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The reality is that a consumer culture which chucks out its iPhones for a new version every nine months is completely unsustainable, because Earth has already reached the tipping point. 'The General Strike' attempts to personalize these issues and encourage listeners to look for a new model.


Justin Sane


#attempts #because #completely #consumer #culture

During the night two delegates of the railwaymen were arrested. The strikers immediately demanded their release, and as this was not conceded, they decided not to allow trains leave the town. At the station all the strikers with their wives and families sat down on the railway track-a sea of human beings. They were threatened with rifles salvoes. The workers bared their breast and cried, "Shoot!" A salvo was fired into the defenceless seated crowd, and 30 to 40 corpses, among them women and children, remained on the ground. On this becoming known the whole town of Kiev went to strike on the same day. The corpses of the murdered workers were raised on high by the crowd and carried round in mass demonstration.


Rosa Luxemburg


#marxism #october-revolution #rosa-luxemburg #russian-revolution #socialism

Go play your games with Jim. I'll find you both when I need you." Arrogant asshole. "I tell you what, if you find us before those three days run out, I'll cook you a damn dinner and serve it to you naked." "Is that a promise?" "Yes. Go fuck yourself.


Ilona Andrews


#flirting #humor #kate-daniels #magic-strikes #humor

I've never seen such a collection of idiots in my whole life.' Doolittle shook his head. 'If you participate in this lunacy, y'all will get yourselves killed. Then don't come crying to me.' Now that would be a neat trick.


Ilona Andrews


#ilona-andrews #kate-daniels #magic-strikes #life

Curran grinned and my heart made a little jump. I didn’t expect that. “That’s it? That’s your witty comeback?” “Yep.” Eloquence ’R’ Us. When in trouble, keep it monosyllabic—safer that way.


Ilona Andrews


#witty

Curran looked at me. “What the hell was I supposed to do, catch the werebison as he was falling?


Ilona Andrews


#kate

Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. 'Get up early, work late - and strike oil.'


Joey Adams


#explained #get #late #oil #once

Propaganda is a soft weapon; hold it in your hands too long, and it will move about like a snake, and strike the other way.


Jean Anouilh


#hands #hold #like #long #move

No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye.


Aristotle


#eye #increases #little #notice #strikes

That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world, both blessed and cursed with instant communication? We should not fight fire with fire, threats with threats.


Timothy Garton Ash


#between #blessed #both #communication #cursed






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