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Wednesday, September 9, 2026

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Wednesday, September 9, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/09/wednesday-september-9-2026/

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/09/wednesday-september-9-2026/

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/09/wednesday-september-9-2026/

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/09/wednesday-september-9-2026/

The American dream, 2026 edition: see something, scribble it on a map, and call it yours.
That's not diplomacy. That's imperialism in a cheap real estate suit.
The rest of the world is not a buffet laid out for America's bottomless appetite—for land, for oil, for ports, for profit. We're talking about a country that already has more wealth and power than most nations could ever dream of, and still, it looks at its neighbors and thinks, Yeah, but what if it was ours?
Call it what it is. Greed dressed up in flag pins and press briefings isn't foreign policy. It's just greed, hungry, loud, and completely unashamed.
Land of the free, home of the stupid....

#usa #trump #imperialism #capitalism
#geopolitics

https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/us-news/trump-news/2026/09/08/donald-trump-map

Someone should be a real conspiracist, like the ones that gave the power to Trump, Wilders, Meloni etc. to believe these news.

The "news", which are played like an orchestra from the Western media, and a map for anyone who want to make a plan of the routes of "Russian drones" who go around Europe to take some fresh air.

"A suspected Russian Shahed-type drone violated Moldovan and Romanian airspace on Sept. 8, forcing airspace closures, emergency alerts, and the scrambling of NATO fighter jets.

The Moldovan military detected an "unmanned aerial vehicle" at 4:20 p.m. local time, the Moldovan Defense Ministry said in a statement, identifying it as a "Shahed-type" drone that entered the country's airspace from the "direction of… Ukraine."

The military monitored the drone until it left Moldovan airspace at 4:37 p.m., heading in the direction of Golaiesti in Romania.

Romanian radars lost contact with the intruding drone just after 17:00 local time. The drone ultimately crashed "in the area of ​​Mihaileni Vechi, Republic of Moldova, approximately 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) east of the border with Romania, near Botosani County," according to the Romanian government."

Now our government is ready to convince you that is necessary to buy more "defence" weapons.

#Russia #Ukraine #Romania #Moldova #NATOterrorism #Natopropaganda #propaganda #FuckTheWarmongers #EatTheRich #WhoProfits #Capitalism #imperialism #StopPutin #PutinWarCriminal #putin

Someone should be a real conspiracist, like the ones that gave the power to Trump, Wilders, Meloni etc. to believe these news.

The "news", which are played like an orchestra from the Western media, and a map for anyone who want to make a plan of the routes of "Russian drones" who go around Europe to take some fresh air.

"A suspected Russian Shahed-type drone violated Moldovan and Romanian airspace on Sept. 8, forcing airspace closures, emergency alerts, and the scrambling of NATO fighter jets.

The Moldovan military detected an "unmanned aerial vehicle" at 4:20 p.m. local time, the Moldovan Defense Ministry said in a statement, identifying it as a "Shahed-type" drone that entered the country's airspace from the "direction of… Ukraine."

The military monitored the drone until it left Moldovan airspace at 4:37 p.m., heading in the direction of Golaiesti in Romania.

Romanian radars lost contact with the intruding drone just after 17:00 local time. The drone ultimately crashed "in the area of ​​Mihaileni Vechi, Republic of Moldova, approximately 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) east of the border with Romania, near Botosani County," according to the Romanian government."

Now our government is ready to convince you that is necessary to buy more "defence" weapons.

#Russia #Ukraine #Romania #Moldova #NATOterrorism #Natopropaganda #propaganda #FuckTheWarmongers #EatTheRich #WhoProfits #Capitalism #imperialism #StopPutin #PutinWarCriminal #putin

Someone should be a real conspiracist, like the ones that gave the power to Trump, Wilders, Meloni etc. to believe these news.

The "news", which are played like an orchestra from the Western media, and a map for anyone who want to make a plan of the routes of "Russian drones" who go around Europe to take some fresh air.

