In this Victory Day I want to congratulate you all for doing your part of the struggle against Empire today. Even those of you who might think that they are doing nothing are doing something very important just by trying to find the truth and by bypassing the Empire’s propaganda machine.
National-Socialism was an abomination. Not only was it a racist, genocidal, imperialistic and hateful – it was infinitely arrogant and, I am sorry to say, it was the logical an inevitable outcome of ten centuries of European arrogance, imperialism and self-worship. In terms of millions killed, National-Socialism ranks pretty low, most definitely lower than the various Marxists and Capitalists regimes in history, but then it only had 12 years to try hard and fail. But they did aim for a “modest” 1000 year Reich, and what stopped them was Russia, even if it was a Russia enslaved by Communism.
Today Russia stands against the same foe. We can call is AngloZionism, we can call it West European imperialism, we can call it turbo-capitalism, we can call it globalism, and we can even call it neo-Nazism – but these are just labels which, even if correct, always simplify a complex reality. But all these ideologies spring from the same Satanic fountain of self-worship: theomachy.
And just as in WWII, it would be exaggerated to say that Russia today stands alone. But, again, just as in WWII, Russia does bear no less than 80% of the burden of this struggle. This is why I believe that today’s military parade on the Beautiful Square in Moscow (mistakenly called “Red” square in the West) is an important reminder of the degree of willpower the Russian people can muster, even in the worst possible circumstances, to defeat an existential enemy.
I sure hope that the plutocratic 1% kabal running the AngloZionist Empire from behind the scenes is paying attention.
Still, today should first and foremost be a day of celebration and, for me, that means a day joy, peace and beauty. Rather than post images of military hardware of political symbols, I decided to offer you all something much smaller, much humbler, but which I found beautiful: three pictures of stained-glass prints recently sent to me by a reader, Rosie, to whom I wish an especially happy Victory Day!
When I saw these prints, they evoked feelings of peace and joy in me and I wanted to share them with you in the hope that you will feel that too.
Happy Victory Day to you all, my friends,
The Saker
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All Pictures and prints ©Rosie Gowing, retired artist, stained glass, at 2 Gwastadnant, Nant Peris, Caernarfon, N.Wales. (3 cards for £1)
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9.may in Mariupol:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBoCP7Vpg3I
are these RS? they sure dont act like Ukie military
BMP vs baricade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrpCYXkbyDY
How can you actually stop this thing???
Wonderful article and wonderful prints.
Enjoy your Victory Day celebration. As in 1945, the Godless communists and the Godless capitalists need all the support they can get in their quest to destroy Europe.
Thank you, Saker. For everything you do. For being a Human.
happy victory day, saker and everybody!
please, i found this video on youtube and it looks interesting and important to me. it’s a ukrainian soldier saying somethingn to the extent that he’s ashamed of his government and that he could just as easily turn his tank around and attack kiev.
everyone: I’d love litteral translation if possible :) too much to ask? :D
cheers,
marco
Happy Victory Day.
Its ironic that on this day as Putin visits Crimea, a war is starting to rage not too far away.
Really depressing actually.
