Even this couldn't be further from the truth. They had no problem whatsoever allying with the fucking Nazis to take down their common enemy, the communists. Because the communists, unlike the fascists, pose a real threat to their rotting system based on exploitation, if left unhindered it would mean an end to their glorious days of being the modern slave owners. But the fascists only posed a geopolitical threat, their ideology goes along just fine with capitalism, that's why we still see Nazis get standing ovations to this day while communists are being witch hunted.
I'm not so sure he really "counts" as a leftist. He was talking about incorporating fascism into his "policy and programme" years before he met Mussolini. He called those that sided with communism only "fundamentally wrong". Some more quotes from him that really illustrate his beliefs:
"Both Communism and Fascism believe in the supremacy of the State over the individual...Both believe in the dictatorship of the party"
"And we have come to the conclusion that with a democratic system we cannot solve the problems of Free India"
"Now I would like to compare some good points of National Socialism and Communism. You will find some things common to both. Both are called anti-democratic or totalitarian. Both are anti-capitalistic."
He occasionally publicly distanced himself from fascism (but that first quote is from the beginning of his career, and that last months before his death). He was not a particularly huge fan of the racial component (but really only towards Indians), but Bose never openly discussed Germany’s antisemitism (but did himself oppose Jews because of their connections with Britain). Not one of his Berlin wartime associates or colleagues ever quotes him expressing any indignation. He only brought up the discrimination against Indians when it personally affected him (he was called slurs by children while in Germany and objected to that, and requested they allow interracial marriages with Indians right before his marriage to an Austrian). He denounced German racial policy in 1938, but then in 1942 wrote that Indians were "true Aryans and the 'brethren' of the Germans" and in that article in Angriff made out his support for these policies.
Quite a few groups were to the left of him, and I feel like the CPI, HRA, or even Nehru would be better examples of the Indian anti-colonial left wing. Sorry for the rant, I've kinda been wanting to say something like this for a while. I have an Indian great-grandfather (still alive, my family's longevity is epic), but I can't really claim the heritage because I don't look it, speak it, or really have any connections with India at all. I have much more familial connection with Germany (a bit ironic, considering the topic of discussion). Again, sorry for the big block of text.
Even this couldn't be further from the truth. They had no problem whatsoever allying with the fucking Nazis to take down their common enemy, the communists. Because the communists, unlike the fascists, pose a real threat to their rotting system based on exploitation, if left unhindered it would mean an end to their glorious days of being the modern slave owners. But the fascists only posed a geopolitical threat, their ideology goes along just fine with capitalism, that's why we still see Nazis get standing ovations to this day while communists are being witch hunted.
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I'm not so sure he really "counts" as a leftist. He was talking about incorporating fascism into his "policy and programme" years before he met Mussolini. He called those that sided with communism only "fundamentally wrong". Some more quotes from him that really illustrate his beliefs:
"Both Communism and Fascism believe in the supremacy of the State over the individual...Both believe in the dictatorship of the party"
"And we have come to the conclusion that with a democratic system we cannot solve the problems of Free India"
"Now I would like to compare some good points of National Socialism and Communism. You will find some things common to both. Both are called anti-democratic or totalitarian. Both are anti-capitalistic."
He occasionally publicly distanced himself from fascism (but that first quote is from the beginning of his career, and that last months before his death). He was not a particularly huge fan of the racial component (but really only towards Indians), but Bose never openly discussed Germany’s antisemitism (but did himself oppose Jews because of their connections with Britain). Not one of his Berlin wartime associates or colleagues ever quotes him expressing any indignation. He only brought up the discrimination against Indians when it personally affected him (he was called slurs by children while in Germany and objected to that, and requested they allow interracial marriages with Indians right before his marriage to an Austrian). He denounced German racial policy in 1938, but then in 1942 wrote that Indians were "true Aryans and the 'brethren' of the Germans" and in that article in Angriff made out his support for these policies.
Quite a few groups were to the left of him, and I feel like the CPI, HRA, or even Nehru would be better examples of the Indian anti-colonial left wing. Sorry for the rant, I've kinda been wanting to say something like this for a while. I have an Indian great-grandfather (still alive, my family's longevity is epic), but I can't really claim the heritage because I don't look it, speak it, or really have any connections with India at all. I have much more familial connection with Germany (a bit ironic, considering the topic of discussion). Again, sorry for the big block of text.