John Burgan

Teach, make, watch and love docs

[John Burgan @mowerbyte]

@SaucySeventies Crikey!! 🫣

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@Yam_Nivek 🤣🤣🤣

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Culloden & Munch. Remarkable films!

[The Film Stage 📽 @TheFilmStage]

R.I.P. Peter Watkins (1935–2025)

[Prof. Frank McDonough @FXMC1957]

31 October 1973. 1st episode of the 26-part classic ITV documentary series World at War was broadcast. It was narrated by Laurence Olivier with music by Carl Davies. It cost £900,000 (worth £11 million today).

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@TradEngland @gray161884 @theonlypeterkay Philippians 2:3

[Vintage Maps @vintagemapstore]

East German map of Berlin, 1988 - West Berlin is missing, as it wasn't part of the German Democratic Republic

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@slowberlin It’s in the pedestrian tunnel at Ernst-Reuter-Platz

[dave lawrence 🐟🐟🐠 @dave43law]

As always

[Danny Boy @Care2much18]

Stupid tweet. Relying on a stupid, misleading graphic.

Resulting in a stupid and unhelpful cesspit of anti-immigrant hatred in replies.

Before addressing the figures in England, France, Germany, I'd like to share some recent case law from Poland.

CW: Rape, distressing facts.

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@MikeTilburn @RodneyMarshall1 Sorry to be a stickler, but it’s actually Barney McGrew! As you were … https://t.co/abnMWjkOaK

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@40PercentGerman Jane Grigson’s entry in her classic “Vegetable Book starts thus: “…there are better vegetables than kohlrabi, and worse”

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@rickminnich Priceless

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@SmoggyPower @BenInRushcliffe Burger King is an American-Canadian multinational based in Miami Florida.

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@PanthersDad @MarkShi18585321 @griega17 @MarchForRejoin @campbellclaret @CaolanRob @acgrayling @mikegalsworthy @terrychristian @Femi_Sorry @implausibleblog @DPJHodges @LizWebsterSBF @piersmorgan Trump pressured the then Afghan government to release 5000 Taliban fighters in 2020, also forced the Pakistanis to free top Taliban leaders such as Abdul Ghani Baradur in 2018. Look where that ended up.

[Lance Lachlan ✌🏻 @lancelachlan]

Wrong!!

The Nazi Party was not a socialist party. It was a far-right, fascist regime that co-opted the language of socialism to gain support, while its actual policies and actions were diametrically opposed to socialist values.

Despite the name “National Socialist German Workers’ Party” (or NSDAP), Hitler and the Nazi Party were not socialist in the traditional sense. Here’s why:

Misleading Name:

•The term “socialist” in the party’s name was largely a marketing tactic to attract working-class voters in the early 1920s. It did not reflect true socialist principles, such as wealth redistribution or worker control of production.

Core Ideology:

•The Nazi Party’s ideology was rooted in ultranationalism, racism, and authoritarianism. Their policies prioritized the interests of the German state, the Aryan race, and corporate elites over those of the working class or marginalized groups.

•Socialism traditionally seeks economic equality and collective ownership, but the Nazis upheld private property and allowed capitalist enterprises to thrive—provided they aligned with the regime’s goals.

Relationship with Socialists:

•The Nazis fiercely opposed communism and Marxism, key pillars of socialist ideology. They viewed these as threats and sought to eliminate leftist groups, including socialists and trade unions, as soon as they came to power.

Economic Policy:

•While the Nazis implemented some public works programs (e.g., autobahn construction) and state-led initiatives to reduce unemployment, these were pragmatic measures to consolidate power and prepare for war, not ideological commitments to socialism.

•They collaborated closely with industrialists and large corporations, reinforcing private ownership and capitalist structures.

Conclusion:

The Nazi Party was not a socialist party. It was a far-right, fascist regime that co-opted the language of socialism to gain support, while its actual policies and actions were diametrically opposed to socialist values.

[John Burgan @mowerbyte]

@HKesvani The rest is flatus

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[tèmítópé @temikeita]

This is an outstanding piece of writing. I held my breath the entire time.

"What was the testimony of her body?"

https://t.co/ZEdD4f7dtA

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@blerhgh Bless!

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@zarathustra5150 @robkhenderson Quentin Crisp’s seminal “Stop the music for a minute” is particularly apposite in this regard https://t.co/pWj4TlPWD3