"A suspected Russian Shahed-type drone violated Moldovan and Romanian airspace on Sept. 8, forcing airspace closures, emergency alerts, and the scrambling of NATO fighter jets.

The Moldovan military detected an "unmanned aerial vehicle" at 4:20 p.m. local time, the Moldovan Defense Ministry said in a statement, identifying it as a "Shahed-type" drone that entered the country's airspace from the "direction of… Ukraine."

The military monitored the drone until it left Moldovan airspace at 4:37 p.m., heading in the direction of Golaiesti in Romania.

Romanian radars lost contact with the intruding drone just after 17:00 local time. The drone ultimately crashed "in the area of ​​Mihaileni Vechi, Republic of Moldova, approximately 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) east of the border with Romania, near Botosani County," according to the Romanian government."

Now our government is ready to convince you that is necessary to buy more "defence" weapons.

#Russia #Ukraine #Romania #Moldova #NATOterrorism #Natopropaganda #propaganda #FuckTheWarmongers #EatTheRich #WhoProfits #Capitalism #imperialism #StopPutin #PutinWarCriminal #putin

Someone should be a real conspiracist, like the ones that gave the power to Trump, Wilders, Meloni etc. to believe these news.

The "news", which are played like an orchestra from the Western media, and a map for anyone who want to make a plan of the routes of "Russian drones" who go around Europe to take some fresh air.

"A suspected Russian Shahed-type drone violated Moldovan and Romanian airspace on Sept. 8, forcing airspace closures, emergency alerts, and the scrambling of NATO fighter jets.

The Moldovan military detected an "unmanned aerial vehicle" at 4:20 p.m. local time, the Moldovan Defense Ministry said in a statement, identifying it as a "Shahed-type" drone that entered the country's airspace from the "direction of… Ukraine."

The military monitored the drone until it left Moldovan airspace at 4:37 p.m., heading in the direction of Golaiesti in Romania.

Romanian radars lost contact with the intruding drone just after 17:00 local time. The drone ultimately crashed "in the area of ​​Mihaileni Vechi, Republic of Moldova, approximately 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) east of the border with Romania, near Botosani County," according to the Romanian government."

Now our government is ready to convince you that is necessary to buy more "defence" weapons.

#Russia #Ukraine #Romania #Moldova #NATOterrorism #Natopropaganda #propaganda #FuckTheWarmongers #EatTheRich #WhoProfits #Capitalism #imperialism #StopPutin #PutinWarCriminal #putin

Someone should be a real conspiracist, like the ones that gave the power to Trump, Wilders, Meloni etc. to believe these news.

The "news", which are played like an orchestra from the Western media, and a map for anyone who want to make a plan of the routes of "Russian drones" who go around Europe to take some fresh air.

"A suspected Russian Shahed-type drone violated Moldovan and Romanian airspace on Sept. 8, forcing airspace closures, emergency alerts, and the scrambling of NATO fighter jets.

The Moldovan military detected an "unmanned aerial vehicle" at 4:20 p.m. local time, the Moldovan Defense Ministry said in a statement, identifying it as a "Shahed-type" drone that entered the country's airspace from the "direction of… Ukraine."

The military monitored the drone until it left Moldovan airspace at 4:37 p.m., heading in the direction of Golaiesti in Romania.

Romanian radars lost contact with the intruding drone just after 17:00 local time. The drone ultimately crashed "in the area of ​​Mihaileni Vechi, Republic of Moldova, approximately 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) east of the border with Romania, near Botosani County," according to the Romanian government."

Now our government is ready to convince you that is necessary to buy more "defence" weapons.

