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MA courses on USSR politics/history? or on Eco-socialism?
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They're already preparing their excuses for a possible Trump win.
Does anyone still believe this? It's been debunked so many times.
For me, Einstein was based, and his essay "why socialism?" Is always one of the first things I send to people who know nothing. Not because it's going to convince them, but because it was written by Albert Einstein, and that will get people's attention.
For me, this started in the aftermath of the Trump presidency, and the absolute denial and non-engagement of the Democratic party to self-examine their own actions that led to defeat, such as blocking Sanders to promote an unpopular Clinton, blaming everything on their voters, kicking and screaming, and then of course four years later fucking Sanders again.
I heard a good podcast with historia publica yesterday, and he said it excellently: when there's crisis, the youth wants to radicalize, but unfortunately, in our countries you are not allowed to radicalize left, only to radicalize right. (I'm paraphrasing).
Simple and elegant visual explanation. Thank you for this
Xi, baby, whatchu doin'?
I posted this in a friend chat, and said Good riddance, took out the trash, only umanitarian action he ever did (him dying). And my friends said I shouldn't be so extreme 'cause he also did good things (don't know what those are and they didn't tell me). Then they said something about taking extreme things and nuancing them.
I'm realising these people are the worst sort of down the middle soc-dems in their politics. They literally said something about pulling it "more to the middle".
Wauw. Thought it would never happen. Fucking Kissinger kissed it. Goodbye scumbag.
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Frida Kahlo - "I'm more and more convinced it's only through communism we can become human"
(lemmygrad.ml)
Hi all,
I have a movie podcast, in which I talk with my favorite people about one of their favorite films. And for januari, the film I'm reviewing is Frida, a movie about Frida Kahlo.
This made me do a deep dive into Frida Kahlo and, what do you know: Frida Kahlo, die-hard communist. She had an affair with Trotsky, her last painting had as subject Stalin, and when she went to the US, she was reported saying: “I’ve learnt so much here and I’m more and more convinced it’s only through communism that we can become human.” Badass quote.
So, yeah. Frida is a decent movie. They even openly show people discussing communism, they show a flag with hammer and sickle, they show Trotsky. That sounds like nothing but this is an American movie by an American filmmaker (albeit a woman but still).
Picture by Florence Arquin, 1951
The idea that 20% of people voted, and this is seen as representative for anything, is ridiculous.
Too recognisable. I've been writing a pamflette on why billionaires shouldn't exist for the past 5 months.
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LoomingMountain
joined 1 year ago
The Israeli authorities didn't let the researchers talk to any of the alleged victims personally so, yeah, there's that.
Israeli state: "These people have been raped and coerced by Hamas!" Investigators: "can we talk to them directly?" Israeli stats: "no."