Modi’s determination to create a Hindu India, based on his inaccurate interpretations of a long lost history, is in many ways similar to the swing globally to the right. However it’s much more complex in a country that is more akin to an Empire or a continent. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is the richest political party in the world. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under the incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP is a far right party and has close ideological and organisational links to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a far-right paramilitary organisation. Its policies adhere to Hindutva, a Hindu nationalist ideology. India however, contrary to Modi’s assertions, has never been a Hindu country, buts facts are a fascists nemesis.
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Heroes and Villains
Many of us have realised that the values of freedom and justice, of free speech and equality, were never meant to be applied to all people. We have seen the lengths our governments are willing to go to, not only to silence us, but to keep the war machine chugging along. Conservatives or Labour, Democrats or Republicans, our governments interests no longer lies in serving the people, but in serving the interests of big money players.
Contentions with Language: manipulating words & ideas to manufacture consent
I’m tired of always having to centre, and even consider, the feelings of those who consistently oppress and dehumanize us in all my conversations. I’m tired of even hearing the prefixes of condemnation and apologists about hostages before feeling safe enough to speak about the atrocities that are happening daily in Gaza, the West bank, Lebanon, Yemen and Syria. To me it’s audacious to even say “Israeli victims” when speaking about the genocide the illegal state is carrying out. Israel is a settler colonial, apartheid state. It’s indecent to expect me to have sympathy for the people who are oppressing my people.
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