#Russia #Ukraine #Romania #Moldova #NATOterrorism #Natopropaganda #propaganda #FuckTheWarmongers #EatTheRich #WhoProfits #Capitalism #imperialism #StopPutin #PutinWarCriminal #putin

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/09/tuesday-september-8-2026/

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/09/tuesday-september-8-2026/

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/09/tuesday-september-8-2026/

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/09/tuesday-september-8-2026/

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/09/tuesday-september-8-2026/

Volkswagen workers demand freedom for Bogdan Syrotiuk

VW plant in Wolfsburg We are publishing below a statement by Volkswagen workers calling for the release of…
#Germany #DE #Europe #EU #Europa #Volkswagen #imperialism #militarism #NATO #Russia #Ukraine #War
https://www.europesays.com/germany/86953/

This is how the USA operates now. It enforces the closing of European encryption and privacy-friendly collectives. Now that's what I call IMPERIALISM ->

"The Italian communications collective survived raids, surveillance and server seizures for 25 years. Eleven days after the United States designated it a global terrorist organization, A/I says the risk to its users has become too great to continue.
Autistici/Inventati is shutting down. On September 6, eleven days after the United States placed the Italian technology collective on its terrorism sanctions list, A/I announced that the collective itself will close and that the email, blogging, hosting and communications services it has provided for a quarter century will soon be discontinued. “A/I is shutting down,” the collective wrote. “The Autistici/Inventati collective is shutting down and will soon discontinue all of the services we provide.” The announcement turns what had been a developing fight over sanctions, infrastructure and political speech into something considerably more concrete. Twenty-five years of independent communications infrastructure are being dismantled.

And A/I says plainly why. The collective said continuing to operate now risks exposing its users, collaborators and communities to legal and financial consequences simply because they interact with an organization the United States has designated a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. “The possibility that our work may cause legal and financial consequences to those who are close to us,” A/I wrote, “leaves us no choice.” The shutdown comes nineteen days before the expiration of the temporary wind-down period the U.S. Treasury Department created when it sanctioned A/I. That deadline is September 25. A/I did not make it there."

https://sabot.media/post/ai-shuts-down

#CyberSecurity #Privacy #Encryption #EU #Italy #Autistici #Inventati #DigitalRights #USA #Trump #Imperialism

This is how the USA operates now. It enforces the closing of European encryption and privacy-friendly collectives. Now that's what I call IMPERIALISM ->

"The Italian communications collective survived raids, surveillance and server seizures for 25 years. Eleven days after the United States designated it a global terrorist organization, A/I says the risk to its users has become too great to continue.
Autistici/Inventati is shutting down. On September 6, eleven days after the United States placed the Italian technology collective on its terrorism sanctions list, A/I announced that the collective itself will close and that the email, blogging, hosting and communications services it has provided for a quarter century will soon be discontinued. “A/I is shutting down,” the collective wrote. “The Autistici/Inventati collective is shutting down and will soon discontinue all of the services we provide.” The announcement turns what had been a developing fight over sanctions, infrastructure and political speech into something considerably more concrete. Twenty-five years of independent communications infrastructure are being dismantled.

And A/I says plainly why. The collective said continuing to operate now risks exposing its users, collaborators and communities to legal and financial consequences simply because they interact with an organization the United States has designated a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. “The possibility that our work may cause legal and financial consequences to those who are close to us,” A/I wrote, “leaves us no choice.” The shutdown comes nineteen days before the expiration of the temporary wind-down period the U.S. Treasury Department created when it sanctioned A/I. That deadline is September 25. A/I did not make it there."

https://sabot.media/post/ai-shuts-down

#CyberSecurity #Privacy #Encryption #EU #Italy #Autistici #Inventati #DigitalRights #USA #Trump #Imperialism

This is how the USA operates now. It enforces the closing of European encryption and privacy-friendly collectives. Now that's what I call IMPERIALISM ->

"The Italian communications collective survived raids, surveillance and server seizures for 25 years. Eleven days after the United States designated it a global terrorist organization, A/I says the risk to its users has become too great to continue.
Autistici/Inventati is shutting down. On September 6, eleven days after the United States placed the Italian technology collective on its terrorism sanctions list, A/I announced that the collective itself will close and that the email, blogging, hosting and communications services it has provided for a quarter century will soon be discontinued. “A/I is shutting down,” the collective wrote. “The Autistici/Inventati collective is shutting down and will soon discontinue all of the services we provide.” The announcement turns what had been a developing fight over sanctions, infrastructure and political speech into something considerably more concrete. Twenty-five years of independent communications infrastructure are being dismantled.

