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Fabians at 140

Lenin described George Bernard Shaw as a good man fallen among Fabians. None, indeed, of all the various paths to socialism could be less like the Bolshevik one than that of the Fabian Society which was founded by a group of high-minded middle class intellectuals140 years ago.

No free pass

The proposition is clear: The army cannot and must not be deployed to fight citizens. If it is, then the protection afforded to its personnel by the AFSPA is essential. But it is unacceptable. Ergo, maintaining law and order and fighting the remnants of the insurgencies in the North-East must be the job of a state paramilitary force raised, trained, and equipped for the purpose