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A Look Back at Robin #1 (1991)
Disclaimer: This is my original work with details sourced from reading the comic book and doing personal research. Anyone who wants to use this article, in part or in whole, needs to secure first my permission and agree to cite me as the source and author. Let it be known that any unauthorized use of this article will constrain the author to pursue the remedies under R.A. No. 8293, the Revised Penal Code, and/or all applicable legal actions under the laws of the Philippines.
Welcome back superhero enthusiasts, 1990s culture enthusiasts and comic book collectors! Today we go back to the year 1991 to explore a part of the DC Comics shared universe through one very notable comic book featuring Batman’s sidekick Robin.
For decades, the Caped Crusader Batman (who is business tycoon Bruce Wayne during the day) had Robin as his skilled teenage partner fighting countless waves of criminals in many comic books published through the decades. The most notable fact about Robin is that there are three different characters who took the role as Batman’s sidekick…Dick Grayson (who later joined the Teen Titans and became Nightwing), Jason Todd (who died as a result of a warehouse explosion set up by the Joker who beat him mercilessly) and Tim Drake. Behind the scenes at DC Comics, a decision was made to publish a comic book mini-series featuring Tim Drake Robin.
With those details laid down, here is a look back at Robin #1, published in 1991 by DC Comics with a story written by Chuck Dixon and drawn by the late Tom Lyle.
Early story
The story begins inside the Batcave. Tim Drake is still adjusting in his new role as Robin and right in front of Bruce Wayne (wearing his Batman costume), he feels uneasy deep inside even though he got the role after wanting it so badly. He just could not tell him how much it scares him.
Even though Tim admits he feels unsure and needs more time, Bruce tells him he is ready to be his partner. Still the new Boy Wonder says he is not sure if he has what it takes. Bruce reminds Tim that he has proven to be smart after figuring out correctly his secret identity as Batman. He tells him that he needs to develop himself more to gain his edge.
Meanwhile in Japan, the deadly assassin Lady Shiva meets the martial artist Koroshi and discovers he has been paralyzed and limited on a wheelchair…
Quality
Tim Drake undergoes training in Paris. Bruce Wayne sent him there to improve himself by learning from a master.As a tale strongly focused on Robin, this comic book has a fine blend of action, discovery, intrigue and even elements of culture clash. It gradually dramatizes Tim Drake’s development into Robin showing moments of trial-and-error, getting himself educated far away from home, experiencing humiliation and overcoming the odds while having limitations.
The script written by Chuck Dixon is not limited to presenting how the newest Robin came to be. I enjoyed how Dixon crafted Tim Drake’s private talks with Batman and the butler Alfred Pennyworth. Each interaction with the established characters were rich in details and there is that sense of the new Robin looking up to Batman as his mentor and to Alfred as a guidance councilor.
The new Robin learns valuable lessons from Alfred at Wayne’s residence.By going all the way to France to learn from an Asian master, Tim Drake’s journey has some similarities with how Bruce Wayne developed himself into becoming Batman. It should be noted that this tale took place sometime after the death of his predecessor Jason Todd (beaten by the Joker who eventually became the Islamic terrorist regime of Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations) and it is indeed a part of Batman becoming more stable after overcoming the trauma of Todd’s demise.
For those who still find Robin as an unbelievable teenage crime fighter simply because of his youth, there are young gangsters in this tale that symbolically are the opposites of Batman’s sidekick. This was Chuck Dixon’s way of reminding people that there are indeed teenage criminals or youth gangs that exist around the world. Such young criminals or abusers still exist to this day and Robin’s status as a teenage crime fighter is clearly justified.
As a standalone tale, this comic book is pretty good and there is clear coordination between Chuck Dixon and Tom Lyle who did a fine job visualizing the script. Lyle’s art has this fine balance visualizing character development scenes, transition scenes and dynamic action. Historically, Lyle went on to draw the Robin II and Robin III mini-series for DC Comics before moving to Marvel Comics to work on Spider-Man comic books. In this very comic book, you can see how talented Lyle really was on illustrations.