And A/I says plainly why. The collective said continuing to operate now risks exposing its users, collaborators and communities to legal and financial consequences simply because they interact with an organization the United States has designated a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. “The possibility that our work may cause legal and financial consequences to those who are close to us,” A/I wrote, “leaves us no choice.” The shutdown comes nineteen days before the expiration of the temporary wind-down period the U.S. Treasury Department created when it sanctioned A/I. That deadline is September 25. A/I did not make it there."

https://sabot.media/post/ai-shuts-down

#CyberSecurity #Privacy #Encryption #EU #Italy #Autistici #Inventati #DigitalRights #USA #Trump #Imperialism

This is how the USA operates now. It enforces the closing of European encryption and privacy-friendly collectives. Now that's what I call IMPERIALISM ->

"The Italian communications collective survived raids, surveillance and server seizures for 25 years. Eleven days after the United States designated it a global terrorist organization, A/I says the risk to its users has become too great to continue.
Autistici/Inventati is shutting down. On September 6, eleven days after the United States placed the Italian technology collective on its terrorism sanctions list, A/I announced that the collective itself will close and that the email, blogging, hosting and communications services it has provided for a quarter century will soon be discontinued. “A/I is shutting down,” the collective wrote. “The Autistici/Inventati collective is shutting down and will soon discontinue all of the services we provide.” The announcement turns what had been a developing fight over sanctions, infrastructure and political speech into something considerably more concrete. Twenty-five years of independent communications infrastructure are being dismantled.

And A/I says plainly why. The collective said continuing to operate now risks exposing its users, collaborators and communities to legal and financial consequences simply because they interact with an organization the United States has designated a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. “The possibility that our work may cause legal and financial consequences to those who are close to us,” A/I wrote, “leaves us no choice.” The shutdown comes nineteen days before the expiration of the temporary wind-down period the U.S. Treasury Department created when it sanctioned A/I. That deadline is September 25. A/I did not make it there."

https://sabot.media/post/ai-shuts-down

#CyberSecurity #Privacy #Encryption #EU #Italy #Autistici #Inventati #DigitalRights #USA #Trump #Imperialism

This is how the USA operates now. It enforces the closing of European encryption and privacy-friendly collectives. Now that's what I call IMPERIALISM ->

"The Italian communications collective survived raids, surveillance and server seizures for 25 years. Eleven days after the United States designated it a global terrorist organization, A/I says the risk to its users has become too great to continue.
Autistici/Inventati is shutting down. On September 6, eleven days after the United States placed the Italian technology collective on its terrorism sanctions list, A/I announced that the collective itself will close and that the email, blogging, hosting and communications services it has provided for a quarter century will soon be discontinued. “A/I is shutting down,” the collective wrote. “The Autistici/Inventati collective is shutting down and will soon discontinue all of the services we provide.” The announcement turns what had been a developing fight over sanctions, infrastructure and political speech into something considerably more concrete. Twenty-five years of independent communications infrastructure are being dismantled.

And A/I says plainly why. The collective said continuing to operate now risks exposing its users, collaborators and communities to legal and financial consequences simply because they interact with an organization the United States has designated a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. “The possibility that our work may cause legal and financial consequences to those who are close to us,” A/I wrote, “leaves us no choice.” The shutdown comes nineteen days before the expiration of the temporary wind-down period the U.S. Treasury Department created when it sanctioned A/I. That deadline is September 25. A/I did not make it there."

https://sabot.media/post/ai-shuts-down

#CyberSecurity #Privacy #Encryption #EU #Italy #Autistici #Inventati #DigitalRights #USA #Trump #Imperialism

https://substack.com/@brandimorin/note/c-323067941?r=9zc7r

Jesse Wente is so good at providing context, nuance, positioning and scale!

These are the beginning of his thoughts, in the screenshot below.

I expect you can guess what he'll simply state. But maybe not. If it's new to you, excellent!

