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to our communal affairs. If we had, we would certainly not have the systems of taxation that we do. If we had, we would certainly not have the waste that we do. If we had, we would certainly not have nincompoops occupying positions of enormous responsibility and power in the field of politics:-)
Dorothy Thompson, Political Guide: A Study of American Liberalism and Its Relationship to Modern Totalitarian States, 1938
HPPT!! the imminent departure of our nincompoop in chief can not arrive one day too soon ;-)
rose, little theater rose garden, raleigh, north carolina
It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought.
John Kenneth Galbraith
John Kenneth Galbraith (1908–2006), also known as Ken Galbraith, was a Canadian-born economist, public official, and diplomat, and a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism. His books on economic topics were bestsellers from the 1950s through the 2000s, during which time Galbraith fulfilled the role of public intellectual. As an economist, he leaned toward post-Keynesian economics from an institutionalist perspective. Source Wikipedia.
entrance to the Mas d'Azil cave, Ariège
Entrada de la cueva del Mas d'Azil, Ariège
le libéralisme, c'est la Liberté sans limite, sans justice et surtout sans partage... c'est un concept né dans des égos démesurés et qui se nourrit de notre addiction à la culture de la réussite...
el liberalismo es libertad sin límites, sin justicia y sobre todo sin compartir... es un concepto nacido de egos desmesurados y alimentado por nuestra adicción a la cultura del éxito...
liberalism is freedom without limits, without justice and above all without sharing... it's a concept born of excessive egos and fed by our addiction to the culture of success
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Isaiah 30:14 “It will break in pieces like pottery, shattered so mercilessly that among its pieces not a fragment will be found for taking coals from a hearth or scooping water out of a cistern.”
Norman Thomas: “The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of ‘liberalism,’ they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.”
This might just be an art installation at MONA (Museum of Old and New Art), but the wreck might symbolise a lot more.
In 2004 the Australian sociologist, John Carroll, published a controversial take on the state of our civilisation. He called it, The Wreck of Western Culture (Scribe). scribepublications.com.au/books-authors/books/the-wreck-o...
Since then quite a number of thinkers have follow similar themes in their work, most notably the American political philosopher, Victor Davis Hanson. Western civilisation would appear to be on its last legs as foundational values have been eroded to the point of utter nihilism. Even today there are people in our countries who wonder aloud whether in fact democracy is finished.
The very fact that question is being asked, indicates that the civilisation which began with ancient Greek philosophy (and yes, Democracy) and was mediated throughout Western Europe by Roman law and governance, and fed by the spirituality of Christianity (which was in itself an offspring of Judaism), is facing a similar end to the first Roman Empire. The major difference this time is that the barbarians are not outside the gates of Rome, but within the very portals of power in our societies.
Thomas Jefferson (the drafter of the American Declaration of Independence) summed it up really with one simple statement.
"When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
No wonder there has been such an orchestrated campaign of disarming the people, both figuratively (through restrictions on the freedoms of association, speech and religion), and literally through the confiscation of weapons. We are at a major crossroads and only fools and ostriches don't see it.
It is quite fashionable today by those who wish to deny the imminent collapse of Western civilisation, to point to the success of Corporate Capitalism and the rise of Global networks of power (the UN, the WEF, various 'free trade agreements') as a sign that things are under control. But the price we continue to pay is the loss of liberty. As another American founding father, Benjamin Franklin once said: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
We all found that to be true during the Covid plan-demic (no that is not a typo).
But don't take my word for this. Instead I would suggest you would be highly enlightened to hear what one of the world's leading psychiatrists and neuroscientists has to say about the link between socio-cultural breakdown, individual sanity and the mental health epidemic.
How Our Brains Turned Fools Woke - Dr. Iain McGilchrist
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxupgRr-qwI&t=65s
Since I'm not posting any new photos today let me go all the way heretical and also suggest you watch this one. Carl Benjamin used to be a Leftist. Not any more, and here is why.
The Rise of the Woke Was the DEATH of Liberalism - Carl Benjamin
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Tout est mort vivant.( Egon Schiele)
"This type’s deep aversion to Selfhood leads them to support political paradigms such as radical liberalism, feminism, communism, communitarianism and collectivism. The ideologues behind these movements wish to reduce people to mere machines, preaching as they do doctrines of equality, social justice, pluralism and multiculturalism, etc."
Children of Thanatos (The Marcusan Society)
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Jan Theuninck is a Belgian painter
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The English-speaking part of the world; politically the UK, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand; within the Brexit debate part of an anglo-centric worldview combining Neo-liberalism with British Empire rhetoric.
Avant, de l'autre côté de la rivière, il y avait une voie ferrée, assassinée par le #libéralisme
Before, on the other side of the river, there was a railway, murdered by #liberalism
Antes, al otro lado del río, había un ferrocarril, asesinado por el #liberalismo
8 ans pour conduire une trotinette électrique en ville...
13 ans la majorité sexuelle...
par contre si tu es nomade tu es triqué parce que tu ne paye pas assez d'impôt..
et l'état crée une mise à jour du contrôle technique exprès pour détruire les plus pauvres d'entre eux sous le pretexte de sécurité..
Comme dit @lOurs la france c'est beau mais c'est tout ....
8 years old to drive an electric scooter in town...
13 years old is the sexual majority...
on the other hand if you are a nomad you are sorted out because you don't pay enough taxes...
and the state creates an update of the technical control on purpose to destroy the poorest of them under the pretext of safety.
As @lOurs says la france c'est beau mais c'est tout ....
8 años para conducir un scooter eléctrico en la ciudad...
13 años es la mayoría sexual...
por otro lado si eres nómada estás clasificado porque no pagas suficientes impuestos...
y el Estado crea una actualización del control técnico a propósito para destruir a los más pobres con el pretexto de la seguridad.
Como dice @lOurs la france c'est beau mais c'est tout ....
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Hendrikus Petrus Berlage (Amsterdam, 21 februari 1856 – Den Haag, 12 augustus 1934)
Aan het einde van de 19e eeuw was het rationalisme een belangrijke architectuurstroming. Berlage ontwierp van daaruit de plattegrond van een gebouw, met vlakke bakstenen muren en gebruik van natuursteen ter accentuering van belangrijke punten. De stijl van Berlage gaf uiting aan het radicaal liberalisme, een politieke stroming die als voorloper van de sociaaldemocratie gezien kan worden. Berlage beschouwde zijn laatste werk, het Haags Gemeentemuseum, als zijn beste.
From the end of the 19th century rationalism was an important architectural movement. Berlage designed from there the plan of a building, with flat brick walls and use of stone to accentuate important points. The style of Berlage expressed the radical liberalism, a political movement that can be seen as a forerunner of the Social Democracy. Berlage considered his last work, the Hague Municipal Museum, as his best.
The Gadsden flag symbolizes American resistance to tyranny, liberty, and individualism. It's often associated with right-libertarianism, classical liberalism, and small government.
In Rua do Carmo, in Porto, there are two churches almost half-walled with each other. On the left is the Carmelite church, which was built in Baroque / Mannerist style between 1616 and 1628. To the right is the Carmo church, built in the baroque / rococo style, between 1756 and 1768, the architect's project José Figueiredo Seixas.
