Video: Re-orienting the Left: India
No single political movement in India should assume that it represents the nucleus of a radical left alternative, but be ready to build principled alliances.
Speech delivered at the International Conference on the Global Crisis and Hegemonic Dilemmas (New Delhi, Nov.8-10). [Speech by Vanaik starts in minute 56.]
The re-alignment of the left requires not loyalty to an organisation, but loyalty to principled politics, argues Achin Vanaik.
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About the authors
Achin Vanaik
Retired Professor of International Relations and Global Politics from thë University of Delhi, Achin Vanaik is an active member of the Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (India). His books and writings range from studies of India's political economy, issues concerning religion, communalism and secularism as well as international contemporary politics and nuclear disarmament.
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