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Casi ningún dictador se ha resistido al atractivo de un buen coche. De alguna manera es una forma de exponer y expresar su poder. Vamos a hacer un repaso a los coches de unos cuantos dictadores muy conocidos y, como siempre en Garaje Hermético, habrá sorpresas y curiosidades. El Bonus Track… te va a sorprender. Antes un par de aclaraciones: No voy a hablar de colecciones privadas ni cosas así, sino de los coches que usaban en eventos públicos. Y como los coches son lo importante, en este listado primero van los coches y luego, el personaje. Aurus Senat. Kim Jong-Un. Esta limusina Aurus Senat de fabricación rusa fue regalo de Vladimir Putin, y el mismo utilizado una igual como coche presidencial. El líder norcoreano acude a todos los actos públicos con este modelo, ya que sus diseñadores aseguran que “podrás sentirte tan seguro en un vehículo militar blindado”. Chevrolet Bel Air 1957. Rafael Leónidas Trujillo. En realidad, el coche de Trujillo no fue un Chevrolet, sino un Packard pintado de rojo llamado por los habitantes de la República Dominicana, “El carro de la muerte”. Trujillo era muy aficionado a los coches y tenía una buena colección, incluidos coches americanos y algún Ferrari. ¿Por qué hemos elegido este? Porque fue el coche en el que un confiado Trujillo sufrió un atentado desde una motocicleta, desde la que dispararon más de 60 balas… HongQi CA770. Mao Tse Tung. A pesar de que Stalin le regalo uno de los exclusivos SIZ soviéticos, Mao quiso que se le viese en un coche chino, el HongQi, en castellano “bandera roja” CA770. ¿Fabricado en China?, pues sí, pero era una copia, en realidad otra copia, del Chrysler Imperial con motor V8 de 215 CV. Lancia Astura “Presidenziale”. Benito Mussolini. El líder italiano conto con un Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 B Lungo Torpedo B y un Lancia Astura azul, diseñado por Sergio Pininfarina en exclusiva para el “Duce", que fue el más usado, aunque Mussolini prefería el Alfa. El Lancia contaba con un motor V8 de 3 litros de cilindrada y 82 CV a 4.000 revoluciones y el exclusivo interior estaba revestido de cuero azul. Como curiosidad, este coche ha estado en la colección privada de Bernie Ecclestone. Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman. Pol Pot. Nada impidió a este personaje disfrutar del lujo de un buen coche capitalista. Nada menos que una limusina Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman de 1973, un coche extraordinario y que fue la limusina preferida por muchos jefes de estado durante dos décadas. Solo se fabricaron 428 con motor V8 de 6.23 litros y 250 CV, su peso superaba las 2,5 toneladas y superaba los 200 km/h de velocidad máxima. Mercedes-Benz 770. Adolf Hitler. O como algunos lo llamaban, el Großer Mercedes (en alemán "Gran Mercedes"). Por supuesto hablamos del coche de Hitler, aunque tanto el español Francisco Franco como el italiano Benito Mussolini tuvieron uno por regalo del propio Hitler. El coche contaba con un motor de 8 cilindros en línea casi 8 litros y 150 CV. Con el blindaje el peso alcanzaba los 5.420 kilos totales y el consumo nada menos que 50 litros a los 100 km. Rolls-Royce Phantom IV. Francisco Franco. Se supone que el “Caudillo”, como él mismo se autoproclamó, era hombre bastante austero en su vida privada. Pese a ello y a que tampoco tenía carné de conducir, contó con un garaje espectacular con coches como un Cadillac Fleetwood, un Chrysler Imperial o el super exclusivo Mercedes 770 regalo de Hitler. Pero… su favorito fue siempre el Rolls Royce Phantom IV del que solo se fabricaron 18 unidades entre 1959 y 1956, estas fueron vendidas únicamente a miembros de la realeza y jefes de Estado. España adquirió tres unidades, que se conservan en el parque móvil de la Casa Real y son las mismas que ahora emplea el Rey Felipe VI en sus desplazamientos oficiales. Cuentan con matrículas militares: ET-42926-O, ET-42927-O y ET-42928-O. El motor es un 8 cilindros en línea de 5.675 cm3 y algo menos de 200 CV. Rolls-Royce Phantom VIII. Teodoro Obiang. Os hablo de la nación africana que fuese una colonia española, Guinea Ecuatorial, antes llamada Guinea Española. Ahora es un régimen dictatorial mandado desde 1982 por Teodoro Obiang, que cuenta como coche de estado con un impresionante Rolls-Royce Phantom VIII. ZIS 115. Lósif Stalin. Stalin, que había usado coches occidentales decidió hacer uno “Made in Rusia” pero a medida. Así que encargó a la SIZ rusa que se inspirase… por no decir que copiase un Packard Custom Super Eight. El coche fue entregado en 1949 y este 115 era un verdadero carro blindado, de 5 toneladas, capaz de soportar el impacto de cualquier tipo de proyectil y con motor de 8 cilindros, 6 litros y 162 CV. La velocidad máxima, debido al peso, apenas era de 120 km/h. Se construyeron varias unidades, porque Stalin era un paranoico respecto a su seguridad personal y nunca viajaba dos días seguidos en el mismo coche. ZIL 115. Fidel Castro. El revolucionario cubano tuvo diferentes coches: Un viejo Oldsmobile, incluso un Alfa Romeo, un Mercedes-Benz “Adenauer” que le encantó, motivo por el cual compró un Mercedes 560 SEL para desplazamientos particulares. Cuando Fidel se, digamos, “asoció” al régimen comunista de la extinta URSS, rápidamente cambió a un ZIL 115 soviético regalo del Kremlin. Castro llegó a tener tres ZIL115 completamente blindados, coche de 6 metros de largo y 2 de ancho, motor V-8 de 7.6 litros y que, debido a su blindaje, alcanzaban las 3.6 toneladas de peso. Bonus Track: Renault 5 GTL. Thomas Sankara. Rodrigo: “¿No te habrás equivocado?”. Pues no… y todo tiene explicación. Los habitantes de Burkina Faso, antes llamada Alto Volta, utilizan la palabra “Wabenzi” para referirse a los políticos corruptos que utilizan coches de la marca Mercedes-Benz… y es que “Wabenzi” significa literalmente “gente de Benz”, en referencia al coche. Sankara tomó el poder en 1983 en Burkina Faso y para demostrar que él no era un “Wabenzi” se deshizo de todos los Mercedes-Benz y convirtió a su modesto y abollado Renault 5 verde en el coche presidencial. El 15 de octubre de 1987 Sankara fue derrocado y más tarde asesinado. Conclusión. Ya la hemos dicho al comenzar: Los coches son para todos los gobernantes, y sobre todo para los dictadores, un verdadero escaparate… para bien y para mal. Os advierto que me he dejado unos cuantos en el tintero…

