Gandhi, It Transpires, Was No Mahatma (Great Soul)

 

Many are glamoured and enthralled by the myth of the so-called "Mahatma" Gandhi.

 

To those still belaboring under that delusion; I refer you to the following quote:

 

"Take Gandhi, even; within ten months of India's independence, he acquiesced in the law making passive resistance a felony, and he abandoned his nonviolent principles to support the military occupation of Kashmir. Subsequently, we've seen the same thing happen in Goa and Pakistan."

 

Source: PLAYBOY Interview with Saul Alinsky, 1972; Part 8

 

 http://www.progress.org/2003/alinsky9.htm

 

Parenthetically, the entire interview, entitled "Empowering People, Not Elites" can be found on: http://www.progress.org/2003/alinsky2.htm

 

I heartily recommend to any and all activists and would-be activists to read that interview and get to know Saul Alinsky's work.

 

Doreen Ellen Bell-Dotan, Tzfat (Safed), Israel

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