Conclusion
Batman and Robin in an early scene in this comic book. Pay attention to the details.Even though I am not a fan of Robin, I can say that the Dixon-Lyle duo succeeded in making Robin #1 (1991) a really entertaining and engaging read. It definitely is a strong start to a Robin mini-series and also serves as a defining moment for Batman’s sidekick who also got modernized at the time.
Overall, Robin #1 (1991) is recommended.
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#MissKittyPolitics
If there is no #Palestine.
If #Uryghurs are not self determined.
If Tibet is not #Tibet on its own.
If there is no seat for #Indigenous Nations at the UN.
Who is free? WHO? Nobody.
If only thing you do is #VoteBlue and don't change anything, it's going to get worse.
#Armageddon -
#MissKittyPolitics
If there is no #Palestine.
If #Uryghurs are not self determined.
If Tibet is not #Tibet on its own.
If there is no seat for #Indigenous Nations at the UN.
Who is free? WHO? Nobody.
If only thing you do is #VoteBlue and don't change anything, it's going to get worse.
#Armageddon -
CrossAsia: Old Tibetan Prints, New Digital Access: PechaBridge and the Digital Collections at Stabi. “Digitization makes historical Tibetan pecha prints visible online, but visibility alone does not make their content readable, searchable, or reusable for research. PechaBridge is an open-source pipeline connecting digitized materials from the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin with layout analysis, […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/10/old-tibetan-prints-new-digital-access-pechabridge-and-the-digital-collections-at-stabi-crossasia/ -
CrossAsia: Old Tibetan Prints, New Digital Access: PechaBridge and the Digital Collections at Stabi. “Digitization makes historical Tibetan pecha prints visible online, but visibility alone does not make their content readable, searchable, or reusable for research. PechaBridge is an open-source pipeline connecting digitized materials from the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin with layout analysis, […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/10/old-tibetan-prints-new-digital-access-pechabridge-and-the-digital-collections-at-stabi-crossasia/ -
"Seminars like this directly contradict the Communist Party of China’s ideological mandate that any discussion of anything Tibetan must be based on the presupposition – no matter how glaringly ridiculous – that the Tibetan civilization is just an offshoot of Chinese civilization."
#Tibet #TibetanBuddhism #TibetanReview #Buddhism #Politics #Asia #DalaiLama #Nepal #China #CCP https://www.tibetanreview.net/china-aborted-intl-tibetan-studies-conference-in-kathmandu-to-be-held-online/
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"Seminars like this directly contradict the Communist Party of China’s ideological mandate that any discussion of anything Tibetan must be based on the presupposition – no matter how glaringly ridiculous – that the Tibetan civilization is just an offshoot of Chinese civilization."
#Tibet #TibetanBuddhism #TibetanReview #Buddhism #Politics #Asia #DalaiLama #Nepal #China #CCP https://www.tibetanreview.net/china-aborted-intl-tibetan-studies-conference-in-kathmandu-to-be-held-online/
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⬆️ @Geri
>> A #British merchant being carried by a Sikkimese lady on her back. #WestBengal circa 1903.
Literally brokeback mountain. They came to these lands and the natives literally bore their burden.
Updated AltText to active voice with more details: "A barefeet Asian lady carries a booted white man uphill in a basket on her back."
#Sikkim ( #India ) borders #Tibet and is nestled in the eastern #Himalayas.
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Fleischfressende Pflanze: Steinbrech-Blume aus Tibet ernährt sich von Insekten – Forschung Aktuell, Volkart Wildermuth
Volkart Wildermuth erläutert, dass die Tibet‑Steinbrechart Saxifraga candelabrum nachgewiesenermaßen Insekten anlockt, fängt, verdaut und daraus Nährstoffe aufnimmt.