In the middle, between the two churches, is the so-called "Casa Escondida" ("Hidden House"), which is certainly the narrowest house in Porto and probably Portugal and competes with several narrow houses around the world. The house served as a residence for some chaplains and in some situations also housed artists who did works in the decoration of the Church of Carmo and doctors who worked in the hospital of the Order of Carmo, which is nearby.
In recent times there lived the Sacriston and the caretaker of the Church. Secret meetings were also held there during the French Invasions between 1807 and 1811, during the period of Liberalism between 1828 and 1834, during the Siege of Porto between 1832 and 1833, after the Proclamation of the Republic in 1910 and also during the period at the Orders religious
Na rua do Carmo, no Porto, existem duas igrejas quase paredes meias uma com a outra. À esquerda, está a igreja das Carmelitas, que foi construída, em estilo barroco / maneirista, entre 1616 e 1628. À direita, está a igreja do Carmo, construída em estilo barroco / rococó, entre 1756 e 1768, sendo o projecto do arquitecto José Figueiredo Seixas.
No meio, entre as duas igrejas, está a chamada "Casa Escondida", que é certamente a casa mais estreita do Porto e provavelmente de Portugal e concorre com várias casas estreitas pelo mundo. A casa serviu de residência para alguns capelães e em algumas situações também abrigou artistas que faziam trabalhos na decoração da Igreja do Carmo e médicos que trabalhavam no hospital da Ordem do Carmo, que fica nas proximidades.
Nos últimos tempos viveram lá o Sacristão e o zelador da Igreja. Reuniões secretas também foram ali realizadas nos tempos das Invasões Francesas, entre 1807 e 1811, no período do Liberalismo entre 1828 e 1834, durante o Cerco do Porto entre 1832 e 1833, depois da Proclamação da República em 1910 e também durante o período às Ordens religiosas.
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au mouillage, Morgane, le voilier grace au quel j'ai parcouru les canaux de patagonie
il y a quelques années, le #libéralisme extrême qui sévit au Chili lui a fait perdre la quasi totalité de son réseau ferroviaire.. au profit des bus...
comme ce qui est en train de se passer chez nous
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at anchor, Morgane, the sailboat that took me through the canals of Patagonia
a few years ago, Chile's extreme #liberalism caused it to lose almost its entire rail network... to buses...
just like what's happening here at home
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anclado, Morgane, el velero que me llevó por los canales de la Patagonia
hace unos años, el #liberalismo extremo de Chile hizo que perdiera casi toda su red ferroviaria... en favor de los autobuses....
al igual que lo que está sucediendo aquí en casa
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les #humains sont cohérents… Dans le même temps ou ils se tuent la #santé avec la #malBouffe et le #stress, ils laissent le #libéralisme détruire leur #hôpital et mettre à mal la #médecine de ville
los #humanos son coherentes... Al mismo tiempo que están matando su #salud con la #malaalimentación y el #estrés, están dejando que el #liberalismo destruya su #hospital y socave la #medicina de la ciudad
the #humans are coherent... At the same time that they are killing their #health with #badfood and #stress, they are letting #liberalism destroy their #hospital and undermine #town medicine
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Anyone who has begun to think, places some portion of the world in jeopardy.
John Dewey.
John Dewey (October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform. Dewey is one of the primary figures associated with the philosophy of pragmatism and is considered one of the fathers of functional psychology. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Dewey as the 93rd most cited psychologist of the 20th century. A well-known public intellectual, he was also a major voice of progressive education and liberalism. Although Dewey is known best for his publications about education, he also wrote about many other topics, including epistemology, metaphysics, aesthetics, art, logic, social theory, and ethics. He was a major educational reformer for the 20th century.
The overriding theme of Dewey's works was his profound belief in democracy, be it in politics, education or communication and journalism. As Dewey himself stated in 1888, while still at the University of Michigan, "Democracy and the one, ultimate, ethical ideal of humanity are to my mind synonymous."
Known for his advocacy of democracy, Dewey considered two fundamental elements—schools and civil society—to be major topics needing attention and reconstruction to encourage experimental intelligence and plurality. Dewey asserted that complete democracy was to be obtained not just by extending voting rights but also by ensuring that there exists a fully formed public opinion, accomplished by communication among citizens, experts, and politicians, with the latter being accountable for the policies they adopt. Source Wikipedia.
toutes les explications de ce phénomène météo :
all the explanations of this weather phenomenon:
todas las explicaciones sobre este fenómeno meteorológico:
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Le #terrorisme est le symptôme, la #misère, le non partage et le #pillage de certains endroits, la cause
Comme avec l'#allopathie, s'en tenir à la lutte contre les #symptômes ne soigne pas les causes de la maladie
#liberalisme
El terrorismo es el síntoma, la miseria, el no compartir y el saqueo de lugares, la causa
Al igual que con la alopatía, ceñirse a combatir los síntomas no cura las causas de la enfermedad
#liberalismo
Terrorism is the symptom, misery, non-sharing and looting of places the cause
As with allopathy, sticking to fighting the symptoms does not cure the causes of the disease
#liberalism
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my politics are pretty straightforward:
handle your business.
help those who are willing to help themselves.
fight for what is right, not for the Right.
left liberalism is too stained by paternalism.
libertarians think everyone is a complete idiot except for themselves. the truth is libertarians are complete idiots, except for me...and you, of course. cuz youre cool, and we're down.
the only difference between a democrat and republican politician is which pocket they sit in.
southern white conservatives never forgave the Democratic party for the Civil Rights acts - thats why they broke ranks to the Republican Party.
labor union leaders are uniformally corrupt.
the Church makes an awful State.
the US Constitution was designed well, but implemented terribly. We are still cleaning up the mess.
I love my country, but its politics digust me.
Star Trek is the ultimate liberal fantasy. hell, even the capitol of the United Federation Of Planets is San Francisco.
a people who allow themselves to be lied to do not deserve the truth.
patriotism is not about being a yes man.
always give a soldier sincere respect, but never fawn.
if you dont have it, dont spend it.
only sheep trust wolves.
if you are willing to work and play by the rules, welcome to the party.
if you dont vote, your children will be ruled by the children of those who did.
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that all said, here are some Six Word Stories in search of photos (check out the group! great crowd, clever trollops all. props to DRP and oldhamedia!)
hammer or duct tape? he weighed.
the short bus had leg room.
widower cornwall woke to tears again.
mommy drank heavily and screwed truckers.
lies poured off him like sweat.
he forgot why he loved her.
the second bullet killed Don Humbert.
you shouldnt make vodka from tears.
masterbation is sex without many lies.
she got laid at prom, twice.
willy's doctor said he was dying.
'thats not my husband in bed...'
its only the end of the world.
palestine IS zion! shmuel shouted rabidly.
sex, drugs, rock and roll, crabs.
she feared the porn would surface.
espresso gave paul murderously bad gas.
the internet gives anonymous assholes hope.
"kiss me, right here!" she ordered.
gin makes you forget. scotch, remember.
the last plane left without him.
her lover was not very good.
