Thread by @TamilGramsci

When Jaibhim released many North ambedkarites expressed their anger seeing marx Lenin photos next to Babasaheb and their south counterparts also went berserk in attacking the movie but the movie seemed to be an hit in Tamil cinema touching a very important issue. 1/n

The movie has many communist red flag scenes and one of the very few movies which showed the relentless struggle of a common communit cadre to get justice for the oppressed. The real life comrade Govindan was a vanniyar community person and he stood against his own community 2/n

People and that's why he is a comrade not just becaue he wore a red towel. Same way #WITNESS the movie talks about the plight of Chennai corporation Sanitation workers. Having a person who works in Chennai corporation malaria department i know the plight of these workers 3/n

Whom do you think is getting the scoldings when there is a single dengue case in a zone ? Or a ward ? The malaria workers. They are the ones who worked non stop when COVID was raging like a wildfire eating everything which comes in its way. 4/n

All these jobs are no more govt jobs. They are outsourced and contract employees are the ones who work in all these sanitation department of GCC. The globalisation resulted in contractualisation of all these low level jobs. 5/n

It was the Madras Corporation red flag union which stood with the sanitation workers when they went for strike. Do you know what happened to the workers. They are all dismissed and the commissioner reinstated only those who joined the RSS affiliated Barath Mansoor sangh. 6/n

This scene clearly explains the plight of the contract labours and how you are going to address this issue without talking about the globalisation and the contractualisation of the jobs by government. Thsi is the same glabalisation and caste structure of our society 7/n

Which gave raise to kannagi nagar. Read my thread on this

https://twitter.com/TamilGramsci/status/1600910750343925760?t=no_JGnO3i7nqakjhj3PASw&s=19

It is the communist party @tncpim and it's central Chennai secretary @gselva158 who fought for the rights of people and made sure many get houses in KB park and now we see keyboard 8/n

Warriors calling the communists as casteists just because people are asking why the people who are usually vocal about these issues are eerily silent about this movie #Witness. We know the usual tactics of these isolation politics people who already started calling the 9/n

Director of the movie as savarna and movie as saviour complex movie. This isolation politics is completely against this states politics where the red blue black wants to stand together against the caste and class opression of the people of this land. 10/n

Both Jaibhim and Witness are testimony to the fact that communist know what is caste and how this state opresses historically opresseed people. Both movie used Babasaheb quotes to show their affilaition to Babasaheb. 11/11

This particular scene in the movie clearly explains the plight of these workers. The civil right ngos will question the GCC why the streets are not cleaned properly. They are least bothered wbout these workers who die eveyday in the streets of this huge city. 6/n

It is the communists who come and fight for their salary , pf and it is the Madras Corporation red flag union which stood with the striking sanitation workers. You know what the commissioner did ? He dismissed everyone and reinstated only those who joined the RSS affiliated 7/n

Barath Masthoor Sangh. When the slums from Chennai are demolished it is @tncpim and it's central Chennai secretary @gselva158 organised people , fought with govt and ensured that they get houses in KB park in Puliyanthope. 8/n

Even this demolition of slums for singara Chennai is discussed in the #Witness movie. But a section of people are silent and when people started questioning why people who are usually very 9/n

Vocal about these issues are maintaining compete silence , the same isolation politics tactics started coming out saying , the movie was directed by a savarna ( this is another which is debatable) , the movie is promoting saviour complex and the last nail in the coffin is 10/n

Keyboard warriors started calling the real people who work on field as casteists. Kannagi nagar cannot be explained without attacking the globalisation and casteism for which you need Marx and Babasaheb. Read this thread by me 11/n

https://twitter.com/TamilGramsci/status/1600910750343925760?t=aK8WeuPeel8ssDc3INM8iA&s=19

Tamilnadu is a different state with different political stand where the red black blue stand hand in hand to attack caste class which opresses the people of this land. Anyone who tries to ignore this alliance are people who don't want the caravan to move forward. 12/n

Both the movies used Babasaheb quotes and this was the proof that communists from tamilnadu understand caste and Consider Babasaheb as their leader. 13/13