Begumpura: Bahujan Antifascism
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Kill the Manu in your head What is Begumpura: https://www.roundtableindia.co.in/begumpura-the-anarchist-commune
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"For the past twenty years, I have minutely searched the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Puranas, Shastras, astrology books, and ancient texts on science but have failed to trace any root of modern science to them. No one but fossilised wiseacres would dare claim that the Vedas of the Hindus contained everything." — Dr. Meghnad Saha, _Adhunik Bijnan O Hindu Dhormo [Modern Science and Hinduism]_
"In most of the 18 countries where we asked about ideology, people on the ideological right are more likely than those in the center or on the left to support authoritarian systems." https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/02/28/who-likes-authoritarianism-and-how-do-they-want-to-change-their-government/
'We have been taught (that is, schooled) in this country to think of "success" as synonymous with, or at least dependent upon, "schooling," but historically that isn't true in either an intellectual or a financial sense. And plenty of people throughout the world today find a way to educate themselves without resorting to a system of compulsory secondary schools that all too often resemble prisons. Why, then, do Americans confuse education with just such a system? What exactly is the purpose of our public schools?' https://libcom.org/article/against-school-john-taylor-gatto
"Since its appearance the Bhagavad-Gita has been repeatedly invoked to fight against the forces of revolution. If Shankaracharya sought its assistance in the ninth century A.C. to deal a death blow to declining Buddhism, Mahatma Gandhi utilised its teachings to annihilate the rising tide of secular democracy. This is true even though Shankara was dubbed as a crypto-Buddhist and Gandhi acclaimed as the champion of democratic freedom." – Prem Nath Bazaz, _The Role of the Bhagavad-Gita in Indian History_ (1975)
"The argument that whereas the Hindus accepted the Bhagavad-Gita as their supreme scripture and unquestioned guide, they failed to act upto the ideals preached by Sri Krishna does not hold water. When members of a society apotheosize a person they have the ambition to emulate him and to fashion their lives in accordance with the principles taught by him. They cease to do so only when the hero loses charm and fails to captivate. If there is agreement on the statement that the Bhagavad-Gita has been the most popular scripture of the Hindus for the past fifteen centuries, it is absurd to hold that the sufierings of the community have been caused not by the doctrines venerated by them but because they acted in defiance of those doctrines." – Prem Nath Bazaz, _The Role of the Bhagavad-Gita in Indian History_ (1975)
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"I always have a high regard for the individual and have an insuperable distaste for violence and clubmanship. All these motives made me into a passionate pacifist and anti-militarist. I am against any nationalism, even in the guise of mere patriotism. Privileges based on position and property have always seemed to me unjust and pernicious, as did any exaggerated personality cult." — Albert Einstein
"Beyond land and economic resistance, some Mapuche communities have severed ties with the Chilean legal system entirely. Lof Temucuicui, one of the most prominent self-governing Mapuche territories, operates outside state jurisdiction, enforcing its own laws and defending its territory against police incursions. This strategy represents a decisive break from traditional indigenous activism, which often seeks accommodation within existing state structures. The Mapuche movement is not advocating for greater representation or improved legal protections; it is challenging the legitimacy of the state itself." https://jexblackmore.substack.com/p/dissent-index-02-mapuche-resistance
"Women on the right do not want revolution. They are mothers, wives, devoted to their men. Or, if they are agitators at all, they want a bigger piece of the pie. They want to earn more, elect more women to parliaments, see a woman become president. They fundamentally believe in inequality, except they want to be on top rather than on the bottom. But they will fit fine into the system as it is or as it will change a bit to accommodate such demands. Capitalism can certainly afford to allow women to join an army, allow women to join a police force. Capitalism is certainly intelligent enough to let more women join the government. Pseudosocialism can certainly allow a woman to become secretary-general of its party. Those are just reforms, like social security or paid vacations. Did the institutionalization of paid vacations change the inequality of capitalism? Did the right of women to work in factories at equal pay to the men change the male orientation of the Czech society? But to change the whole value system of either society, to destroy the concept of motherhood: that is revolutionary." – Simone de Beauvoir
"A dispassionate and objective study of the Bhagavad-Gita will show that despite the extravagant claims made on its behalf, it is not an unfailing guide to spiritual freedom or worldly advancement. It is true that the holy poem mentions some lofty ideals, puts forth a few sublime thoughts on different aspects of human culture and lays down certain noble precepts for success in mental discipline. But, on the whole, its teachings can help (and have helped) only to subvert human progress and nourish social evils. It is a philosophy of the upper classes meant to be utilised by them as a weapon for maintaining a frustrated society in some sort of stability and equilibrium by inculcating ideas of patience and contentment in disinherited, exploited and down-trodden millions." – Prem Nath Bazaz, _The Role of the Bhagavad-Gita in Indian History_ (1975)