#DLF #FleischfressendePflanzen #ForschungAktuell #Insekten #Natur #Pflanzen #podnotesNet #SteinbrechBlume #Tibet #VolkartWildermuth #Wissen -
No one knew what Lobga Rangzen was planning. Not the monk who was his friend of 30 years, not his niece in New York. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/07/asia-pacific/politics/tibetan-self-immolation-new-york/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #us #tibet #humanrights
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No one knew what Lobga Rangzen was planning. Not the monk who was his friend of 30 years, not his niece in New York. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/07/asia-pacific/politics/tibetan-self-immolation-new-york/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #us #tibet #humanrights
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#Tibet #China #CulturalUnityLaw #FreeTibet
"China mandated Chinese as its primary language for schools and government agencies in a sweeping new 'ethnic unity' law implemented July 1."A rare glimpse into Tibet, where some hope to preserve language and customs despite China’s new law
"Critics argue the law forces assimilation and erodes the rights of Tibetans."
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2026/08/05/tibet-language-customs/ -
#Tibet #China #CulturalUnityLaw #FreeTibet
"China mandated Chinese as its primary language for schools and government agencies in a sweeping new 'ethnic unity' law implemented July 1."A rare glimpse into Tibet, where some hope to preserve language and customs despite China’s new law
"Critics argue the law forces assimilation and erodes the rights of Tibetans."
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2026/08/05/tibet-language-customs/ -
#Tibet #China #CulturalUnityLaw #FreeTibet
*WATCH
"Beijing says the law will improve national integration, but for Tibetan activists, it is another attempt by Beijing to erode local identity."Tibet fears erosion of cultural identity under new Chinese Ethnic Unity Law
"In July, China implemented a new Ethnic Unity Law, which aims to strengthen patriotism across all regions of the country, including those populated by peoples who are not part of China's dominant Han…"
https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260805-tibet-fears-erosion-of-cultural-identity-under-new-chinese-ethnic-unity-law -
#Tibet #China #CulturalUnityLaw #FreeTibet
*WATCH
"Beijing says the law will improve national integration, but for Tibetan activists, it is another attempt by Beijing to erode local identity."Tibet fears erosion of cultural identity under new Chinese Ethnic Unity Law
"In July, China implemented a new Ethnic Unity Law, which aims to strengthen patriotism across all regions of the country, including those populated by peoples who are not part of China's dominant Han…"
https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260805-tibet-fears-erosion-of-cultural-identity-under-new-chinese-ethnic-unity-law -
O nouă lege adoptată în 🇨🇳#China accelerează asimilarea culturală.
#Tibetul încearcă să-și salveze limba. -
O nouă lege adoptată în 🇨🇳#China accelerează asimilarea culturală.
#Tibetul încearcă să-și salveze limba. -
Греческий, древнегреческий язык
грецька, давньогрецька мова
Ελληνικά, Αρχαία Ελληνικά
Greek, Ancient Greek
#греческий, #древнегреческийязык
#грецька, #давньогрецькамова
#Ελληνικά, #Αρχαία Ελληνικά
#Greek, #Ancient Greek
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/664Аюрведа
#Аюрведа
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/663t.me/Avraam_Edelberg_archive
Канал где большинство книг и статей слиты в корневую директорию, терабайты книг, поэтому их можно найти по поиску названия. В поиске надо учитывать, что многие файлы названы латиницей, подчёркиваниями, сокращениями, поэтому можно использовать умный поиск, по автору, ключевым словам названия.Алексиевич, Анни Эрно Annie Ernaux, Ольга Токарчук
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/659Sbírka knih v češtině a slovenštině (1868-2021)
Собрание книг на чешском и словацком языках (1868-2021)
Collection of books in Czech and Slovak (1868-2021)
Збірка книг чеською та словацькою мовами (1868-2021)
#чешский, #словацкий, #книги, иностранные языки, литература на иностранных языках #Čeština, #slovenština, #knihy, cizí jazyky, literatura v cizích jazycích чеська, #словацька, книги, іноземні мови, література іноземними мовами #Czech, #Slovak, books, foreign languages, literature in foreign languages
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/657Владимир Высоцкий
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/656диафильмы
filmstrips діафільми
#диафильмы
#filmstrips #діафільми
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/653ajedrez, libros en español
шахматы, книги на испанском
chess, books in spanish
#ajedrez, #libros en #español
#шахматы, #книги на испанском
#chess, #books in #spanish
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/651ветеринария
#ветеринария
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/650Судебная медицина
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/649Math Collection 5
Books in english
#Математика, #точныенауки, #алгебра, #анализ, #геометрия, #фрактальнаягеометрия, #вычисления, #статистика, #вероятность, #алгоритмы и пр.
