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Marxism is simultaneously a philosophy of total pessimism and total optimism. Pessimism, for it sees...

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:20:24 +0100

Marxism is simultaneously a philosophy of total pessimism and total optimism. Pessimism, for it sees society as it really is, consumed by greed, competition and exploitation which simply cannot be hidden behind its farce of election, freedom and liberalism. Optimism, for it knows that humanity is destined for a society so much better than the one it will leave behind.

"I witnessed an unprecedented surge of cultural and sports activities in my own home town, Gao..."

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:13:41 +0100

“I witnessed an unprecedented surge of cultural and sports activities in my own home town, Gao Village. The villagers, for the first time in the village’s history, organized a theatre troupe and put on performances that incorporated the contents and structure of the model Peking operas with local language and music. The villagers not only entertained themselves but also learned how to read and write by getting into the texts and plays. And they organized sports meets and held matches with other villages. All these activities gave the villagers an opportunity to meet, communicate and even fall in love. These activities during the Cultural Revolution years gave them a sense of discipline and organization and created a public sphere where meetings and communications went beyond the traditional household and village clans. This had never happened before and it has not happened since.”

- Mobo Gao, “The Battle for China’s Past: Mao and the Cultural Revolution” (London: Pluto Press, 2008), p. 23 (via materialismus)

unsocial-socialist: blood-dimmed-tide: this is like the only...

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:59:29 +0100

unsocial-socialist:

blood-dimmed-tide:

this is like the only mention of communism in the entire movie

Except in A Rumour of St.Petersburg, when they sing “since the revolution…etc”.

spanish and italian: So THESE words are feminine and THESE words are masculine, and you ALWAYS put an adjective AFTER the noun.

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:58:47 +0100

spanish and italian: So THESE words are feminine and THESE words are masculine, and you ALWAYS put an adjective AFTER the noun.
french: haha i dont fuckin know man just do whatever
german: LET'S ADD A NEUTRAL NOUN HAHA
english: *shooting up in the bathroom*
gaelic: the pronounciation changes depending on the gender and what letter the word starts and ends with and hahah i dont even know good fucking luck
polish: here have all of these consonants have fun
japanese: subject article noun article verb. too bad there's three fucking alphabets lmao hope your first language isn't western
welsh: sneeze, and chances are you've got it right. idfk
chinese: here's a picture. draw it. it means something. it can be pronounced three different ways. these twenty other pictures are pronounced the same but have very different meanings. godspeed.
Arabic: so here's this one word. it actually translates to three words. also pronouns don't really exist. the gender is all in the verb. have fun!
Latin: here memorize 500 charts and then you still dont know what the fuck is happening
Sign Language: If you move this sign by a tenth of an inch, you'll be signing "penis"

It always makes me sad when I read about the liberal forms of environmentalism and feminism in my...

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:57:23 +0100

It always makes me sad when I read about the liberal forms of environmentalism and feminism in my politics textbook. Because they’re always portrayed as reformist, specifically none revolutionary and otherwise perfectly happy with the state. Liberalism used to be a proper revolutionary movement, what happened D:

genderweed: yeah im a radical liberal, im heavy into the social contract, guillotining kings,...

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:55:12 +0100

genderweed:

yeah im a radical liberal, im heavy into the social contract, guillotining kings, tri-coloured flags,

*sigh* I miss old liberalism.

I love teaching people about Marxism :D

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:36:28 +0100

I love teaching people about Marxism :D

Metro: Last Light. Triumph of an Underdog.

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:04:38 +0100

Metro: Last Light. Triumph of an Underdog.:

baseddzerzhinsky:

This is an excellent article about independent video game developer 4A Games from the Ukraine on some of the conditions they face while developing great games like S.T.A.L.K.E.R and the Metro series (based on the books by Dimitri Glukhovsky). The Ukrainian team work in cramped, occasionally freezing conditions facing things like power outages and deadlines and this article goes some way to acknowledging a fantastic developer.

Like the author said 4A are pretty much the Jamaican bobsledding team of Video Game Developers and the comments are well worth a read too because the head of the 4A team posts a few comments of his own.

4A is awesome

Puns, Ponies, Punk, Pictures, and Politics: comradechrisman: spider-fanboy: comradechrisman: collegeahistory...

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:47:17 +0100

Puns, Ponies, Punk, Pictures, and Politics: comradechrisman: spider-fanboy: comradechrisman: collegeahistory...:

comradechrisman:

spider-fanboy:

comradechrisman:

collegeahistory replied to your post: I don’t believe in Richard Dawkins.

I don’t believe in Richard Dawkins either!!

We should become New Adawkinists!

Is there any evidence Dawkins exists besides some books and an army…

Are you sure it wasn’t just a hallucination?

Our favourite Miliband | Red Pepper

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:45:21 +0100

Our favourite Miliband | Red Pepper:

politicalzombieland:

comradechrisman:

politicalzombieland:

Ralph Milliband, a socialist who refused to accept the status quo.