#cdnpoli #canada #fascism #antifa #antifascist #bcpoli #vancouver #burnaby #canlab #bcgreens #bcndp #ecosocialism #september30 #september #September2026 #Indigenous #genocide #occupation #colonialism #imperialism #neocolonialism

https://substack.com/@brandimorin/note/c-323067941?r=9zc7r

Jesse Wente is so good at providing context, nuance, positioning and scale!

These are the beginning of his thoughts, in the screenshot below.

I expect you can guess what he'll simply state. But maybe not. If it's new to you, excellent!

#cdnpoli #canada #fascism #antifa #antifascist #bcpoli #vancouver #burnaby #canlab #bcgreens #bcndp #ecosocialism #september30 #september #September2026 #Indigenous #genocide #occupation #colonialism #imperialism #neocolonialism

https://substack.com/@brandimorin/note/c-323067941?r=9zc7r

Jesse Wente is so good at providing context, nuance, positioning and scale!

These are the beginning of his thoughts, in the screenshot below.

I expect you can guess what he'll simply state. But maybe not. If it's new to you, excellent!

#cdnpoli #canada #fascism #antifa #antifascist #bcpoli #vancouver #burnaby #canlab #bcgreens #bcndp #ecosocialism #september30 #september #September2026 #Indigenous #genocide #occupation #colonialism #imperialism #neocolonialism

https://substack.com/@brandimorin/note/c-323067941?r=9zc7r

Jesse Wente is so good at providing context, nuance, positioning and scale!

These are the beginning of his thoughts, in the screenshot below.

I expect you can guess what he'll simply state. But maybe not. If it's new to you, excellent!

#cdnpoli #canada #fascism #antifa #antifascist #bcpoli #vancouver #burnaby #canlab #bcgreens #bcndp #ecosocialism #september30 #september #September2026 #Indigenous #genocide #occupation #colonialism #imperialism #neocolonialism

https://substack.com/@brandimorin/note/c-323067941?r=9zc7r

Jesse Wente is so good at providing context, nuance, positioning and scale!

These are the beginning of his thoughts, in the screenshot below.

I expect you can guess what he'll simply state. But maybe not. If it's new to you, excellent!

#cdnpoli #canada #fascism #antifa #antifascist #bcpoli #vancouver #burnaby #canlab #bcgreens #bcndp #ecosocialism #september30 #september #September2026 #Indigenous #genocide #occupation #colonialism #imperialism #neocolonialism

Monday, September 7, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/09/monday-september-7-2026/

Monday, September 7, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/09/monday-september-7-2026/

Monday, September 7, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/09/monday-september-7-2026/

Monday, September 7, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/09/monday-september-7-2026/

Monday, September 7, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/09/monday-september-7-2026/

Sunday, September 6, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/09/sunday-september-6-2026/

Saturday, September 5, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/09/saturday-september-5-2026/

Friday, September 4, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/09/friday-september-4-2026/

Doug Henwood welcomes historian Alejandro Velasco to talk about #Trump's #oil grab in #Venezuela

https://kpfa.org/episode/behind-the-news-september-3-2026/
#imperialism #petropolitics #petroimperialism #USpol #PDVSA #imperialBullying #neocolonialism

Thursday, September 3, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/09/thursday-september-3-2026/

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/09/tuesday-september-1-2026/

Μερικές σκέψεις για την Οδύσσεια του Nolan.

Τώρα λοιπόν που η διαφημιστική καμπάνια της Οδύσσειας του Nolan έχει σχεδόν ολοκληρωθεί και οι συζητήσεις για το έργο αρχίζουν να γίνονται παρωχημένες, εγώ βρήκα λίγο χρόνο για να γράψω δυο σκέψεις.

