To friends in USA….
Do not underestimate the role and influence of these groups increasingly over the last decade. By looking into their manifestos, their affiliates and their funders/supporters much can be learnt, not just about them but more broadly about a number of events that are ongoing and will continue to unfold. Their influence in certain sections of USA government, education and communities is extremely well established. When terms like United Front or United Front Work Department appear…….as defenders of freedom you must prepare.
There is always the argument that they are just useful idiots, so may it be, but by knowing about them and by whom and how they are funded……… “天下大亂,形勢大好”
“Know your enemy, know his sword.”
Miyamoto Musashi
A very short list of currently well supported and active groups:
Hey Britney Spears....if you're on Nostr feel free to reach out for a chat. I feel a disturbance in the force and reckon we could realign your energies. No homo.🫡
An example of the Japanese art of embroidered balls called Temari. This particular piece was made by a 90 year old Japanese lady whose work has been made famous by her grand-daughter who has photographed many of her grandmother's pieces and posted them on Flikr.
NanaAkua is her Flikr name.
@7fqx
I wanted to ask how you're uploading to flare. I'm uploading and flinging 10k sats for every 2gb storage but I think there's a way to link a url? I'm quite stoked about flare so maybe I should consider hosting my own data and posting the url. Interested to hear your thoughts. Your channel is great btw.🫡
It's difficult to use words to describe this animation aside from giving the details of the film. This scene called "March of the Dinosaurs" is taken from "Allegro non Troppo", a 1976 parody of Disney's Fantasia, by Bruno Bozzetto, an Italian film director and cartoon animator.
Best I can say is sit down, shut up and watch this entrancing cartoon.
This extraordinary animation, 大鬧天宮 (Havoc in Heaven) is from the Shanghai Animation Film Studio and this particular scene is taken from the second part of the film that was completed in 1964 (the first part was completed in 1961). The film is based on the classic story “Journey to the West”. It was released for viewing in 1965. The four Wan brothers are regarded as the fathers of animation in China and were famous for the animation “Princess Iron Fan” in 1941. They were Wan Laiming, Wan Guchan, Wan Chaochen and Wan Dihuan.
It is somewhat of a miracle that the makers were able to complete the film as it was just after the Anti-Rightist Campaign in which the CCP killed anywhere from 550,000 to 2 million intellectuals and party members who were suspected of not being leftist enough. Indeed, this was to be the last major animated film made in China before the whole industry was shut down because of the Cultural Revolution that began in 1966.
I’ve chosen this version as it is the original with original Peking Opera soundtrack. Later versions have had a different soundtrack and also been brightened and colourised. While the newer versions are also stunning I prefer this original aesthetic as it is the version I first saw as a young boy in the early 1970s.
This is the scene where 孫悟空, the Monkey King, fights with 二郎神, Erlang Shen.
I will try to upload the whole original two part movie at some point with English subtitles.