Yogendra Yadav: Alternative Politics and the Idea of Aap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gIC6XHYSgo Mar 12, 2015 PLPDG@NLU
Alternative politics..we do not mean alternative to Politics. Syndrome of Hating Politics is Hating Democracy. while politics pervades all over the world, you dont need to democracy.. but democracy cannot survive without politics. More and more issues ought to be politicied so that they become centre stage .. like health, education.
Alt politics is also not political alternatives.. osiccilation within the estbalishment...operate within the same templates..
AAP is about alt. politics, deeper yearning.. balnce between political viability and ethical politics should be on the same side.
Organisation innovation: New in political organisations : honest politics, dont have to represent moneyed interest, inheritted privilege.. opening of the political class/elite to ..spirit of volunterism.. not part of the patronage network, connecting energy of social movements back to maintream politics.. spirit of Swaraj - human democratic spirit.
Ideological some new conversations: AAP does not fit into the tradtional ideological boxes.. AAP is opportunity space to discover new idieological oritentation. Many conversations that have reached a deaend not have some break. the four areas of such dead-end are-
economy- not left not right.. class politics without class struggle.. but not with the familiar ideology of class struggle of the 29th centrury.. Pro-people economy but is looking at new instruments about what it emean to be pro-people.. Left- pub;ic sector, license, quote.. state as agent .. AAp uncouples this.. working for poor does not have to be extract from the advantaged.. need to increase the pie , and state need not be the only agency.. you can be agnostic..
secularism: frozen positions: dominant model which is western.. which ordinary people cannot relate to.. Opp is majoritarinism... Both has problem,. Politics of secularism has kept minorities .. keep them insecure, minority is asked to bother only about security and not other secular issues like water, electricity, schools, hospitals . Idea of AAP is a New space.. to recognise minorities not only to be minorities but to be just ordinary citizen - same rights, and duties
nationalism: at the time of freedom stuggle Indian Nationalism was a very open liberal ideology.. nationalism is so open minded and open hearted. Not a trace of racialism in Indian Nationalism. In the last 60 years that nationalism has narrowed down, the symbols of nationalism has been captures by a very narrow minded creed, and on the other side you have the footbal club /cricket match type of nationalism. AAP opens up a new kind of nationalism, that celebrates diveristy, which is not about nation state, but which is about State-nation.
european model homogenised all the diversities.. melting pot v/s salad bowl.. model.
Social Justice: There are those who do not take to the idea of social justice, by promoting merit.. which disregard the inherit inequalities which impact so called merit. and on the opposite side there is the idea that social justice means reservations, and caste as the only criteria for that reservations.
Aap opens up that conversation to recognise the inequalities, but reservations need not be the only instrument..