Welcome again to everybody. Make yourself at home. In the time-honoured tradition of our group, here is the weekly discussion thread.
On Sunday last week, Damascus fell to Salafi terrorists and other imperialist-aligned forces. Regardless of the flaws of the ousted government, this is a horrible situation for the Syrian proletariat as well as for the people of Palestine, Lebanon and others. We can only hope for the perseverance of the Syrian workers and the remaining anti-colonial resistance.
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Love this tiny bit of theory from an old Soviet film about the revolution, between Tanya the nurse and the political comissar Ignatyich:
Tanya: Listen, Ignatyich… Why isn’t there Soviet power abroad? Are they stupid?
Ignatyich: Go to sleep.
Tanya: But how come, Ignatyich?
Ignatyich: Seems they don’t have the strength for it. And they live better than we do. They’re not desperate enough, haven’t ripened for it yet.
It’s a great film, shame there doesn’t seem to be a version with English subtitles on YT.