#Mathematics, #algebra, #analysis, #geometry, #fractal geometry, #calculations, #statistics, #probability, #algorithms, etc.
#Математика, #точнінауки, #алгебра, #аналіз, #геометрія, #фрактальнагеометрія, #обчислення, #статистика, #ймовірність, #алгоритми та ін.
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/644Mythology myth
in English
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/643Собрания сочинений
Collected works, Зібрання творів
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/641Тибет.
Тибетский язык, литература, культура, религия
Tibet. Tibetan language, literature, culture, religion
Тибет. Тибетська мова, література, культура, релігія
西藏。 藏語、文學、文化、宗教
#Тибет.
#Тибетскийязык, #литература, культура, #религия
#Tibet. #Tibetan language, #literature, #culture, #religion
#Тибет. #Тибетськамова, #література, #культура, #релігія
#西藏。 #藏語、#文學、#文化、#宗教
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/636Китайский язык, литература
на китайском языке
Chinese language, literature in Chinese
Китайська мова, література китайською мовою
漢語、漢語文學
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/635Майя. Древняя история, язык
Майя. Давня історія, мова
Mayan. ancient history, language древние языки
#Майя. #Древняяистория, #язык
#Майя. #Давняісторія, #мова
#Mayan. #ancient history, #language #древние языки
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/634Новые подкасты
А нас не спрашивали
t.me/yura15cbx_podcast
Подкаст 42, о науке, Вселенной и вообще
t.me/podcast_42
Тишина мира
t.me/silence_podcast
Журнал "Америка"
t.me/America_magazineКаналы
Новости Открытого общества. Без цензуры, без пропаганды
https://t.me/open_society_news
Media. Видео, музыка
t.me/media_yura15cbx -
Греческий, древнегреческий язык
грецька, давньогрецька мова
Ελληνικά, Αρχαία Ελληνικά
Greek, Ancient Greek
#греческий, #древнегреческийязык
#грецька, #давньогрецькамова
#Ελληνικά, #Αρχαία Ελληνικά
#Greek, #Ancient Greek
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/664Аюрведа
#Аюрведа
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/663t.me/Avraam_Edelberg_archive
Канал где большинство книг и статей слиты в корневую директорию, терабайты книг, поэтому их можно найти по поиску названия. В поиске надо учитывать, что многие файлы названы латиницей, подчёркиваниями, сокращениями, поэтому можно использовать умный поиск, по автору, ключевым словам названия.Алексиевич, Анни Эрно Annie Ernaux, Ольга Токарчук
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/659Sbírka knih v češtině a slovenštině (1868-2021)
Собрание книг на чешском и словацком языках (1868-2021)
Collection of books in Czech and Slovak (1868-2021)
Збірка книг чеською та словацькою мовами (1868-2021)
#чешский, #словацкий, #книги, иностранные языки, литература на иностранных языках #Čeština, #slovenština, #knihy, cizí jazyky, literatura v cizích jazycích чеська, #словацька, книги, іноземні мови, література іноземними мовами #Czech, #Slovak, books, foreign languages, literature in foreign languages
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/657Владимир Высоцкий
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/656диафильмы
filmstrips діафільми
#диафильмы
#filmstrips #діафільми
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/653ajedrez, libros en español
шахматы, книги на испанском
chess, books in spanish
#ajedrez, #libros en #español
#шахматы, #книги на испанском
#chess, #books in #spanish
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/651ветеринария
#ветеринария
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/650Судебная медицина
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/649Math Collection 5
Books in english
#Математика, #точныенауки, #алгебра, #анализ, #геометрия, #фрактальнаягеометрия, #вычисления, #статистика, #вероятность, #алгоритмы и пр.
