February 2012
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Anonymous asked: Thoughts on Stalin, Mao, and Fuckyeahmarxismleninism ?
My Cat
Is a Jerk.
Thank God he is home
Now i Can sleep
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No one In Bristol Delivers Calzone
I don’t understand how people who could have it delivered don’t.
always.
h8
Majestic
is a town in Weeds.
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I SAY ABOOT
- Gravewisdom 2012
Last Spanish Civil War Scot Thomas Watters dies . →
The last surviving Scot who volunteered to fight in the Spanish Civil War has died at the age of 99.
RIP Comrade.
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A Higher Level: “With the Bourgeoisie, also, class... →
“With the Bourgeoisie, also, class consciousness stands in opposition to class interest. But here the antagonism is not contradictory but dialectical.
The distinction between the two modes of contradiction may be briefly described in this way: in the case of the other classes, a class…
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interruptions asked: Just watching your exchange with the woman with the hindu symbol - I think what complicates the case of the "om" symbol is that Hinduism isn't an evangelistic religion, but Buddhism is. Buddhism broadly taken is actively engaged in a project of conversion, and that includes westerners. If the poster's use of the "om" is in the context of a genuine Buddhist religious...
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howtotalktogirlsdialectically asked: Regarding the now lengthy "White Buddhists" exchange: I realize that this dialogue began with the issue of race and ethnicity as it relates to religion, but the entire argument is made irrelevant if you are willing to acknowledge that all religions are man-made and inherently repressive and exploitative. Shouldn't that be considered the larger issue? #unsolicited comment
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quaverserif reblogged your link: ॐ: marxandsparks replied to your post: As a Buddhist (and PoC I might…
OMG, look who’s derailing.
IF YOU HAVN’T UNDERSTOOD THAT MY PROBLEM IS WITH ALL THE RACISM THEN IM SORRY.
THIS IS ABOUT RACISM
TALKING ABOUT WHITE PRIVILEGE IS NOT DERAILING.
try again.
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marxandsparks replied to your post: As a Buddhist (and PoC I might add) I just resent uneducated white girls misappropriating that symbol because it looks cute on their blog.
you fucking are appropriating, you ARE white, your history is not tied up...
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marxandsparks replied to your post: As a Buddhist (and PoC I might add) I just resent uneducated white girls misappropriating that symbol because it looks cute on their blog.
you fucking are appropriating, you ARE white, your history is not tied up with that...
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marxandsparks replied to your post: As a Buddhist (and PoC I might add) I just resent uneducated white girls misappropriating that symbol because it looks cute on their blog.
you fucking are appropriating, you ARE white, your history is not tied up with that symbol for...
Freedom of Thought: A Poem
akagoldfish:
I had a free thought once
Then a Marxist on the internet said my thought was wrong
My thoughts were, like, totally enslaved
No more freedom of thought
Abalism
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jonathan-cunningham asked: Am I misunderstanding, or are you saying that white people being Buddhist is wrong?
White Buddhists
you are probably an Orientalist, this is not ok.
Stop it.
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akagoldfish:
“Freedom of thought” may be the most absurd concept I’ve seen someone try to pull on tumblr since “self-ownership”.
Precaritariat Biopolitical Rantings: we need to... →
ineffableshe:
hi: i’ve never before asked for feedback and i don’t really care how many people like me on the internet or follow my tumblr. but i cannot emphasize how important it is to be mindful of the conditions of sex workers. the other side of sex positivity has to be checking to see…
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marxandsparks replied to your post: As a Buddhist (and PoC I might add) I just resent uneducated white girls misappropriating that symbol because it looks cute on their blog.
you fucking are appropriating, you ARE white, your history is not tied up with that symbol for better and worse - you are simply...
ॐ: marxandsparks replied to your post: As a... →
quaverserif:
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inherhipstheresrevolutions:
marxandsparks replied to your post: As a Buddhist (and PoC I might add) I just resent uneducated white girls misappropriating that symbol because it looks cute on their blog.
you fucking are appropriating, you ARE white, your history is not tied up with that symbol for better and worse - you are simply adopting it. You where called on it...
ॐ: marxandsparks replied to your post: As a... →
inherhipstheresrevolutions:
marxandsparks replied to your post: As a Buddhist (and PoC I might add) I just resent uneducated white girls misappropriating that symbol because it looks cute on their blog.
you fucking are appropriating, you ARE white, your history is not tied up with that symbol for better and worse - you are simply adopting it. You where called on it and it you wave that white...
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marxandsparks replied to your post: Um… you’re white- what’s with the bullshit appropriation of the ॐ symbol (‘om’)?
because its appropriative, ignorant Orientalist horse shit. .
Being a white Hindu/being spiritually connected to Hinduism is Orientalist and appropriative? Freedom of thought, freedom of religion? No? They don’t exist?
NO BECAUSE YOU ARE ENGLISH...
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amouthygirl asked: You wanted random questions, so what's your drink of choice, your favorite book, and favorite movie? :)
Genetics & Politics: @New Leftists Suggestion →
thenoobyorker:
“Elite” tumblr left quit being such spiteful noobs when complaining about the tumblr left.
New Left Review is a 160-page journal, published every two months from London, devoted to world politics, economy and culture. Often compared to the French-language Les Temps modernes, it is…
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brunomarconi asked: What marxist theorist guides you in the way you see the world?
“Intersectionality is not optional. It is not something you can take off and put...”
– Intersectionality Is Not Optional (via satifice
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“Oh, I’m not eating dinner because it’s my brother’s turn tonight. Tomorrow is my...”
– Michigan Welfare Cuts Forcing People Back To Work Or Straining Safety Net? [HuffPost]
Meanwhile in Los Angeles, California…
(via thenoobyorker)
this is happening on the soil of the “super power of the world”. (via baddominicana)
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“…the system itself has as its inherent condition of functioning that its own...”
– Slavoj Zizek on the band Laibach and the Neue Slowenische Kunst art collective (from the documentary Predictions of Fire, 1996)
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