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On Guerrilla Warfare by Mao Tse-Tung ---00:00 Small resistance can significantly impact political power.06:08 Guerrillas evolve into national revolutionary military forces.09:12 Mao Zedong's policies caused millions of deaths.13:55 Russia's guerrilla tactics against foreign and internal enemies.15:51 Guerrillas assist regular forces, and evolve in battle.18:09 Guerrilla attacks strategically for political power.23:25 Differentiate revolutionary vs. counterrevolutionary guerrilla warfare.25:17 Innovate in warfare; avoid outdated strategies.30:28 Guerrilla warfare lessons amid capitalism's moral shortfalls.31:52 Opposition to Marxism now arises from local movements.---Opening and closing themes composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn Music.---Pick up your copy of 12 Rules for Leaders: The Foundation of Intentional Leadership NOW on AMAZON!Check out the 2022 Leadership Lessons From the Great Books podcast reading list!---Subscribe to the Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Podcast: https://bit.ly/LLFTGBSubscribeCheck out HSCT Publishing at: https://www.hsctpublishing.com/.Check out LeadingKeys at: https://www.leadingkeys.com/Check out Leadership ToolBox at: https://leadershiptoolbox.us/Contact HSCT for more information at 1-833-216-8296 to schedule a full DEMO of LeadingKeys with one of our team members.---Leadership ToolBox website: https://leadershiptoolbox.us/.Leadership ToolBox LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ldrshptlbx/.Leadership ToolBox YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@leadershiptoolbox/videosLeadership ToolBox Twitter: https://twitter.com/ldrshptlbx.Leadership ToolBox IG: https://www.instagram.com/leadershiptoolboxus/.Leadership ToolBox FB: https://www.facebook.com/LdrshpTl

