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Monthly Review
02-27-2016, 12:02 AM
http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2016/images/randhir_singh.jpg"Death appears," Marx (1844) tells us, "as the harsh victory of the species over the particular individual, and seemingly contradicts their unity; but the particular individual is only a particular species-being, and, as such, mortal." The species goes on, richer with the labor of people like Professor Randhir Singh. To honor his work we, who remain, must carry on. He gave us enough to work with. And, work there certainly is, right here in our universities, which are being dismantled in India and in the US by the neoliberal project that would rather turn out robotic, obedient, yet rage-filled, insecure tools for the market and the military rather than thinking, creative human beings who would restore humanity to itself and the planet -- before it is too late. But, you, Comrade, will be sorely missed. Comrade Randhir Singh, Laal Salaam!

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