Is all Marxists need to be Communists?: By CV Manuvilsan

Is all MarxisT be CommunisT =By CV Manuvilsan This writing is a reply to the post of Adv P Chandrasekhar, posted in the Open Forum. In the said post, Adv P Chandrasekhar asked a question as “can a person be a Marxist without being communist? Are all communists necessarily be Marxists?” In furtherance of the said question discussions are still continuing. But there arisen certain fundamental questions as “what is Communism?” and “what is Marxism?”. In his reply, Adv P Chandrasekhar wrote, It appears that there is a misunderstanding that communism and Marxism is one and the same. Many historians have used Marxism in their subaltern studies. Many post modernists have used Marxism in developing post structural theories. Most neo Marxists are not communists. There are a posse of Marxist intellectuals who are not communists but supporting Left Politics. In fact they hold the key for new left politics if it is to emerge in future. This is a matter which needs serious and urgen...