by past experience, the CPM is unlikely to regain even a quarter of its influence in West Bengal and Tripura in the foreseeable future.
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What Happened in Tiananmen Square in 1989 and Why It Still Matters Three Decades Later
The hyper-nationalist, assertive popular mood that we see in Xi Jinpingâs China today, nurtured by the party-state, is a direct consequence of decisions taken by the Communist leadership that year.
A man stands in front of a convoy of tanks on the Avenue of Eternal peace in Tiananmen Square, June 5, 1989. Photo: Reuters/Stringer
In his new book,
Tiananmen Square; The Making of a Protest; A Diplomat Looks Back, Vijay Gokhale has given us a precise, accurate and valuable account by an eyewitness of a pivotal incident in contemporary Chinese politics â the demonstrations and clearing of Tiananmen square. This book is an analytical and detailed look at the events of three months in 1989 in Beijing, shorn of the myths that Western and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) propaganda attached to them, then and later.