Monday, November 17, 2014

In Praise of Not Quite Absolute Marxism

Rossiya or Rossija, the Romanization of the word Россия, meaning Russia in the Russian language

Friday, July 18, 2014

“Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism it is just the opposite.”

Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China.
Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China.
The Communist Party toiled for the nation.
The Communist Party of one mind saved China
It pointed to the road of liberation for the people.
It led China towards the light.
It supported the War of Resistance for more than eight years.
It has improved people's lives.
It built a base behind enemy lines.
It practiced democracy, bringing many advantages.
Without the Communist Party, there would be no new China.
Without the Communist Party, there would be no new China.

Saturday, July 5, 2014

Friday, June 13, 2014

Lenin, the Mythology Unravels

A statue of Vladimir Lenin has returned to a Polish town which was constructed by the communists in the hope of it becoming a proletarian bastion.

But instead of striking a dramatic pose designed to inspire revolution, the new Lenin statue in Nowa Huta comes bright green in colour, and depicts the revolutionary leader relieving himself, with a water feature providing the necessary effects.

Poland’s post-war communist government built the industrial town of Nowa Huta as a socialist tonic to subdue the intellectual influence of the nearby city of Krakow, and it once boasted a huge statue of the Russian leader striding down a main boulevard.

To the government’s dismay, however, rather than becoming a shining example of one-party progress, Nova Huta’s workers resisted attempts to make them die-hard socialists, with some even trying to blow up the original Lenin statue in 1979. The attackers failed to use enough explosives and only succeeded in damaging the Russian’s feet.

Called the “Fountain of the Future,” the bright green Lenin has appeared in Nowa Huta as part of an art festival, and is also designed to stimulate debate over what should be the subject of a permanent statue on the same spot.

Saturday, June 7, 2014

Songs of Freedom

All dark clouds can't cover the sky
Force can't stop people from yearning freedom
The billows of Tui Dang roll over China,
A single spark has started a prairie fire,
A fire that is in you and me

Leaving yesterday's tyranny,
Pushing over the bloody red wall,
Let the freedom sunshine,
Shining our China.

Lies can't stop the truth from spreading
The sword and spear can't suppress steadfast faith,
The billows of Tui Dang roll over The world
Defending the freedom inspiring you and me.
Let freedom shine over china.

Leaving yesterday's tyranny,
Pushing over the bloody red wall,
Let the freedom sunshine,
Shining our China.

Absolute Tuidang

Thursday, February 20, 2014

The Reality of Life in Not Quite Absolute Marxist Countries...

Russian security forces attacked members of the protest group Pussy Riot with horsewhips on Wednesday as they tried to perform in Sochi, the Olympic host city.

Five female group members and one male member donned their signature ski masks and were pulling out a guitar and microphone as at least ten Cossacks and other security officials moved in. Cossaks are used by Russian police to patrol the streets.

The punk group had gathered at a nearby restaurant before heading out onto the street.

One Cossack appeared to use pepper spray and another whipped several group members. One allegedly threw a guitar into a nearby bin.

One Pussy Riot member, a man wearing a bright yellow tank top, was left with blood on his face, saying he had been pushed to the ground.

The Cossacks pulled masks from women's heads, allegedly beating group member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova with a whip as she lay on the ground, according to The Associated Press.

Police arrived and questioned witnesses, but did not make any arrests.

Yesterday, Ms Alyokhina and Ms Tolokonnikova were released after being detained near the site of the Winter Olympics in downtown Sochi

In 2012, Ms Tolokonnikova, alongside fellow band members Ms Alyokhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich, were found guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred after performing a protest song highly critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow’s main cathedral.

They were released from prison following an amnesty from the government in December last year, having served 18 months of their two-year sentences.