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DESCRIPTION:Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library\n\nGeneral Elections in 
 India\nModi’s (Neo)-Fascism vs. Social Democrats and the Left\n\n   Modi 
 has completed 5 years in power, with his BJP having a majority in the 
 Indian Parliament. In 2014, Modi won on the slogan of “Be with everyone, 
 development for everyone” in the background of major corruption scandals 
 in the last 5 years of the 10 years that Congress Party ruled (2004 thru 
 2014), with Manmohan Singh as the Prime Minister and Sonia Gandhi as the 
 Congress Party President.\n   Modi moved rapidly to consolidate power in 
 his hands, ousting or sidelining veteran leaders in his own Party. Under 
 his 5 years of rule, “cow protectors” have become emboldened. Several 
 incidents of lynching of Muslims have taken place, religious bigotry is 
 openly practiced, and assassinations of several public intellectuals, all 
 secularists, have taken place while he mostly sat silently over such 
 egregious violations of civil rights. Further he has tried to create a 
 militarist posture and sought to portray himself as a strong PM, who is 
 willing to take on the terrorists based in Pakistan aggressively. His 
 policies of “demonetization” of 2016 created a great deal of small 
 business distress. Unemployment is at 45 year high and farm distress and 
 farmer suicides continue. But the mass media, now privately owned, and 
 funded by big capital, has helped create him as a “the man of the 
 people.”venus\n   Raj Sahai will present his views on what is beginning 
 to boil under the surface of a seeming “all is well” scenario presented 
 in India in the mass media and projected and globally.\n\nSunday, July 14, 
 2019 – 10:30am-12:30pm\n6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland (just North of 
 Alcatraz Ave.)\nFREE - but hat will be passed for donations to 
 NPML\n\nAbout Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library\nA weekly discussion 
 series inspired by our respect for the work of Karl Marx and our belief 
 that his work will remain as important for the class struggles of the 
 future as they have been for the past. \n\nFor info or to subscribe to our 
 weekly announcements, \nCall Gene Ruyle at 510-332-3865 or email: 
 cuyleruyle@mac.com\nFor our full schedule, go to icssmarx.org \nLabor 
 donated by ICSS volunteers\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/13/18824678.php
SUMMARY:General Elections in India: Modi’s (Neo)-Fascism vs. Social Democrats and the Left
LOCATION:NPML, 6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland (just North of Alcatraz Ave.)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/13/18824678.php
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