#Mathematics, #algebra, #analysis, #geometry, #fractal geometry, #calculations, #statistics, #probability, #algorithms, etc.
#Математика, #точнінауки, #алгебра, #аналіз, #геометрія, #фрактальнагеометрія, #обчислення, #статистика, #ймовірність, #алгоритми та ін.
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/644Mythology myth
in English
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/643Собрания сочинений
Collected works, Зібрання творів
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/641Тибет.
Тибетский язык, литература, культура, религия
Tibet. Tibetan language, literature, culture, religion
Тибет. Тибетська мова, література, культура, релігія
西藏。 藏語、文學、文化、宗教
#Тибет.
#Тибетскийязык, #литература, культура, #религия
#Tibet. #Tibetan language, #literature, #culture, #religion
#Тибет. #Тибетськамова, #література, #культура, #релігія
#西藏。 #藏語、#文學、#文化、#宗教
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/636Китайский язык, литература
на китайском языке
Chinese language, literature in Chinese
Китайська мова, література китайською мовою
漢語、漢語文學
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/635Майя. Древняя история, язык
Майя. Давня історія, мова
Mayan. ancient history, language древние языки
#Майя. #Древняяистория, #язык
#Майя. #Давняісторія, #мова
#Mayan. #ancient history, #language #древние языки
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/634Новые подкасты
А нас не спрашивали
t.me/yura15cbx_podcast
Подкаст 42, о науке, Вселенной и вообще
t.me/podcast_42
Тишина мира
t.me/silence_podcast
Журнал "Америка"
t.me/America_magazineКаналы
Новости Открытого общества. Без цензуры, без пропаганды
https://t.me/open_society_news
Media. Видео, музыка
t.me/media_yura15cbx -
The Tibetan community in NSW and supporters rallied at Martin Place in Sydney today. The event was to commemorate the death of Lobga Rangzen and to oppose China's "ethnic unity" law
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The Tibetan community in NSW and supporters rallied at Martin Place in Sydney today. The event was to commemorate the death of Lobga Rangzen and to oppose China's "ethnic unity" law
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@IndyMediaAus
The article panders to #China ‘s #PRC foreign policy in accepting the #PRC’s claims that any territories the #PLA *invaded* — the most prominent case being the annexation of #Tibet — where historically part of modern China (the *Han* empire, another falsehood). The same illogic applied to its claims on #Taiwan.This makes TWO unbearable foreign policy errors from an Australian perspective. The other, of course, concerns Israel and its Zionist govt.
Tempted not to read the remainder of the article after this monumental error.
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@IndyMediaAus
The article panders to #China ‘s #PRC foreign policy in accepting the #PRC’s claims that any territories the #PLA *invaded* — the most prominent case being the annexation of #Tibet — where historically part of modern China (the *Han* empire, another falsehood). The same illogic applied to its claims on #Taiwan.This makes TWO unbearable foreign policy errors from an Australian perspective. The other, of course, concerns Israel and its Zionist govt.
Tempted not to read the remainder of the article after this monumental error.
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CW: CW: Imperialism, China
For the millionth time: if you're anti-imperialist, China is not your utopia. It's imperialist as fuck. Tibet. East Turkestan/Xinjiang. Hong Kong. The South China Sea. Constant military threats against Taiwan. You don't defeat one empire by cheering for another. Anti-imperialism means opposing empires. All of them.
This is not the utopia we are looking for.
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📜 Related note on modern day genocide narratives. I grew up at a time when the term genocide referred to a deliberate effort to eradicate an entire/unique ethnic group. The concept was needed when the West had to come to grips with the industrial scale murder programme of the Nazi's Holocaust.