From the British Sage Paul Brunton
What does the future hold for mankind?–this is a question often asked and variously answered. One of the answers is given by Hinduism which says that the present period is the Kali Yuga–that is, the iron age–when life is at its darkest, man more corrupt, sinful, and wicked than ever, spirituality, religion, morals at their lowest ebb, sufferings, catastrophes, diseases at their highest tide. Moreover it says we are only at the first quarter of the iron age and we still have the other three quarters to go and that as we go farther into Kali Yuga the conditions will get worse and man more wicked. However Hinduism also says in its scripture the Bhagavad Gita, through the person (mythological though he may be) of Sri Krishna, that the Avatar–one who descends from a higher plane into human incarnation to bring in a new and better period–will come near the end of the iron age and use his power and knowledge to usher in the reign of goodness and righteousness, Truth, and above all Peace. Everywhere throughout the world today we see violence, agitation, and destruction, and this too, according to Hinduism, is to be expected in the Kali Yuga. Therefore attempts to end war are unlikely to meet with much success until the Avatar comes. If however we go not to Hinduism, but to the astrologers and ask for their predictions, the story changes, brightens, and becomes full of hope, for they say we are entering the Aquarian age, the age which spreads knowledge, goodness, harmony, and peace. It might be asked, “What does philosophy say?” The answer is that there is something of truth in both the Hindu and the astrological prognostications. First the evils of war, violence, destruction, and so on, will come to a climax with the materialization of nuclear war. Too much has been created on the mental plane and is being created not to find its way back to earth again in physical explosion. Only after a nuclear war with the major part of the human population wiped out will it be possible for a new start to be made, will mankind have learned the lesson of substituting goodwill for ill will. Secondly, philosophy says that there are ages within ages–that is to say minor, lesser, and shorter periods within the great period–and we will after the nuclear war and after the chaos it brings enter one of these better periods.
HAPPY VICTORY DAY! Memory for the fallen heroes; Honor the Veterans: Joy for Today’s Countries Free of Fascism; and Encouragement for the Ukrainians who are fighters the fascists of Kiev and their masters.
Thanks for this post Saker.
I’m sorry to add a very nasty thing to this beauty, but this has to be reported. It is barely believable.
Yuri Odartchenko, governor sent by Maidanists to Kherson, today said at celebrations of Victory Day that :
Hitler did not invade Ukraine, he wanted to free it from communism
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A05s6GrztbQ
As you can see, the crowd reacts in anger. A courageous mother, carrying her young child, goes and tries to grab the mike out of this madman’s hands.
Congratulations Russia:
Congratulations with your Victory day celebration. I have seen the Victory parade with a feeling that Russia will continue to stand for freedom, hope and justice.
Thanks to the Soviet Union for having chased the Nazis out of Norway (especially Northern Norway). The help we received was unique and very helpful. I hope Russia can bring an era of peace in our world, because it seems that we have not had it for hundreds of years.
I appreciate the art viewing on the front of this blog, glass paintings of the highest quality.
From Norway with love.
Happy Victory Day, Saker. :-)
Thank you for all those ‘beautiful’ and clear analyses you write. They really help to distinguish the forest and take away the big elephant of the MSM.
Today I had an interesting discussion with my son.
‘Fascism has always existed, although not with that name but in surely in form, especially since the industrial revolution. Later Mussolini gave it a form (corporatism) and the Nazi’s (Alfred Rosenberg, between others) an ‘ideological’ basis. Both gained power and popular support, with the help of a lot of capital(ism) after the 1917 revolution; like a a reaction… The ‘civil war’ didn’t defeat Russia’s communism (for obvious reasons), even though Russia was at the border of collapse after WWI.
We should remember at this point the situation of Russia before WWI, who was really in charge…But as well the boost it had after the ‘civil’ war,…education, industry, but overall more important for the topic; economically an military.
My son came with the question that if the revolution in the Russia would not have succeeded…Would nazism have been so popular and what would they have been fighting?
Thank you for a beautiful post, Saker.
This sentence of yours is the most important:
“But all these ideologies spring from the same Satanic fountain of self-worship: theomachy.”
We disregard it at our peril. And on this day, let’s also remember those in the German Resistance who died because they had not forgotten that one must not replace God with man, especially Dietrich Bonhoeffer who was murdered on April 9th, 1945 in the KZ Theresienstadt, for being a Christian.
Thank you, Saker. I too love that Dostoievski saying, as I love Dostoievski, even though I can’t speak the language (yet).
Today I have been mostly in Mariupol with the elderly woman being given a flower at her window, and walking down the tree lined streets with the cameras. One video of Odessa I was glad to see, the policemen who threw their shields in a pile to demonstrate their abhorrence of what they were being asked to do.
