Workers' Girder! Getcher Workers Girder!

[DotCommunist]

after a great many years in the hands of the fascist american state I can finally report that two of PD's leading lights, in theory and in personality, have been released from prison:

looks like their time inside has niether bowed nor broken them.

 

[DaveCinzano]

after a great many years in the hands of the fascist american state I can finally report that two of PD's leading lights, in theory and in personality, have been released from prison:

looks like their time inside has niether bowed nor broken them.

I'll have to consult with the referee, but I'm pretty sure that picture has won the Internet

 

[Orang Utan]

after a great many years in the hands of the fascist american state I can finally report that two of PD's leading lights, in theory and in personality, have been released from prison:

looks like their time inside has niether bowed nor broken them.

I would like to know the story behind that photo, please.

 

[JimW]

I would like to know the story behind that photo, please.

It begins in Adobe's software laboratories some time in the late 80s...

 

[J Ed]

It begins in Adobe's software laboratories some time in the late 80s...

...and ended up like this

 

[DotCommunist]

I would like to know the story behind that photo, please.

i found it on the wasting bandwith thread

 

[Orang Utan]

...and ended up like this

that's why i believed they really could have visited Gitmo

 

[J Ed]

that's why i believed they really could have visited Gitmo

cos they are the bomb?

 

[chilango]

cos they are the bomb?

the workers' bomb.

 

[rekil]

Entryism opportunity for the real workers movement.

 

[equationgirl]

Entryism opportunity for the real workers movement.

wonder if they ate going to pay anything? bet El penny isn't working for free.

 

[Bakunin]

wonder if they ate going to pay anything? bet El penny isn't working for free.

They're currently holding out the begging bowl so they can begin paying contributors, apparently:

Support Novara Media

Which is a bit rich, considering they've been going since 2013 according to their own blurb.

 

[ska invita]

Which is a bit rich, considering they've been going since 2013 according to their own blurb.

Its basically two people isnt it? Doing it for free...

 

[Bakunin]

Its basically two people isnt it? Doing it for free...

Probably a small group of people doing it as cheaply as possible, I should think. 'As cheap as possible meaning 'We'll pay people if ever we decide to, but not yet.'

 

[ska invita]

Probably a small group of people doing it as cheaply as possible, I should think. 'As cheap as possible meaning 'We'll pay people if ever we decide to, but not yet.'

I think its pretty much just Aaron Bastani + another bloke, maybe two - its a tiny outfit for sure, and they're exploiting themselves rather than others IYSWIM...thats my impression of it

 

[Bakunin]

I think its pretty much just Aaron + another bloke, maybe two - its a tiny outfit for sure, and they're exploiting themselves rather than others IYSWIM...thats my impression of it

Sounds similar to a lot of new media. You'll find them advertising on sites like Craigslist.

 

[ViolentPanda]

I think its pretty much just Aaron Bastani + another bloke, maybe two - its a tiny outfit for sure, and they're exploiting themselves rather than others IYSWIM...thats my impression of it

Exploiting themselves now in the keen hope that doing so will enable them to exploit others if they "make it".

 

[ska invita]

Exploiting themselves now in the keen hope that doing so will enable them to exploit others if they "make it".

bit cynical

 

[ViolentPanda]

bit cynical

You say "cynical", I say "realistic".

 

[ska invita]

lets call the whole thing off?

 

[Idris2002]

Debbie Harry: a little bit communist?

 

[JimW]

Debbie Harry: a little bit communist?

But even more robot overlord. Which does make her good PD cadre material.

 

[Idris2002]

But even more robot overlord. Which does make her good PD cadre material.

Hands above the duvet, Jim.

 

[DaveCinzano]

But even more robot overlord. Which does make her good PD cadre material.

They look like NARTZEE robots

 

[JimW]

They look like NARTZEE robots

No, the gorilla is clearly a punning rebus.

 

[JimW]

I see PD entryist comrades in the CCP are bringing one of the key projects of our plan nine to fruition:

A Rare Glimpse at the Massive Telescope China Built to Talk to Aliens (Video)

 

[Idris2002]

Hands above the duvet, Jim.

Like this guy, JimW

 

[Idris2002]

Trotsky's yoghurt ATTACKS

Trotsky’s Yogurt is Alive and Well in NYC, And You Can Eat It | Jewniverse

 

[Louis MacNeice]

Trotsky's yoghurt ATTACKS

Trotsky’s Yogurt is Alive and Well in NYC, And You Can Eat It | Jewniverse

The article displays a distinct lack of advanced thinking:

It makes sense that Trotsky would have been a fan of the long-beloved treat. L. bulgaricus, the microbe found in the yogurt, was popular among Bulgarian peasants—i.e. Trotsky’s proletariat.
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No PD comrade would make such a facile elision of peasant and proletariat.

Fraternal greetings but please take greater care with your objectively counter revolutionary links - Louis MacNeice

 

[ViolentPanda]

Today's Morning Star contains the following on page 3:
Chairman: John McDonnell yesterday welcomed George Osborne to the Communist fold by lobbing him a copy of Chairman Mao's Little Red Book.
Following a cultural revolution in Downing Street, the Chancellor recently cosied up to state officials in a bid to renationalise Britain's nuclear industry - into Chinese hands.
Critics are worried the arrangement may lead to a new renaissance for the Workers' Bomb.