03.21.08
Tibet, the brain dead left and the marxist (haute) bourgeoisie
Here are five links from marxmail on Tibet: not without interest but the built-in bias is obvious (more links are available from other sources!). I have no problem with a critical stance here as such, nor with attempts to produce a marxist analysis of Tibetan feudalism. But the limits of such analyses are not clear to most marxists, and the destruction of Tibetan culture in the name of the left is still another Leninist horror that stands as a major crime against humanity. And what do we see now? Cowboys and Indian games, and no doubt reservations on the way, with the Tibetan people cheated of their history and culture by the invation of a ‘marxist’ bourgeoisie. Looks like marxist ideology scored a nice bourgeois coup here.
Beyond that a total incomprehension of the nature of Tibetan Buddhism, Buddhism in general, religion in general, and a completely stupid Feuerbachian one-dimensionality used for Leninist extermination.
As a matter of fact, I am critical of Tibetan Buddhism (if you have followed this blog a ways back), but the basis for that is something different from this leftist pastiche, the one-size fits all marxism applied mechanically to the complexities of Tibetan Buddhism.
Parenti complains of Buddhist violence, points well taken. From the left that is sheer hypocrisy. Links:
via marxmail
Thought that the following news items may interests people - Sukant:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-03/20/content_6553596.htm
The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) said in a statement Wednesday that Tibet
is an integral part of the People’s Republic of China, and the party “strongly
condemns the incident that put at risk the freedom and sovereignty of the
Chinese people.”
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Friendly Feudalism: The Tibet Myth [UPDATED]
by Dr. Michael Parenti
Global Research, November 18, 2007
Michael Parenti Politcal Archive - 2007-01-02
http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=7355
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“Democratic Imperialism”: Tibet, China, and the National Endowment for Democracy
by Michael Barker
Global Research, August 13, 2007
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=6530
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A HISTORY OF TYRANNY
- Tibet’s strategic location must remain a paramount Indian
interest
Premen Addy
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080320/jsp/opinion/story_9037085.jsp
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Using Tibet to settle scores with China
Tibetans want to be free. But they’ve been given a green light to riot
by Western elements driven more by spite and envy than a love for
liberty.
http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/4880/