Maybe, just maybe his influence rubbed off on his son(s).

No. None of his influence rubbed off on his son. He publicly denounced him while talking to Google the other day. Shame.

That most definitely is a shame. Does the Labour party have ANY socialists in it’s ranks anymore?

Oh yes, quite a few. Dennis Skinner’s alright, and John McDonnell’s quite active in left wing trade unionism. Not many in leadership tjough .

spider-fanboy: comradechrisman: collegeahistory replied to your post: I don’t believe in Richard...

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:36:34 +0100

spider-fanboy:

comradechrisman:

collegeahistory replied to your post: I don’t believe in Richard Dawkins.

I don’t believe in Richard Dawkins either!!

We should become New Adawkinists!

Is there any evidence Dawkins exists besides some books and an army of fanatics?

I’ve never seen Dawkins. He’s not verifiable by SCIENCE. You can’t prove a teapot’s on the moon, so therefore we can’t prove that there’s a Richard Dawkins in England.

Guys it’s official Richard Dawkins is just a myth

Attacks on Muslims spike after Woolwich killing

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:28:59 +0100

Attacks on Muslims spike after Woolwich killing:

meow—zedong:

Fears of a prolonged backlash against Muslims have intensified after dozens of Islamophobic incidents were reported in the wake of the murder of the British soldier Lee Rigby in south London.

The Tell Mama hotline for recording Islamophobic crimes and incidents recorded 38 incidents over Wednesday night, including attacks on three mosques, with more reported on Thursday.

The Metropolitan police put 1,200 more officers on the street on Thursday, with extra patrols deployed to mosques and religious sites as far-right groups reacted to the tragedy.

The Tell Mama co-ordinator Fiyaz Mughal, from Faith Matters, said the service usually recorded three or four incidents on an average day, but the spike after Wednesday’s killing reflected simmering resentment against Muslims and was unlikely to fizzle out.

“What we are seeing is concerted action from individuals across the country,” he said. “We are really concerned. When you see a wider picture of resentment and retribution, this is telling us it’s an increasing problem. Something is moving in a very disturbing direction.”wol

I hate to be a cynic but Europe in general definitely seems to be falling under the influence of fascism more and more.

We’re fucked, basically.

odinsblog: readyokaygo: Ronald Reagan visited the concentration camp Bergen-Belsin, and then...

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:28:33 +0100

odinsblog:

readyokaygo:

Ronald Reagan visited the concentration camp Bergen-Belsin, and then shortly after went to Bitburg to place a wreath on the graves of Nazi SS. After he came back to America there was obvious outrage and he said, “They [SS troops] were victims, just as surely as the victims in the concentration camps.” What a great guy comparing Holocaust victims to the men who massacred them.

Yup. That really happened

collegeahistory replied to your post: I don’t believe in Richard Dawkins. I don’t believe in Richard...

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:20:55 +0100

collegeahistory replied to your post: I don’t believe in Richard Dawkins.

I don’t believe in Richard Dawkins either!!

We should become New Adawkinists!

Police swoop on the homeless taking sleeping bags and food parcels in co-ordinated raids in Redbridge

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:18:21 +0100

Police swoop on the homeless taking sleeping bags and food parcels in co-ordinated raids in Redbridge:

andrewneilblog:

Police swooped on the homeless, grabbing sleeping bags and food parcels donated by the public, in co-ordinated raids around the borough.

This is absolutely barbaric and incredibly hard to believe.

Our favourite Miliband | Red Pepper

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:13:02 +0100

Our favourite Miliband | Red Pepper:

politicalzombieland:

Ralph Milliband, a socialist who refused to accept the status quo.

Maybe, just maybe his influence rubbed off on his son(s).

No. None of his influence rubbed off on his son. He publicly denounced him while talking to Google the other day. Shame.

monetizeyourcat: bushwasright: People who say German is a harsh language have only heard German in...

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:10:50 +0100

monetizeyourcat:

bushwasright:

People who say German is a harsh language have only heard German in movies about WW2 hey guess what any language sounds harsh when it’s being yelled by soldiers.

Twain wrote that German love songs could make a stranger to the language cry and that indicated to him it had good vocabulary for domestic and romantic life but he was pretty convinced it was a language completely unsuited to war

insomniatakesover: http://fredericstewart.blogspot.ca/Background...

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:51:49 +0100

insomniatakesover:

http://fredericstewart.blogspot.ca/
Background paintings for The Legend of Korra

babustation: is this the thesis the proletarian masses sent him...

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:51:16 +0100

babustation:

is this the thesis the proletarian masses sent him to spit

nothingman: Sometimes when I’m happy I remember there are people that think evolutionary psychology...

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:49:16 +0100

nothingman:

Sometimes when I’m happy I remember there are people that think evolutionary psychology is a legit thing that explains all human behavior and then I become sad