Thx for pointing this out.
I feel strongly that anyone with any interest in #EU countries should read that article:
The same thing seems to be happening in almost(?) all Western #Democracies.
A century ago, it was the #RedScare that befell the world 🌍 with the #CommunistInternational. It was soon followed by the fascist "#BrownScare," aka "#NationalSocialism, " aka #Fascism.
A #FascistInternational is in the making.
Good, detailed analysis of the growing cooperation between Canadian Conservatives and right-wing Hindu activists.
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As the political climate in India has shifted right, so too have politics in the Hindu diaspora.
For a decade, India has been ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by Prime Minister Narenda Modi. The BJP has tried to move India away from its historical commitment to secularism toward Hindu supremacy (known as Hindutva), often turning to extrajudicial violence. Under their reign, wealth inequality has risen to a level greater than during the British colonial period and largely concentrated in the upper castes.
The BJP has relied on the increasingly large and influential Hindu diaspora in countries like Canada for important support, from donations to lobbying.
In the midst of this rightward shift, a proliferation of Hindu civil society organizations have sprung up in Canada, many of them parroting Conservative talking points about crime, cost of living, and the anti-LGBTQ dog whistle of “parents’ rights.”
They’re also championing Hindu nationalism, brandishing a definition of “Hinduphobia” that aims to silence criticism of Prime Minister Modi and any discussion of caste-related discrimination that exists in Canadian schools.
With a federal election looming this year and old Liberal immigrant coalitions crumbling, players within the Conservative Party and Hindu organizations are investing in an emerging alliance. While neither are truly loyal to each other, both hope it will pay off—with electoral results and the strengthening of their reactionary and sometimes shared agendas.
https://breachmedia.ca/hindu-conservative-party-alliance-right-wing/
#Canada #Hindutva #Modi #fascism #FascistInternational #GlobalFascism #Poilievre
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