AFTERNOON SHADOWS (2006) Acrylic on Panel - 12" x 9"
Inspired by a ruined abbey I saw on the coast of England, this study is an exploration of feelings about the inevitability of time. We erect monumental structures in an attempt to outlast the progress of the ages, but everything must pass in the end, whether it be the fleeting lives of butterflies or slow erosion of edifices of stone.
Ah, but Britons designate these structures as "Grade 1", making them prohibitively expensive to attempt to restore, and absolutely DARING them to crumble away
Alguém me sabe dizer porque é que nos descontam os três primeiros dias de atestado médico/baixa médica? Ficamos doentes porque queremos? Nos meses em que não ficamos doentes, temos algum alívio nos descontos? Algum prémio extra? É só curiosidade...
Children have a hard time surviving the war. How much pain in those eyes. The girl is crying because she sees the ruins of her kindergarten, where she loved to go💔 The Russians are destroying our homes, our schools, kindergartens, hospitals, the list is very long. All these are not military objects. #RussiaIsATerroristState
Slackbastard: **Neo-Nazis attack anti-fascist benefit gig in Thornbury, Friday September 15**
"TLDR: On Friday night, a small group of neo-Nazis armed with knives attempted to disrupt an anti-fascist benefit gig in Thornbury. Happily, the cowards were chased away by attendees. Currently, while several have previously been identified as belonging to Tom …"
The priority should therefore not be to replace every car with its electric equivalent but rather to rethink mobility in general
It’s true that fully electric vehicles do not emit waste products but the batteries that supply energy to the vehicle are made of minerals like lithium and cobalt which have an impact on climate change.
And those mines have incredible environmental and health impacts in the places that they exist
This. The idea that we should be working on a one to one replacement of ICE vehicles with electric ones is madness. We need to be looking to replace as many as possible of them with public transit and cycles of all kinds. And with more remote working, and better access to everyday needs locally so we don't have to spend so much time travelling about at all.
In the forests of Värmland, just outside Karlstad, one of Sweden's largest private collections of vintage vehicles has resided in a private museum for decades.
Of the 87 #motorcycles in the collection, the majority date from the 1920s and 1930s, featuring well-known names such as #Harley Davidson, #Zündapp, and #Indian, Pierce Four, #Rambler, and #Simplex
The Liljegren Collection is a lifelong achievement. The auction ends Wednesday-Sunday the 20th-24th of September. auctionet.com/sv/themes/1566-l…
Today, someone on #Diaspora called me a troll. It was the second time that happened! And who were the kind people calling me #troll? Well, two kind supporters of #Russian mother land! Two #communists!
I have to thank the first Russian #propagandist because, after having had the first dialogue, I ended up reading some more information about #communism, which strengthened my anti- communism position and led me to discover #anarchism!
Today, this fellow, called me troll because I didn't agree with him and his propaganda discourse! He said that I had to prove everything I said. I don't have the time to write a treaty every time I say something. Nor do I want to bother myself with blindfolded communists!
He blocked me! Wow! Great argument!
It's interesting that all the sources they cite are good, but any that I mention isn't!
Well, I'll just say this here: it's an honour for me to be called a troll by #communists, #capitalists, #fascists, #racists, etc! They are all the same!
I'm just an #anarchist and I have dedicated my life to contribute for a better world, not for killing people!
Another interesting fact is that I know not of any beautiful communist paradise whose goal is not war and expanding their influence through military means and controlling their populations through fear. Their ideal societies work almost solely to produce more weapons and to feed the military machines, even though their populations may be starving to death!
Lovely ideology, isn't it?
BTW, capitalist/fascist/communist societies are the same. They only dress differently!
Actually, communism and anarchism are two leaves of the same branch, one explaining what to do with property and the other with power: just abolish them.
Have you read Enquiry Concerning Political Justice by William Godwin? It's the first written text of anarchism and its philosophical cornerstone. It's also a great read!
