Re: Snippets ii [Quick Read!]....

In the context of Gujarat, India and the Hindutva movement,
an important development:
The recent release of report investigating the funding of Hindu fascist
groups in India by Hindutva organizations masking themselves as charities
in the US. Several big corps have been forced to halt their (matching
donation) dealings with the IDRF(India Development Relief Fund), the
subject of this extensive report.  

"Are the charity
dollars generously provided by American companies, including some of our
leading corporate citizens of the high technology world, being used to
fund violent, sectarian groups in India? The Campaign to Stop
Funding Hate (SFH) announces the launch of Project Saffron
Dollar to bring an end to the electronic collection and transfer
of funds from the US to organizations that spread sectarian hatred in
India."

Stop Funding Hate Website:

     

http://www.stopfundinghate.org
The full report:

      

        

http://www.stopfundinghate.org/sacw/index.html

The report also serves as a summary of the organizational structure
of the Hindutva movement, linking ideological, political (parliamentary),
religious, militant(shock troops), and 'social service' organizations
with their various US counterparts. 

Hindutva organizational structure chart:
http://www.stopfundinghate.org/sacw/part2.html
Organizational details here: http://www.stopfundinghate.org/sacw/appendixa.html

For more information and daily updates on the struggle against Hindutva fascism check http://onlinevolunteers.org

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Below are links to the findings of the blue ribbon independent Committee on the Gujarat disturbances.  Those of you who have been keeping up with the news from India know this report has created quite a stir there to the point of a threat of a legal suite from the VHP.  This might be of interest to those researching contemporary India and issues of communal harmony.

"The political backdrop of the Gujarat carnage is not insignificant given the cynical use of communal violence by political parties of all hues in the past." Excrepts from "Concerned Citizens Tribunal - Gujarat 2002: An inquiry into the carnage in Gujarat"

Volume I
Crime against Humanity
Incidents and Evidence
http://www.sabrang.com/tribunal/volI/index.html

Volume II
Crime against Humanity
Findings and Recommendations
http://www.sabrang.com/tribunal/vol2/index.html

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Wesleyan University
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