'the caller hung up.' she lied.
finally he was knocked out cold.
a baby nipple and vodka bottle.
truth's a joke the cruel get.
József, Baron Eötvös,, (born Sept. 13, 1813, Buda, Hung.—died Feb. 2, 1871, Pest), novelist, essayist, educator, and statesman, whose life and writings were devoted to the creation of a modern Hungarian literature and to the establishment of a modern democratic Hungary.
During his studies in Buda (1826–31), Eötvös became inspired with liberalism and the desire to reform Hungarian society. Between 1836 and 1841 he studied social conditions in England and France and returned deeply impressed by liberal philanthropy, Romanticism, and Utopian socialism.
Eötvös proclaimed the social mission of literature and in all his writings fought for alleviation of poverty. His first novel, A karthausi (1839–41; “The Carthusians”), expresses disappointment at the July Revolution in France (1830); Eötvös intended it as a criticism of feudalism in Hungary. His essays and prose works also advocated a modernized penal code and an end to poverty. A falu jegyzője (1845; The Village Notary, 1850) bitterly satirised old Hungary, and a historical novel about the 16th-century Hungarian peasant rebellion, Magyarország 1514-.His works mobilized public opinion against serfdom.
Eötvös became minister of education in the revolutionary government of 1848, but disagreement with Lajos Kossuth caused him to resign later that year. Until 1851 he lived in Munich, where he began his great work, A tizenkilencedik század uralkodó eszméinek befolyása az álladalomra (1851–54; “The Influence of the Ruling Ideas of the 19th Century on the State”). This work attempted to work out the principles of the French Revolution and depicted an ideal liberal state, based on English constitutional ideas and practice. Eötvös wished to base the relationship between Austria and Hungary on the principles of 1848, and the compromise of 1867 was partly his work.
His later years were devoted to political and philosophical activity. His collected reflections (published 1864) show a growing stoicism of a type peculiar to Hungarian literature of the post-revolutionary period. He played a distinguished part in the reorganization of the Hungarian Academy and maintained close relations with Western scholars. Eötvös became minister of education again after 1867 and devoted his energies to modernizing the educational system.
After the revolution, Eötvös wrote no poetry and only one novel, Nővérek (1857; “The Sisters”), which explained his ideas on education. Yet his literary work is of great importance. His short stories mark the beginning of a new portrayal of the peasant in Hungarian literature, and at a time when the Romantic novel was in fashion he was a pioneer of Realism.
Day 20 of Occupy Wall Street and Liberty Park prepares for the big union march at Foley Square. October 5, 2011
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Day 1 September 17 Photos - Preoccupation and Occupation Begins
Day 2 September 18 Photos - People settle in; cardboard sign menage begins
Day 3 September 19 Photos - Community forms; protest signs
Day 7 September 23 Photos - First rain, protest signs, life
Day 8 September 24 Photos - Pepper spray day, Zuni Tikka, people
Day 21 October 6 Photos - Naomi Klein
Day 23 October 8 - Faces of OWS
Day 28 October 13 - Tom Morello of RATM
Day 31 - protesting Chihuahua and The Daily Show
Day 36 - Parents and Kids Day and quite a crowd
Day 40 - protesting hotties, Reverend Billy and tents
Day 43 Photos - Snow storm at OWS of the first NYC winter snowfall
Day 47 - Solidarity with Occupy Oakland
Day 52 November 7 - Jonathan Lethem, Lynn Nottage and Jennifer Egan
Day 53 November 8 - David Crosby and Graham Nash play OWS
Day 57 November 12 - Former NJ Gov. Jim McGreevey
Day 60 November 15 - Police evict protesters from Zuccotti
Occupy Colorado Springs Colorado on November 20
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This term has been used in antiquity already and means the destruction of memory or, politically, the erasure of a name from the public record. Elagabalus (also Heliogabalus or, more neutrally, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) is one of such erased names. He was the ill-famed Arab teenager Roman Emperor from 218 to 222 AD (assassinated at the age of 18). There are wildly diverging opinions about Heliogabalus - from the most incompetent emperor ever, via the "crowned anarchist" (Antonin Artaud) to what in today's terminology would be a transgender person. He is worth remembering, not just for his liberalism in matters of sexual life, but also for the impulses he gave for religious life. He imported the Syrian sun god Elagabal (a version of Ba'al) to Rome, conflated him with the Greek god Helios and the Roman Sol Invictus tradition and became himself their high priest (pontifex maximus). The symbolic representation of Elagabal was abstract, namely a black meteorite, also imported from Syria. The side-lining of Jupiter did not go down well in Rome and was one of the reasons why Elagabalus was murdered.
Fuji X-Pro1 plus Helios 44M-7 at F2. The black object in the foreground is of course not a meteorite. It is black obsidian (volcanic glass) from one of the Aeolian Islands.
did you know that? here's more...
· yellow stimulates mental processes.
· yellow encourages communication.
· yellow is the symbol for liberalism in many countries.
· yellow is representative of "greed" in christianity.
· yellow is my least favorite color, barely edging out pink.
Another great book from Ann Coulter, one of my favorite authors. Recently read, tremendously enjoyed.
View On Black and large; en grande y negro
Tercera Vía es el nombre que se ha dado a una variedad de aproximaciones teóricas y propuestas políticas que, en general, sugieren un sistema económico de economía mixta y el Centrismo o reformismo como ideología de gobierno. En la practica política, estas posiciones rechazan la validez absoluta de las filosofías tanto del laissez faire como del mercado totalmente controlado del Marxismo-Leninismo; promueven la profundización de la democracia y empatizan el desarrollo tecnológico, la educación y los mecanismos de competencia regulada a fin de obtener progreso, desarrollo económico, social y otros objetivos sociales.[2] Las filosofías de la Tercera Vía han sido a menudo descritas como una síntesis del capitalismo y el socialismo por algunos de sus proponentes.
Dado que el término no se define específicamente, se puede hablar de terceras vías en el sentido amplio o en el más estricto de la palabra. La diferencia estaría en que el sentido amplio incorporaría cualquier proposición que buscara obtener o mantener una posición equidistante tanto del socialismo como del capitalismo, a través ya sea de una economía mixta o políticas que rechacen esas percepciones extremas. Sin embargo, no todas esas alternativas pueden ser catalogadas como progresivas sino también algunas deben ser definidas como fuerte o abiertamente reaccionarias. En la práctica política, los proponentes de la Tercera Vía en su sentido estricto van desde muchos que apoyan la socialdemocracia a aquellos que apoyan el liberalismo progresista; incluiría también aquellos que proponen la Economía social de mercado, proyecto que busca explícitamente ser un punto medio entre el liberalismo y la socialdemocracia.
The Third Way is a term that has been used to describe a political position which attempts to transcend left-wing and right-wing politics by advocating a mix of some left-wing and right-wing policies.[1] Third Way approaches are commonly viewed as representing a centrist compromise between capitalism and socialism, or between market liberalism and democratic socialism. However, proponents of third way philosophies often claim that the third way represents a synthesis of these competing viewpoints, distinct from and superior to both of its sources, rather than simply a compromise or mixture. This claim is embodied in the alternative description of the Third Way as the Radical center.
