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whereserpentswalk · 5 months
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pratchettquotes · 3 months
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People on the side of The People always ended up disappointed, in any case. They found that The People tended not to be grateful or appreciative or forward-thinking or obedient. The People tended to be small-minded and conservative and not very clever and were even distrustful of cleverness. And so, the children of the revolution were faced with the age-old problem: it wasn't that you had the wrong kind of government, which was obvious, but that you had the wrong kind of people.
As soon as you saw people as things to be measured, they didn't measure up.
Terry Pratchett, Night Watch
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connorthemaoist · 9 months
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We must not depict socialism as if socialists will bring it to us on a plate all nicely dressed. That will never happen. Not a single problem of the class struggle has ever been solved in history except by violence. When violence is exercised by the working people, by the mass of exploited against the exploiters—then we are for it! And we are not in the least disturbed by the howls of those people who consciously or unconsciously side with the bourgeoisie, or who are so frightened by them, so oppressed by their rule, that they have been flung into consternation at the sight of this unprecedentedly acute class struggle, have burst into tears, forgotten all their premises and demand that we perform the impossible, that we socialists achieve complete victory without fighting against the exploiters and without suppressing their resistance. -V. I. Lenin, 1918
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blackstar1887 · 7 months
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Photographs from the Black Panther Party series by Stephen Shames (1970s)
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ophanim-vesper · 1 year
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hey does anyone have that drawing Dana made on a stream where Belos is eating a McRib and Hunter is looking at him concerned. I just rlly need to see it again so yeah thx
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reepiblog · 5 months
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"But the question is, Did John Brown fail? He certainly did fail to get out of Harpers Ferry before being beaten down by United States soldiers; he did fail to save his own life, and to lead a liberating army into the mountains of Virginia. But he did not go to Harpers Ferry to save his life. "The true question is, Did John Brown draw his sword against slavery and thereby lose his life in vain? And to this I answer ten thousand times, No! No man fails, or can fail, who so grandly gives himself and all he has to a righteous cause. No man, who in his hour of extremest need, when on his way to meet an ignominious death, could so forget himself as to stop and kiss a little child, one of the hated race for whom he was about to die, could by any possibility fail. "Did John Brown fail? Ask Henry A. Wise in whose house less than two years after, a school for the emancipated slaves was taught. "Did John Brown fail? Ask James M. Mason, the author of the inhuman fugitive slave bill, who was cooped up in Fort Warren, as a traitor less than two years from the time that he stood over the prostrate body of John Brown. "Did John Brown fail? Ask Clement C. Vallandingham, one other of the inquisitorial party; for he too went down in the tremendous whirlpool created by the powerful hand of this bold invader. If John Brown did not end the war that ended slavery, he did at least begin the war that ended slavery. If we look over the dates, places and men for which this honor is claimed, we shall find that not Carolina, but Virginia, not Fort Sumter, but Harpers Ferry, and the arsenal, not Col. Anderson, but John Brown, began the war that ended American slavery and made this a free Republic. Until this blow was struck, the prospect for freedom was dim, shadowy and uncertain. The irrepressible conflict was one of words, votes and compromises. "When John Brown stretched forth his arm the sky was cleared. The time for compromises was gone - the armed hosts of freedom stood face to face over the chasm of a broken Union - and the clash of arms was at hand. The South staked all upon getting possession of the Federal Government, and failing to do that, drew the sword of rebellion and thus made her own, and not Brown's, the lost cause of the century." -(May 30, 1881, Frederick Douglass, oration at the Fourteenth Anniversary of Storer College, May 30, 1881)
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degeneratedworker · 11 months
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“Revolutionary unity in arms to destroy imperialism, zionism & reaction!” Palestinian National Liberation Movement &  Organization of Iranian People's Fedaii Guerrillas 1979
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danburys · 9 months
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PERIOD DRAMA APPRECIATION WEEK: DAY 5, FAVORITE FILM ➻ Little Women (2019)
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Great Lenin! One hundred years after your passing, on January 21, 1924, we continue the struggle to which you dedicated your life — the struggle to liberate the workers and oppressed peoples of the whole world.
Thanks to you, the trail was blazed. You taught us that the struggle has many twists and turns. In times of upheaval, some who seemed like opponents will become your best comrades in arms, while many who seemed solid will lose their way, and still others will emerge to pick up the red banner they abandoned.
To hold onto your revolutionary principles and history, while never surrendering your ability to think critically using the tools of Marxism; to combine these unflinching principles with the greatest flexibility in strategy and tactics; to always maintain a class analysis of imperialism and the state; to uphold the struggles of the oppressed nations and peoples; to build a revolutionary combat organization that can lead the workers to power — these are just a few of your teachings that we cherish and struggle daily to uphold.
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nervousgnome · 7 months
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whereserpentswalk · 4 months
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Was there a first time a human killed a dragon? What did they think? Was it bronze or copper that was the first human alchemy to break their scales after thousands of years of weapons shattering against armor? Their horses finally fast enough to charge and doge them, their armors finally thick enough to protect from their venom.
Did the first human to kill a dragon think they would die? Did they attack the creature out of spite only to see blood flow onto the head of their bronze axe? Or was it a plan, had they tested it before? Did the dragon laugh to see a human try to attack them? Or were they killed from behind, not even knowing what humanity was becoming for them? What was the first time a dragon feared a human, when did they first realize something so small was going to kill them?
Did the first dragon slayer even know? Did they know how many people they were freeing? Did they know that their people weren't always going to fear having their treasures stolen, fear having their crops burnt, fear being ruled over by something inhuman?
How long did it take for the dragons to know? They had lived long enough to see humanity grow from apes, and in what must have felt like moments to them, how did they react? When did they first see one of their brothers dead, and realize what killed it? How did they feel moving from castles to caves, as humans sent mercenaries, then legionaries, then knights, then musketeers? What was the last dragon to tyrannize humanity? Who was the last dragon to call himself king?
Who was the first human to ride a dragon? Did the first dragon to be ridden remember when humans were their slaves? Who was the first human to take the power of their oppressors for themself?
Who was the first human to kill an eldrich horror? What did they think? Was it the laser or the bullet that was the first human science to break their distorted bodies after thousands of years of weapons shattering against their paradox. Their planes finally fast enough to swoop and dodge them, their goggles finally thick enough for their visage not to drive them mad.
How many humans will be the first to tell their oppressor, "You are no longer the predator"...
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cubbycone · 8 months
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new groundbreaking theory.
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connorthemaoist · 8 months
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shortnotsweet · 1 year
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Pearl of the Realm [ Part 2 excerpt, 1]
I basically made this AU in my mind after staring at Pinterest for hours in which Lucerys is accidentally politically savvy, endearing Westeros and securing allies for his mother by being a fashion icon and getting the nobility and the lower class talking about him every week, Regina George-style. “Where is he going? What’s he wearing? How lovely does he look today? Can the tailor here make something similar?” Luke travelled abroad to become more worldly/culturally educated in preparation for his role as Lord of Driftmark and was smitten with the diversity of clothing and fabrics. Upon his return, he basically caused tabloids + the printing press to become invented early. King shit. He also gives Aemond a heart attack whenever he catches sight of him, because he can’t decide whether to encourage this behavior or steal him away so no one else can see him. Instead, he just stares like an idiot.
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I made a whole spread of this to post later in the week. Cheers for now <3
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readyforevolution · 15 days
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