Eugen Leviné, assassinated on this day in 1919, was a German revolutionary communist who briefly led the Bavarian Council Republic, giving luxury apartments to the homeless and factories to the workers during his short reign in power.
Eugen Levine was born to wealthy Jewish parents in St Petersberg, Russia, and became exposed to radical politics after moving to Heidelberg, Germany at a young age. In 1905, Leviné returned to Russia to participate in the failed revolution of 1905 against the Tsar and was arrested and exiled to Siberia.
After World War I ended, Leviné joined the Communist Party of Germany and helped to create a socialist republic in Bavaria. Leviné eventually rose to power as the communists assumed control of the government.
He attempted to pass many reforms, such as giving the more luxurious flats to the homeless and giving workers control and ownership of factories. Leviné also planned reforms for the education system and to abolish paper money, but did not get the chance to complete either.
The German Army, assisted by the right-wing Freikorps paramilitary invaded and quickly conquered Munich on May 3rd, 1919. Leviné himself was arrested and shot by firing squad in Stadelheim Prison.
Ex-Soviet agent Whitaker Chambers cited Leviné as an inspirational figure, writing “During the Bavarian Council Republic in 1919, Leviné was the organiser of the Workers’ and Soldiers’ Soviets. When the Bavarian Council Republic was crushed, Leviné was captured and court-martialed. The court-martial told him: “You are under sentence of death.” Leviné answered: ‘We Communists are always under sentence of death.’”
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Emergency vets are extortionists
My beautiful orange boy has a urinary blockage. They just came in here and told me they wanted 5000 to clear the blockage and keep him in the hospital for 48 hours with a catheter etc
I’m like I can’t pay that. Then the tech says okay we will prepare a different estimate where we just clear the blockage and send him home.
Wait what the fuck?
I feel like I’m getting ripped off every time I visit a vet.
You probably are. But the vets were ripped off to get their education and run their practice. It’s almost like this capitalism stuff isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Outpatient unblocking is 1200, the absolute shamelessness to not suggest that first
Fucking private healthcare is evil.
Dropping in to say high. I’ve been taking a HexBreak for a while. Spent all yesterday arguing with Libs about I couldn’t even tell you what because it got tied in to so many knots. I wanted to come check iun because everywehere else is AHHHHHHHHHHHHH and hexbear is
long time no see, hope you’re wellmorning Frank
Hope you have a good week frank
About a week after I got a bike my wife decided to get on the bandwagon. I was a bit surprised because she’s not a very active person, but its been cool. We’ve been going on short rides together around the neighborhood. The bike she picked out has a cargo rack on it, and we just proved the viability of doing bicycle beer runs.
Bicycle beer runs make life worth living imo
Getting the bicycle beer runs on the other hand
We all already live under facism.
leaving my car idling 24/7 so florida sinks into the ocean faster
The only reason Alabama and Georgia will sleep with Florida is they think they’re cousins.
No one talks about how “jack-off all trades masturbate none” makes no sense
it means jacking off (straigh up jorqin it) should be a primal, passionate experience not a clinical ‘masturbation’.
Lol I swear hexbear is a psyop designed to radicalise LGBTQ people and turn them against the moderate middle, thereby creating exactly the villain the gender/sexuality wedge issue calls for.
This is true
Yeah I can feel myself voting Democrat already
spoiler
And by voting I mean pooping on
nice party you got there
Is it bad that I keep reading the title as Eugine Levy?
somehow misplaced my cheese grater fucking CIA
Cheese Integrity Agency
If you ever hear anyone talking about “the little things in life”, they’re specifically referring to this:
yeaaaah that’s some good shit right there
sometimes, other times they are referring to this:
Idk. Maybe it’s time to take action
Fuck today. It’s just all the little things adding up and a streak of losses in Nightreign after work finally had me snapping at people. I’ve been feeling so alienated and misanthropic.
mood
All those 80s movies and shows about the kids coming together to save the rec center were based and correct. Land developers are precisely how they are depicted in these movies and they totally won and now everything is condos.
Adulthood is realizing that Captain Planet wasn’t exaggerating
Captain Planet is so fucking good. I hope they never remake it because they’d lib it up so hard.
Also they’d remove the USSR one.
She’d always bully the US loser too lmao
In the remake She’d be a Ukrainian named Banderina who always wore a red shirt and black jeans
Earth, Wind, Fire, Water, Heart!!
By your powers combined - I will VOTE!!!
Adulthood is realizing that Captain Planet was afraid to do what was necessary
after you die the fucking family guy end credits roll and then you immediately cease to exist
I just finished reading Blackshirts & Reds and found it to be very informative and also fascinating, as it touched on future topics like 9/11 and the War on Terror, Snowden and the NSA, Putin and Russian corruption, etc.
I did notice that, due to it being released in 1997, it is an incomplete view of Marxism-Leninism. Particularly in regards to China and the extreme developments the people of China have seen in the past 30 years.
What subsequent books can I read to bridge the gap between 1997’s Marxism-Leninism and today? What can I read that will inform me about China’s developments, specifically Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, and Dengism leading into the current leadership of Xi. How did that propel them into being able to strong-arm the US as we are currently seeing? What is the Belt & Road Initiative? What are China’s global goals? Why does China build hospitals in the global south? How is China able to afford these works? Has China inspired other countries to pursue Marxism-Leninism, and if so, how? At this point, is China an adequate replacement for the loss of the USSR? Why or why not?
Furthermore, several eastern european countries were discussed in Blackshirts & Reds. Their progress between 1992 and 1997 was observed and reported. How have those countries fared in the ensuing 30 years? What has changed? Several commentators in 1997 mentioned that the “switch to Capitalism would take time, and short-term hardship is predicted.” Has the hardship continued? Have those countries used western capitalism to turn their countries around?
I am just very curious about the decades since 1997 and how they affected Eastern Europe, China, and the global south, and I am very interested to read more like Blackshirts & Reds that covers these more recent decades.
EDIT: And I want to learn more about Yemen, Houthis, Ansarallah!!
What can I read that will inform me about China’s developments, specifically Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, and Dengism leading into the current leadership of Xi. How did that propel them into being able to strong-arm the US as we are currently seeing?
Xi has actually written a couple books on China’s governance, that may be a good resource for you
They’re kinda dry tbh. They’re like a compendium of speeches and essays (i tapped out halfway through the first book). I wouldn’t say they’re not a good resource, but they’re definitely not as readable as Blackshirts