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Between 1565 and 1765 the current Plaza del Teatro was the “Plazuela de las Carnicerías”, plot and yard of the butcher shops with irregular shape, surrounded by two-story houses with a tiled roof. Bullfights were held from 1670 to 1672, every Saturday. Later its use is consolidated and in 1786 it becomes exclusively “Bullring”.
At the time of President Gabriel García Moreno (1860), Quito becomes more dynamic and organized. The State promotes public projects of neoclassical court of French, German or Italian affiliation, which symbolized and reinforced their own power. The new thought and the post-independence movements, raised the idea of abandoning those practices of popular patron celebrations such as "bullfights" and implementing the theater and other forms of expression of a secular nature. In 1867, the Congress forbids them and the Plaza de Las Carnicerías was converted into a theater space. In 1879, the same site for the construction of the theater is arranged, so the front space of the slaughterhouse adopted the name of Theater Square.
The government of Ignacio de Veintimilla in 1877 ceded the house and plot to the private society called "The Civilization" for the construction of the theater. The German architect Francisco Schmit was the one who designed the project and the Quito businessman Leopoldo Fernández Salvador built the “National Theater”, which would later incorporate the name of Sucre in honor of the hero of Pichincha, apparently on the initiative of Marieta de Veintimilla, the Famous niece of the magistrate. The work concludes in mid-1886.
On November 25, 1886 at half past eight in the evening the stage was inaugurated with the presentation of the famous Parisian pianist Captain Voyer, the Artillery Band and the singers Baldassari and Aymo de la Torre participated, who performed the National Anthem, with the accompaniment of the National Orchestra conducted by Aparicio Córdova.
It is clear that the theatrical activity of this era would have liberal progressive connotations, and its style of construction confirms the premise at the Latin American level: neoclassicism is the official architecture of liberalism. The National Theater Sucre thus became the symbol of the progress and civilization of the city.
The first national theater art company that was presented at the Theater was the Fernández-Vireli Dramatic Company. It was first used for cinema in 1901. Since its opening a sporadic use, in its first 50 years of life there are two or three annual shows, and its use was for end-of-year functions of schools and colleges, for society dances (carnival parties and marriages), the theater was rented privately for parties, commemorations and publicly provided for schools and colleges.
The National Theater Sucre was intervened in innumerable occasions to avoid, as far as possible, its deterioration. The roof, the floor of the stalls are changed and the main facade is decorated with relief of "Orpheus and the Nine Muses".
In 1922 works were carried out in basic infrastructure and new bases were built in structural iron and reinforced concrete, valuable actions to rescue the colossus of the square.
168 Viennese chairs are added and the statue of Antonio José de Sucre is incorporated among the intercolumnies of the main entrance. The exterior roof of the stage was modified and the wooden pillars that supported the scenographic machinery were replaced. Between 1948 and 1952 the stalls were expanded, a new floor was built on the level of the boxes, forming the gallery, the mouth of the stage was modified and the dressing rooms were built behind the scenes.
These adjustments suffered the onslaught of time and the intense flow of underground water that deteriorated the main bases and structures of the theater, leaving it in a sad state of deterioration.
Between 1980 and 1994, after several failed attempts to make an in-depth intervention of the Sucre National Theater, in 1998 the Municipality of Quito, through the Quito Cultural Heritage Rescue Fund, FONSAL, had to intervene in aid of this magnificent building, retaking and reorienting the intervention that was completed in November 2003.
Robert Francis Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968), also referred to by his initials RFK or by the nickname Bobby, was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 64th United States Attorney General from January 1961 to September 1964, and as a U.S. Senator from New York from January 1965 until his assassination in June 1968. He was, like his brothers John and Edward, a prominent member of the Democratic Party and has come to be viewed by some historians as an icon of modern American liberalism. (Source: Wikipedia)
the student movement was very strong in montreal in the late 1990's. huge protest regularly that almost always seemed to end in large street blazes . . .. in those days we had neo-liberalism to worry about. these days, the neo-cons have really gotten their act together. . . .
disfigured movements:
a new body of work that will be showing at casa del popolo (4873 st. laurent, montreal) for the month of september (vernissage september 11th 5-7).
these images explore the geographies upon which we live out our passions and longings in this strange world.
The Central European University (CEU) at its new location in Favoriten, the 10th district of Vienna. Teaching will start there in October.
"CEU is ranked as one of the world's top universities in social sciences.
[It] was founded in 1991 by hedge fund manager, political activist, and philanthropist George Soros." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_European_University
"Mr. Orban has long viewed the school as a bastion of liberalism, presenting a threat to his vision of creating an “illiberal democracy,” and his desire to shut it down was only deepened by its association with Mr. Soros, a philanthropist who was born in Hungary.
Mr. Orban has spent years demonizing Mr. Soros, a Jew who survived the Nazi occupation of Hungary, accusing him of seeking to destroy European civilization by promoting illegal immigration, and often tapping into anti-Semitic tropes." www.nytimes.com/2018/12/03/world/europe/soros-hungary-cen...
"The university was a casualty of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s turn toward authoritarianism, his development of a quietly repressive system that I’ve termed “soft fascism.” CEU, a university dedicated to liberal principles and founded by Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros, posed a threat to Orbán’s ideological project. So he put in place a set of characteristically sneaky regulations aimed at forcing out CEU without needing to formally ban them, eventually crushing the university’s ability to operate." www.vox.com/world/2018/12/4/18123754/hungary-ceu-orban-so...
Amsterdam, capital and largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the urban area and 2,480,394 in the metropolitan area. Located in the Dutch province of North Holland, Amsterdam is colloquially referred to as the "Venice of the North", for its large number of canals, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Amsterdam was founded at the mouth of the Amstel River, which was dammed to control flooding. Originally a small fishing village in the 12th century, Amsterdam became a major world port during the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century, when the Netherlands was an economic powerhouse. Amsterdam was the leading centre for finance and trade, as well as a hub of secular art production. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the city expanded and new neighborhoods and suburbs were built. The city has a long tradition of openness, liberalism, and tolerance. Cycling is key to the city's modern character, and there are numerous biking paths and lanes spread throughout.
Amsterdam's main attractions include its historic canals; the Rijksmuseum, the state museum with Dutch Golden Age art; the Van Gogh Museum; the Dam Square, where the Royal Palace of Amsterdam and former city hall are located; the Amsterdam Museum; Stedelijk Museum, with modern art; the Concertgebouw concert hall; the Anne Frank House; the Scheepvaartmuseum, the Natura Artis Magistra; Hortus Botanicus, NEMO, the red-light district and cannabis coffee shops. The city is known for its nightlife and festival activity, with several nightclubs among the world's most famous. Its artistic heritage, canals, and narrow canal houses with gabled façades, well-preserved legacies of the city's 17th-century Golden Age, have attracted millions of visitors annually.
