The Offtopicgrad Soviet: A Place to Discuss All Things Red

[ParkCungHee]

I always like Soviet Animation, but I never see anything out of Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Has it really died out or does the English speaking internet just have a bias towards the Soviet era?

 

[Yeekim]

I always like Soviet Animation, but I never see anything out of Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Has it really died out or does the English speaking internet just have a bias towards the Soviet era?

Maybe you'll like these. Or you'll get nightmares
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0mTEVlJgC8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66yi_zT7j9I
EDIT: They are, of course, also from Soviet period.

 

[ParkCungHee]

Maybe you'll like these. Or you'll get nightmares
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0mTEVlJgC8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66yi_zT7j9I
EDIT: They are, of course, also from Soviet period.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

I always like Soviet Animation, but I never see anything out of Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Has it really died out or does the English speaking internet just have a bias towards the Soviet era?

Masha i Medved' is cute.

 

[red_elk]

I always like Soviet Animation, but I never see anything out of Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Has it really died out or does the English speaking internet just have a bias towards the Soviet era?

I'd say it didn't die out completely, but lost quality and became more profit-driven.

 

[ParkCungHee]

Has it at least kept it's distinctive Russian features?

 

[red_elk]

To some extent, yes, I think there were some good animation films made after collapse of the USSR. Many others are just bad imitations of Western cartoons (for example, jokes copied from Shrek and adapted to Russian context - looks ugly). The situation is about the same as in the rest of movie industry, a few decent movies, but nothing close to the Soviet masterpieces.

Music of Eduard Artemyev, from cartoon "A Girl and a dolphin"

Link to video.

 

[Yeekim]

Masha i Medved' is cute.

Damn right!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS_ubz6Sa9c

 

[Traitorfish]

How many Communists does it take to set up a death panel?

[classified]! [deleted] to [unavaiable] the [access not authorised], and [no such person] to [nope] the [nu-uh]!

 

[ReindeerThistle]

How many Communists does it take to set up a death panel?

Masada is the only NZ member of the Tea Party?

[classified]! [deleted] to [unavaiable] the [access not authorised], and [no such person] to [nope] the [nu-uh]!

Funny... really the only people doing the "death panel" thing these are the US Democratic Party© [A wholly owned subsidiary of George Soros]

Oh, and the Netherlands.

 

[Masada]

Masada is the only NZ member of the Tea Party?

I do like tea but it was a joke.

 

[Antilogic]

Funny... really the only people doing the "death panel" thing these are the US Democratic Party© [A wholly owned subsidiary of George Soros]

Be fair now! They are owned by a number of major donors and both parties want death panels for different people.

 

[ReindeerThistle]

Fair ducks, Antilogic. The Koch brothers are no philanthropists!

 

[ReindeerThistle]

I do like tea but it was a joke.

Of course...

 

[Gary Childress]

What do you guys think of Kshama Sawant, relatively recently elected a city council member in Seattle, Washington? Would especially like to hear from Reindeer on this... Have you heard of her before? I have to say I'm really impressed with her campaign platform, all things worth working toward I think. I sort of feel bad for her though. She's going to be under an electron microscope in everything she does.

Campaign Platform
Fund Human Needs, Not Corporate Greed

Raise the minimum wage to $15/hr.
A Millionaire’s Tax to fund mass transit, education, and living-wage union jobs providing vital social services.
End corporate welfare. Tax freeloading corporations. Reduce the unfair tax burden on small businesses, homeowners & workers.
Unionize Amazon, Starbucks & low-paid service workers.
No layoffs or attacks on public sector unions!
Environmental Sanity

Put the brakes on the coal trains! Words are not enough – the council needs to pass an ordinance & organize mass protests to make Seattle coal-free.
End the traffic disaster. Dramatically expand public transit & bikeways so cars aren’t necessary to meet day-to-day transit needs.
Affordable Housing

We need rent control!
End homelessness in Seattle. Fully fund services for the disabled, veterans, seniors, & families in crisis.
Fight Police Brutality & Racism