Hoy os contaremos la intensa vida de un hombre que lo mismo fue alcalde que podría haber sido la imagen de Vitaldent con su novia enseñando “dientes, dientes”, hoy recordaremos a Julián Felipe Muñoz Palomo, yo me lo robo, yo me lo como. El pequeño Julián nació el 24 de noviembre de 1947 en el municipio de “El Arenal”, provincia de Ávila. Su infancia estuvo marcada por la posguerra y su vida por el frenillo de un amigo que no sabía pronunciar “Julianín” y lo llamaba “Cachuli”. Cachuli iba menos al colegio que los niños que van con Doraemon, así que en cuanto pudo trabajaba de lo que salía, pero en un municipio con 1532 habitantes no salían ni plazas de barrendero porque cada vecino se barría su cachito de calle. Buscando la gloria se mudó aquí a Madrid y empezó a trabajar de camarero. Un día a principios de los años 70 conoció en San Martín de Valdeiglesias a una atractiva camarera llamada María Teresa Zaldívar, como se conocía antes a las parejas, en un pub. Como el roce hace el cariño y los niños, se casaron en 1974, le dieron a Eloisa, la hija que ya tenía Mayte, una hermanita a la que llamaron Elia y cogieron un bar que tenía más deudas que el Ayuntamiento de Burguillos. Más apretaos a fin mes que la cara de Sylvester Stallone decidieron en 1983 empezar de nuevo en otro lugar: MARBELLA, donde abrirían el bar “Mayte 1” que rápidamente se hizo famoso por la buena cocina de Mayte, los bajos precios y lo que hiciera Julián Muñoz además de fumar. El negocio les fue tan bien que decidieron abrir el restaurante “Mayte Puerto” en el Club Naútico de Puerto Banús, pero se ve que a los pijos no les gustan los macarrones con chorizo por mu buenos que los haga Mayte Zaldívar. Cerraron tó y se pusieron a trabajar por cuenta ajena que es como mejor se duerme por las noches. Julián tenía una boquita que le vendía chopped a un vegano, por lo que Mayte lo animó a meterse en política. Un día lo vio Jesús Gil, que quedó obnubilado por el palique y la inteligencia de Julián quien acabó en 1991 de concejal en Marbella por el GIL. En 2002, Jesús Gil, alcalde de Marbella y presidente también del Atlético de Madrid, tuvo que dejar la alcaldía por vender camisetas “ADIHAS” y puso de alcalde a Julián Muñoz que estaba más contento que los de cocineros de Masterchef cuando a un concursante se le quema una sarsita. En mayo de 2003 se celebraron elecciones municipales y Julián consiguió ser alcalde por mayoría absoluta. Estaba tan comprometido con el pueblo marbellí que desde que empezara en el 91 no le dio tiempo de comprar una caja fuerte y el pobre tenía que guardar el dinero en bolsas de basura. En esta época Julían se peinaba como el hermano mayor de una cofradía, llevaba el bigote como Tom Selleck y la hebilla del cinturón a la altura del esternón. En 2003, Julián contrató a Isabel Pantoja como imagen de Marbella y ahí que se paseaban los 3, Isabel, Julián y Mayte que parecían Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem y Scarlett Johansson en Vicky Cristina Barcelona, pero Mayte no lo sabía. De hecho Mayte se enteró de los cuernos cuando Julián se fue al Rocío con la Pantoja a experimentar lo del polvo del camino. Desde ese momento la Pantoja desempeñó el papel de primera dama de Marbella hasta que Mayte, que parecía que no se enteraba de nada, contó lo del dinero, lo de las bolsas de basura y lo de la prevaricación urbanística. Todo desembocó en el caso Malaya, con Isabel Pantoja entrando en la cárcel de Alcalá de Guadaíra en 2004 y con Julián Muñoz entrando y saliendo de la cárcel como si estuviera jugando al Monopoly. Él decía que todavía quería a Isabel Pantoja cuando ella le dijo que se echara pa´lao. Pero tampoco la tenía que queré tanto, tanto porque ese mismo 2009 empezó a hablarle a Karina Pau. Debido a enfermedades previas y a que Julíán había fumao más que Mao Tse-Tung de cuclillas, se puso mu malito y él, arrepentido de lo que le había hecho a Mayte se volvió a casar con ella para que quedara constancia de su amor y de que le pertenecía la pensión por viudedad. Desgraciadamente, el 24 de septiembre de este 2024, Julián Muñoz nos dejaba a los 76 años de edad pero ustedes siempre podrán recordarlo cada vez que lleguen a fin de mes más apretados que la cara de Sylvester Stallone o caigan en la cárcel del Monopoly.

