No blushing

The CPM has many reasons to be mortified by the latest WikiLeaks disclosures — reports of conversations between US officials and senior leaders reveal the uncomfortable gap between party catechism and their own informally expressed opinions. The then West Bengal chief minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee tells the US representatives his party must “change or perish”, the Kerala CPM dedicatedly chases after American investment even as it deplores US imperialism.

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