The Amsterdam Stock Exchange, founded in 1602, is considered the oldest "modern" securities market stock exchange in the world. As the commercial capital of the Netherlands and one of the top financial centres in Europe, Amsterdam is considered an alpha-world city. The city is the cultural capital of the Netherlands. Many large Dutch institutions have their headquarters in the city. Many of the world's largest companies are based here or have established their European headquarters in the city, such as technology companies Uber, Netflix, and Tesla. Although Amsterdam is the official capital of the Netherlands, it is not the seat of government. The main governmental institutions, and foreign embassies, are located in The Hague.
In 2022, Amsterdam was ranked the ninth-best city to live in by the Economist Intelligence Unit and 12th on quality of living for environment and infrastructure by Mercer. The city was ranked 4th place globally as a top tech hub in 2019. The Port of Amsterdam is the fifth largest in Europe. The KLM hub and Amsterdam's main airport, Schiphol, is the busiest airport in the Netherlands, third in Europe. The Dutch capital is one of the most multicultural cities in the world, with about 180 nationalities represented. Immigration and ethnic segregation in Amsterdam is a current issue.
Amsterdam's notable residents throughout its history include painters Rembrandt and Vincent van Gogh, 17th-century philosophers Baruch Spinoza, John Locke, René Descartes, and the Holocaust victim and diarist Anne Frank.
Front view.
David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, OM PC (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922. He was a Liberal Party politician from Wales, known for leading the United Kingdom during the First World War, social reform policies including the National Insurance Act 1911, his role in the Paris Peace Conference, negotiating the establishment of the Irish Free State, disestablishment of the Church of England in Wales and support of Welsh devolution in his early career. He was the last Liberal Party Prime Minister; the party fell into third party status shortly after the end of his premiership.
Lloyd George was born on 17 January 1863 in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, a Welsh speaker born to Welsh parents. From around three months of age he was raised in Wales, briefly in Pembrokeshire and then in Llanystumdwy, Gwynedd. His father, a schoolmaster, died in 1864, and David was raised by his mother and her shoemaker brother, whose Liberal politics and Baptist faith strongly influenced Lloyd George; the same uncle helped the boy embark on a career as a solicitor after leaving school.
Lloyd George became active in local politics, gaining a reputation as an orator and a proponent of a Welsh blend of radical Liberalism which championed Welsh devolution, the disestablishment of the Church of England in Wales, equality for labourers and tenant farmers, and reform of land ownership. In 1890, he narrowly won a by-election to become the Member of Parliament for Caernarvon Boroughs, in which seat he remained for 55 years. He served in Henry Campbell-Bannerman's cabinet from 1905. After H. H. Asquith succeeded to the premiership in 1908, Lloyd George replaced him as Chancellor of the Exchequer. To fund extensive welfare reforms he proposed taxes on land ownership and high incomes in the "People's Budget" (1909), which the Conservative-dominated House of Lords rejected. The resulting constitutional crisis was only resolved after two elections in 1910 and the passage of the Parliament Act 1911. His budget was enacted in 1910, and the National Insurance Act 1911 and other measures helped to establish the modern welfare state. In 1913, he was embroiled in the Marconi scandal, but he remained in office and promoted the disestablishment of the Church of England in Wales and until the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 suspended its implementation.
As wartime Chancellor, Lloyd George strengthened the country's finances and forged agreements with trade unions to maintain production. In 1915, Asquith formed a Liberal-led wartime coalition with the Conservatives and Labour. Lloyd George became Minister of Munitions and rapidly expanded production. Amongst other measures, he set up four large munitions factories as a countermeasure to the shell crisis of the previous year. The so-called 'National Filling Factory' in Renfrewshire was named 'Georgetown' in Lloyd George's honour.[3] In 1916, he was appointed Secretary of State for War but was frustrated by his limited power and clashes with the military establishment over strategy. Amid stalemate on the Western Front, confidence in Asquith's leadership waned. He was forced to resign in December 1916; Lloyd George succeeded him as prime minister, supported by the Conservatives and some Liberals. He centralised authority through a smaller war cabinet, a new Cabinet Office and his "Garden Suburb" of advisers. To combat food shortages he implemented the convoy system, established rationing, and stimulated farming. After supporting the disastrous French Nivelle Offensive in 1917, he had to reluctantly approve Field Marshal Haig's plans for the Battle of Passchendaele which resulted in huge casualties with little strategic benefit. Against the views of his commanders, he was finally able to see the Allies brought under one command in March 1918. The war effort turned in their favour that August and was won in November. In the aftermath, he and the Conservatives maintained their coalition with popular support following the December 1918 "Coupon" election. His government had extended the franchise to all men and some women earlier in the year.
Slow decline set in as other powers challenged Dutch supremacy, and in 1795 the country was easily overrun by Napoleon’s French forces. After his defeat in 1815 the Netherlands became an independent kingdom and, following Belgium’s secession in 1830, underwent a gradual process of constitutional reform into a modern democracy with a reviving economy.
The Netherlands remained neutral in the First World War (1914-1918), but in May 1940 was invaded and occupied by Nazi Germany. The wartime experience – traumas like the deportation and murder of most of the country’s Jewish population, as well as the increasing terror and hardship which culminated in the “Hunger Winter” of 1944-1945, but also the heroism of the Resistance – is still very much part of the collective memory.
After 1945 the country embarked upon a sustained period of reconstruction and growth. From the 1950s it was an enthusiastic participant in the European project, whilst social upheaval in the 1960s and 70s resulted in measures that made the Netherlands a byword for political consensus, liberalism and tolerance. Today it is one of the world’s wealthiest, most developed and most socially progressive nations.
The real soul of Europe is there. Travelling in Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia, Croatia (etc...) is an amazing experience to go deep into the fascinating and complex history of my continent. The atmoshpere in these post-communist countries, now experiencing with some difficulties and hopes the liberalism has something special, that puts you in an in between situation. And the main asset of these countries is their people: full of culture, curiosity, sympathy and talent. They are still away from our selfish individualism, and still know what solidarity means (less ans less, however). I love them so deeply. (Czech Republic, Prague, February 2004)
IMG_4158r Washington, DC
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is located in West Potomac Park next to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. It covers four acres (1.6 ha) and includes the Stone of Hope, a granite statue of Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King Jr. carved by sculptor Lei Yixin. The inspiration for the memorial design is a line from King's "I Have A Dream" speech: "Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope." The memorial opened to the public on August 22, 2011.
Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968), an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the Civil Rights Movement, was an iconic figure in the advancement of civil rights in the United States and around the world, and advocated for using nonviolent resistance, inspired by Mahatma Gandhi. Although during his life he was monitored by the FBI for presumed communist sympathies, King is now presented as a heroic leader in the history of modern American liberalism.
At the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, King imagined an end to racial inequality in his "I Have a Dream" speech. This speech has been canonized as one of the greatest pieces of American oratory.
“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.”
― John Lubbock
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, 4th Baronet, PC, DL, FRS (30 April 1834 – 28 May 1913), known as Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet from 1865 until 1900, was an English banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath.
Lubbock worked in his family company as a banker but made significant contributions in archaeology, ethnography, and several branches of biology.
He had extensive correspondence with Charles Darwin, who lived nearby in Down House
In 1865 Lubbock published what was possibly the most influential archaeological text book of the nineteenth century, Pre-historic times, as illustrated by ancient remains, and the manners and customs of modern savages, And he coined the terms "Palaeolithic" and "Neolithic" to denote the Old and New Stone Ages, respectively.
