Spanish civil war time to read
Spanish civil war (1936 -1939) is one of the important modern history. The rise of right wing and the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie was the result of the civil war. Today we will look into two aspects of the Spanish civil war Pre-civil war Spain and the civil war itself. Both had a dominant right and the very influential catholic church.
Finally, the same yardstick will be used to ascertained the history of the Vedic domination and the post-independence influence in India, the Rise of the right wing.
After the fall of the Eastern Roman empire Spain was not fully establish as a country it was facing huge problem from the Muslim rulers until the 13th century the country was ruled the Moors and from the mid of 13th century literature and the Philosophy flourish again in Spain. The fag end of the 15 century was the start of the Imperial Spanish Catholic Kingdom were Jews and Muslims of Spain was forcefully converted to Catholic faith it was done in the name of Spanish inquisition or you can call it the great terror for non-Catholics. Also, during the same time Christopher Columbus arrived in the new World (Latin America) and later on the new world was destroyed and took over by the Spain with the help of Cortez and others.
This was the period in which Catholic Monarchs Isabella and Ferdinand reached new heights in Europe, they have become economically, politically and religiously powerful. Catholicism was taken to the new world and their colonies, the people in Spain and their colonies were forced to follow only catholic faith and the exploitation was done both by the church and the monarch. This inhuman way of living was briefly stopped by Napoleon Bonaparte, after his conquest over Spain and appointing his elder brother Joseph Bonaparte as the ruler of the country things started to change rapidly (1808-1813). Napoleon implemented the rational constitution of France and this diluted the power of the church and the rise of liberal thinking. Things went back to the old catholic form after the exit of France from Spain, the Spanish monarch was re-established but this time liberal thoughts and views were flourishing in the country.
The rule of General Miguel Primo de Rivera ended in 1931 and it was the beginning of the second Spanish republic, A democratic setup was made, elections were conducted and a provisional government was established. The republican government of Manuel Azanon started great number of reforms in the country in order to modernize and industrialize.
Also during the same time, the conflict between the right wing(nationalist) and the republicans was on the high. The republicans mostly consist of liberals, socialist, communist and anarchist. But the right which was on the opposite side was funded by catholic church and the catholic bourgeois. The streets of Madrid and Barcelona witnessed frequent fighting between the two groups and at one point it took the country into civil war. The most interesting thing about the civil war is that the military took sides not with the ruling government but with the nationalist who were the far right.
It was not only a great loss to the left in Spain but to the entire world. People from Europe, USA and Latin America came to Spain to fight the right but it was a well fought loss. The left stood its ground till the last brick was fallen, also the intervention of the Germany and Italy in this civil war was a great set back to the left. Spain was ruled by a right-wing dictator for 35 years and his name is Francisco Franco.
From Spain we have to travel back to our country to know how the right and the left have evolved. India is very different from the rest of the world, the first left front to do a success full revolution was done under the leadership of Buddha. Any person or organization that acts on rational thinking and fights for inhuman activity is a leftist or a left organization.
Around 3000 years ago the people from the west came to India and proclaimed to be some Superior human beings because of their knowledge. The influence of the Vedic human was spread across north India and more and more people were declared slaves and asked to live an inhuman life in their own land.
As we saw in the 17th century Spain the rule of France changed the catholic domination, the same happened in India. The influence of Buddha changed the entire country and also went through the all corners of the country. At one point the vedic religion was on the brink of death but they came back strongly with new gods and new stories. If you see carefully you can't find any of the gods that were worshiped today in the vedas. The objective of the vedic religion is to absorb or change their doctrines according to time, this is the reason why cow eating was a common feast to the gods in vedas but now killing animals and eating is a sin. It was Buddha's doctrine that was absorbed by them for their survival.
From that point there was a constant conflict among the left and the right in the history of India. We have to accept that the concept of left was completely suppressed by the right, only after the coming of the British the revival of the left started again. That is because the British gave the education to all people in India irrespective of the caste, the same was denied to the people of India under the right-wing rule for more than 2000 years. In order to safeguard their position, the vedic religion denied education, also they were aware that the power of education will kill their structure.
The rise of the left can be seen in the modern history of India. It is not only the communist movement but the movements that were taken forward by B.R. Ambedkar and Periyar. The communist movement didn't see the real aspects of Indian society, they were only under the impression that the class war is universal and same can be fought in India but in India the biggest threat is the caste and a caste war has to be fought.
Today we are witnessing the rise of right in the country which is always takes violence as the main tool. Nationally to defeat the right we should form a alliance between these three colours RED BLUE and BLACK. The right wants constant power and in order to achieve it they will use violence and polarization, if you don't have an ideology this will be their first and last option.
