Amid moves toward mass detention of Muslims in Kashmir and Assam [14], a growing atmosphere of terror [15], and persecution [16] of government critics [17], India's arch-reactionary Prime Minister Narendra Modi cynically places an op-ed in the New York Times [18] extolling Mohandas Gandhi on his 150th birthday. In Episode 40 [19]of the CounterVortex podcast [20], Bill Weinberg calls this out as Orwellian propaganda, and documents the historical reality: Modi is not the inheritor of the tradition of Gandhi, but that of his assassin. Those who assert that Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party has fascist roots [21] are factually correct [22]. Progressives in recent years have been rethinking the sanctification [23] of Gandhi, and that is one thing. But Modi should not be allowed to get away with wrapping himself in the legacy of a man who was the antithesis of everything he represents. And US political figures like Tulsi Gabbard who pretend to be progressive [24] while embracing the fascistic Modi [25] must be exposed and repudiated. Listen on SoundCloud [19], and support our podcast via Patreon [26].
Music: Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram [29], performed by Shree Ram Bhajan
Production by Chris Rywalt [30]
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