Die berüchtigte Säuberungswelle, verniedlichend „Kulturrevolution“ genannt, stand noch bevor, als der kommunistische Führer Chinas zum Langstreckenschwimmer wurde.

On a previous episode of the China Global Podcast, we discussed Beijing's position on the conflict in Gaza during the early days following Hamas' attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023. Today, we discuss one of the conflict's spillover effects– the attacks on cargo and trade ships transiting the Red Sea by the Houthis, an Iranian-backed Shia group governing parts of Yemen. While the Chinese-brokered rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran was as the beginning of a “wave of reconciliation” in the region by China's foreign minister Wang Yi, the resurgence of violence since October 7th has proven that prediction to be overly optimistic. At face value, disruptions of global trade may seem to run counter to Chinese interests, but Beijing's hesitance to become more deeply involved in the crisis may tell us something about China's calculations in this crisis. It may also show the limits of Chinese influence in the region. Host Bonnie Glaser is joined by Ahmed Aboudouh. Ahmed is an associate fellow with the Middle East and North Africa Program at Chatham House, a nonresident fellow with the Atlantic Council, and heads the China Studies research unit at the Emirates Policy Center. His research focuses on China's rising influence in the Middle East and North Africa region, Gulf geopolitics, and the effects of China-US competition worldwide. Timestamps[01:36] China's Statement on Palestine at the International Court of Justice[08:20] Why is China indirectly supporting Hamas despite its relations with Israel?[12:11] Effectiveness of China's Narrative Critical of America and the West[16:54] Israel, Palestine, and China's Diplomatic Calculus[20:12] China's Hesitance to Counter the Houthis in the Red Sea[25:15] Does China have leverage over Iran, and if so, will they use it?[29:59] Circumstances for Deeper Chinese Involvement