Build a mass movement against police brutality & racial profiling. Create an elected civilian review board with full powers over the police. No SPD drones.
The council should campaign for immediate, unconditional citizenship rights for all undocumented immigrants. Enact a moratorium on Seattle deportations.
Quality Public Schools

Stop defunding public schools. Lower class sizes. Support Seattle teachers & students boycotting the MAP standardized test.
Empower students, parents, and teachers to democratically develop culturally relevant curriculum. Expand anti-bullying efforts & curriculum promoting LGBTQ equality, anti-racism, and anti-sexism.

http://www.votesawant.org/issues

 

[Traitorfish]

I don't really think there's much to be said. It all sounds very radical for America c.2013, but it's a pretty standard roll of social democratic demands, and for all her appeals to "mass movements", she appears to be pursuing these demands like any left-liberal politician would. We can wish her well, but I don't expect much to come from it.

 

[ReindeerThistle]

What do you guys think of Kshama Sawant, relatively recently elected a city council member in Seattle, Washington? Would especially like to hear from Reindeer on this... Have you heard of her before? I have to say I'm really impressed with her campaign platform, all things worth working toward I think. I sort of feel bad for her though. She's going to be under an electron microscope in everything she does.

http://www.votesawant.org/issues

Bernie Sander, socialist, has been in the Senate for six years... so I am a bit hopeful, and I am happy for Sawat, all the same. More power to her!

The sentiment being reflected shows the actual national mood in this country, that people do want to be more equitable and have a government that works for them, not a government that just works for the 1%.

BTW, Seattle is an odd-duck town, I have many friends who live there and while it is not "weird" like Portland, OR, they do try to think progressively.
(Though Spokane, in Eastern Wash., a center of the IWW Free Speech fight in the early 20th Century, has a Rapping woman mayor.)

Keep in mind, for every Sawat, there are about 1100 Koch-fueled candidates being elected, beholden to Big Oil for their position, and the corporate lobbyist-to-legislator ratio is currently 400 lobbyists for each Member of Congress.

But I do not reject any tactic On Principle.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

What do you guys think of Kshama Sawant, relatively recently elected a city council member in Seattle, Washington? Would especially like to hear from Reindeer on this... Have you heard of her before? I have to say I'm really impressed with her campaign platform, all things worth working toward I think. I sort of feel bad for her though. She's going to be under an electron microscope in everything she does.

I started a thread in The Tavern about it. She was elected on the anniversary of the October Revolution, so I combined the topics into one superthread.

I don't really think there's much to be said. It all sounds very radical for America c.2013, but it's a pretty standard roll of social democratic demands, and for all her appeals to "mass movements", she appears to be pursuing these demands like any left-liberal politician would. We can wish her well, but I don't expect much to come from it.

To answer both posts: I think this is a good sign. It shows that people are not so afraid of the word "socialist" any more. The Left, at least online, has done a great job of slandering her as a social democrat, but I've always been an iconoclast, so I think she deserves our praise. She may not be everything we want, but I think there is plenty of good that will come out of her election. It may now be easier for other socialist candidates to make headway. It also helps to explore just what a socialist politician's program in local politics might entail, and it provides her party (Socialist Party USA) with a bully pulpit in the Pacific NW. She has already used it to encourage Boeing factory workers to take over their workplaces rather than let them be shipped overseas.

And just a few miles from Seattle, in the state capital of Olympia, the fight for a $15/hour minimum wage just won a narrow victory. The repercussions from these events across the country are going to be interesting. Progressives should be very excited right now. I remain guardedly optimistic and observant.

 

[Hygro]

And just a few miles from Seattle, in the state capital of Olympia, the fight for a $15/hour minimum wage just won a narrow victory. The repercussions from these events across the country are going to be interesting. Progressives should be crapping their liberal pants right now. I remain guardedly optimistic and observant.

With.... pride?

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

In retrospect, that choice of words did not accurately convey the meaning I had intended. I will edit.