We the left irrespective of RED BLUE or BLACK have to fight for a secular country, we need not fear the right. Right is only power and money but left is for the people and the power to the people.
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Finally, the same yardstick will be used to ascertained the history of the Vedic domination and the post-independence influence in India, the Rise of the right wing.
After the fall of the Eastern Roman empire Spain was not fully establish as a country it was facing huge problem from the Muslim rulers until the 13th century the country was ruled the Moors and from the mid of 13th century literature and the Philosophy flourish again in Spain. The fag end of the 15 century was the start of the Imperial Spanish Catholic Kingdom were Jews and Muslims of Spain was forcefully converted to Catholic faith it was done in the name of Spanish inquisition or you can call it the great terror for non-Catholics. Also, during the same time Christopher Columbus arrived in the new World (Latin America) and later on the new world was destroyed and took over by the Spain with the help of Cortez and others.
This was the period in which Catholic Monarchs Isabella and Ferdinand reached new heights in Europe, they have become economically, politically and religiously powerful. Catholicism was taken to the new world and their colonies, the people in Spain and their colonies were forced to follow only catholic faith and the exploitation was done both by the church and the monarch. This inhuman way of living was briefly stopped by Napoleon Bonaparte, after his conquest over Spain and appointing his elder brother Joseph Bonaparte as the ruler of the country things started to change rapidly (1808-1813). Napoleon implemented the rational constitution of France and this diluted the power of the church and the rise of liberal thinking. Things went back to the old catholic form after the exit of France from Spain, the Spanish monarch was re-established but this time liberal thoughts and views were flourishing in the country.
The rule of General Miguel Primo de Rivera ended in 1931 and it was the beginning of the second Spanish republic, A democratic setup was made, elections were conducted and a provisional government was established. The republican government of Manuel Azanon started great number of reforms in the country in order to modernize and industrialize.
Also during the same time, the conflict between the right wing(nationalist) and the republicans was on the high. The republicans mostly consist of liberals, socialist, communist and anarchist. But the right which was on the opposite side was funded by catholic church and the catholic bourgeois. The streets of Madrid and Barcelona witnessed frequent fighting between the two groups and at one point it took the country into civil war. The most interesting thing about the civil war is that the military took sides not with the ruling government but with the nationalist who were the far right.
It was not only a great loss to the left in Spain but to the entire world. People from Europe, USA and Latin America came to Spain to fight the right but it was a well fought loss. The left stood its ground till the last brick was fallen, also the intervention of the Germany and Italy in this civil war was a great set back to the left. Spain was ruled by a right-wing dictator for 35 years and his name is Francisco Franco.
From Spain we have to travel back to our country to know how the right and the left have evolved. India is very different from the rest of the world, the first left front to do a success full revolution was done under the leadership of Buddha. Any person or organization that acts on rational thinking and fights for inhuman activity is a leftist or a left organization.
Around 3000 years ago the people from the west came to India and proclaimed to be some Superior human beings because of their knowledge. The influence of the Vedic human was spread across north India and more and more people were declared slaves and asked to live an inhuman life in their own land.
As we saw in the 17th century Spain the rule of France changed the catholic domination, the same happened in India. The influence of Buddha changed the entire country and also went through the all corners of the country. At one point the vedic religion was on the brink of death but they came back strongly with new gods and new stories. If you see carefully you can't find any of the gods that were worshiped today in the vedas. The objective of the vedic religion is to absorb or change their doctrines according to time, this is the reason why cow eating was a common feast to the gods in vedas but now killing animals and eating is a sin. It was Buddha's doctrine that was absorbed by them for their survival.
From that point there was a constant conflict among the left and the right in the history of India. We have to accept that the concept of left was completely suppressed by the right, only after the coming of the British the revival of the left started again. That is because the British gave the education to all people in India irrespective of the caste, the same was denied to the people of India under the right-wing rule for more than 2000 years. In order to safeguard their position, the vedic religion denied education, also they were aware that the power of education will kill their structure.
The rise of the left can be seen in the modern history of India. It is not only the communist movement but the movements that were taken forward by B.R. Ambedkar and Periyar. The communist movement didn't see the real aspects of Indian society, they were only under the impression that the class war is universal and same can be fought in India but in India the biggest threat is the caste and a caste war has to be fought.
Today we are witnessing the rise of right in the country which is always takes violence as the main tool. Nationally to defeat the right we should form a alliance between these three colours RED BLUE and BLACK. The right wants constant power and in order to achieve it they will use violence and polarization, if you don't have an ideology this will be their first and last option.
We the left irrespective of RED BLUE or BLACK have to fight for a secular country, we need not fear the right. Right is only power and money but left is for the people and the power to the people.
Educate Agitate Organize
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