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Álvaro Vasconcelos, antigo director do Instituto de Estudos de Segurança da União Europeia, cujas análises sobre Relações Internacionais são frequentemente ouvidas nas antenas da RFI acaba no passado domingo 8 de Outubro de lançar aqui em Paris o segundo volume das suas "Memórias em Tempo de Amnésia", poucos meses de depois de ter lançado o primeiro em que relata os primeiros anos de vida em Portugal, Moçambique e África do Sul. Intitulado "Exílio sem saudade", o segundo e último volume das "Memórias em Tempo de Amnésia", leva-nos para os finais dos anos 60 e os primórdios da década de 70, primeiro na Bélgica e depois em França, onde o autor recorda a atmosfera que se viveu em Maio de 68 em Paris, a vida dos imigrantes portugueses em França, a luta contra o regime colonialista e fascista de Salazar e, por fim, o regresso a Portugal com o 25 de Abril de 1974.Em entrevista à RFI, Álvaro Vasconcelos evoca estes anos de revolução e de fervilhar cultural, começando por explicar por que escolheu o título "Exílio sem Saudade"."Não tinha saudade de um Portugal ditatorial, de um Portugal da miséria. Eu saí muito novo da Régua para ir para África. Em África, eu vivi a brutalidade do colonialismo e, depois, exilei-me por oposição à guerra colonial. Portanto, o Portugal da ditadura não era algo de que sentisse saudades. A segunda razão foi ter compreendido nesses anos de exílio que a saudade era um das componentes do lusotropicalismo em relação aos emigrantes", refere o autor.Questionado sobre o período da revolta estudantil e operária de Maio de 68 que constitui o ponto fulcral do segundo volume das suas "Memórias em Tempo de Amnésia", Álvaro Vasconcelos considera que foi um "privilégio" o facto de "ter vivido a revolução cultural dos anos 60 (...) para alguém que vinha de África, que era um opositor do regime ditatorial português, viver uma revolução cultural em que os valores que tinha compreendido em África eram essenciais, os Direitos Humanos, o direito à igualdade, liberdade, o direito de palavra, a recusa da violência sobre os estudantes, tudo isto estava no centro dessa revolução".Durante esse período, o autor refere ter também contactado de perto com a numerosa comunidade portuguesa de França. Então dirigente de um jornal destinado à comunidade portuguesa, "O Salto", ele recorda os momentos passados com os emigrantes, muitos deles homens com poucas habilitações que tinham fugido da miséria e da opressão."Quando cheguei a Paris, vindo de Bruxelas, deparei-me com o Portugal da minha infância agora em liberdade, porque muitos homens -sobretudo homens- tinham abandonado Portugal por causa da miséria e vinham com uma consciência muito forte do que tinha sido a sua situação em Portugal que os obrigava a fugir (...) e nessa altura ainda viviam em situação muito precária, nos bairros da lata dos arredores de Paris. Mas viviam em liberdade. Portanto, tínhamos a possibilidade de falar com eles e conversar sobre o que era Portugal, mas eles tinham um enorme medo da política", recorda o estudioso referindo contudo ter observado nos emigrantes portugueses daquela altura uma apetência por convívios, peças de teatro e concertos organizados no seio da comunidade.Questionado sobre as utopias que guiaram a sua geração, nomeadamente o maoismo, doutrina que seguiu naquela época e sobre a qual fala longamente num capítulo do seu livro, Álvaro Vasconcelos explica ter aderido a essas ideias por não se identificar com o Partido Comunista Português."Pessoas como eu e como outros que não se reviam na União Soviética, que não se reviam no Partido Comunista Português porque o PCP estava ligado à União Soviética e, por outro lado, defendia a participação na guerra colonial a que nós nos opúnhamos absolutamente, encontramos no maoismo a alternativa. (...) O maoismo era uma coisa muito distante. Nos anos 60, na China estava a ter lugar a 'Revolução Cultural'. Ao mesmo tempo que estava a haver uma revolução cultural na Europa, estava a haver uma revolução cultural na China, contra a burocracia, contra os professores. Hoje, nós sabemos que isto tudo foi manipulado por Mao Tse Tung e que não correspondia a nenhuma tentativa de pôr em causa a estrutura totalitária dos Estado chinês. Mas não era assim que era percebido na Europa e o maoismo europeu não era exactamente a mesma coisa que o maoismo chinês. Era um maoismo mais libertário. Mas esse movimento tinha outra dimensão que é esta tentação totalitária dos intelectuais, que é a necessidade dos intelectuais e das pessoas em geral de encontrarem uma alternativa para Deus" diz Álvaro Vasconcelos ao considerar que o maoismo chegou a assumir uma dimensão quase religiosa junto de uma franja de activistas e intelectuais daquela altura.Quando se dá o 25 de Abril de 1974, Álvaro Vasconcelos decide regressar imediatamente a Portugal, depois de mais de 20 anos de ausência do país que deixara ainda criança. Ele conta que a viagem se fez num clima de incerteza sobre a eventualidade de ser preso, já que ele era procurado pela polícia política e tinha poucas informações sobre os contornos daquilo que então era visto apenas como um golpe militar."Nós decidimos vir a salto. Eu cheguei na madrugada do dia 1 de Maio a Lisboa. (...) Passamos a fronteira a salto, mas um colega nosso que era "legal", não tinha dificuldade nenhuma, não era exilado, não era perseguido pela polícia, atravessou a fronteira na sua carrinha. Ao apanhar-nos do outro lado da fronteira em Vilar Formoso, ele disse 'cheguei à fronteira, toda a gente gritava 'viva a liberdade' e dava-me um cravo!'. Depois cheguei e foi extraordinário. Cheguei no dia 1 de Maio de 1974, quando o golpe militar se transformou numa revolução popular e depois, sucessivamente, pôs termo à ditadura", recorda.Com o 25 de Abril abriram-se novas oportunidades, nomeadamente no que tange às modalidades da descolonização, depois de vários anos de guerra. Ainda assim, para alguns, subsistia ainda a ideia de que o império colonial poderia manter-se sob a forma de uma federação."O que temos que entender é que, por um lado, a descolonização era inevitável. O exército português já não estava preparado para combater, tinha-se chegado à conclusão que não havia solução militar para a guerra, mas havia sectores do poder português, inclusive do poder militar, como o general Spínola, que pensavam que era possível reconstruir o império em novas fórmulas. Era a ideia de uma federação de Estados. No fundo, isto está muito ligado a uma questão que é fundamental que eu coloco no livro e que se põe desde o 25 de Abril, que é assumirmos de forma plena os crimes coloniais. Isso, os capitães de Abril, os militares que fizeram a revolução, não queriam abrir esse dossier. É fácil perceber porquê, porque eles próprios tinham estado envolvidos na guerra colonial e teriam que se auto-incriminar. Portanto, é um assunto que passou a ser absolutamente tabu, os crimes da guerra colonial, e com ele, de certa forma, o colonialismo. Depois, o segundo aspecto é que o poder que surgiu do 25 de Abril manteve a mesma retórica lusotropicalista do contributo português para a civilização mundial através dos descobrimentos e isso está presente em todo o debate pós-25 de Abril", considera Álvaro Vasconcelos ao recordar a época que veio a seguir à Revolução dos Cravos e que marca também o epílogo do segundo volume das suas "Memórias em Tempo de Amnésia", obra que vai agora ser apresentada também nos próximos dias 18 e 19 de Outubro, respectivamente em Lisboa e no Porto.

