Your readings google doc saved my life!
That’s so nice to hear someone using it!!! 😊 Im still going through them myself & modify the reading order based on that. Or add more, I have to add Discourse on Colonialism. The Jakarta Method & so many more lol
Saving this for when someone asks me what my sense of humor is
Is it bad that I’ve been laughing at this all day
Your recent posts about the West and propaganda they propagate against countries like China, Russia & Cuba reminds me of my dad! He has been saying this for years and has always been very critical of western media! I didn’t used to understand it before, but I def do now thanks to resources on the internet and critically analyzing the language used in media! (Also thanks to books you have- I’m slowing going through them). This is just out of interest, but do you know any resources for learning more about the Pakistan and Bangladesh war? Canadian schools obvs don’t teach that and I’ve never seen it mention in Pakistani textbooks (up until I was there till 8 years old) it was always independence against the British that’s it.
Oh your dad is based 😭 my dad is so steeped in US propaganda. He used to love all those 90s US military might/nationalism propo movies like Air Force one & whatever one about the blackbird & just all around thinks that America is the epitome of civilization. Fully colonized mind.
I don’t have a full scope of Bengali texts or understanding on this matter but here some sources I’d be comfortable to give as a start on Bengaldesh Liberation War:
1) A Marxist-Leninist document on the struggle in Bangla Desh
2) Bangladesh’s Incomplete Revolution
3) Bengal 1971: Revolution, War and Defeat/Tragedy of East Bengal
A marxist boy with whom I’m talking is basically it’s wrong to say females share an unique form of oppression because biology is socially constructed??? I mean I know the oppression of women is used through biology to uphold private property but his prostate and my uterus ARE NOT social constructs. I don’t understand him.
smh useless for him to call himself a Marxist when he’s a liberal.. Yah this became a very common narrative. It’s postmodernism, not Marxism. This comes out French male academics (which there is nothing inherently wrong with it if it was a correct analysis lol but it’s not). A lot of marxists have not read theory and have only learned what they’ve learned it second hand, online through tumblr, Twitter, or IG. Or theyre grad students in philosophy or gender studies. All these are rife with takes like that. They’d never say this is materialist if they had any sense or even shame lol.
Biology can be a construct in how we apply & understand it, we saw that with in the 19th century eg with phrenology, what the Dutch did to determine difference between the Tutsi & Hutus among many other examples even in slavery era America. But this is not what we’re talking about when we talk about men & women, we’re not even talking about sex chromosomes as many people argue. At the end of the day, from the beginning of class society, people did not need to karyotype humans to know which group could give birth & which could not. The group that could give birth were the ones that became materially relevant to exploit because they reproduced the next generation. This is what we’re talking about. Call it biology, astrology, your mamaology this group exists & you can accurately identify them by anatomy 98.3% of the times with your own eyes lol.
Tell this child to read Engels I’m sure he has not. Zetkin, Kollontai, Luxembourg, Gimenez are necessary for all men who call themselves Marxist to read the women from within the tradition. I also recommend reading radical feminist but Marxist men are resistant to that. He should at least read this.
But ya anytime you see someone say something like “transhistorical” “metanarrative” take some pepto cos you’re about to get some bullshit. They only say this for women …
Engels, confirmed radfem & terf.
So nobody here thinks its suspect that every global south leader going against imperialism, turns out to be a ruthless dictator that’s killed millions. It’s just a coinkydink that this is always the case lol
You can read CIA leaked memorandum on Cuba, from the 60s. It talks about how support for Castro is at 50% at the very least. And how the only way of “alienating internal support is through disenchantment and disaffection based on economic dissatisfaction and hardship”. And “every possible means should be undertaken promptly to weaken the economic life of Cuba. If such a policy is adopted, it should be the result of a positive decision which would call forth a line of action which, while as adroit and inconspicuous as possible, makes the greatest inroads in denying money and supplies to Cuba, to decrease monetary and real wages, to bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of government.”
If you backing #soscuba & Cubans protest for US intervention, it’d be the equivalent of supporting the Jan 6 Capitol hill riots. Right-wingers can & do protest, in all countries.
So nobody here thinks its suspect that every global south leader going against imperialism, turns out to be a ruthless dictator that’s killed millions. It’s just a coinkydink that this is always the case lol
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Qur'an of the Oppressed: Liberation Theology and Gender Justice in Islam
You guys ask me advice on how to figure out if a guy is a good person. Basically do the adult version of this cart test & you’ll be good. Many a men get stuck in the pre-18 month stage of development.
Why it takes me long to read ……. I’m still on ch 1
Hi there love your blog!
Needed some help in regards to this whole rishta thing. I honestly get so blank at the time I’m talking to someone, but what are some essential questions one should ask the guy?
hmm, if you have the opportunity to do so, I’d treat it similar to dating. But that really depends on your families. You should go out with the guy & see how he is outside, at dinner, with servers. Can he arrange & plan an evening. What does he plan etc etc. How does he carry himself.
In addition to that, you should assess their values & find out your dealbreakers. Regardless of whether you are doing a rishta or dating. And don’t forget that men can lie to say what they think you want to hear, but isn’t their values at all. Obviously don’t do rapid fire of these questions but bring them up casually in your conversations.
1) If you have interests in getting further education, can that still happen after marriage? What if you want to move around for education or a job. What if he has to move around for education or a job?
2) children, when, how many? How to raise them, with what values? What’s imp to you, what’s imp to him. What does disciplining children look like to him, to you?
3) finances. What do they spend money on, how often. Are they saver or a spender. Who will have responsibility for what in the household. Will follow religious or cultural norms or is his hope you’re going Dutch. If it’s that you’re doing dutch, is it 50/50 or proportional based on earning. Not a fun talk lol
4) idk if you can talk about this. May be you can gauge a sense around this instead. But expectations around sex. Frequency, libidio. Would sex always be about piv. Is your pleasure going to be considered or is the guys fantasy of sex involve him being serviced, or does he ever fantasize about pleasing his partner.
5) porn, drugs, alcohol
6) some of the above are hard to discuss & people often don’t know or haven’t given it thought or they will only know once they’re in the situation. I’d say gauge what his sense of responsibility towards others is. Imo this is the best indicator in place of everything else. Does he look after other people, other peoples things without being asked to do so.
7) socializing. How many friends does he have, how much time does he want to spent apart from you. What activities are activities apart from you. Will you have the same for yourself with your friends.
8) how does he express his feelings. Is it through words, gifts. Can he say sorry? How does he react to being turned down, rejection or hearing No.
North Americans talking about democracy that other countries don’t have is really funny. Y’all don’t think you’re in a dictatorship? You’re living in a capitalist dictatorship that runs elections every 4 years to give you the illusion of choice. It’s stuff of dystopia that everyone loves to watch on TV & movies.
