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The War on Fascism April 2, 2014 Eli Zaretsky Eli Zaretsky https://publicseminar.org/2014/04/the-war-on-fascism/ Although the term “fascism” is still in use today, it generally refers to real or supposed dictatorships, such as those of Saddam Hussein or Vladimir Putin, and has lost its original connotation, that of an authoritarian but still capitalist state. Because the original meaning of “fascism” was aimed not at dictatorship, but at the relation between dictatorship and private property and market power, the term had a critical or self-reflective character.

The reinterpretation of the meaning of World War Two so that it lost its connection to domestic reform and became one in a series of struggles against an evil outside was an important moment in this decline. The purpose of this reinterpretation was to discredit another powerful twentieth century idea, the idea of a Left, which was also an historical idea referencing a movement of thought and action far more powerful and long-lasting than that of socialism, but not excluding socialism either. While the idea of fascism is largely important for understanding twentieth century history, the idea of the Left is central for understanding the world today.

http://newfascismsyllabus.com/syllabus/interrogating-the-present/ The #NewFascismSyllabus is a crowd-sourced collection of scholarly writings on the history of fascist, authoritarian, and right-wing populist movements and governments

Fascism vs. Capitalism: The Central Ideological Conflict of Our Times https://cdn.mises.org/Fascism%20versus%20Capitalism.pdf “Fascism” has become a term of general derision and rebuke. . The abuse of this important word undermines its true value as a term referring to a very real phenomenon, and one whose spirit lives on even now.

Fascism is a specific ideology based on the idea that the state is the ideal organization for realizing a society’s and an individual’s potential economically, socially, and even spiritually. The state, for the fascist, is the instrument by which the people’s common destiny is realized, and in which the potential for greatness is to be found. Individual rights, and the individual himself, are strictly subordinate to the state’s great and glorious goals for the nation. In foreign affairs, the fascist attitude is reflected in a belligerent chauvinism, a contempt for other peoples, and a society-wide reverence for soldiers and the martial virtues.

The state’s relationship to the people is not benign, it is not one of magnanimous giver and grateful recipient. It is an exploitative relationship, whereby an array of self-perpetuating fiefdoms that produce nothing live at the expense of the toiling majority. Its wars do not  protect the public; they fleece it. Its subsidies do not promote the so-called  public good; they undermine it. Why should we expect its production of money to be an exception to this general pattern?..As F.A. Hayek said, it is not reasonable to think that the state has any interest in giving us a “good money.” What the state wants is to produce the money or have a privileged position vis-à-vis the source of the money,  so it can dispense largesse to its favored constituencies. We should not be anxious to accommodate it.
The state does not compromise, and neither should we. In the struggle of liberty against power, few enough will oppose the state and the conventional wisdom it urges us to adopt. Fewer still will reject the state and its programs root and branch. We must be those few, as we work toward a uture in which we are the many.

The Mahatma of Sabarmati Ashram | Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary Sep 24, 2019 https://youtu.be/wFJ4QFtHRyg
Ahead of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary, Hindustan Times visits one of the first Ashrams set up by him in India. Envisioned as a centre of moral and communal living, the Sabarmati Ashram was Gandhi's home for over a decade, and played a key role in shaping his idea of Satyagraha. Sadly, after 1930, the Father of the Nation never set foot in the Ashram again, and it was disbanded soon after. Here's what remains of the Ashram which once hosted the likes of Vinoba Bhave, Jawaharlal Nehru, Maulana Kalam Azad and Rabindranath Tagore.

Will SC Experiment Provide Answers to the Adani Share Saga? https://www.moneylife.in/article/will-sc-experiment-provide-answers-to-the-adani-share-saga/70076.html
Sucheta Dalal 09 March 2023

Extracts: market volatility is usually triggered by policy actions of governments, regulators and monetary authorities, or technology failures and even rogue algorithms. A short-seller, who puts out a detailed report covering two years of research, can only trigger volatility when there has been a relentless run-up in prices that is not matched by fundamentals.

SEBI has been directed it to look into some specific details: 1) to investigate whether there is a violation of Rule 19A of the Securities Contracts Regulation Act which prescribes the maintenance of public shareholding (25%); 2) whether there was a failure to disclose related party transactions; and 3) if there was manipulation of stock prices in contravention of existing laws....

in (its annual report) FY21-22, SEBI claims to have “deeply integrated technology into its surveillance functions. In its 2020-21 annual report, SEBI had claimed that “SEBI uses various innovative techniques, such as pattern recognition and data analytics” .. but failed to catch the run-up in Adani stocks....important for SEBI to tell us how and why it missed the big elephant in the room, namely, the extraordinary run-up in Adani group shares leading to sky high valuations. And why were these not a part of the 72 investigations into price and volume manipulation completed in 2021-22 and 82 in 2020-2021?