Im letzten Teil der Serie „Feng Shui-Persönlichkeiten“ geht es um den Kaiser Qian Long, der Feng Shui tatsächlich auch selbst erlernt hat. Mit dem letzten Kaiser Pu Yi endet das Feudalsystem und Mao Tse Tung erhält die Macht über China. Er verbietet Feng Shui und verweist alle Gelehrte des Landes. Nur 14 Jahre später holt sein Nachfolger Deng Xiao Ping das Feng Shui wieder nach China zurück. Und last not least war es der Großmeister Yap Cheng Hai, der das klassische Feng Shui in die ganze Welt hinaustragen wollte. Karl-Willy Wittstadt, Jahrgang 51, ist Schreinermeister, Betriebswirt, Innenarchitekt und Architekt, Schriftsteller und ist seit mehr als 20 Jahren Feng Shui-Experte; ausgebildet von dem weltweit anerkannten Großmeister für das klassische Feng Shui: Yap Cheng Hai. Nach mehr als 20 Jahren intensiver Erfahrungen, bildet nun Karl-Willy Wittstadt zusammen mit seiner ehemaligen Mitarbeiterin und Kollegin Julia Ries, im Turtle-Fengshui-Institute in München Feng Shui-interessierte Schüler zu Feng Shui-Beratern und -Experten aus. Neben den klassischen Lehren WU XING, SAN HE, BA ZHAI, SAN YUAN wird dort auch die Speziallehre BA ZI gelehrt. Julia Ries betreibt zusammen mit Kerstin Trüdinger den sehr erfolgreichen Podcast „Feng Shui isst man nicht mit Stäbchen“. Nun veröffentlicht auch Karl-Willy Wittstadt bei Kerstin Trüdinger seinen Podcast FENG SHUI WISDOM, in dem ihr viel interessantes Hintergrundwissen über die Historie des klassischen Feng Shui, über alte und neue Meister und über so manches Geheimnis rund um Feng Shui erfahren könnt.

Learn how the LEFT is dismantling the great art and great science of the West. Savage shares how cinema, art, and music have devolved. Learn how progressives have hijacked academia and culture and how science has been ransacked by bureaucrats and profiteers. Why the Leftists are diminishing the men who built this nation. Why we must study Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution to understand the Left's evil and dangerous blueprint for America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

IV of IV. The Crux: Risk-Aversion & Today's Chinese Crisis America's commitment to the ongoing independence of the Republic of Taiwan could, when faced with a Chinese Communist invasion of that island nation, spark nothing less than a worldwide nuclear Armageddon. Logic would seem to indicate that survival required prudence. A prudent person would avoid tripping such a wire at all costs. In this case however, a logically prudent person would be wrong! Here is why.Would you like to share your thoughts with Ralph?  Please email your comments to hello@idahospeaks.com or post your comments on @IdahoSpeaks on Twitter.Sponsors:This production of Keep Right was brought to you by Ed Bejarana from Zenith Exhibits.  Zenith Exhibits providing professional audio production, voice overs, and audiobook narration.  Call (208) 209-7170 or visit www.zenithexhibits.com to learn more.Do you have something so say?  Interested in learning more about publishing on the Idaho Speaks Network?  Our nation was built on ideas and your idea could be the next political advancement for Idaho.  Call Ed at (208) 209-7170 or email hello@idahospeaks.com to start the conversation.

