categoria ~ the reds

we're not talking about your grandfather's socialism. in fact, there is a long list of past movements this new socialism is not. it is not class warfare. it is not anti-american; indeed, digital socialism may be the newest american innovation. while old-school socialism was an arm of the state, digital socialism is socialism without the state. this new brand of socialism currently operates in the realm of culture and economics, rather than government - for now.

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instead of gathering on collective farms, we gather in collective worlds. instead of state factories, we have desktop factories connected to virtual co-ops. instead of sharing drill bits, picks, and shovels, we share apps, scripts, and apis. instead of faceless politburos, we have faceless meritocracies, where the only thing that matters is getting things done. instead of national production, we have peer production. instead of government rations and subsidies, we have a bounty of free goods.

o artigo da wired lista as características que valem à web 2.0 a alcunha de dot.communist: sharing, cooperation, collaboration e collectivism.

não percam o box vermelho "socialism: a history", que começa em 1516 com "thomas more´s utopia" e termina em 2009 com "youtube: 100 million monthly us users".

i was born at the beginning of it all, on the red side - the communist side - of the iron curtain." through annotated illustrations, journals, maps, and dreamscapes, peter sís shows what life was like for a child who loved to draw, proudly wore the red scarf of a young pioneer, stood guard at the giant statue of stalin, and believed whatever he was told to believe. but adolescence brought questions. cracks began to appear in the iron curtain, and news from the west slowly filtered into the country. sís learned about beat poetry, rock 'n' roll, blue jeans and coca-cola. he let his hair grow long, secretly read banned books, and joined a rock band. then came the prague spring of 1968, and for a teenager who wanted to see the world and meet the beatles, this was a magical time. it was short-lived, however, brought to a sudden and brutal end by the soviet-led invasion. but this brief flowering had provided a glimpse of new possibilities - creativity could be discouraged but not easily killed.

deu num livro infantil para todas as idades.

quero!

saudadinha dele.

porque esta noite sonhei com fidel.

que ele não podia ter passado a mão na barba cheia, ele não podia. aquilo me liquidou na hora. ele lá, tão longe na função e no calor. desesperei. tinha que ter a barba longa na minha mão. sabe-se lá a barba vermelha no meu rosto.

que se muera fidel! el acontecimiento del día fue la noche roja!