“Happiness does not consist of comfort; happiness must be bought with suffering. That is the law of our planet, but this direct perception that is felt in the process of life itself is a joy so great that one can pay for it with years of suffering.”
So many brave, gentle, beautiful people!
We were children once and lied to. See the truth of the most terrible century though I would not bother the essentially saintly Russian mind until the Russian church returns to the first Rome. This return is imminent—though I would not bother conscientious objectors to “theomachy.”
Dear The Saker,
Happy Victory Day :).
Hugs and warmth to you and your family and the other posters.
Thank you for sharing the pictures – they are very uplifting.
Rgds,
Veritas
Saker,
As an intelligent person, could you share some advice on what, in your opinion, other “thinking” people could do (besides, you know, “digging for the truth” etc) to help avoid a rerun of WWII?
I am really at a loss. I live in Canada. Normally, I don’t care about the elections. Now I am considering voting only to cast my vote against Harper and his gang. But I am not sure this is going to help any since the next guy will probably not be much better. Not sure about Ignatieff here (maybe being part Russian would stop him from taking such a rabidly anti-Russian stance or at least tone it down a little), but he’s not on the menu anyway and as for the rest of them, I suspect it’s going to be the same thing with a new face.
But if not elections, what else? Tax-deductible donations to anti-fascism groups? (Are there any?) Obsessive-compulsive blog commenting? Personal media boycotts? Sounds kind of pathetic. What are the (legal) methods and tactics available to middle-class/middle-aged doofuses like myself in North America?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts
From “I Am” by Kirtana:
Many differences separate us
on the surface, yes.
But I cannot find a boundary
in consciousness
And when you ask me,
where does awareness begin
and does it end
I have to say, I have to say
I’ve always been
At the silent core,
and yet before phenomena began
And after it, and after it, I am
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. Let goodness rain, and evil crumble!
Happy Victory Day!
Another day, another fascist massacre in East Ukraine. Another round of anti-Russia propaganda from the US, Germany and the EU. Another – 1000s? – waking up globally to the reality, what it is, what we’re gonna have to fight, and that we are gonna have to fight it out in the streets. People standing in front of tanks and APCs, no weapons, it’s cool, but we must arm ourselves and defend ourselves. From the streets of Mariupol to Washington, DC, and then on to Red Square.
Power to the people!
@Anonymous:What are the (legal) methods and tactics available to middle-class/middle-aged doofuses like myself in North America?
That is a really important question. I will get back to you as soon as I can, hopefully over the week-end in a separate post.
Stay tuned and many thanks!
All the best,
The Saker
Mariupol (check 2:10)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=678n97eBQoI
more info here:
http://romanikitin.livejournal.com/142372.html
“Today Russia stands against the same foe.”
Unless I’m mistaken, Russia presently stands against the same US government that was allied with the Soviet government against Europe. Hardly the same foe.
Russia is on the right side now. It wasn’t always so. In WWII it fought alongside The Great Satan, which is why the world is in such a mess now.
From “Russian Spring” website:
Slavic march (video greeting from readers “Russian Spring” to Igor Strielkov and all Resistance fighters).
http://rusvesna.su/news/1399668711
Re”: “I sure hope that the plutocratic 1% kabal running the AngloZionist Empire from behind the scenes is paying attention.”
Saker: Your mention of the 1% reminds me of something from Cold War I, where I heard the plutocrats then were warned informally that any first strike would definitely target all their enclaves: Newport, Palm Beach, the Upper East Side of Manhattan, Grosse Point, the North Shore above Chicago, Pacific Palisades, etc.; not to mention Wall Street, the City of London, Chicago, and all the major exchanges. It was reputed to have gotten their attention.
Although their enclaves may have moved, the same principle might apply. For example, warnings conveyed informally via the head of Rosneft or Gazprom to their joint partners. There is nothing to concentrate one’s attention better than the knowledge that one might be executed the next morning. It might encourage them to call their underlings off.
Hold on to that thought, peace my brother!