@António Manuel Dias I remembered something interesting: if they were two leaves of the same plant, — which they aren't —, the Russian communists wouldn't have killed as many anarchists as they were able to get hold of after they helped them to end the Tsar's reign. 😁
The bloodiest wars are always between brothers. Anyway, I meant that communist and anarchist *ideologies* are two leaves of the same branch, not that some people calling themselves communists and anarchists love each other. Like in the song, no religion, no nation, no property. Atheism, anarchism, communism, all together now 🙂
@joaopinheiro, if the words of John Lennon don't convince you, how about those of the common anthem? From L'Internationale, anarchism and communism intertwined:
"Il n'est pas de sauveurs suprêmes Ni Dieu, ni César, ni tribun, Producteurs, sauvons-nous nous-mêmes Décrétons le salut commun"
and:
"Ouvriers, paysans, nous sommes Le grand parti des travailleurs La terre n'appartient qu'aux hommes L'oisif ira loger ailleurs"
@António Manuel Dias Probably the main difference between the two is that communists will kill anyone that opposes himself to their ideology, anyone who doesn't obey/ abide by someone's laws and the anarchists will only do that in self-defence or to defend family or friends. And this means the world to me! Anarchists don't impose anything, we talk and find solutions, there's no chain of power or command, no hierarchy, no class stratification. We're all humans trying to be better and building a better community for all. It's the people, the community taking care of itself, just like villagers are doing right now in Morocco.
@joaopinheiro, since the 19th century that anarchists have resorted to violence as a means to achieve social change, including bombings and assassinations. I suppose the assassinations of anarchists by communists you referred to earlier was that struggle for power in Russia that the communists eventually won. But aren't both communism and anarchism against power structures? Ideas, words and actions are different things. Anyone can take an idea and use it to justify anything.
True. But, the point is that anarchists did that to defend themselves and to defend their families and friends from oppressing regimes, while communists did that before and after having the power in their hands.
Whilst communist ideology includes violence and murder to impose itself, anarchist ideology is peaceful and doesn't include forcing it down anyone's throat at gun-point!
Anarchists didn't ever kill "the people", nor did they kill and rob old ladies living in their ancient lands from their meager possessions: they killed military or oppressing forces. They defend the community. They are like Robin Hood.
Communists killed military and oppressing forces AND they killed and robbed everybody ("the people"), including the meager possessions of old widows living peacefully in their remote and ancient places. They are... well... like Stalin, Lenin, Mao, Pol Pot, Kim Il Sung, etc.
Did anarchists murder the President of the USA or Italian King to defend their families and friends? But, as I said, anyone can use any idea to justify any action. Nazis were "socialists"...
I'm not saying that that didn't happen, because it did.
As it happens, I really don't know if the people who did that were true anarchists or not. I also don't know the degree of guild in the prosecution of anarchists of those two examples.
What I know is that one of the core values of anarchism is non-violence. Another one is the protection of the community.
Kings and presidents of the USA are no saints... That's why Julian Assange is the one arrested, even if he committed NO crime! He exposed USA's crimes! None of the true criminals is under arrest!
Back to our subject. You're comparing the assassination of two political leaders of nasty regimes with mass-murder/genocides in many cases! Millions of people who were innocent and were murdered by nasty idealists! Be it communists or fascists.
So, again, I have to sustain that #anarchism and #communism are two completely different plants!
Anarchism stands for freedom of thought, individual
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I'm not saying that that didn't happen, because it did.
As it happens, I really don't know if the people who did that were true anarchists or not. I also don't know the degree of guild in the prosecution of anarchists of those two examples.
What I know is that one of the core values of anarchism is non-violence. Another one is the protection of the community.
Kings and presidents of the USA are no saints... That's why Julian Assange is the one arrested, even if he committed NO crime! He exposed USA's crimes! None of the true criminals is under arrest!
Back to our subject. You're comparing the assassination of two political leaders of nasty regimes with mass-murder/genocides in many cases! Millions of people who were innocent and were murdered by nasty idealists! Be it communists or fascists.
So, again, I have to sustain that #anarchism and #communism are two completely different plants!
Anarchism stands for freedom of thought, individual freedom, communal responsibility and freedom, non-violence, agreements, etc.
Communism stands for absence of individual freedom, thought control, violence, oppression, imposition of ideals by force, destruction of communities, imposition of norms dictated by "enlightened" minds upon the rest of the population, military regimes, etc. Quite similar to fascism, actually!
Yes, Nazis were socialists! They were fascists, also. Not that different from communists!