Το πλέον πολυσυζητημένο ζήτημα είναι η επιλογή μίας Μαύρης ηθοποιού, της Lupita Nyong'o για το ρόλο της Ωραίας Ελένης, αν και τελικά αυτή η συζήτηση συμπυκνώνει ένα μεγαλύτερο θέμα, το κατά πόσο το κοινό έχει τη διάθεση να δεχτεί τον έντονο woke χαρακτήρα που διακατέχει όλη την ταινία. Δυστυχώς, στο δημόσιο διάλογο αυτή η σκηνοθετική επιλογή εγκλωβίστηκε σε ένα δίπολο μεταξύ ακροδεξιών από την μία, και (κυρίως κεντροαριστερών) δικαιωματιστών από την άλλη, ενώ τα επιχειρήματα που βρίσκονταν εκτός του δίπολου ελάχιστα ακούστηκαν. Η αντικειμενικά προκλητική κίνηση του Nolan να προβάλει μία Μαύρη Ωραία Ελένη ενεργοποίησε τον κάθε ρατσιστή και το internet γέμισε με μισαλλόδοξες ανοησίες. Απέναντι σε αυτόν τον εύκολα γελοιοποιήσιμο αντίπαλο στάθηκε πλήθος δικαιωματιστών όπου προς υπεράσπιση της δικής τους ατζέντας επιδίωξε να παρουσιάσει κάθε κριτική που δέχτηκε το casting ως ακροδεξιά. Είναι όμως έτσι;

Πόσο συμφωνούμε με τις αναρίθμητες Χολιγουντιανές ταινίες για σαμουράι, ιθαγενείς, και άλλες φυλές, όπου οι πρωταγωνιστές είναι Λευκοί Αμερικάνοι; Αλλά και πόσο θα συμφωνούσαμε αν βλέπαμε μία ταινία για Βίκινγκ με πρωταγωνιστές Μαύρους; Το πρόβλημα εδώ δεν είναι αποκλειστικά οι Μαύροι, αλλά η ψευδής προβολή της κοινωνίας ως πολυφυλετικής, αποτελούμενη επίσης από Ασιάτες, Ινδούς, Λατινοαμερικάνους, και Ευρωπαίους. Ενώ το Μεσογειακό στοιχείο είναι σχεδόν εξαφανισμένο.

Όταν κάνεις μία ταινία για ένα συγκεκριμένο λαό και μία συγκεκριμένη γεωγραφική περιοχή, ο μόνος τρόπος να σεβαστείς την εικόνα του ως προς την αναπαράστασή του στη μεγάλη οθόνη είναι μέσα από την υιοθέτηση των ιδιαίτερων χαρακτηριστικών του, έστω εν μέρει. Και οι Αχαιοί του τότε, δεν είχαν αυτά τα πολυφυλετικά χαρακτηριστικά.

Ο Nolan δεν κάνει ούτε την παραμικρή προσπάθεια για να φτιάξει μία ταινία που έστω να προσεγγίζει την ιστορική πραγματικότητα. Το τοπίο όπου διαδραματίζεται η ταινία είναι σκοτεινό (με μία εμμονική προσκόλληση στον πορτοκαλί φωτισμό για να δίνει ένταση), το σεξ έχει διαγραφεί ώστε το προϊόν να είναι family-friendly, τα κουστούμια δε θυμίζουν την ενδυμασία της εποχής (λευκές και μαύρες πανοπλίες δίχως χρηστική αξία για να τονιστεί η αντίθεση ανάμεσα σε καλό-κακό, για εικαστικούς λόγους η Αθηνά φοράει μαντίλι, κ.λπ.), και οι χορογραφημένες μαχητικές σκηνές δεν έχουν τίποτα το ρεαλιστικό (κατά την άλωση της Τροίας δε φόραγαν καν περικεφαλαίες). Η σύνθεση της κοινωνίας δεν έχει σχεδόν κανένα στοιχείο από Ελληνικές και Μεσογειακές φυλές, ενώ περιέχει ένα τρανς άτομο.

Αντιθέτως, επιδιώκεται η αναπαράσταση των κοινωνικών χαρακτηριστικών των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών του σήμερα. Μίας κοινωνίας με έντονες εσωτερικές αντιθέσεις (συμπεριλαμβανομένων των φυλετικών) που προσπαθεί να αποδείξει στον εαυτό της ότι οι αντιθέσεις της μπορούν να ξεπεραστούν ώστε ενωμένη και ισχυρή να διατηρήσει την παγκόσμια κυριαρχία.

