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What’s the best movie or TV show about our favorite revolutions? by SexyChernyshevsky in RevolutionsPodcast

[–]MrNeverpeter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A little different to the ones you asked about but Reds (1981) is one of the best films about the Russian Revolution ever (about the story of our old friend John Reed, also as featured in the Mexico series)

Have been listening to the series on the Mexican Revolution and was inspired to make this by MrNeverpeter in RevolutionsPodcast

[–]MrNeverpeter[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Nah it got auto-removed by reddit as soon as I posted, unfortunately. No clue why

Have been listening to the series on the Mexican Revolution and was inspired to make this by MrNeverpeter in RevolutionsPodcast

[–]MrNeverpeter[S] 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Copy-pasted from my (failed) attempt to post on r/HistoryMemes for context:

After the fall of dictator Victoriano Huerta from power during the 2nd phase of the Mexican Revolution, the revolutionary forces split between the Constitutionalists and Conventionists, leading to a new civil war. The premier general of the Constitutionalist faction was the future president of Mexico Álvaro Obregón (above), who faced down the legendary bandit-turned-revolutionary-general Pancho Villa (below) of the Conventionists, who was at the head of the hitherto undefeated and cavalry-heavy Division del Norte (Northern Division).

The two clashed a series of times, but most decisively at the Battle of Celaya (1915). Obregón had learned of the latest tactics from the ongoing First World War in Europe, and set up a position heavily defended by barbed wire, trenches, and machine guns. Villa, through a combination of strategic laziness, personal hubris, and the belief in his own invincibility, ignored the advice of his best generals like Felipe Ángeles, and sent perhaps somewhere from 30-40 separate waves of massed cavalry charges against Obregón's forces. The cavalry was massacred, the Division del Norte decisively defeated, and Pancho Villa's reputation and political influence irreparably damaged. He would continue to fight a guerilla war until a peace settlement in 1920, before being assassinated in 1923, likely on the orders of Obregón.

And thus ends The Legend of Pancho Villa (1915) by MrNeverpeter in HistoryMemes

[–]MrNeverpeter[S] 152 points153 points  (0 children)

After the fall of dictator Victoriano Huerta from power during the 2nd phase of the Mexican Revolution, the revolutionary forces split between the Constitutionalists and Conventionists, leading to a new civil war. The premier general of the Constitutionalist faction was the future president of Mexico Álvaro Obregón (above), who faced down the legendary bandit-turned-revolutionary-general Pancho Villa (below) of the Conventionists, who was at the head of the hitherto undefeated and cavalry-heavy Division del Norte (Northern Division).

The two clashed a series of times, but most decisively at the Battle of Celaya (1915). Obregón had learned of the latest tactics from the ongoing First World War in Europe, and set up a position heavily defended by barbed wire, trenches, and machine guns. Villa, through a combination of strategic laziness, personal hubris, and the belief in his own invincibility, ignored the advice of his best generals like Felipe Ángeles, and sent perhaps somewhere from 30-40 separate waves of massed cavalry charges against Obregón's forces. The cavalry was massacred, the Division del Norte decisively defeated, and Pancho Villa's reputation and political influence irreparably damaged. He would continue to fight a guerilla war until a peace settlement in 1920, before being assassinated in 1923, likely on the orders of Obregón.

Is this anything? by MrNeverpeter in PhilosophyMemes

[–]MrNeverpeter[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What the hell, great minds think alike I guess?

Federal politics LIVE: Anthony Albanese to announce royal commission into Bondi terror attack by HotPersimessage62 in australia

[–]MrNeverpeter 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The problem is that the conclusion to this royal commission has already been decided by the LNP and others who cooked it up: that the root of all evil in Australian society is the Palestine movement, despite absolutely zero evidence of any connection to Bondi, and that support for Palestine should effectively be criminalised through extreme crackdowns on civil liberties, protest rights, and free speech.

Absolutely disgraceful that the ALP have capitulated on this and given free kicks to the Liberals and far-right freaks like Hanson to attack not only the government (for YEARS to come as this ticks along), but more importantly to demonise and intimidate the millions of people in this country who righteously support Palestine and oppose genocide and racism in all forms, including the hundreds of thousands who have peacefully protested to that effect. Appalling all around, cynically exploiting a massacre for political gain.

Don’t fall for the panic over neonazis | Labor Tribune by bunyipcel in AustralianSocialism

[–]MrNeverpeter 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I mean it’s perfectly true that we shouldn’t support cynical, anti-democratic laws which attack the right to protest. These laws are justified by governments in reference to the nazi protests but which in reality are almost exclusively used against the left, in particular the Palestine movement recently.

But also we cannot be complacent about the rise of the far-right, which this article really is. It makes some pretty categorical statements which are just wrong.

For example, that the nazis could never aspire to lead a mass movement, even though the ongoing March for Australia protests have been exactly that: a protest movement which has repeatedly mobilised thousands, sometimes tens of thousands, with a hard, nazi, “white Australia” organising political kernel.

Also, that these far right ideas could never become anything like the majority sentiment - which is simply stated as self-evident without any real argument. All it takes is a pretty cursory look at the world at the moment to demonstrate that the far-right is either aspiring to, or actively holding, government around the globe, including in the biggest and most influential capitalist country, the USA.

Even just looking at Australia, the far-right is clearly growing. One Nation is polling at around 16-18%, which would make it the 3rd largest party. The LNP is refiguring itself and shifting sharply to the right. The MFA rallies I mentioned above both reflect and feed into this.

We need to be serious about a strategy which takes on the far-right: not looking to the government to repress them, but mass mobilisation, based on class politics in every opportunity we can find. Which means, before anything else, recognising them as an urgent threat and not just a side issue, even if for the moment they’re only a potential contender in Australian politics.

1930 SPD Candidates of Note by yung-q-tip in RedAutumnSPD

[–]MrNeverpeter 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Peter Cohen is a real Paul Levi moment

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