Re images: Philistine
@His Majesty:Unless I’m mistaken, Russia presently stands against the same US government that was allied with the Soviet government against Europe. Hardly the same foe.
You are mistaken. The US government was, indeed, allied of the Soviet government, but never of the Russian people. As for Nazi Germany and the Anglo block – they were like two mafia gangs fighting over the right to control a city, but their opposition was not one of essence, only one of exacerbated greed and arrogance.
Sorry to burst your bubble.
The Saker
Take heart Saker readers and anti-fascist friends of all ideological stripes: the truth is starting to leak out. I expect various ministers in London (and probably Victoria Nuland at the State Department too) will be furious with this report from UK’s Channel 4, showing Kiev deploying its poorly-trained but angry Nazi Guard loyalist troops in Mariupol to the jeers of pissed off locals:
http://blogs.channel4.com/alex-thomsons-view/bodies-fire-streets-mariupol/7755
Not only do they give extended air time to the locals to air their grievances against Kiev, even more surprisingly the stand up reporter in Donetsk says the locals are emphasizing the theme of anti-fascist resistance on the 69th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany. This is truly astounding and something I did not expect. A breathe of fresh air and genuine (it appears) dissent against the general presstitute NATO/pro-Kiev party line in Airstrip One no less. None of which, would remind everyone here, would’ve been possible had Putin taken the bait and invaded Ukraine. Then it would be all about Russia killing people and breaking things instead of Kiev’s forces. Meanwhile, the reporter makes it obvious that the Ukrainian Army is doing NOTHING about the RPG-equipped militia marching through the main boulevard of Donetsk in broad daylight unmasked on Victory Day! This shows that either the Army can’t or won’t suppress the rebels, perhaps because it is in cahoots to arm them and/or has established local truces that the Nazi Guard and Right Sector are desperately trying to break.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mim0kgjsDo
Pavel Chesnikov: LORD Save Thy People and Bless Thine Inheritance
This Victory Day be of good cheer my friends, and give thanks to Almighty God: the prayers of ‘Oh Lord Save Thy People, and Bless Thine Inheritance’ and of many non-Orthodox and even non-Christians for peace are being heard and heeded.
Alexis TK27,
That video is the best thing I’ve seen in what feels like forever! God Bless her! Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could all of us, from all the different places we’re from, figure out how to thank her and tell her how absolutely wonderful we think she is! I hope her child gets a copy of that video, to keep forever.
Did you see the veterans smiling afterwards? Ahhhhh. This is my first experience of Victory Day, and after Odessa, and Mariupol, and the unremitting evil we are seeing, that young woman, what she did, the way she did it, her courage and determination, are a lesson for us all. I wish I believed we are capable of learning it.
Thank you, thank you Saker, for this blog where we are so lucky to be treated to intelligent, profound insights wrapped in compassion. Happy Victory Day, and may you be totally recovered from whatever was ailing you! :)
Happy victory day, saker.
@his majesty —
Harry Truman, U.S. president since Roosevelt, in 1941 said: “If the Germans will win up, we need to help the Soviet Union if they win Russian – help Germany. And let them kill as many as possible with each other. “
Woodrow Wilson, who secured re-election on a war avoidance platform in 1916, but then demanded a declaration of war against Germany in the following year in response to a demand from the Morgan interests that he prevent a looming British collapse.
Although the revisionists claim that the 1939 Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact and its secret protocol to divide eastern Europe into respective German and Soviet spheres of influence somehow made Soviet leader Joseph Stalin a “partner” of Hitler, little attention is paid to secret German-British talks in 1939 that would have divided the world into German and British spheres of influence while making common cause against the Soviet Union.
Saker said
@Anonymous: What are the (legal) methods and tactics available to middle-class/middle-aged doofuses like myself in North America?
That is a really important question. I will get back to you as soon as I can, hopefully over the week-end in a separate post.
