History of the Communist Movement in India by Harkishan Singh Surjeet

In other words, it has stood for the rights of the oppressed people and nations across the world, even when such a stance has not been popular within the country. This means that the Indian communist movement has always been strongly internationalist. They have always been acutely aware that their dream of a communist future is a dream that they share with comrades across the world. Yet they see their revolutionary activity in India as an intrinsic part of the international struggle for human liberation and emancipation. Indian communists are patriotic their practice is deeply rooted in Indian socio-economic and cultural realities. The communist movement is aware that the exploitation of human beings by human beings can end only with the establishment of a socialist society and its transition towards communism the fight for this goal continues through the difficult times that humanity is faced with today. They fought sectarian religious strife and caste discrimination, mobilised workers and peasants to fight to advance their rights, and worked to change the consciousness of the people in a progressive direction in order to make society more liveable for all marginalised, exploited, and oppressed sections of people. Through their self-effacing work, the communists have galvanised hundreds of millions of people into action in order to bring about far-reaching changes in society. Thousands of cadre were martyred on this path and many more continue to carry forward the dream and the fight in the face of state repression, violence, and infinite efforts at subversion. This was a century of sacrifices by hundreds of thousands of revolutionaries of the Indian communist movement who pledged their lives to the dream of an egalitarian and a truly democratic society. On 17 October 2020, the Indian communist movement looks back on a century of courageous resistance against tyranny, oppression, and exploitation.

History of the Communist Movement in India by Harkishan Singh Surjeet