Something else that you learn when studying the Caribbean, especially the role of academics in the Caribbean, is how anti-revolutionary the US academy is. In the US academia works too hard to misinform the public and assuage(?) them to the status quo.
getting my first vaccine dose today feels bittersweet. I think of my grandmother who was taken by COVID, my family that remains at risk for the foreseeable future (maybe until 2023 or later) and I think about how we got here. the forces of capitalism and imperialism
TRIPS, the Gates Foundation and the other bastards who made the abject failure to deal with this pandemic aren't inalienable laws of the universe, they're just some assholes using our suffering to enrich themselves and we can take away their ability to do so 🙂
Podcast host @JazzPomegranate was interviewed for this black history month feature. In the interview, she talks about her work on Black Podcast Revolution!
USC Games is celebrating Black History Month with a series of student, alumni and faculty spotlights. @JazzPomegranate is a California-based narrative designer pursuing an MFA in Interactive Media & Game Design at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. https://t.co/qYAwpO1D45
Apologies for our absence! We've both been dealing with some personal stuff but @JazzPomegranate just recorded an episode yesterday with a very special guest!
"Policy and tactics are the life of the Party; leading comrades at all levels must give them full attention and must never on any account be negligent."
https://t.co/F2Gl762ZjF
Apologies for the interruption. Was dealing with a small emergency over the past few days. We'll do scheduled tweets for content from the Little Red Book from now on.
"Our Party has laid down the general line and general policy of the Chinese revolution as well as various specific lines for work and specific policies. However, while many comrades remember our Party's specific lines for work and specific policies, they often forget its...
...general line and general policy. If we actually forget the Party's general line and general policy, then we shall be blind, half-baked, muddle-headed revolutionaries, and when we carry out a specific line for work and a specific policy, we shall lose our bearings and...