The only answer
is for the moral élites of our pornographised, post Christian nations to invade the major political party to snatch control from Satanic/Masonic domination. Sadly, this suggestion only inflicts neuro-statis in compulsive obsessive bloggers.
In the US it is the GOP because the Tea Party unwittingly attracted fighting patriots unaware that it was set up only to control both ends of conflict. Those “conservatives” fought and won elections to the dismay of the Hate oriented hegemons. In UK the Conservative Party membership should be targeted as numerically a sitting duck—because almost certainly the UKIP is terminally infiltrated. If an Internet based campaign by webmasters were to nag the strategy, any movement would turn into a tsunami because loyalist populations are frantic.
FYI ; the ‘godless communists’ championed many liberation movements notably the anti apartheid movement in South Africa
I found the following in a article over @ RT
“Moving further to the East, Nazi troops eliminated thousands of Soviet towns, villages, plants, factories, cultural and historic monuments. Only in Belarus, over 200 towns and 9,200 villages were burnt or destroyed.”
I was taught that that was part of Stalin’s ‘scorched earth’ tactic. It reminds me of the executed Polish officers, with both sides claiming it was ‘the other’ who’d done it.
Congratulations to all on the beautiful occasion of Victory Day.
As an Indian , I always wonder what gives the Russian people the courage to fight and defeat one vicious foe (almost always from the West) after another almost each century ?
It was the Tutonic knights followed by the hordes of Poland and Lithuanian commonwealth , then the wars against the Ottomans followed by wars against Frederick the great of Prussia.
Then we see Russia against the Masonic empire of Napoleon. This was followed by the existential struggle against the Third Reich , probably the best and most fierce ever army assembled by any Western power.
If this was not over , the fight against the blood hounds of oligarchism (likes of Berezovsky , Khodorkovsky , Gusinski) thrown by the Gods of globalization from Washington.
What is in the soul of the Russian ? What makes you fight for your freedom and dignity so hard and be victorious every time ?
Congratulations to all on the beautiful occasion of Victory Day.
As an Indian , I always wonder what gives the Russian people the courage to fight and defeat one vicious foe (almost always from the West) after another almost each century ?
It was the Tutonic knights followed by the hordes of Poland and Lithuanian commonwealth , then the wars against the Ottomans followed by wars against Frederick the great of Prussia.
Then we see Russia against the Masonic empire of Napoleon. This was followed by the existential struggle against the Third Reich , probably the best and most fierce ever army assembled by any Western power.
If this was not over , the fight against the blood hounds of “oligarchism” (likes of Berezovsky , Khodorkovsky , Gusinski) thrown by the Gods of globalization from Washington.
What is in the soul of the Russian ? What makes you fight for your freedom and dignity so hard and be victorious every time ?
re “middle-class/middle-aged doofuses like [yourself] in North America,” what Anglos (Aus, Ca, NZ, UK, US etc.) plus others in ‘the West’ *can*, *must* do is a) combine (on a per county/state/country basis) then b) declare our independence (see UDHR) – from the current system of ‘representative democracy.’ That system is *designed* to rip us off, giving the *illusion* of some sort of choice, while the representatives (almost) invariably go corrupt and sell us out (before/during/after makes no difference, and incorruptibles are shunned by the system). One system that could replace our current tyrannies is a) representatives with *zero* power, just there as ‘debate leaders’ and b) universal, direct democracy by us, we the people voting collectively per issue = one referendum per issue, obviously electronically. Conditions: That there be a full and honest information exchange and ‘moot-debates,’ then mini-exams to qualify voters then the actual vote. Of course, the current tyrants will (violently) object – but we outnumber them by much more than the ‘nominal’ 99 to 1.
re “middle-class/middle-aged doofuses like [yourself] in North America,” more: It’s partly what Donbass&Co are doing, namely declaring themselves independent. It’s also what the hapless Palestinians could do, tomorrow. Recall that the Zionists only ever purchased ~6% of Mandate Palestine, so a newly independent Palestine could ask the alien-invaders to exit, or at least retire to the bits of P that the Zs legally own. The beauty of this scheme is that there is *no* possibility of *not* recognising a legitimate act of self-determination, and anyone = the now dis-empowered tyrants, say, attacking the newly independent people are *attacking their own people* = supreme international crime; off to the Hague (or worse.)
