Public Talk & Documentary Film Screening
OPERATION GREENHUNT:
RESIST INDIAN STATE’S WAR ON PEOPLE
Two documentaries on Operation Green Hunt by Gopal Menon, well-known documentary filmmaker & Vanessa Dougnac, French Journalist

(Both have recently visited and reported from the killing fields of Operation Green Hunt)

Speakers:

Suvojit Bagchi, Senior Journalist, BBC

Vanessa Dougnac, Journalist, ARTE TV, France

Dr Karen Gabriel, Asst. Prof., St Stephens College, DU 2 PM , 3 Feb. ’11 Room No 22 Arts Faculty, DU

Dear Friends and Comrades,

The Indian state and the ruling classes of the country has declared one of the most unjust and brutal wars against the people of India which is quite unprecedented in the history of our country. Such a massive mobilization of armed forces, paramilitary forces, police forces and assistance from air forces totaling around 1 lakh personnel, along with US-Israel military assistance of various types only highlights the magnitude of war. They have identified the Maoists as the ‘greatest threat to the internal security of the country since independence’ i.e, the security of the Indian ruling classes. ‘Operation Green Hunt’ is not being executed just because the government wants to wipe out the Maoists in an all out war in the name of fighting terrorism or ‘left-wing extremism’. It is their attempt to annihilate the aspiration of the people, their struggles, their resistance, their resolve for a better life, whether they are led by Maoists or not.

This war against the people is being waged in the interests of foreign capital and domestic big comprador bourgeoisie. Hundreds of MoUs have been signed between Imperialists and domestic corporate sharks and the central and state governments are further intensifying the process of plunder and loot of our vast natural resources and bring more displacement and add to the misery and ruin in the lives of the impoverished people of our country. The contents of these MoUs are secret and confidential and people have no access to them. The Indian State has never considered that the adivasis have a right to their land and jungles. It has constantly tried to usurp the resources of the people in various ways. The natives of these jungles have been living there for thousands of years and have protected these forests as they ensure life to them and are their only source of livelihood for survival. In all these years, no one has been able to subjugate them. The British Empire tried to do this but their marauding armies were repulsed and forced to beat a retreat.

They have remained a free people all along, with their own culture, customs and a unique way of life. The central and state governments have been exploiting their forests and mineral and metal resources at unbridles pace but have failed to provide them with basic requirements like drinking water, education, medical facilities etc even after 60 years of so-called independence. The loot of their resources has been enormous, to the tune of billions of rupees every year, with all the money going to the industrialists, bureaucrats, politicians, contractors and the police. What the Indian state wants to crush is not just the Maoists but the aspirations of millions upon millions in this country, the dreams of every oppressed Indian. It is using the media and all the propaganda machinery available, to denigrate and destroy the resistance of the oppressed classes, their movement for change. This resistance has been characteristic of their traditions and in accordance with their existence as an independent people. Their struggle is to put an end to this onslaught –intensified in the context of global economic crisis- which has made their life hell-like. That is why they identify with the ideology of revolutionary Marxism which promises a world free of loot, exploitation and oppression. That is why they have become one with the revolutionary Maoist movement which want to put a stop to every kind of exploitation and tyranny and build an egalitarian, humane society, free of all kinds of exploitation.

democratic students’ union (dsu)

It is high time that we should raise our collective voice against this unjust war waged by the central and the state governments against our own people, and also demand large scale demobilization of armed forces and paramilitary forces and the diversion of that massive amount of money from the nefarious goal of committing genocide on our people to the task of creating a new society fit for human living. DSU invite you to the public talk and film screening to discuss these issues further.

Hastakshep