Γίνεται εμφανές με τον πλέον εμβληματικό τρόπο, ότι το πολύκροτο “whitewashing” δεν εξαλείφθηκε καθόλου, αλλά μεταλλάχτηκε σε “usa-washing”. Καπηλεύεται πολιτισμικά στοιχεία ενός άλλου λαού, τον οποίο και εξοβελίζει από την αναπαράσταση στην οθόνη. Οι Αχαιοί μέσα από τον στρεβλό φακό του Hollywood απεκδύονται των ιδιαίτερων πολιτισμικών τους χαρακτηριστικών για να προσαρμοστούν στην προκρούστεια κλίνη των αμερικανικών προτύπων. Η Οδύσσεια του Nolan δεν είναι παρά άλλο ένα παράδειγμα πολιτισμικού ιμπεριαλισμού.

Επειδή η ταινία προορίζεται για το αμερικανικό κοινό, διακατέχεται παντού από επεξηγήσεις για το τι συμβαίνει και σε ποιο πλαίσιο διαδραματίζονται τα γεγονότα, μία συνθήκη που την καθιστά εύπεπτη. Χαρακτηριστική είναι η ατάκα του Οδυσσέα ότι «Η Εποχή μας του Χαλκού, καταρρέει» σα να γνώριζε ότι οι ιστορικοί του μέλλοντος θα ονόμαζαν εκείνη την περίοδο ως «Εποχή του Χαλκού». Πέρα όμως από το εμφανές γελοίο, πρέπει να διακρίνουμε ότι αυτή η φράση έχει μία αυξημένη βαρύτητα για το αμερικανικό κοινό όπου αισθάνεται την αυτοκρατορία των ΗΠΑ να καταρρέει κι επομένως ταυτίζεται.

Ακόμη, η ταινία διαδίδει ένα ξεκάθαρο αντιπολεμικό μήνυμα όταν ο πόλεμος ΗΠΑ-Ιράν βρίσκεται στο αποκορύφωμά του, ο συγχρονισμός αυτών των γεγονότων πολλαπλασιάζει την επιρροή της ταινίας αν κι ενδεχομένως να προέκυψε τυχαία. Το αμερικανικό κοινό παραλληλίζεται με τους Έλληνες όπου προβάλλονται ως οι «κακοί» που αρχίζουν έναν επιθετικό πόλεμο, με αποτέλεσμα να ενεργοποιούνται συναισθήματα ενοχής αντίστοιχα με αυτά που αναπτύσσει ο πρωταγωνιστής. Η φράση «προσευχηθείτε για συγχώρεση» όπου απευθύνεται στους συντρόφους του Οδυσσέα είναι και πάλι εκτός τόπου και χρόνου καθώς η αντίληψη ότι ο θεός λυπάται και συγχωρεί τους μετανοημένους είναι χριστιανική. Και πάλι όμως αν δεν προσκολληθούμε στην ιστορική αστοχία, μπορούμε να διακρίνουμε την προσπάθεια να δημιουργηθούν σημεία ταύτισης του σύγχρονου θρησκευόμενου κοινού με τους Αχαιούς. Το συναίσθημα της ενοχής που αναδύεται στο κοινό, φανερώνει έναν λαό που έχει επίγνωση των «αμαρτιών» του κι ελπίζει ότι θα συγχωρεθεί για τα βαμμένα με αίμα χέρια του.

Συνολικά, μπορώ να διακρίνω ότι στην Οδύσσεια του Nolan υπήρξε μία τίμια προσπάθεια να αγγιχθούν ορισμένες ευαίσθητες χορδές του αμερικάνικου κοινού, ωστόσο αυτή η προσπάθεια δεν αρκεί για να σώσει την ταινία. Στον πυρήνα της βρίσκεται η πολιτισμική προπαγάνδα μίας αυτοκρατορίας που αφού σε κυριεύσει με βία (είτε φυσική, είτε οικονομική), μετά θα προσπαθήσει να σε πείσει ότι σε «ανέχεται» γιατί είναι «συμπεριληπτική». Ο δυτικός δικαιωματισμός δεν είναι παρά το ξέπλυμα ενός αιματοβαμμένου επεκτατισμού.