He helped establish archaeology as a scientific discipline, and was also influential in nineteenth-century debates concerning evolutionary theory.
In 1864, Lubbock became one of the founding members of the elite "X Club", a dining club composed of nine gentlemen to promote the theories of natural selection and academic liberalism.
And from 1888 to 1892 he was president of the London Chamber of Commerce, and he was later President of the Association of Chambers of Commerce of the United Kingdom.
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Gaspar Melchor deJovellanos:
Un prisionero de estado o la injusticia llevada a su máxima expresión
El personaje más emblemático que ha acogido Bellver ha sido Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (1744-1811). Este político asturiano fue una de las personas más influyentes en la política de la época de la Ilustración. Desde joven ocupó cargos de responsabilidad en diferentes instituciones desde los que propugnaba su pensamiento liberal e ilustrado y las nuevas teorías de economía política que, por aquel entonces, imperaban en Europa, a la vez que iniciaba su carrera literaria.
Cuando se trasladó a Madrid, entró en contacto con las principales autoridades de la época, especialmente con el conde de Floridablanca, entonces Secretario de Estado y persona de máxima confianza del monarca Carlos III (1759- 1788). Durante estos años escribió su Informe en el expediente de Ley Agraria (1794), reforma agraria cargada de un liberalismo absoluto que sirvió como referente para la constitución de 1812.
En 1797 Jovellanos fue nombrado ministro de Gracia y Justicia, pero sus ideas avanzadasy su pugna contra la Inquisición y la situación de las propiedades eclesiásticas no eran del agrado del nuevo Secretario de Estado, Manuel Godoy, favorito del rey Carlos IV. Mucho menos gustó la publicación de la traducción al castellano de El Contrato Social de Jean-Jacques Rousseau, en cuyo prólogo se alababan las ideas de Jovellanos. Godoy decidió silenciar su voz, desterrándolo en Mallorca. Primeramente fue confinado en el Monasterio de Valldemossa, donde permaneció desde marzo de 1801 hasta mayo de 1802.
Las autoridades consideraron que Jovellanos disfrutaba allí de demasiada libertad, incluso escribiendo el libro Memoria sobre educación pública, por lo que el 5 de mayo de 1802 decidieron trasladarlo al castillo de Bellver, donde estuvo encarcelado casi seis años (1802-1808). Fueron tiempos duros, de fuerte vigilancia y muchas restricciones y penurias, hasta el punto que se le privó de aquello que más amaba: el papel y la pluma.
Tan pronto como recibió autorización, Jovellanos retomó la lectura y la escritura, redactando una antológica descripción de Bellver (Memorias del castillo de Bellver, 1805), así como diversos trabajos sobre la Lonja, la Catedral y los conventos de San Francisco y Santo Domingo, también en Palma.
A pesar de las circunstancias sobrevenidas, para Mallorca la estancia de Jovellanos fue fundamental, ya que contribuyó a la creación de un ambiente de intelectualidad, de compromiso con la cultura y de perfeccionamiento, hasta entonces prácticamente inexistente. Su interés por la historia, la arquitectura, la lengua, la educación, la botánica y muchos otros aspectos, sirvió de estímulo para unos investigadores locales que por primera vez se adentraban en la investigación de la verdad desde una perspectiva científica.
Las condiciones de su confinamiento se relajaron a partir de 1806. Pero no fue hasta el mes de marzo de 1808 cuando Jovellanos recuperó su libertad, sin haber podido probar su inocencia. Una vez libre, volvió a participar activamente en la vida política. Falleció en 1811.
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Gaspar Melchor deJovellanos:Un presoner d'estat o la injustícia portada a la seva màxima expressió
Gaspar Melchor deJovellanos:Un presoner d'estat o la injustícia portada a la seva màxima expressióEl personatge més emblemàtic que ha acollit Bellver ha estat Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (1744-1811). Aquest polític asturià va ser una de les persones més influents en la política de l'època de la Il•lustració. Des de jove va ocupar càrrecs de responsabilitat en diferents institucions des dels que propugnava el seu pensament liberal i il•lustrat i les noves teories d'economia política que, en aquell temps, imperaven a Europa, alhora que iniciava la seva carrera literària.Quan es va traslladar a Madrid, va entrar en contacte amb les principals autoritats de l'època, especialment amb el comte de Floridablanca, llavors secretari d'Estat i persona de màxima confiança del monarca Carles III (1759- 1788). Durant aquests anys va escriure el seu Informe en l'expedient de Llei Agrària (1794), reforma agrària carregada d'un liberalisme absolut que va servir com a referent per a la constitució de 1812.En 1797 Jovellanos va ser nomenat ministre de Gràcia i Justícia, però les seves idees avanzadasy la seva pugna contra la Inquisició i la situació de les propietats eclesiàstiques no eren del grat del nou secretari d'Estat, Manuel Godoy, favorit del rei Carles IV. Molt menys va agradar la publicació de la traducció al castellà d'El Contracte Social de Jean-Jacques Rousseau, en el pròleg es lloaven les idees de Jovellanos. Godoy va decidir silenciar la seva veu, bandejant a Mallorca. Primerament va ser confinat al Monestir de Valldemossa, on va romandre des de març de 1801 fins a maig de 1802.Les autoritats van considerar que Jovellanos gaudia allà d'massa llibertat, fins i tot escrivint el llibre Memòria sobre educació pública, de manera que el 5 de maig de 1802 van decidir traslladar-lo al castell de Bellver, on va estar empresonat gairebé sis anys (1802-1808). Van ser temps durs, de forta vigilància i moltes restriccions i penúries, fins al punt que se li va privar d'allò que més estimava: el paper i la ploma.Tan aviat com va rebre autorització, Jovellanos va reprendre la lectura i l'escriptura, redactant una antològica descripció de Bellver (Memòries del castell de Bellver, 1805), així com diversos treballs sobre la Llotja, la Catedral i els convents de Sant Francesc i Sant Domingo, també a Palma.Tot i les circumstàncies sobrevingudes, per a Mallorca l'estada de Jovellanos va ser fonamental, ja que va contribuir a la creació d'un ambient d'intel•lectualitat, de compromís amb la cultura i de perfeccionament, fins llavors pràcticament inexistent. El seu interès per la història, l'arquitectura, la llengua, l'educació, la botànica i molts altres aspectes, va servir d'estímul per a uns investigadors locals que per primera vegada s'endinsaven en la investigació de la veritat des d'una perspectiva científica.Les condicions del seu confinament es van relaxar a partir de 1806. Però no va ser fins al mes de març de 1808 quan Jovellanos va recuperar la seva llibertat, sense haver pogut provar la seva innocència. Un cop lliure, va tornar a participar activament en la vida política. Va morir en 1811.
