yesterday i saw a young trotskyist cadre...

[ed miliband]

in a beret and pea coat, running at a phone box to put up a poster. this is the second time i have seen trotskyists behaving like this, although this guy was quite a bit more aggressive; he definitely thought it was the eve of the revolution.

is this the new paper selling?

[Sasha]

maybe they where shooting a new "the young ones" series :D

zmvaZEz2GgU

[Vladimir Innit Lenin]

I was at family in Islington when the olympic flame was passing through. It was all a little bit 'britannia', but as it was Islington, there was a strong element of local Black/Minority Ethnic culture - dancing, music, food etc.

And there were 3 trots (couldn't make out what party they were from, but they were well-dressed and young enough that i'm sure they must have been students of some trot party) across the road basically throwing some rag paper at passers' by.

I wanted to just run across the road, throw over their stand and be like, you know, what the fuck are you doing? You're so irrelevant it's fucking hilarious.

[Prometeo liberado]

Were they wearing two or three button suits? This has a direct bearing on whether they are indeed obsolete.

[Ostrinski]

Reminds of I think it was cmoney/The Douche that said he was out with a comrade and going to pick up someone else and they came out wearing military fatigues :laugh:

Aw Christ the left

[The Douche]

Reminds of I think it was cmoney/The Douche that said he was out with a comrade and going to pick up someone else and they came out wearing military fatigues :laugh:

Aw Christ the left

Haha yeah, the dude almost looked like MRN. So glad I never did any real political work with that dude.

[Ravachol]

Reminds of I think it was cmoney/The Douche that said he was out with a comrade and going to pick up someone else and they came out wearing military fatigues :laugh:

Aw Christ the left

You can often see from a distance of what faction of 'the left' people at demos are a part of. If they're slightly pimpled, long-haired guys in power metal t-shirts they're members of the social-democratic Socialist Party (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Party_(Netherlands)) youth. If they're either camo-wearing living billboards waving 10 placards at the same time or semi-hip postgrad students wearing whatever H&M or Forever 21 is putting out this season they're most likely members of the Trotskyist IS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Socialists_(Netherlands)) and if they're anarchists or autonomists they're either wearing black hoodies with crust patches, camo cargo pants and have long dreadlocks and a septum piercing or they wear black skinny jeans northface jackets and sunglasses in November. :laugh:

[Ostrinski]

What if it's just an average Joe

[Rugged Collectivist]

in a beret and pea coat, running at a phone box to put up a poster. this is the second time i have seen trotskyists behaving like this, although this guy was quite a bit more aggressive; he definitely thought it was the eve of the revolution.

is this the new paper selling?

Okay, the beret is dumb, but can any of you honestly resist the allure of a nice pea coat?:blushing:

[Ostrinski]

I wear my great grandfather's peacoat. Damn I wonder if this makes me look dumb, never considered it

[Red Future]

I have a beret and a peacoat. Am I a trotskyist? :laugh:

[Igor]

I have a beret and a peacoat. Am I a trotskyist? :laugh:

yes

[Igor]

I wear my great grandfather's peacoat. Damn I wonder if this makes me look dumb, never considered it

no. there's nothing wrong with peacoats. there's lots of things wrong with berets though

[Red Future]

yes

This is depressing news....

[Avanti]

in a beret and pea coat, running at a phone box to put up a poster. this is the second time i have seen trotskyists behaving like this, although this guy was quite a bit more aggressive; he definitely thought it was the eve of the revolution.

is this the new paper selling?

it sounds cool.

like rik mayall ("the young ones") in the post office scene in the bomb episode. it's so wonderfully retro.

youtube.com/watch?v=-lY65-APIwY

i would almost contemplate becoming a trotskoid if they start with that style.

[Avanti]

maybe they where shooting a new "the young ones" series :D


did not see this. damn. :laugh:

[thriller]

I wear my great grandfather's peacoat. Damn I wonder if this makes me look dumb, never considered it

I found my grandfathers one in the basement, been packed away for like 7 years, pure 100% cashmere, like a prole.

