: Inspiring the Youth Into Revolution: The Message of Bhagat Singh #IndiaNEWSAll #History Bhagat Singh was a youth leader in two senses of the term. First, he was a young revolutionary, who was active

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Inspiring the Youth Into Revolution: The Message of Bhagat Singh #IndiaNEWSAll #History
Bhagat Singh was a youth leader in two senses of the term. First, he was a young revolutionary, who was active from his young days. When he was born, his family was already deep in the revolutionary struggle. His uncle, Ajit Singh was forced into exile in Latin America for his activities, and only returned in 1947. He visited Jallianwalla Bagh at age 12. He began writing on revolutionary topics from age 15. By age 17, he worked in mass organizing. He soon joined the Hindustan Republican Socialist Association (HSRA) and worked for the revolution until his death at age of 24, when he was hanged by the state.
Bhagat Singh/ Image courtesy: Leftword
Early in his life, Bhagat Singh encouraged the youth to get involved in politics. He was critical of political leaders and teachers who discouraged the youth from getting involved in politics, calling them failures as leaders and educators. He remarked that the youth would get no direction from such leaders, and no real wisdom from such teachers.
Bhagat Singh also had a deep faith in the youth as revolutionary agents in society. He felt that society would only progress with the deep and persistent engagement of the youth. Bhagat Singh did not want the youth to be passive spectators in revolutionary activity. He wrote that the youth of today were the countrymen of tomorrow. Only when they revolutionize society through hard work and sacrifice, will the society move towards the global revolution. The youth have energy and enthusiasm, as inheritors of society, they were in the right position to make real change.
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Bhagat Singhs Revolutionary Vision
Though he was a nationalist, Bhagat Singh had a global vision. His vision was a world where love was universal. From age 17, Bhagat Singh began writing about the need for a global revolution. He believed that only through Universal love, where everyone in the world was part of a single loving family, would the revolution be complete. In such a world, there would be no more hunger, no more war, and no divisions within humanity. He felt nationalism was important in the struggle against imperialism, but he was critical of nationalists who wanted to transfer control from white-skinned capitalists to brown-skinned capitalists. As he said, to the worker, there was no difference between the two, and the worker should have no incentive to support domestic exploiters over global thieves.
Bhagat Singh criticized the state for being just a tool for capitalism. The bureaucracy kept the masses out of the state and made the state illegitimate. To get the support of the masses, one had to fight for the masses and create a true People’s state.

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