III of IV. Chi-Nats vs. Chi-ComsAmerica's commitment to the ongoing independence of the Republic of Taiwan could, when faced with a Chinese Communist invasion of that island nation, spark nothing less than a worldwide nuclear Armageddon. Logic would seem to indicate that survival required prudence. A prudent person would avoid tripping such a wire at all costs. In this case however, a logically prudent person would be wrong! Here is why.Would you like to share your thoughts with Ralph?  Please email your comments to hello@idahospeaks.com or post your comments on @IdahoSpeaks on Twitter.Sponsors:This production of Keep Right was brought to you by Ed Bejarana from Zenith Exhibits.  Zenith Exhibits providing professional audio production, voice overs, and audiobook narration.  Call (208) 209-7170 or visit www.zenithexhibits.com to learn more.Do you have something so say?  Interested in learning more about publishing on the Idaho Speaks Network?  Our nation was built on ideas and your idea could be the next political advancement for Idaho.  Call Ed at (208) 209-7170 or email hello@idahospeaks.com to start the conversation.

America's commitment to the ongoing independence of the Republic of Taiwan could, when faced with a Chinese Communist invasion of that island nation, spark nothing less than a worldwide nuclear Armageddon. Logic would seem to indicate that survival required prudence. A prudent person would avoid tripping such a wire at all costs. In this case however, a logically prudent person would be wrong! Here is why.Would you like to share your thoughts with Ralph?  Please email your comments to hello@idahospeaks.com or post your comments on @IdahoSpeaks on Twitter.Sponsors:This production of Keep Right was brought to you by Ed Bejarana from Zenith Exhibits.  Zenith Exhibits providing professional audio production, voice overs, and audiobook narration.  Call (208) 209-7170 or visit www.zenithexhibits.com to learn more.Do you have something so say?  Interested in learning more about publishing on the Idaho Speaks Network?  Our nation was built on ideas and your idea could be the next political advancement for Idaho.  Call Ed at (208) 209-7170 or email hello@idahospeaks.com to start the conversation.

I of IV. Risk-Aversion in Theory & Practice from World War I through the Cold WarAmerica's commitment to the ongoing independence of the Republic of Taiwan could, when faced with a Chinese Communist invasion of that island nation, spark nothing less than a worldwide nuclear Armageddon.  Logic would seem to indicate that survival required prudence.  A prudent person would avoid tripping such a wire at all costs.  In this case however, a logically prudent person would be wrong!  Here is why.Would you like to share your thoughts with Ralph?  Please email your comments to hello@idahospeaks.com or post your comments on @IdahoSpeaks on Twitter.Sponsors:This production of Keep Right was brought to you by Ed Bejarana from Zenith Exhibits.  Zenith Exhibits providing professional audio production, voice overs, and audiobook narration.  Call (208) 209-7170 or visit www.zenithexhibits.com to learn more.Do you have something so say?  Interested in learning more about publishing on the Idaho Speaks Network?  Our nation was built on ideas and your idea could be the next political advancement for Idaho.  Call Ed at (208) 209-7170 or email hello@idahospeaks.com to start the conversation.

Many times we paralyze ourselves with thinking, learning and planning...in this epsiode, I break down wisdom from Mao Tse-Tung on the power of dedicating yourself to the fight, when it's time.  

