Author Archives: aidarends
Sleeping Beauty
i want to speak of black beauty to you i want to speak of black beauty to you
The Universe Is Our Holy Book (Jack D. Forbes)
Originally posted on Romford Literary Collective:
The Universe is our Holy Book The Earth our Genesis The Sky our sacred scroll The Animals our teachers The Mountains our prophets The Winds our equations The Birds our prayers The Flowers our miracle The Sun our source The Moon our messenger The Waters our testaments The World…
Quintana: Latin America to Experience Phase II of the Cold War
‘Quintana says that “gringo policy” towards Latin America will put in motion a “witch hunt in the region” in which Washington will say, ‘Either they’re with the West, NATO and the US, or they’re against us.’ Within this context, governments that opt for neutrality in the conflict will be put in the category of pro-RussiaContinue reading “Quintana: Latin America to Experience Phase II of the Cold War”
The Rate of Exploitation: The Case of the iPhone
“Our second Notebook analyses the contemporary production process that results in Apple’s iPhone. We move from a look at the iPhone’s production to the inner workings of profit and exploitation. We are interested not only in Apple and the iPhone, but more particularly in the Marxist analysis of the rate of exploitation at play inContinue reading “The Rate of Exploitation: The Case of the iPhone”
Quote of the Day – March 26
“For according to my eyesight, and Ise one sure-seeing nigger, the wul’ safe foh democracy is a wul’ safe for crackerism.” – Banjo, from Banjo by Claude McKay
goodbye
you deserve what you want and so do i i’m sorry sister goodbye, goodbye
the weight of all these things i cannot change
you saw that i was afraid and called me a cowardyou saw that i was hungry and called me a beggaryou saw that i was tiredand called me lazyyou saw that i was angryand called me dangerwhat is the weight of all these things i cannot change?
Quote of the Day – March 25
“Because it not just in one place or in one way that capitalism oppresses. It oppresses you if you’re a woman. It oppresses you if you’re a white-collar worker. It oppresses if you’re a blue-collar worker. It oppresses if you’re a campesino. It oppresses if you if you’re a young person. It oppresses you ifContinue reading “Quote of the Day – March 25”
US Congress Admits Nazi Role in Ukraine (2015)
“I am grateful that the House of Representatives unanimously passed my amendments last night to ensure that our military does not train members of the repulsive neo-Nazi Azov Battalion, along with my measures to keep the dangerous and easily trafficked MANPADs out of these unstable regions,” said Conyers…