#Nolan #ChristopherNolan #Odyssey #Filmmaking #Movie #ancientgreece #ancient #Greece #Homer #imperialism #USA #Propaganda

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@CakesOfPan

Libraries hold a special place in my heart, for reasons both intellectual and sentimental.

Librarians are guardians of knowledge, champions of freedom, and friends of the people. They are community members, dedicated to helping connect poor people with relevant information, so they can improve their minds, educate themselves, and access job resources.

After I became a #whistleblower in 2023, and was made #homeless , this notion was challenged.

Librarians would block my access, call the police, and have me arrested. If you find this hard to believe, please see my whistleblower website. The PDF linked, has an appendix giving the “receipts” ( documents to corroborate my account ).

http://whistleblower.lovestoblog.com/

I had applied to be a board member of the libraries in Hawai’i after attending their meetings, and saw some corruption there.

Scroll to the bottom of this page, and see the photo of the board members. How many native Hawai’ian faces do you see? Any Japanese or brown folks?

https://folkhawaii.com/about-us/

Their former Director of Membership, Bobby Gebbia, lied in court, before the judge and cameras, saying I was a board member, though I was not granted a membership.

In Hawai’i, librarians appear to be part of the occupying forces, whitewashing colonialism, insidiously taking over and erasing the true history of Hawai’i, which I heard from talking to local old timers.

250 years ago, Hawai’i had not heard of Jesus, and had its own deities, ( Goddess Pele, the creator, Kaneloa, etc. )
Then Captain James Cook invaded, and 90% of the natives were wiped out.

Then Samson Dole attacked with soldiers, threw out the natives, turned their land into plantations, and turned the natives into day laborers on the plantation, on their own land.

Contrary to popular belief, Hawai’i is not a part of the USA, but a belligerently occupied territory,

1887-1897: Hawaiʻi Rebelled against the USA.

Hawaiʻian people did not choose to be part of the USA.
King David Kalākaua was forced to sign what is called the "Bayonet Constitution". Queen Liliuokalani asserted that Kalākaua's life was threatened: "He signed that constitution under absolute compulsion."

https://youtu.be/j8DxdibHibU

Now Hawai’i is full of churches, their own gods are vanishing from memory, thanks to the “librarians”. There’s poverty, a drug epidemic, and seething discontent on the streets. Hawai’ian people are heavily overpoliced, thrown into jail without cause, and denied #justice in the #courts of the occupiers ( #USA ).

All this is hidden from the casual tourist, content to visit a golf course on the sacred land, that has been bulldozed, and be served drinks by little brown people ( usually from the Marshall Islands, Hawai’i locals have mostly left for minimum wage jobs in mainland America ).

Billionaires, like Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, Jeff Bezos, and Oprah Winfrey, “own” huge chunks of the land.

Chinese billionaire, Eva Liu, has controlled the Punalu’u Black Sand beach, with a sweetheart deal ( $1 ), and is proposing erasing this natural landmark, spawning site of the endangered Saddleback Turtles, and building resorts there, in the name of “development”.

In 2022, the Hawai’ian people had a setback in court.
( Hawaiian Kingdom v. #Biden ; December 14, 2022 )

Librarians have been instrumental, in manipulating minds, and pushing through these insidious #imperialist agendas, and disenfranchising and displacing the local people.

#Earth #environment
#library #libraries #librarian #librarians #liberty #hawaii
#bigisland #imperialism #colonialism #capitalism
#rebel #rebellion #revolution #HumanRights #Equalrights

…
The World Bank wishes for more investment in methane gas infrastructure. 🔥
The World Bank cites the USA as progress.
The language is deliberate:

#manipulation #spin #flaring #methane #WorldBank #Texas #USPol #emissions #extractivism #imperialism