2nd; re “middle-class/middle-aged doofuses like [yourself] in North America,” more: It’s partly what Donbass&Co are doing, namely declaring themselves independent. The beauty of this scheme is that there is *no* possibility of *not* recognising a legitimate act of self-determination, and anyone = the now dis-empowered tyrants, say, attacking the newly independent people are *attacking their own people* = supreme international crime; off to the Hague (or worse.)
The truth will out! The longer this disgraceful “counter-terrorist” offensive, directed by Kiev, continues, the greater the chance that the false narrative of the western MSM will begin to crumble. I thank the anonymous poster above for sharing the BBC4 blog link. Here’s one I found at Moon of Alabama from the National Interest:
http://nationalinterest.org/feature/six-mistakes-the-west-has-made-continues-make-ukraine-10397?page=show
What’s remarkable here is that the National Interest was, not so long ago, a thoroughly neo-con organ; it was founded by Irving Kristol, in fact. If even NI is beginning to re-examine their assumptions, how much longer will it be before Washington does?
Putin, in my opinion, has acted very wisely. He has resisted taking the bait and invading eastern Ukraine, and now Kiev will be forced to shoulder all the burden of the troubles that they themselves have caused in the east.
Happy VE Day, Saker!
Debanjan,
Your last questions reach the core of it, don’t they. I think Saker somehow feeds us answers to this with almost every word he writes but, as an American, it often goes right by me. I had no real idea until late last night, for example, of the depth of those Victory Day celebrations, and that despite the obvious contrast between them and the way we celebrate the Fourth of July by tolerating kitschy parades and boring speeches (only when our kids are involved) but basically using the whole thing as an excuse to watch or set off fireworks and, mainly, get drunk. Memorial Day, of course, is worse because it’s mostly all about shopping. So yeah, I’m an American: I can see at least part of what’s wrong with us, but have a long, long way to go when it comes to fully appreciating the finer points of what a people can do or be.
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FYI ; the ‘godless communists’ championed many liberation movements notably the anti apartheid movement in South Africa
10 May, 2014 02:24
Yes, a once thriving first world country is now a third world slum with one of the highest murder rates in the world. So much for ‘liberation’.
Saker, twist it any way you like but it was the US that supplied the USSR with the means to invade Europe. The US even halted its advance into Germany so that the Russians could get to Berlin first.
I’m not blaming Russians. All governments, good or bad, are able to deploy their citizens militarily. What I’m telling you is that in WWII two very evil regimes teamed up to destroy European independence. Celebrating that is like celebrating what US/NATO is doing now (and has been doing since 1945).
On a lighter note, I wish someone would make up a poster with beautiful Natalia ( http://rt.com/news/157556-prosecutor-poklonskaya-oath-russia/ ) facing off against the ugly sows representing the west; Clinton, Nuland, Merkel, etc. What healthy man wouldn’t fight for her?
Yeah, I know you won’t like the source, but try reading something you ordinarily wouldn’t. It’s more balanced than you’d probably guess, and makes an important point.
http://www.dailystormer.com/putin-speaks-out-against-nazism-in-crimea-while-ukrainians-get-slaughtered-by-jews/
The blog is of course monitored.
However your previous experience may have given you some notion of where power lies, and that it is not in collection.
On not knowing, that is a pre-requisite for entry into an interactive process of change; although not sufficient in itself.
Try not to worry so much about the 1%, whilst remembering to continue to publish such – as far as possible never educate the opposition.
If needing a temporary pick me up maybe read the preface to the Ukrainian edition of George Orwell’s Animal Farm 1949 if memory serves, publishing partly funded by the CIA.