Before and after Hitler, Stalin's soviet-russia (and russians for all the centuries of their colonial expansionism) also aimed to eradicate "minority ethnicities" and their languages and cultures. The invading Spanish colonizers from 1500s onwards weren't exactly boy scouts in South America.
Since invading Tibet in 1950 and taking control of East Turkestan and South Mongolia the Chinese communist (since 2010s ethno-fascist) dictatorship may "only" have killed a significant minority of its newly-captive colonial subjects, but the regime's repressive policies are directly aimed at eradicating those now-occupied "minorities' " ethnic identity, culture, language... their frigging unique written scripts and history (!) while those *lebensraums* are totally dominated by the colonialist Chinese and their settlers.
The CCP is dead set on eradicating those colonized peoples. What is that if not genocide as it was initially conceived after WWII?
The Arabs of Palestine (a post-WWI concept), particularly the civilian population, have been subjected to post-Oct7 Israeli war crimes and massacres that should result in a trial in the Haque. Yet a little a history in useful: The Western Middle East and the entire Northern Africa (and even much of Spain and Portugal from 700s to late 1400s!) was overrun by Arabs (see: The Arab Conquest) incited by the newly created religion of Islam. All of the medieval cultures, languages and populations of North Africa were eradicated. Most Jews fled their ancestral lands, scattering across Europe and in pockets as early "untermensch" under newly-islamic fiefdoms in the region.
Facing repression nearly everywhere, the Nazi Holocaust was the final straw that incentiviced the Jewish people to try and reclaim their ancestral homeland (the idea of nation states had first bloomed in pre-democratic and still partially colonized Europe of 1800s).
Now, IMHO, the re-establishment of a Jewish home state (Israel) was a logical objective under the circumstances (which I realize makes me a "zionist"); the Jewish culture/religion has, due to its characteristics, survived countless generations in exile. Countless populations have been genocided for all eternity, but the Jews managed to hang on for a second chance.
The Arabs now settled in those previously Jewish ancestral lands had a choice to make when the exiled Jews started returning after mid-1940s. Some took Israeli citizenship (recognized by the constitution), others chose to wage war for their piece of the Arab Conquest...
The last Arab-run poll of Gaza population prior to Oct7 attack had 70% of Gazan adults supporting their *islamist* rulers (Hamas cancelled elections after gaining power, quelle surprise). Their specific goal was "from the river to the sea" i.e. total eradication of Israel along the lines of their ancestral Arab Conquest. Ethnically, linguistically and culturally identical to all neighbouring arabicized states they could resume their lives as majority Arabs in any of them (although they're now wary of the militancy!), but it's the principle of the Conquest. Moreover Arabs/islamists have claimed many ancient Jewish holy places as theirs (similar issues irritate the Hindus in India) so owning Israel is a koranic mission to hardline islamists. I'm an agnostic, but I feel that claiming other people's heritage as your religious conquest is a little over the top in modern world.
The Western liberals waving "Palestine" flags and calling rightwing Israelis and the ultra-orthodox settlers nazis are indeed *partially* right.
They should also understand *what* it is that they are supporting (re-enactment of Arab Conquest) and *why* (for the benefit of the anti-democratic Axis and to divide Western democracies).
#genocide #Israel #Palestine #ArabConquest #russia #china #Tibet #uighurs
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📜 Related note on modern day genocide narratives. I grew up at a time when the term genocide referred to a deliberate effort to eradicate an entire/unique ethnic group. The concept was needed when the West had to come to grips with the industrial scale murder programme of the Nazi's Holocaust.
Before and after Hitler, Stalin's soviet-russia (and russians for all the centuries of their colonial expansionism) also aimed to eradicate "minority ethnicities" and their languages and cultures. The invading Spanish colonizers from 1500s onwards weren't exactly boy scouts in South America.