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Gaspar Melchor deJovellanos:A prisoner of state or injustice taken to its maximum expression
The most emblematic character that Bellver has hosted has been Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (1744-1811). This Asturian politician was one of the most influential people in the politics of the Enlightenment era. From a young age he held positions of responsibility in different institutions from which he advocated his liberal and enlightened thinking and new theories of political economy that, at that time, prevailed in Europe, while he began his literary career.When he moved to Madrid, he came into contact with the principal authorities of the time, especially with the count of Floridablanca, then Secretary of State and person of maximum confidence of the monarch Carlos III (1759- 1788). During these years he wrote his report in the Agrarian Law file (1794), agrarian reform charged with an absolute liberalism that served as a reference for the constitution of 1812.In 1797 Jovellanos was appointed Minister of Grace and Justice, but his advanced ideas and his struggle against the Inquisition and the situation of ecclesiastical properties were not to the liking of the new Secretary of State, Manuel Godoy, favorite of King Carlos IV. Much less liked the publication of the translation into Spanish of The Social Contract of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, in whose prologue the ideas of Jovellanos were praised. Godoy decided to silence his voice, banishing him in Mallorca. First he was confined in the Monastery of Valldemossa, where he remained from March 1801 to May 1802.The authorities considered that Jovellanos enjoyed too much freedom there, even writing the book Memoria sobre educación pública, so that on May 5, 1802 they decided to move him to the castle of Bellver, where he was imprisoned for almost six years (1802-1808). They were hard times, with a lot of vigilance and many restrictions and hardships, to the point that he was deprived of what he loved most: paper and pen.As soon as he received authorization, Jovellanos resumed reading and writing, writing an anthological description of Bellver (Memories of Bellver Castle, 1805), as well as various works on the Lonja, the Cathedral and the convents of San Francisco and Santo Domingo, also in Palma.In spite of the circumstances that have arisen, for Jovellanos the stay was fundamental, since it contributed to the creation of an environment of intellectuality, commitment to culture and improvement, until then practically non-existent. His interest in history, architecture, language, education, botany and many other aspects, served as a stimulus for local researchers who for the first time were delving into the investigation of the truth from a scientific perspective.The conditions of its confinement relaxed from 1806. But it was not until the month of March 1808 when Jovellanos regained his freedom, without having been able to prove his innocence. Once free, he again participated actively in political life. He died in 1811.
This was taken at the top of the dome of St. Peter's Basilica in The Vatican.
Pope Pius IX; born Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti; 13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878) was head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878, the longest verified papal reign. He was notable for convoking the First Vatican Council in 1868 and for permanently losing control of the Papal States in 1870 to the Kingdom of Italy. Thereafter, he refused to leave Vatican City, declaring himself a "prisoner of the Vatican".
At the time of his election, he was seen as a champion of liberalism and reform, but the Revolutions of 1848 decisively reversed his policies. Upon the assassination of his Prime Minister Rossi, Pius escaped Rome and excommunicated all participants in the short-lived Roman Republic. After its suppression by the French army and his return in 1850, his policies and doctrinal pronouncements became increasingly conservative, seeking to stem the revolutionary tide.
In his 1849 encyclical Ubi primum, he emphasized Mary's role in salvation. In 1854, he promulgated the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, articulating a long-held Catholic belief that Mary, the Mother of God, was conceived without original sin. [Wikipedia]
Sandsculpture "Worldchampionship" Lange Voorhout Den Haag
Fergus Mulvany:
The Sculpture represents a personal reaction to the cloying limitations I have to deal with while using this medium in competitions and exhibitions in the USA and other coservative countries: "No nudity, no religion, no politics " is the usual proclamation.
So I touch on all three aspects in this one in The Netherlands, a country noted for its tolerance and liberalism. These a represented in a composition which also declares itself as an impermanent medium with a limited real viewing time. Thereafter it is merely a memory or a photograph and can't be bought or owned. Just like tolerance this can not be bought, only achieved.
in these days Europe remembers the August days in former Czechoslovakia, when the Soviets and their allies (including DDR, East Germany) occupied this country to destroy all efforts of a liberal and human socialism, the so called Prague Spring with Alexander Dubcek.
time to remember Dubcek, the great and liberal Vaclav Havel, and also Jan Palach, the 20y old student from Melnik, who burned himself on Wenzels place in January 1969 to protest against the soviet occupation.
twenty years later the iron curtain began to fall down, and in 1990 I had the chance for my first visit in Prague and Bohemia. the begin of my deep love for this city and this country, with which my family is connected in several ways
the photos of this first visit are blurred, shots from diapositives,. but I like them as paintings of this exciting time, full of hope for democracy and liberalism in Europe. time to remember all this. and one can imagine the Prague during the socialist time, lots of renovated buildings, but also multiple decay of historic buildings.
during all my visits there I could watch the transformation to a renovated, colourful, vibrant, capitalistic and nowadays often overcrowded city. but I am still in love with Prague...
in these days Europe remembers the August days in former Czechoslovakia, when the Soviets and their allies (including DDR, East Germany) occupied this country to destroy all efforts of a liberal and human socialism, the so called Prague Spring with Alexander Dubcek.
time to remember Dubcek, the great and liberal Vaclav Havel, and also Jan Palach, the 20y old student from Melnik, who burned himself on Wenzels place in January 1969 to protest against the soviet occupation.
twenty years later the iron curtain began to fall down, and in 1990 I had the chance for my first visit in Prague and Bohemia. the begin of my deep love for this city and this country, with which my family is connected in several ways
the photos of this first visit are blurred, shots from diapositives,. but I like them as paintings of this exciting time, full of hope for democracy and liberalism in Europe. time to remember all this. and one can imagine the Prague during the socialist time, lots of renovated buildings, but also multiple decay of historic buildings.
during all my visits there I could watch the transformation to a renovated, colourful, vibrant, capitalistic and nowadays often overcrowded city. but I am still in love with Prague...
in these days Europe remembers the August days in former Czechoslovakia, when the Soviets and their allies (including DDR, East Germany) occupied this country to destroy all efforts of a liberal and human socialism, the so called Prague Spring with Alexander Dubcek.
time to remember Dubcek, the great and liberal Vaclav Havel, and also Jan Palach, the 20y old student from Melnik, who burned himself on Wenzels place in January 1969 to protest against the soviet occupation.
twenty years later the iron curtain began to fall down, and in 1990 I had the chance for my first visit in Prague and Bohemia. the begin of my deep love for this city and this country, with which my family is connected in several ways
the photos of this first visit are blurred, shots from diapositives,. but I like them as paintings of this exciting time, full of hope for democracy and liberalism in Europe. time to remember all this. and one can imagine the Prague during the socialist time, lots of renovated buildings, but also multiple decay of historic buildings.
during all my visits there I could watch the transformation to a renovated, colourful, vibrant, capitalistic and nowadays often overcrowded city. but I am still in love with Prague...
in these days Europe remembers the August days in former Czechoslovakia, when the Soviets and their allies (including DDR, East Germany) occupied this country to destroy all efforts of a liberal and human socialism, the so called Prague Spring with Alexander Dubcek.
time to remember Dubcek, the great and liberal Vaclav Havel, and also Jan Palach, the 20y old student from Melnik, who burned himself on Wenzels place in January 1969 to protest against the soviet occupation.
twenty years later the iron curtain began to fall down, and in 1990 I had the chance for my first visit in Prague and Bohemia. the begin of my deep love for this city and this country, with which my family is connected in several ways
the photos of this first visit are blurred, shots from diapositives,. but I like them as paintings of this exciting time, full of hope for democracy and liberalism in Europe. time to remember all this. and one can imagine the Prague during the socialist time, lots of renovated buildings, but also multiple decay of historic buildings.
during all my visits there I could watch the transformation to a renovated, colourful, vibrant, capitalistic and nowadays often overcrowded city. but I am still in love with Prague...