[Yet_Another_Boring_Marxist]

no. there's nothing wrong with peacoats. there's lots of things wrong with berets though

What's wrong with Berets? Didn't Lenin wear one?

[Ostrinski]

Berets are pretty lame

[Ostrinski]

What's wrong with Berets? Didn't Lenin wear one?This is the best post I've seen in a while

[Os Cangaceiros]

Berets remind me of Patty Hearst. She wore some kind of beret thing on her head, didn't she.

http://www.encoremichigan.com/articleimages/EM_1703_Patty.jpg

Either that or the Black Panthers.

[Geiseric]

Well boy scouts have berets, so it must be a bourgeois pseudo hitler youth thing. Pea coats are legit though.

[Q]

http://i.qkme.me/3ruhoz.jpg

Am I doing it right?

[GoddessCleoLover]

[QUOTE=Os Cangaceiros;2535349]Berets remind me of Patty Hearst. She wore some kind of beret thing on her head, didn't she.

"Patty Hearst heard the burst of Roland's Thompson gun and bought it."

RIP Warren Z.

[Ravachol]

http://i.qkme.me/3ruhoz.jpg

Am I doing it right?

I have almost the exact same coat, gloves and sunglasses...
not the stupid cap though

[cynicles]

I have almost the exact same coat, gloves and sunglasses...
not the stupid cap though
The cap does ruin the whole ensemble.

[Igor]

the cap and the glasses are p horrible. i have pretty much the exact same coat myself and i don't actually own any pair of gloves at the moment

[statichaos]

I remember going to some sort of Maoist journalists' meeting in the early 90s. They were all wearing identical berets and pissed-off expressions. It was fabulous. Every single question asked of them was answered with a long diatribe on the plight of African-Americans in the United States. Not a single dark face was to be seen on the panel.

Dug the headwear, though. And I would really like a peacoat.

[GoddessCleoLover]

Bob Avakian often sports a chapeau but it isn't officially a beret, is it? Back in the day Maoists used to fancy some type of Greek fisherman's cap.

[Rafiq]

I have almost the exact same coat, gloves and sunglasses...
not the stupid cap though


Aye, I've the coat as well. I hate the damn thing though... The days when leather coats were used exclusively by communists are days I'm saddened are gone.

[Rafiq]

Berets are dumb. Not as bad as green mao caps but are still fucking dumb.

[statichaos]

Berets are dumb. Not as bad as green mao caps but are still fucking dumb.

You have to have a certain sense of style to properly pull off a beret. Practically nobody has that nowadays, and indeed, most who try do end up looking silly in the process.

[An archist]

You can often see from a distance of what faction of 'the left' people at demos are a part of. If they're slightly pimpled, long-haired guys in power metal t-shirts they're members of the social-democratic Socialist Party (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Party_(Netherlands)) youth. If they're either camo-wearing living billboards waving 10 placards at the same time or semi-hip postgrad students wearing whatever H&M or Forever 21 is putting out this season they're most likely members of the Trotskyist IS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Socialists_(Netherlands)) and if they're anarchists or autonomists they're either wearing black hoodies with crust patches, camo cargo pants and have long dreadlocks and a septum piercing or they wear black skinny jeans northface jackets and sunglasses in November. :laugh:

They were normal jeans :glare:

[DDR]

So no berets, but what about txapelas?

http://juanvelarde.blogia.com/upload/20111020234205-eta-420x210.jpg

[thriller]

So no berets, but what about txapelas?

http://juanvelarde.blogia.com/upload/20111020234205-eta-420x210.jpg

Cobra!!!!

[Althusser]

I have a che guevara halloween beret with fake hair attached. Am I a Trot or a ML?

I'm confused....

what?

[Althusser]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ztovbV7vTOo/SImL6HBty8I/AAAAAAAADR8/d3dUzyGgPN0/s400/stalin-supporters.jpg

Look at this lousy beret wearing trot!

[thriller]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ztovbV7vTOo/SImL6HBty8I/AAAAAAAADR8/d3dUzyGgPN0/s400/stalin-supporters.jpg

Look at this lousy beret wearing trot!

