Kirk was a controversial figure, but more than anything else, he was a useful tool to the far right, in life and now in death. His murder will be used to sanitise his deceitful ideas and more insidiously, to demand more censorship, more police powers, and more crackdowns. The only people who benefit from his murder are his own base.
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Azadi by Arundhati Roy
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.
The Olympics and The Politics of Genocide
Although I’m no fan of the original Olympics, with its thirst for blood and misogyny, they were essentially a celebration of extraordinary feats of athletic endeavour. The Olympics were also a religious festival where animals were slaughtered to honour Zeus, King of the Greek gods. The games came to an abrupt end with the advent of Christianity in Europe when in 393 AD, the Christian emperor Theodosius I forbade the celebration of pagan cults, which included the Games. When the games were revived in 1896, in the height of European colonialism, only 14 nations took part, all European with the exception of America.
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