Soviet Style Parade

[AGITprop]

Some strange things coming out of Russia recently,

soviet-styled army parades and hammer and sickles on banners...

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/09/russia.parade.ap/index.html

PS Perhaps this should be in Chit-Chat....i don't know.

[BIG BROTHER]

man out of all the things that the Soviet Union had, russia has to do the most useless ones.

[Nakidana]

Strange things coming out of Russia?

They're celebrating Victory Day FFS, what's strange about that?

[Dust Bunnies]

soviet parades=great

[Comrade_Scott]

may be useless but dude the parades are *****ing, and i think we all can rally round the cause, that is the cause of kicking nazi ass!!!!!!!!

[Psy]

may be useless but dude the parades are *****ing, and i think we all can rally round the cause, that is the cause of kicking nazi ass!!!!!!!!
Nazi ass was thoroughly kicked, I think they should move on to more important matters.

[Thíazì]

Nazi ass was thoroughly kicked, I think they should move on to more important matters.

It's only one day out of the year, lol.

[вор в законе]

http://president.kremlin.ru/dyn_images/big200425.jpg

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44640000/jpg/_44640492_flag_afp4_466b.jpg

[3A CCCP]

Nazi ass was thoroughly kicked, I think they should move on to more important matters.

Remembering the Victory and the tens of millions of people who gave their lives to accomplish it IS an IMPORTANT MATTER!

Here in the U.S. it has been ignored for so long that noone cares very much anymore (including leftists). In the East, where 90% of the war was fought and the Nazis were destroyed by the Red Army, the struggle and Victory will NEVER be forgotten or belittled.

NOONE IS FORGOTTEN! НИКТО НЕ ЗАБЫТ!
NOTHING IS FORGOTTEN! НИЧЕГО НЕ ЗАБЫТО!

3A CCCP!
Mikhail

[Leonid]

Remembering the Victory and the tens of millions of people who gave their lives to accomplish it IS an IMPORTANT MATTER!

Here in the U.S. it has been ignored for so long that noone cares very much anymore (including leftists). In the East, where 90% of the war was fought and the Nazis were destroyed by the Red Army, the struggle and Victory will NEVER be forgotten or belittled.

NOONE IS FORGOTTEN! НИКТО НЕ ЗАБЫТ!
NOTHING IS FORGOTTEN! НИЧЕГО НЕ ЗАБЫТО!

3A CCCP!
Mikhail


Yes, it has always been strange to me that in the U. S. more attention is given to some relatively unimportant events on the Italian front in 1943 - 1944 or to El Alamein that to grandiose battles of Stalingrad or Kursk which actually shaped the course of WWII.

[AGITprop]

Strange things coming out of Russia?

They're celebrating Victory Day FFS, what's strange about that?

No need to get on the defensive.

I meant its odd that they used the hammer and sickle in their posters, but I guess, looking back now, they are just using it for memorability's sake.


PS Nice pictures. I didn't know they even had the flags out too. :) Nicely done Medvedev, you dirty KGB puppet.

[Psy]

Remembering the Victory and the tens of millions of people who gave their lives to accomplish it IS an IMPORTANT MATTER!

Here in the U.S. it has been ignored for so long that noone cares very much anymore (including leftists). In the East, where 90% of the war was fought and the Nazis were destroyed by the Red Army, the struggle and Victory will NEVER be forgotten or belittled.

NOONE IS FORGOTTEN! НИКТО НЕ ЗАБЫТ!
NOTHING IS FORGOTTEN! НИЧЕГО НЕ ЗАБЫТО!

3A CCCP!
Mikhail
Workers marching in solitary is far more of a tribute to those that fought in the great patriotic war then troops. Show the bourgeoisie and fascists that the spirit of the revolution is still alive in the workers.

[Fedorov]

I know the root of the problem. Your all jealous that you don't have such kick-ass parades. I think Putin and Medvedev have a warm spot for the USSR but not enough to do anything about it. In any case a Soviet style parade! common guys.

[Psy]

I know the root of the problem. Your all jealous that you don't have such kick-ass parades. I think Putin and Medvedev have a warm spot for the USSR but not enough to do anything about it. In any case a Soviet style parade! common guys.
What do you think will spook Russian fascists more, soviet style parades or massive worker solitary marches with working singing the Internationale?

[Fedorov]

What do you think will spook Russian fascists more, soviet style parades or massive worker solitary marches with working singing the Internationale?

Both :). Ones better than nothing and if you're Russian and you don't get at least a bit fired up from it theres something odd about you. Yes Psy a real workers march is much better but hey, it was May 9th, thats whats it about, the military. In any case Zhyganov apparently organized one (different topic).

[Schrödinger's Cat]

Nazi ass was thoroughly kicked, I think they should move on to more important matters.

Eh, July 4th is more fickle a date considering its irrelevancy in historical context. You would think a proper date from the American Revolution would be celebrated.

[3A CCCP]

Workers marching in solitary is far more of a tribute to those that fought in the great patriotic war then troops. Show the bourgeoisie and fascists that the spirit of the revolution is still alive in the workers.

The workers WERE the troops and still are.

And, if you are interested in seeing a march and demonstration by Communists, go to the thread "50,000 Communists March in Alternative Victory Day Parade" (Politics section) and have a look at the video.

3A CCCP!
Mikhail

[Lisa]

Some wonderful information and photos at the Pravda online paper and the Pravda English forum.