Do you know why we talk about the murders of the Nazis so much and not about the extension of the communist genocides? Only because the Nazis decided to mess-up with several other countries and with a powerful community, part of which lived in Democratic countries, whilst the communists kept it inside their own borders and controlled the information with guns and prisons!
To dive deeper into the anarchist ideology, I would suggest the reading of Enquiry Concerning Political Justice and Its Influence on Morals and Happiness by William Godwin. There, you'll discover what an anarchist is and which are the core values of their ideology.
There were organized anarchists in the Russian and Spanish civil wars, I wouldn't classify that as non-violence. When you talk about "true anarchists" you have a point, but the same can be said about "true communists". Nothing in the political/economical theory of communism mentions violence, thought control, the losing of individual freedom, etc.
No, Nelson, making assumptions about you wasn't my intention. We're just talking. We're just two human beings talking respectfully.
I know that you know about those things. Perhaps not all of them, because I also don't have all your knowledge.
I suggested the reading of a book. Simply that. I respect you, your ideas, and the way we're talking about the subject. Many more people should do the same, don't you agree?
One of these days, a communists fellow wanted me to read something about communism. I told him that I already knew enough. He said that all my sources were bad. His were good! Well... Anyway, I ended up reading what he wanted me to read and some more. And, yes, violence is part of the plan! Either we accept their ideas, or they will shove them down our throats anyway they see fit! It's written. I read it.
Anyway, anytime communists get hold of power, they make whatever they can to silence opposition, by any means they can, be it murdering innocent people, arresting them, deporting them, murdering those who helped them acquiring power (anarchists),
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No, Nelson, making assumptions about you wasn't my intention. We're just talking. We're just two human beings talking respectfully.
I know that you know about those things. Perhaps not all of them, because I also don't have all your knowledge.
I suggested the reading of a book. Simply that. I respect you, your ideas, and the way we're talking about the subject. Many more people should do the same, don't you agree?
One of these days, a communists fellow wanted me to read something about communism. I told him that I already knew enough. He said that all my sources were bad. His were good! Well... Anyway, I ended up reading what he wanted me to read and some more. And, yes, violence is part of the plan! Either we accept their ideas, or they will shove them down our throats anyway they see fit! It's written. I read it.
Anyway, anytime communists get hold of power, they make whatever they can to silence opposition, by any means they can, be it murdering innocent people, arresting them, deporting them, murdering those who helped them acquiring power (anarchists), or through thought control and other nasty means.
Yes, some anarchists resorted to using violence in those two wars. They were fighting for their lives and the ones of like-minded people (friends, family) against oppression and the military, sometimes side-by-side with the communists. (Franco was a great bastard! He ended up getting on the chair of power by making his friends disappear, the same that helped him sit on it! And he was chasing every single anarchist down. Families included.) They didn't kill people indiscriminately like the communist did and still do! And they didn't turn their guns against those that had been on their side of the trenches, as the communist did.
I'm sure there are good and bad anarchists and communists, but the question is: Is there any communist regime that wasn't/isn't installed/maintained by the force of guns and fear? Not that I'm aware of.
Another thing that distinguishes anarchists from communists is that anarchists don't believe in central governments run by an elite and sustained by the military, like communists do. Anarchists want to go on with their lives peacefully and running their own communities using dialogue and agreements to run their individual and communal lives. We don't want to produce more weapons and continue to exploit other humans. Communist regimes, as well as liberal/capitalist/fascist/socialist regimes, all love to show off their military prowess!
There can be no "communist regimes", in the same sense that there can be no "anarchist banks". Communism is just an economic theory dealing with the question "who should be the owner" and anarchism a political theory dealing with the question "who should be the ruler". Both theories propose the same answer to those questions, "no one", but then things get complicated when trying to find out how to get there from here.
And that's where people got divided in the end of the 19th century, arguing about a multitude of paths. Divided people are fertile grounds for "leaders" to come forward and take advantage of people's beliefs and faith for their own gains by violent means. When you go there, you're lost.
About the assumptions. You were assuming my position in the political spectrum based on this discussion, but I never said where I stand. A poor hint at that may be found in my profile picture. And my name is not Nelson 😉
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