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In my city, one of the richest cities in the wealthiest country in human history, 39,000 homeless people sleep in shelters every single night. They represent only a sliver of the number of people who live here without work, without homes, without an education, without healthcare of any kind.
As the American military budget approaches $500 BILLION dollars a year, the USA can boast of declining literacy, declining health, declining social services, one of the worst infant mortality rates in the entire Western Hemisphere, more imprisoned citizens than any other country on earth, and a national debt that numbers in the trillions of dollars.
Those who actually have work see their wages taxed to prop up some of the most violently repressive military regimes on earth - Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Israel. Our past best friends included Saddam's Iraq, the Shah's Iran, Apartheid South Africa, the Philippines under Marcos, Somoza in Nicaragua, etc etc etc. Virtually every gencodaire and dictator of the last 50 years has been in our payroll. For example, until 1998, every single high level Taliban official was in the payroll of the US. Across the earth our national wealth is being doled out around the world to armed fanatics of every stripe, even as we steal the natural wealth of the earth to feed our own greedy apetites for Chia Pets and Eyeliner. The amount of money Americans spend of pornography and dog food each year could feed every starving person on the planet - not that we care. Meanwhile, our economic, cultural and military force is turned towards stamping out democracy wherever it emerges, crushing human rights wherever they are demanded.
While 50,000 people a day die of hunger, lack of clean water, and the largest epidemic in history, the wealthiest country in the world offers the poorest countries in the world little more than prisons, bibles, military bases, threats, weapons, and "structural assistance" that benefits only the wealthiest .001%. In the end, the price of our assistance is always the same: political obedience, economic enslavement, and debt repayment schedules which consume the gross national product of entire continents....
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The guy in this photo is a local character who has lived in my neighborhood for decades. People call him "Screaming Jesus", a vaguely affectionate kind of mockery which conveniently disregards his entire life. I was delighted to see him carrying the flag on the 4th of July. He had some words for me about the state of this country.
Our lack of interest is a mirror he is holding up to those who run this country like a private slush fund. He is an early warning system which we ignore at our own terrible peril.
It seems to have taken an age but Daphne is finaly moved in. Daphne has metastatic malignant melanoma which has become resistant to tretment and no matter how much she wanted to maintain her independence in Broadstairs the time was right to enjoy being looked after in her last moths with her family.
Born in Brixton in 1936 her mother and father were refugees to the UK due to the pogrom's in Romania. Changing their surnames to Poole and Moss and from Devorina to Daphne she was brought up in liberalism. Many of her family unable to escape died in WWII at Burgen-Belsen and Auschwitz with the survivors who moved to the UK now departed. Married to Brian, a quantity surveyor from Lewisham, who passed 14 years ago from cancer, Daphne has forged a life on her own in Broadstairs. A wonderful mother-in-law with an awesome, non-politically correct sense of humour, refreshing these days, with endless stories of her families past, a women of substance, tragedy, hope and love.....
The Perfect Storm - America Dark Enlightenment by Daniel Arrhakis (2025)
Neoreaction or “Dark Enlightenment” is the "new"formal and nostalgic elitist ideology.
In this absolutist restorationist conception, Trumpism is a intellectual counterculture for the limitation or destruction of the State, for an unregulated liberalism based on the power of the strongest, deep down in an Absolutist Fascist nature.
With great segmentation of the economy and social demographics in favor of an unregulated liberalism deep down in an Oligarchy of an Absolutist nature with unlimited and unquestionable power; to which all peoples and leaders of the world owe vassalage.
To achieve this goal, the deregulation of the world economy and the subversion of world decision-making centers is necessary, the destruction of the state as guarantor of rights and supports of minorities or the poorest as well.
Discredit and disinformation are essential to mold mindsets to new concepts of society and economy but also to question democratic institutions, the very division between political and judicial powers.
In this Trumpist conception Chaos is Democracy itself and Unquestionable Absolute Power the only possible Order in a society in which the law of the strongest prevails !
The Perfect Storm is there … and deep down everyone knew it would come … and many did nothing to avoid it !
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A Tempestade Perfeita - America Dark Enlightenment de Daniel Arrhakis (2025)
Neoreação ou “Iluminismo Das Sombras” é a “nova” ideologia elitista formal e nostálgica.
Nesta conceção restauracionista absolutista, o trumpismo é uma contracultura intelectual para a limitação ou destruição do Estado, para um liberalismo desregulado baseado no poder do mais forte, profundamente enraizado numa natureza fascista absolutista.
Com grande segmentação da economia e da demografia social em prol de um liberalismo desregulado, no fundo de uma Oligarquia de cariz Absolutista com poder ilimitado e inquestionável; ao qual todos os povos e dirigentes do mundo devem vassalagem.
Para atingir este objetivo, é necessária a desregulação da economia mundial e a subversão dos centros de decisão mundiais, a destruição do Estado como garante dos direitos e apoio às minorias ou também aos mais pobres.
O Descrédito e a desinformação são essenciais para moldar mentalidades para novos conceitos de sociedade e de economia, mas também para questionar as instituições democráticas, a própria divisão entre os poderes político e judicial.
Nesta concepção trumpista o Caos é a própria Democracia e o Poder Absoluto Inquestionável é a única Ordem possível numa sociedade em que prevalece a lei do mais forte!
A tempestade perfeita está aí… e no fundo todos sabiam que ela viria… e muitos não fizeram nada para a evitar!
Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796), also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, the National Bard, Bard of Ayrshire, the Ploughman Poet and various other names and epithets,[nb 1] was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language, although much of his writing is in a "light Scots dialect" of English, accessible to an audience beyond Scotland. He also wrote in standard English, and in these writings his political or civil commentary is often at its bluntest.
He is regarded as a pioneer of the Romantic movement, and after his death he became a great source of inspiration to the founders of both liberalism and socialism, and a cultural icon in Scotland and among the Scottish diaspora around the world. Celebration of his life and work became almost a national charismatic cult during the 19th and 20th centuries, and his influence has long been strong on Scottish literature. In 2009 he was chosen as the greatest Scot by the Scottish public in a vote run by Scottish television channel STV.
As well as making original compositions, Burns also collected folk songs from across Scotland, often revising or adapting them. His poem (and song) "Auld Lang Syne" is often sung at Hogmanay (the last day of the year), and "Scots Wha Hae" served for a long time as an unofficial national anthem of the country. Other poems and songs of Burns that remain well known across the world today include "A Red, Red Rose", "A Man's a Man for A' That", "To a Louse", "To a Mouse", "The Battle of Sherramuir", "Tam o' Shanter" and "Ae Fond Kiss".