The Beast 🥩🔞 · @poltergush
322 followers · 69 posts · Server baraag.net

Tomorrow the UK will fall silent to commemorate in a way that is increasingly & hegemonic. Here's my critique: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10.

Short summary: Paper starts with brief history of poppy's contested meaning, followed by pacifist critique of poppy narrative's internal , its selective , & its blinkered horizon of . Then reflects on political consequences for -- complex, liberal institutionalist projects, & . Then reflects on poppy’s hegemonizing function in British , calling for commemorations to better accommodate deeper reflections on the causes of & (instead of remaining quietly compatible or even complicit).

#war #militaristic #pacifist #dissonances #memory #compassion #military #industrial #entertainment #veterans #civilreligion #militarism

Last updated 2 years ago

mupan 📚 · @mupan
243 followers · 7564 posts · Server digitalcourage.social

This classic crossed my mind these days. When I heard it back then as a student at uni and gymnasium I felt the same desire for real , given that Germany took part in wars, rising armament, imperialism / globalism and exploitation of global life and resources already in an unscrupulous manner, but as to militarian and diplomatic wars it was more abstract, and racism and fascism were a much more hidden “feature” of all capitalist countries.

Ex Stalinist, capitalist Russia is openly acting as a fascist and invading, raping its and our neighbour. European countries' politics, political and cultural public discussion are openly , social transfer is still just alms and not transfer, but for weapons there's no limit, , racism, and all that chauvinist stuff is socially acceptable. Fellow white old men and women, listen to the song and feel that all that is no longer abstract for us at all.

Sade - Why can't we live Together ? - Montreux Jazz Festival ( 1984 )
youtube.com/watch?v=clbqKFM5oQ

#fascism #militaristic #peace

Last updated 2 years ago

bikejourno · @bikejourno
337 followers · 4903 posts · Server mastodon.cloud

loves to present itself as a friendly force of peace and progress. But in the aka East Vietnam Sea or West Philippines Sea or North Indonesian Sea this and highly one-party state shows its true and nasty, nature. It's not just that's facing China's expansionism, it's also , the , , - and yes, . Don't be a cunt in 2020 - don't act like .

#china #southchinasea #authoritarian #militaristic #expansionist #indonesia #vietnam #philippines #brunei #taiwan #india #beijing

Last updated 5 years ago