On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:38:37 -0400 Ralph Dumain <rdum...@autodidactproject.org> writes: > Really? I thought Hindutva fascism was connected to anti-Semitism?
Ralph, where have you been? If you look at Europe, most of the far right is now very pro-Israel. Even Jean-Marie Le Pen, the guy who was once convicted of Holocaust denial by the French courts, is very pro-Israel. One can be both an anti-Semite and a Zionist. Indeed, there is nothing new about that. Herzl in his day, spent much time cultivating support among anti-Semitic politicians and publicist, including his own friend, Edouard Drumont, who was then a very famous anti-Semitic agitator. Why should things be that different with the Indians? Jim Farmelant http://independent.academia.edu/JimFarmelant > > Do you know anything about Gandhi's letters to Hitler, or is this > just > Pakistani propaganda? > > On 6/27/2010 11:35 AM, Jim Farmelant wrote: > > > > On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:00:21 +0900 CeJ<jann...@gmail.com> > writes: > > > >> http://www.twf.org/News/Y2001/0815-GandhiZionism.html > >> > >> excerpt: > >> > >> > >> > > > >> Gandhi's response to Zionism and the Palestine question contains > >> different layers of meaning, ranging from an ethical position to > >> political realism. What is interesting is that Gandhi, who > firmly > >> believed in the inseparability of religion and politics, had > been > >> consistently and vehemently rejecting the cultural and religious > >> nationalism of the Zionists. > >> > >> What follows then is that he was not for religion functioning as > a > >> political ideology; rather, he wanted religion to provide an > >> ethical > >> dimension to nation-State politics. Such a difference was vital > as > >> far > >> as Gandhi was concerned. A uni-religious justification for > claiming > >> a > >> nation-State, as in the case of Zionism, did not appeal to him > in > >> any > >> substantial sense. > >> > > I suspect that Gandhi's position on that is by no means > > not unrelated to his own advocacy of a secular India. > > Although Gandhi was a very devout Hindu, he was > > emphatic in support of India being a secular state > > in which Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians etc. > > would all have equal rights. Following independence, > > this would put him on a collision course with the > > right-wing Hindu nationalists who would eventually > > assasinate him. I also suspect that Gandhi would > > not have been too suprised that the BJP (direct > > political descendents of the sort of Hindu nationalists > > who assasinated him) have been strongly pro-Israel. > > > > > > > > Jim Farmelant > > http://independent.academia.edu/JimFarmelant > > _______________________________________________ > Marxism-Thaxis mailing list > Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu > To change your options or unsubscribe go to: > http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis > > ____________________________________________________________ Get Free Email with Video Mail & Video Chat! http://www.juno.com/freeemail?refcd=JUTAGOUT1FREM0210 _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
