Wahlen in Indien: Modis Erfolge und ungelöste Probleme
Indien wählt ein neues Parlament, und Premierminister Modi wirbt mit wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Erfolgen. Seine Gegner kritisieren, die Armut sei unter Modi noch gewachsen. Und sie fragen nach dem Zustand der indischen Demokratie. Von A. Kammerer.
Today in Labor History March 25, 1811: Oxford University expelled Percy Bysshe Shelley for publishing the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism. Shelley was an English Romantic poet, radical in both his art and his politics. His poem "The Mask of Anarchy," which he wrote in 1819 after the Peterloo Massacre, is one of the first modern descriptions of nonviolent resistance. His admirers included Karl Marx, Gandhi and George Bernard Shaw. He was married to Mary Shelley, author of “Frankenstein.”
It's Friday #NewsQuiz time! Since I seem to have forgotten to post last week's #quiz, we'll do two questions this week, the first question and my favorite.
In the 2024 Iowa GOP caucuses, Donald Trump won 51% of the vote, and Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis split about 40%. Which very conservative candidate was the only other person to get more than 1% of the vote?
Wayne LaPierre announced his resignation as head of the National Rifle Association just days before the #NRA's civil fraud trial began in New York. Which of these is a quote from LaPierre's resignation statement and not a quote from Mohandas #Gandhi?
I've decided join in this hashtag. Thanks to @val for tagging me ❤️
The idea is "share one image (no posters, no titles, no explanation) from 10 films that impacted me. Every day a new person will be added: 10 days, 10 movie images, 10 friends."
I'm going to try to do 10 films, but probably won't post something every day.
These aren't favorite films, just films that somehow impacted me.
This image is from the first movie I saw with my husband when we dating.
@ZachWeinersmith
Apologies, I only know snippets of colonial history, and at that only through works of purile fiction like "Flashman And The Great Game" (might be a laugh if you're bored), and Kipling's Barrack Room Ballads book (that fellow knew how to write a book for a specific market!). If anyone knows of any Indian equivalent of the book "Putin's People" I'd be all ears too.
Today in Labor History September 9, 1828: Leo Tolstoy, Russian author and playwright was born. He is most famous for novels like Anna Karina, and War and Peace. He chose the name for the latter after reading French anarchist Proudhon’s publication called War and Peace. Tolstoy also wrote many short stories, an autobiography and many works of nonfiction. After witnessing a public execution in 1857, he wrote: "The truth is that the State is a conspiracy designed not only to exploit, but above all to corrupt its citizens ... Henceforth, I shall never serve any government anywhere." In the 1870s, he experienced a profound spiritual awakening, which led him to become a Christian anarchist and pacifist, and which he wrote about in his non-fiction work Confession (1882). He also wrote about nonviolent resistance in The Kingdom of God Is Within You (1894), which influenced Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. and Wittgenstein. He was repeatedly nominated for Nobel prizes in both literature and peace.
Today in Labor History August 14, 1846: The authorities jailed Henry David Thoreau for refusing to pay his taxes in protest of the Mexican War. Aside from this early act of American civil disobedience and war resistance, Thoreau also wrote, “Walden.” His essay, “Civil Disobedience,” influenced generations of activists and writers, including Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Tolstoy, Yeats, Proust, Hemingway, Upton Sinclair and Martin Buber.
Morning all. It’s a wet day here in south #Wales, and I have some spare hours, so let’s see if I can do some #Train geeking. There’s an “Explore the Capital day-to-go ticket” only available from staff. Let’s see if I can find one. #Caerdydd#Cardiff#rail 1/n
#Gandhi welcomes me to Cardiff Bay. TBH, it’s not my favourite part of town. It feels contrived, which it is, I suppose. I appreciate the Millennium Centre - I’ve had a few cultural experiences there. Y Senedd Cymru is alright, but is a bit austere for hanging around. Roald Dahl Plas is full of funfair tat, surrounded by craft stalls with zero punters. In the distance, you can see the cliffs at Penarth Head, the other side of which is Penarth Pier (see my earlier toots) 27/n
Born, raised, lived in California over 50 years. I am leftist politically, Vegan because I feel it is wrong for me to exist by the harming of other sentient beings (positive side effect, a smaller carbon & water footprint). I am demisexual & dislike sexual references I filter NSFW, Kink & Lewd + (if I understand them). I read a lot & play board & table top roleplaying games. I am ASD, physical & mental health issues. Apatheist/Taoist, cPTSD
Added: I do not identify as transgender because in my life my gender has never changed, only my sex has changed. I was a girl when I was little and became a woman upon turning 18. I was forced to pretend to be male by society but I never have been.
“There are two type's of people in this world. People who don't lie and men's rights activists.” - George Carlin
"There never was a good war, or a bad peace." - Benjamin Franklin
“The day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
"And my friends, in this story you have a history of this entire movement. First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. And then they attack you and want to burn you. And then they build monuments to you." - Nicholas Klein
"When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die." -- Jean-Paul Sartre
“Peace is the only battle worth waging.” ― Albert Camus
"The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury." — Marcus Aurelius
"A civilization that exploits, but does not restore, cannot have any other result than the approach of its own end" - Nikolai Fyodorov
“Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.” ― George Carlin