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.

'2047 तक हिन्दुराष्ट्र सकता भारत' Singapore Chief Justice Mohan Gopa का खुलासा, PM Modi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgUXV63Hcmo 9.3.23

Prof Arun Kumar Economist: Modi made Adani a No. 2 billionaire & whole nation gets 5 kg free ration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRmvolqggXU  The subsidy in social sectors, tells us the economic strategy

हिजाब पर BJP का खेल कर्नाटक चुनाव में उबाल https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj55zQ1WUxQ DESH NEETI Mar 9, 2023 

KANPUR: RIGHT-WING GROUPS TARGET TWO CHURCHES; TWO MEN ARRESTED FOR 'ILLEGAL CONVERSION'  [ https://thewire.in/communalism/kanpur-two-churches-targeted-right-wing ] A group of men, who were from
Bajrang Dal and Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), interrupted the prayer  claiming that Abhijeet, Rajat, Jeevan, Shivansh, Sheetal, and Rana were “converting people to Christianity”.

Six people were detained from the church on Saturday, out of which two are in judicial custody. The remaining four were allegedly “illegally detained” in the police station of Chakeri in Kanpur on Saturday and released on Monday night, according to advocate Chanchal, who is handling the matter

The attacks come at a time when civil society members have sounded the alarm over a “climate of fear” among the Christian community, which they said was being targeted by using the bogey of “forced conversion”.

Forum of Environmental Journalists https://youtu.be/QrCYFuD2oHM?t=402

Gurbir Singh, Secretary Bombay Press Club:  https://youtube.com/embed/QrCYFuD2oHM?start=221&end=395

Keya Acharya, FEJI remembers Darryl:  https://youtube.com/embed/QrCYFuD2oHM?start=562&end=685

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Darryl D'Monte will be remembered for contributions to environmental movement, support to young journalists https://www.firstpost.com/india/darryl-dmonte-will-be-remembered-for-contributions-to-environmental-movement-support-to-young-journalists-6281921.html
Rajni Bakshi March 18, 2019

Soon after leaving The Indian Express, Darryl received the prestigious Homi Bhabha Fellowship, which allowed him to dedicate two years to intense research and the formulation of a critique of the development model that India was following. ‘Temples or Tombs’ went on to inform, inspire and influence a wide range of activist groups. This book nourished the political soil from which rose the slogan "vinash nahin vikas chahiye" (we want development, not destruction) — made famous by the Narmada Bachao Andolan in the late 1980s and mid 1990s...

In times of communal violence, be it in 1984 in Delhi or 1992-93 in Mumbai, Darryl insisted on viewing the violence only through the lens of human rights – never ever did he look through any political lens of making excuses for the violence, or even asking who threw the first stone.

In 1993, in the politically charged atmosphere, when the Indian middle classes first began to be polarised on communal lines, I went to him with a rather demanding proposal. By then, Darryl was resident editor of the Mumbai edition of The Times of India. That year was to mark the centenary of Swami Vivekananda’s famous address at the Congress of World Religions in Chicago....we agreed on a 6-part series which was published in the Sunday section of The Times of India accompanied by beautiful illustrations. Above all, I thank and honour Darryl for supporting and encouraging my curiosity and restless questioning as a fledgling journalist. It was Darryl who, all the way back in 1981, told me about an initiative called Lokayan – dialogue of the people.

विदेशी धरती पर भारत की बदनामी क्या तमाम Global पैमाने पर पिछड़ने से नहीं होती है? | Rahul Gandhi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=070u6LGUjYM Mar 7, 2023
W when the country gets defamed? Does the country's defamation happen when the country walks on the path of destruction due to the useless functioning of the government or when the flaws are presented as truth to save the country from the path of destruction. When Rahul Gandhi gave a speech at Cambridge University in the exact opposite style from Narendra Modi, that is, without false pride, highlighting the flaws of the present time, on the plight of the country's democracy in the era of Narendra Modi, Union Minister Anurag Thakur reacted to the BJP. That Rahul Gandhi has done the work of defaming the country by visiting foreign lands. Similarly, many leaders have also given statements on behalf of BJP, according to which Rahul Gandhi's speech has described populated India as ruined India. So let's make this a reference and see on all the global standards around the world that what has been the condition of India in the era of Narendra Modi?

 Does nationalism stem from insecurity? https://www.youtube.com/embed/KcY_J15SQOY?start=1804&end=1989 

Nationalism is not developing hate for the "foreigner" or the "other".  It is about developing love and compassion for your compatriots.   Nationalism is  not an obstacle to coopoerate with the foreigner (or the Other)..

https://youtu.be/szt7f5NmE9E?t=158 People are going back to faith more than science.

Prof. Yuval Noah Harari full  conversation with Faye D'Souza he speaks about Artificial Intelligence, Nationalism, Politics and much more. https://www.youtube.com/KcY_J15SQOY talking about artificial Intelligence..

Yuval Noah Harari on Nationalism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVG0SEyylso  good side and bad side of nationalism.  Ultra natinalism becomes fascism which leads to wars and genocide...  Without nationalism we could be living in tribl chaos. Nationalism makes it possible for me to care about the millions of compatriots.  

Yuval Noah Harari on 'The Bright Side of Nationalism', at the Central European University https://youtu.be/2jz7hsqsObU?t=374