It's not like the US is giving Castro much to work with.
And here I was thinking that the Domino Theory was disproved 30 years ago.
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It's not like the US is giving Castro much to...It's not like the US is giving Castro much to work with.
And here I was thinking that the Domino Theory was disproved 30 years ago.
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Not surprised about the mines.
I doubt Fidel...Not surprised about the mines.
I doubt Fidel would want to wake up one morning to find the better part of the American fleet shelling the Presidential Palace.
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I just bought that book the other day, along with...I just bought that book the other day, along with Prozac Nation and Harry Potter (don't start, I'm a kid deep down).
It looks brilliant from the prolouge. I'm reading Prozac Nation first though. I...
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Orwell believed that Stalin betrayed and...Orwell believed that Stalin betrayed and corrupted the revolution set forth by Lenin. At the end of Lenin's life, the NEP was starting to transform the USSR into a workable nation...things weren't...
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I'm sorry, but IMHO, Stalin was responsible for...I'm sorry, but IMHO, Stalin was responsible for turning the Soviet Union from Communist to Fascist w. a Commie face.
Dictators like him and Mao blot the image of an otherwise fine system.
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Having read over the last few posts (not been...Having read over the last few posts (not been here in a while), I agree heartily with the conclusion that Capitalist is a twat.
Let me ask you this...how can you justify a system where poverty...
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Hmm.
I agree with Chief on this one.Hmm.
I agree with Chief on this one.
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lol
I like. :P
Seriously, you can get...lol
I like. :P
Seriously, you can get arrested? No fair! What kind of system can't afford a little light hearted piss taking?
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I'm probably going to get a pasting for this, but...I'm probably going to get a pasting for this, but I think socialism is a better system anyway.
i.e Stop all this privatisation shite and get public stuff in the hands of the government. I still...
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Science is merely the game of discovery.
...Science is merely the game of discovery.
Humans intrinsically NEED to ever grow, expand their knowledge. It is a hunger matched by the fiercest of famines, that hunger for knowledge.
Science in...
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Everything about them is excellent.
Go to...Everything about them is excellent.
Go to http://www.staybeautiful.net/ for the best website on this titan of a band.
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I think the Manics gig opened a lot of...I think the Manics gig opened a lot of international doors. It was a worthy cultural exchange, in which the Manics themselves lost £10,000 ish.
Castro is a great man. I fear the upheaval when we...
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Freedom of speech won't feed my children - Nicky...Freedom of speech won't feed my children - Nicky Wire
When we achieve worldwide success, I think we shall use gold for building public lavatories - Lenin
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Earlier this month in England, a black man was...Earlier this month in England, a black man was shot dead by police due to threatening them with an imitation firelighter. The firelighter itself was a life sized replica of a 9MM Beretta, and was a...
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The way to end violence and oppression is not by...The way to end violence and oppression is not by creating more.
I'll admit, though, something is coming. Something drastic....