 |             Him_over_there: L'Internationale. English Translation: Arise, ye workers from your slumber, Arise, ye prisoners of want. For reason in revolt now thunders, and at last ends the age of cant! Away with all your superstitions, Servile masses, arise, arise! We'll change henceforth the old tradition, And spurn the dust to win the prize! So comrades, come rally, And the last fight let us face. The Internationale, Unites the human race. So comrades, come rally, And the last fight let us face. The Internationale, Unites the human race. No more deluded by reaction, On tyrants only we'll make war! The soldiers too will take strike action, They'll break ranks and fight no more! And if those cannibals keep trying, To sacrifice us to their pride, They soon shall hear the bullets flying, We'll shoot the generals on our own side. So comrades, come rally, And the last fight let us face. The Internationale, Unites the human race. So comrades, come rally, And the last fight let us face. The Internationale, Unites the human race. No saviour from on high delivers, No faith have we in prince or peer. Our own right hand the chains must shiver, Chains of hatred, greed and fear. E'er the thieves will out with their booty, And to all give a happier lot. Each at his forge must do their duty, And we'll strike the iron while it's hot. So comrades, come rally, And the last fight let us face. The Internationale, Unites the human race. So comrades, come rally, And the last fight let us face. The Internationale, Unites the human race.  Blackshoes: I like what Winston Churchill had to say about that . The inherent vise of captialism Is the unequeal sharing of blessings..The blessing of Socialism is the equeal sharings of miseries.And unbeknowns to you God is real ,and Jesus will return Whether you believe or not ! You don't know",that you don't know..  AussieOi: Unfortunately the strike when the irons hot happened to spread out into the equal sharing of not doing a lot after awhile. And yeah shooting the generals on your side well, who pulls the trigger? The dictators minions. Him_over_there: Churchill remember was a staunch, impious defender of British Imperialism, blooded early in his 'career' parading through colonial massacres, and later quite prepared to slaughter many hundreds of thousands of helpless German civilians in fire bombing and carpet-bombing sorties during WW2, which were planned specifically to sap morale from enemy soldiers at the front by visiting carnage upon their wives, grandparents and children at home. When he talks about 'blessings' and 'miseries' he alludes to class society. Having been born to an aristocratic heritage Churchill quite inherently perceived the World as proper in all of its perverse iniquity. Nothing should be enacted which would upset the uneven balance which places a silver spoon in his and those he loved (the wealthy elite) mouths. And nothing fills the representatives of Capital with fear, dread and disgust more than the thought of 'sharing' either power or wealth amongst the common people, who are good enough to fight in their wars but certainly not to indulge in their booty. him over there's Picture Marxism constantly reiterates the salient fact: 'Power will never be handed willingly from an oppressor, but must be won through never-ending struggle'. This is evidenced by history. At every opportunity the Capitalist class enemy, with the aid of shrewd political whores and manipulative media barons, manoeuvre to re-capture any and all hard won concessions from Workers hands.  Eagster: Ahh Mr. Marx, I was recently watching a documentary on the BBC about him called Masters of Money, anyways we all know what Marx stood for, but what I and many others dont know is what ist he Alternative to a greedy system rigged for the rich that we currently have? Him_over_there: [Blackshoes] - Its Important for everyone to understand that, as the 'Internationale' points out:: "No saviour from on high delivers, No faith have we in prince or peer. Our own right hand the chains must shiver, Chains of hatred, greed and fear." Many religious folk labour under the false impression that 'Jesus will return from Heaven'.. and carry out those tasks which are so desperately required in this chaotic period of history. I believe not only is this notion of a supernatural, divine Overman descending from high Heaven to inflict 'the kingdom of God' upon a hapless Humanity an infantile delusion, but it represents a general misunderstanding of Christian scripture. No individual or group ever developed and refined itself, through the imposition and interference of an outside agency. We as a species have many, issues to deal with. But the mere notion of sedentarily awaiting for a 'Jesus train from Heaven' only confounds the present impotency of the oppressed classes. Neither will any agent of Monarchy, Capital or even Media betray their own class interests to represent the genuine concerns of the Workers. The Chains which the proletariat wear must be removed of their own volition and through their own cumulative efforts.  sixty 9 yrs of wanda: thing is that socialism aint goin nowhere in this country cause of it being villainized by the idiot 1 percenters.  Quillan: Him...extremely well spoken. you are most most erudite. but may I, from my humble background, agree with with you by saying this.... I dont beklieve in God. the rich get richer, the poor get poorer. kinda the same message, with less syllables, yes? Him_over_there: This is true [chloe234] and [Quillan] That the Bourgeois elite and their agencies work full time in an inglorious effort to muffle, and liquidate any serious challenge to the rule of Capital. However. Clever as they are, once that curtain is pulled aside a most pathetic, parasitical parade of perverted little creature emerge from their ivory towers. (as the Arab masses are now finding out) Him_over_there: The iniquitous elites of this World are no match for an organised, united Working Class. Nothing can match the power of a class-conscious, mobilised proletariat. The toiling masses have indeed combined forces in such a manner many times in history to carry out the necessary tasks at hand: to rid themselves of their oppressors. This (Revolution) is the only method by which progressive Social change is enacted. (Post deleted by Him_over_there ) Him_over_there: Marx was and is still so dangerous a figure to the Capitalist elites precisely because he methodically and rationally examined then uncloaked indisputably this fundamentally unfair system based on the personal profiteering of the few at the expense of the many. And now the ball is in our court. |
Only Socialism can act as the vehicle which genuinely transforms the poverty and oppression masses of Humanity now languish under with Global Capitalism into enfranchisement and liberty. Our World is in a state of chaos; economic, political and social. The mess we find ourselves in: the wars, the lies, the low-brutal, perverse and escapist tendencies which blight every nation are not accidental, nor are they merely innate manifestations of Human nature.
This grim picture which lies before all who have eyes is a consequence of the dog-eat-dog Capitalist profit system itself. These are the colours, and the fruits of a World based on privilege and class division.