There is a class war, it's true, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making the war, and we're winning.
According to the materialist conception of history, the final determining element in history is the production and reproduction of real life. More than this, neither I nor Marx have ever asserted. Thus, if one distorts this by asserting that the economic factor is the sole determining factor, he transforms this proposition into something abstract, meaningless and an empty phrase. Economic conditions are the substructure, the basis, but various other vectors of the superstructure (political forms of the class struggle and their results, i.e. constitutions established by the victorious class after the battle, etc., legal forms and even the reflections of these struggles in the minds of the participants, such as political, legal or philosophical theories, religious conceptions and their further development into systems of dogma) also exercise their influence on the course of historical struggles and in many cases predominate in determining their form.
The enemies of the Third Reich in 1939 and those of the Soviet Union today are the same: the plutocracy and the Zionist political lobby.— Jean Thiriart, The Euro-Soviet Empire of Dublin and Vladivostok (1984) 🇩🇪🤝🏻🇷🇺
The name nationalism or socialism denoted attitudes towards lifeand did not allow the creation of new values. The lack of a sense of community turned into mutual hatred. [...] Nowadays, the opposition between bourgeoisie and proletarians must be overcome, because the rise of each people can only occur under common slogans. We have to close the gap and regroup forces on a new platform.
I understand by socialism the highest level of service to my people, renouncing personal advantages in the interest of the whole[...] The benefit of the whole is the essential thing. Ultimately, the term nationalism means nothing other than devotion and love for my people.
The fact that Franco was fighting against some communist-backed republicans was of secondary importance. At the NVPU in April, Hitler absently remarked to Reinhard Spitzy, Ribbentrop’s second personal secretary: "We took the wrong side in Spain. We would have done better to support the republicans, they represent the people. These socialists could always have turned into good National Socialists. Franco is surrounded by reactionary clergymen, aristocrats and oligarchs, people who have nothing to do with us, the National Socialists."
Castroism's totalitarianism did not imitate its socialist allies, but was a spontaneous fruit of the anti-liberal matrix of Latin American populism: Falangism, Peronism, and Chavismo are its closest relatives. Fidel Castro's state catechized believers with the cross of their faith and converted infidels with the sword of his army. His communism is a Christian utopia.
Evita and Franco's wife went out to explore Madrid. What should have been a walk, however, turned into the first round of a fight between the two women, which would continue, within the polite rules of diplomatic protocol, throughout Eva's stay in Spain. Although they would later argue for other reasons, that first time the dispute was over the itinerary: while Carmen Polo wanted to show her guest the historic Madrid of the Austrians and the Bourbons, Eva wanted to see the public hospitals and the working-class neighborhoods.🌴 🧉 Back in Argentina, She Would Say:
Franco's wife did not like workers, and whenever she could she called them 'reds' because they had participated in the civil war. I restrained myself a few times until I could bear it no longer, and I told her that her husband was not a ruler by the people's votes, but by the imposition of a victory. The fat woman didn't like it.
That afternoon was the first of the clashes between the two women, and also the first sign that Franco would have that things could get complicated for him: it would not be a simple courtesy visit, nor would the results he would obtain with her be gratuitous. And he was not used to that. For eight years, and after a civil war that lasted three more, he ruled Spain with an iron fist and the titles of "Caudillo" and "Generalissimo". He allowed no opposition or criticism of his government, and the international community criticized him for the shootings that not stopped. Franco felt all-powerful, but until he invited Perón and received his wife, he did not know what kind of story he had gotten himself into. Eva, suddenly realized, she was only twenty-eight years old, but she represented a state that could decide whether millions of Spaniards would be hungry or satisfied. And what was worse, she was convinced that there was nothing she could not do and nothing she could not say.
Today the Christians... are at the head of [the country]... I promise that I will never join parties that want to destroy Christianity. We want to fill our culture again with the Christian spirit... We want to burn out all the recent immoral developments in literature, the theater, and the press - in short, we want to burn out the poison of immorality that has entered into our whole life and culture as a result of liberal excess during the past...— Adolf Hitler, quoted in: The Speeches of Adolf Hitler, 1922-1939, vol. 1 (London, Oxford University Press, 1942), p. 871-872
Nelson Mandela says that no form of violence is excusable. Camus says it all matters, whether you live or die or drink a cup of coffee. MLK says that violence never brings permanent peace. Ghandi says that nonviolence is humanity's strongest power.
Unfortunately, due to the abysmal ignorance of our time, the expanded "Judeo-Christian" notion is that the Old Testament is the supreme book of Judaism. But that's not it. The Pharisees teach the commandments of the rabbis, not of God.
The enemies of the Third Reich in 1939 and those of the Soviet Union today are the same: the plutocracy and the Zionist political lobby.— Jean Thiriart, The Euro-Soviet Empire of Dublin and Vladivostok (1984) 🇩🇪🤝🏻🇷🇺
Man, though material existence, is not a simple material being. He is the most developed material being, a special product of the evolution of the material world. Man was already outstanding as he emerged from the world of nature. He exists and develops by cognizing and changing the world to make it serve him, whereas all other material lives maintain their existence through their subordination and adaptation to the objective world.
Today the Christians... are at the head of [the country]... I promise that I will never join parties that want to destroy Christianity. We want to fill our culture again with the Christian spirit... We want to burn out all the recent immoral developments in literature, the theater, and the press - in short, we want to burn out the poison of immorality that has entered into our whole life and culture as a result of liberal excess during the past...— Adolf Hitler, quoted in: The Speeches of Adolf Hitler, 1922-1939, vol. 1 (London, Oxford University Press, 1942), p. 871-872
I understand by socialism the highest level of service to my people, renouncing personal advantages in the interest of the whole[...] The benefit of the whole is the essential thing. Ultimately, the term nationalism means nothing other than devotion and love for my people.
The name nationalism or socialism denoted attitudes towards lifeand did not allow the creation of new values. The lack of a sense of community turned into mutual hatred. [...] Nowadays, the opposition between bourgeoisie and proletarians must be overcome, because the rise of each people can only occur under common slogans. We have to close the gap and regroup forces on a new platform.
Castroism's totalitarianism did not imitate its socialist allies, but was a spontaneous fruit of the anti-liberal matrix of Latin American populism: Falangism, Peronism, and Chavismo are its closest relatives. Fidel Castro's state catechized believers with the cross of their faith and converted infidels with the sword of his army. His communism is a Christian utopia.
Nelson Mandela says that no form of violence is excusable. Camus says it all matters, whether you live or die or drink a cup of coffee. MLK says that violence never brings permanent peace. Ghandi says that nonviolence is humanity's strongest power.
Marxism-Leninism is a conquering ideology. “Whoever accepts, defends and develops it is a participant in the glorious army of the revolution, the great and invincible army of true communists who lead the proletariat and all the oppressed in the struggle to transform the world, defeat capitalism and build a new socialist world."
We must be honest, we must act with idealism, we must promote spirituality, ethical and moral values, religious and mystical thoughts, and love for our fellow countrymen, animals, and nature.