Since invading Tibet in 1950 and taking control of East Turkestan and South Mongolia the Chinese communist (since 2010s ethno-fascist) dictatorship may "only" have killed a significant minority of its newly-captive colonial subjects, but the regime's repressive policies are directly aimed at eradicating those now-occupied "minorities' " ethnic identity, culture, language... their frigging unique written scripts and history (!) while those *lebensraums* are totally dominated by the colonialist Chinese and their settlers.
The CCP is dead set on eradicating those colonized peoples. What is that if not genocide as it was initially conceived after WWII?
The Arabs of Palestine (a post-WWI concept), particularly the civilian population, have been subjected to post-Oct7 Israeli war crimes and massacres that should result in a trial in the Haque. Yet a little a history in useful: The Western Middle East and the entire Northern Africa (and even much of Spain and Portugal from 700s to late 1400s!) was overrun by Arabs (see: The Arab Conquest) incited by the newly created religion of Islam. All of the medieval cultures, languages and populations of North Africa were eradicated. Most Jews fled their ancestral lands, scattering across Europe and in pockets as early "untermensch" under newly-islamic fiefdoms in the region.
Facing repression nearly everywhere, the Nazi Holocaust was the final straw that incentiviced the Jewish people to try and reclaim their ancestral homeland (the idea of nation states had first bloomed in pre-democratic and still partially colonized Europe of 1800s).
Now, IMHO, the re-establishment of a Jewish home state (Israel) was a logical objective under the circumstances (which I realize makes me a "zionist"); the Jewish culture/religion has, due to its characteristics, survived countless generations in exile. Countless populations have been genocided for all eternity, but the Jews managed to hang on for a second chance.
The Arabs now settled in those previously Jewish ancestral lands had a choice to make when the exiled Jews started returning after mid-1940s. Some took Israeli citizenship (recognized by the constitution), others chose to wage war for their piece of the Arab Conquest...
The last Arab-run poll of Gaza population prior to Oct7 attack had 70% of Gazan adults supporting their *islamist* rulers (Hamas cancelled elections after gaining power, quelle surprise). Their specific goal was "from the river to the sea" i.e. total eradication of Israel along the lines of their ancestral Arab Conquest. Ethnically, linguistically and culturally identical to all neighbouring arabicized states they could resume their lives as majority Arabs in any of them (although they're now wary of the militancy!), but it's the principle of the Conquest. Moreover Arabs/islamists have claimed many ancient Jewish holy places as theirs (similar issues irritate the Hindus in India) so owning Israel is a koranic mission to hardline islamists. I'm an agnostic, but I feel that claiming other people's heritage as your religious conquest is a little over the top in modern world.
The Western liberals waving "Palestine" flags and calling rightwing Israelis and the ultra-orthodox settlers nazis are indeed *partially* right.
They should also understand *what* it is that they are supporting (re-enactment of Arab Conquest) and *why* (for the benefit of the anti-democratic Axis and to divide Western democracies).
#genocide #Israel #Palestine #ArabConquest #russia #china #Tibet #uighurs
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Tibet is fading from international discourse as its issues of sovereignty, cultural preservation and human rights remain unresolved
"[the self-immolation of Lobga Rangzen] was tragic not merely because a life was lost, but because it underscores an uncomfortable reality. Tibet increasingly enters global consciousness only through moments of extraordinary despair."
https://bitterwinter.org/is-the-tibetan-cause-fading-from-the-worlds-attention/
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Tibet is fading from international discourse as its issues of sovereignty, cultural preservation and human rights remain unresolved
"[the self-immolation of Lobga Rangzen] was tragic not merely because a life was lost, but because it underscores an uncomfortable reality. Tibet increasingly enters global consciousness only through moments of extraordinary despair."