Its true that the conclusions of Andersen’s Emperors New Clothes, George Orwell’s Animal Farm and 1984 are similar.
However the one thing the future will not be is the past.
Quote by Debanjan [..] “If this was not over , the fight against the blood hounds of “oligarchism” (likes of Berezovsky , Khodorkovsky , Gusinski) thrown by the Gods of globalization from Washington.
What is in the soul of the Russian ? What makes you fight for your freedom and dignity so hard and be victorious every time ? ” [..]
Dear Debanjan, please read the books and study of Nosovsky and Fomenko – History: Fiction or Science? You will find many an answers why West will newer be friend of Russia and they will do anything to destroy it. Because what psychopats are afraid the most is to be exposed. All theirs believes and values build on LIE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnA1CQKRUIo
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Quote by Debanjan [..] “If this was not over , the fight against the blood hounds of “oligarchism” (likes of Berezovsky , Khodorkovsky , Gusinski) thrown by the Gods of globalization from Washington.
What is in the soul of the Russian ? What makes you fight for your freedom and dignity so hard and be victorious every time ? ” [..]
Dear Debanjan, please read the books and study of Nosovsky and Fomenko – History: Fiction or Science? You will find many an answers why West will never be friend of Russia and they will do anything to destroy it. Because what psychopaths are afraid the most is to be exposed. All theirs believes and values build on LIE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNYIIPkzdEE&list=PLtDEsdk_TtD29AQ3_gUF_U9S9DjE99DyC
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Thanks for the colourful art Saker. Very nice work. The Make love not war piece brought to mind the “crossed crocadiles” of Akan symbolism, although Rosie Gowing’s creatures may represent a desireable evolution.
Two headed crocodiles fight over food that goes to a common stomach because each relishes the food in its throat. This symbol, in essence, depicts the Akan notions about the inherent difficulties of reconciling individual and group interests in a democratic system.
http://crossedcrocodiles.wordpress.com/about/
Some of your readers may find this site useful as it closely follows US-Africa relations, in particular AFRICOM.
Brian
Why not edit a video and put on social media, of the cake lady dispensing benificences in Maidan with say a soundtrack of Woody Guthrie singing – This land is your land, this land is my land (or was it the other way round) – of course leaving out the next line – from California to the New York Island – it was even outdated when it was written. Shouldn’t be any problem with copyright from the estate.
Like most phenomena humour is always an alloy – it is still debated whether Chaplin’s The great dictator did more harm than good, or anything at all. Within a multi facetted strategy such might have useful applications at specific moments.
Moving on temporarily from woman has baby, and baby takes a shit stories, today’s entertainment from London.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27360146
Anonymous 07:42
GREAT idea, but please don’t do that to Woody Guthrie!! He was absolutely on the side of the people — how ’bout “O Beautiful” instead — with all the verses. I think it would be even more fitting, and hit a whole lot harder.
There’s a verse in there about alabaster cities undimmed by human tears — don’t you think some video of Odessa would fit rather nicely?
Re Nora said…
Anonymous 07:42
GREAT idea, but please don’t do that to Woody Guthrie!! He was absolutely on the side of the people — how ’bout “O Beautiful” instead — with all the verses. I think it would be even more fitting, and hit a whole lot harder.
There’s a verse in there about alabaster cities undimmed by human tears — don’t you think some video of Odessa would fit rather nicely?
11 May, 2014 13:30
Looking at Woody Guthrie’s record I would suggest he wouldn’t mind.
The opponents and apparently significant parts of their population’s achilles heel is based on their self-absorption in its myriad forms.
In multi-media you have probably less than 5 seconds to relay the message, so it needs to be simple and work on the target audience’s
subliminal memories and expectations intro and first line only for impact. The opposition use this all of time, so the impact will likely be enhanced through discordance. However the ideas as ever are collective commons, and as the Beatles said it likely to be a long and winding road – although not linear of course or restricted to 57 varieties.