I like how it says "J. Stalin"
As if people in Russia have no idea who he is.

[Ostrinski]

There's a rapper named J. Stalin. Making that a funny picture.

[Rugged Collectivist]

So no berets, but what about txapelas?

http://juanvelarde.blogia.com/upload/20111020234205-eta-420x210.jpg

Those are cool. But we can't wear them in america, as they look like klan hoods with the points tucked under berets.

[Trap Queen Voxxy]

Berets are pretty lame

Negative, people who can't pull off berets are lame.

[Rugged Collectivist]

Negative, people who can't pull off berets are lame.

Nah berets are lame. They're stupid looking hats that serve no special purpose that another had couldn't also serve. Also they look stupid.

[thriller]

The real proletarian revolutionary hat is of course the one and only... Trucker hat.

[Geiseric]

Uchakas are pretty neat, I usually wear a beanie or my giants cap around.

[bad ideas actualised by alcohol]

Aye, I've the coat as well. I hate the damn thing though... The days when leather coats were used exclusively by communists are days I'm saddened are gone.

Leather coats are the best.

[hetz]

Yeah, if you want to look like a Chekist or an SS officer.
Or a basement dweller.

[Rugged Collectivist]

Broadcloth helmets are what real revolutionaries wear.

http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?id=I.4793081218073828&pid=15.1

http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=I.4793081218073829&pid=15.1

[black magick hustla]

Yeah, if you want to look like a Chekist or an SS officer.
Or a basement dweller.

leather coats? dude leather coats are pretty hip in general and accepted in mainstream fashion wtf

[Vladimir Innit Lenin]

leather coats? dude leather coats are pretty hip in general and accepted in mainstream fashion wtf

I think he's thinking of those long dark overcoats which do have a bit of the Severus Snape/1930s Germany about them.

[kashkin]

Broadcloth helmets are what real revolutionaries wear.

http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?id=I.4793081218073828&pid=15.1



I want one :(

[bcbm]

i have one i will sell it to you

[GoddessCleoLover]

I will pass. Don't like the pointy-headed look.:D

[hetz]

That's called a budenovka, you can get if for cheap.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budenovka
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZS_hCVQRsPc/SoGMsD1uX8I/AAAAAAAAApU/AsTq9k4C4uk/s400/stalin-condom-durex.jpg

[Geiseric]

Carhart and ben davis are the best clothing brands.

[hetz]

>2012
>buying brand-name clothing

Thank god for no name-made in China clothes :lol:

[Geiseric]

Mexico actually. There really isn't a difference though.

[ed miliband]

i saw a trot yesterday, a white guy, dressed like a black panther. not even vaguely similar attire, the guy was clearly aping huey newton or whoever.

[Art Vandelay]

i saw a trot yesterday, a white guy, dressed like a black panther. not even vaguely similar attire, the guy was clearly aping huey newton or whoever.

I didn't realize I ran into you yesterday ed.

[The Feral Underclass]

i saw a trot yesterday, a white guy, dressed like a black panther. not even vaguely similar attire, the guy was clearly aping huey newton or whoever.

How is it that you get to see these people? I want to see one.

[Queen Mab]

I rock a flat cap and sheepskin coat. Proletarian chic.

[ed miliband]

At the same pub, saw a guy in his twenties wearing a flatcap and a peacoat. Probably a trot.

[sosolo]

M-Ls have cooler accessories. I love my ushanka with the star/hammer and sickle badge on it!


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[bcbm]

i don't think you know what 'cooler' is

[motion denied]

I know a ML who literally dresses as a rd army soldier. Some sick cosplay shit.

[Yuppie Grinder]

i'm so glad i don't know any other communists in person

[Taters]

You mean you don't want to see my soviet memorabilia collection?

[Ceallach_the_Witch]

i confess i have a bulgarian army greatcoat that i wear in winter but seriously where else am i going to find a decent winter coat that comes in my size for £34, closest thing I could find was more than a hundred quid more than that (i will admit it was probably nicer and didn't smell overpoweringly of mothballs)