https://bitterwinter.org/is-the-tibetan-cause-fading-from-the-worlds-attention/
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🗣️ The Power of Publishing in Early Modern Tibetan Buddhism (A ✨NEW✨, free, 69-minute podcast)
Tags: #TibetanArt #Paper #Tibet
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/av/publishing-in-early-modern-tibet_nourse-benjamin -
🗣️ The Power of Publishing in Early Modern Tibetan Buddhism (A ✨NEW✨, free, 69-minute podcast)
Tags: #TibetanArt #Paper #Tibet
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/av/publishing-in-early-modern-tibet_nourse-benjamin -
Il Buddha di tre piani intento a meditare nell’alto castello dei dinasti del Ladakh
https://www.jacoporanieri.com/blog/?p=44853#castelli #regge #templi #monasteri #religione #buddhismo #ladakh #india #Tibet #himalaya #costruzioni #architettura #statue #storia #antichità #dinastie #sovrani #fortezze #regni #conflitti #sacralità #popoli #società #subcontinente #asia #culto #buddha
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Logs: RT Tibet, July 18, 2026
RT Tibet Mandarin’s "Tibet Simulcast" on shortwave was extended by 15 minutes this morning, postponing the start of "Fascinating Tibet" to 04:45 UTC.
According to the industry publication "Media Insider", "Fascinating Tibet" (魅力西藏) is among the "high potentials" on RT Tibet’s Mandarin schedule, along with "Traffic Hotline" (交通热线), Morning World News (新闻早世界), and "980 Morning/Evening Rush Hour" (980早/晚高峰).
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Logs: RT Tibet, July 18, 2026
RT Tibet Mandarin’s "Tibet Simulcast" on shortwave was extended by 15 minutes this morning, postponing the start of "Fascinating Tibet" to 04:45 UTC.
According to the industry publication "Media Insider", "Fascinating Tibet" (魅力西藏) is among the "high potentials", among the programs, along with "Traffic Hotline" (交通热线), Morning World News (新闻早世界), and "980 Morning/Evening Rush Hour" (980早/晚高峰).
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Washington's shift from liberal‑values diplomacy toward a Christian‑nationalist framework is weakening the traditional basis of the U.S.-Japan alliance and turning religious freedom into a selective diplomatic tool. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/07/16/japan/us-japan-relations-next/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #us #coldwar #sovietunion #donaldtrump #christianity #china #usjapanrelations #dei #chinesecommunistparty #jinmingri #xijinping #xinjiang #tibet #falungong #shinzoabe
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Washington's shift from liberal‑values diplomacy toward a Christian‑nationalist framework is weakening the traditional basis of the U.S.-Japan alliance and turning religious freedom into a selective diplomatic tool. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/07/16/japan/us-japan-relations-next/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #us #coldwar #sovietunion #donaldtrump #christianity #china #usjapanrelations #dei #chinesecommunistparty #jinmingri #xijinping #xinjiang #tibet #falungong #shinzoabe
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Tibetan, Uyghur and Hong Kong communities in Australia are united in their opposition to China's "ethnic unity" law
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-16/communities-condemn-china-ethnic-unity-law/106918618
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Tibetan, Uyghur and Hong Kong communities in Australia are united in their opposition to China's "ethnic unity" law
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-16/communities-condemn-china-ethnic-unity-law/106918618
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With Chinese authorities stepping up their assimilation efforts, Asia risks not only losing one of its oldest civilizations, but also facing a China that is bigger, bolder and more powerful than ever. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/07/15/world/chinas-erases-tibet/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #tibet #chinesecommunistparty #ccp #humanrights
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With Chinese authorities stepping up their assimilation efforts, Asia risks not only losing one of its oldest civilizations, but also facing a China that is bigger, bolder and more powerful than ever. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/07/15/world/chinas-erases-tibet/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #tibet #chinesecommunistparty #ccp #humanrights
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Joint Statement: Rejecting Beijing’s “Ethnic Unity Law” and Transnational Repression
Signed by 39 community groups representing Hong Kong, Tibet, East Turkistan, Southern Mongolia and Taiwan
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Hundreds Rally Outside Chinese Consulate in Sydney, Saying Tibet Has Never Been Part of China