On this edition of Parallax Views, Aaron J. Leonard joins us to discuss the new revised and updated edition of his and Conor A. Gallagher book Heavy Radicals: The FBI's Secret War on America's Maoists: The Revolutionary Union/Revolutionary Communist Part 1968-1980. We delve into the radical left-wing politics of the late 1960s into the 1970s and the influence of Mao Tse-Tung's variant on communist thought on American radicals as well as how revolutionary groups in the U.S. applied theory and praxis in their operations at the time. This leads us into discussions of figures like H. Bruce Franklin as well as the infamous Bob Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA (RCP). It is well-known that the post-WWII era saw the intelligence community become very concerned about radical left-wing politics, specifically the activities of communist groups, in the U.S. during the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Much has been made of J. Edgar Hoover, the House on Un-American Activities Committee, and COINTELPRO in this regard. But Aaron specifically focuses on the FBI's counterintelligence operations against Maoist groups. We discuss the "dirty tricks" that were used against these groups by the FBI at this time. We discuss FBI informant recruiting in the time as well as the specific players involved in activities against U.S.-based Maoist groups. Aaron names names and gives insight into FBI actions against left-wing radical groups in the United States post-Hoover. Additionally Aaron and I discuss the Black Panthers, the media vs. radical activities, the labor movement, conspiracy theories vs. systemic analysis, the evangelical couple that sought to help the FBI by infiltrating the Revolutionary Union, W. Mark Felt (the man who confessed to being "Deep Throat" in the Nixon-era Watergate saga in 2005), the FBI report that referred to the RCP as a "threat of the first magnitude" to the U.S., the concept of the deep state and why Aaron believes there is just the State rather than deep state, the JFK Records Act and how the files released from that has value beyond the questions surrounding the Kennedy assassination itself (ie: files on Fred Hampton, Bob Dylan, etc.), how do you read and evaluate FBI files?, the Fair Play for Cuba Committe, the CIA and Richard Gibson (Codename: Sugar), Donald Wright, why is Maoism neglected when looking at the history of the New Left?, COINTELPRO and the Ad Hoc Commitee, the FBI's war against radical folk musicians and Aaron's latest books Whole World in an Uproar: Music, Rebellion and Repression – 1955-1972 and The Folk Singers and the Bureau: The FBI, the Folk Artists and the Suppression of the Communist Party, USA-1939-1956, Pete Seeger and the radical nature of much 20th century folk music, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and what Aaron refers to as the "soft revocation" of FOIA, and more.

El 16 de mayo de 1966 se inició en China una de las revoluciones de mayor envergadura de la historia universal: la Revolución Cultural China. Su objetivo era preservar el sistema comunista implantado en China en 1921, como extensión de la revolución bolchevique en Rusia. Según sus ideólogos, en la década de 1960 a 1970 había ya elementos burgueses que estaban corrompiendo, con tintes capitalistas, el comunismo impuesto tras la Guerra Civil acaecida veinte años atrás.  Fue un regreso al pasado que, con el proletariado como excusa y herramienta para acabar con las élites, fue liderado con mano de hierro por Mao Zedong, para muchos conocido como Mao Tse Tung. Pero, ¿sabíais que este líder, responsable de la muerte en tiempos de paz de más de 70 millones de personas, hasta su fallecimiento en 1976, fue hijo de campesinos y en su infancia soñaba con dedicarse a la enseñanza e incluso se licenció en Magisterio?

Das Büchlein wurde in den 60er-Jahren des 20. Jh. weltweit verbreitet. In China diente es bald der totalitären Kontrolle durch Mao Tse Tung, in Westeuropa galt es als Zeichen gegen das Establishment. (BR 2016) Autor: Ulrich Chaussy

For this discussion we welcome Manolo de los Santos to discuss the book Our Own Path to Socialism: Selected Speeches of Hugo Chávez.  Manolo de los Santos is the co-executive director of the People's Forum and is a researcher at Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. He co-edited, most recently, Viviremos: Venezuela vs Hybrid War and Comrade of the Revolution: Selected Speeches of Fidel Castro. He is a co-coordinator of the People's Summit for Democracy. Our Own Path to Socialism: Selected Speeches of Hugo Chávez is the first book length English translation of a collection of speeches from Hugo Chávez. Chávez left behind thousands of hours of speeches, and this book collects seven of them, presenting his theories, perspectives, and his visions of 21st century socialism. An almost encyclopedic blend of songs, stories, and dreams of the Venezuelan people, his words are a tool for young people seeking to understand the ideas of Chavismo and the Venezuelan process of building socialism in South America. This conversation is a combination of thinking with Chávez as a historian, as a student of socialist practice, a theorist, and as a revolutionary in his own right. We talk a bit along the way about the example of Cuba, Chávez's relationship to Fidel Castro, the influence of Mao Tse-Tung on his thinking, Chávez's thinking on urgency, socialism and the climate crisis, and on the critical importance of study to the revolutionary process. The book is available from 1804 Books and we highly recommend it. We want to thank Manolo and the folks at 1804 Books for this book and conversation. We also want to thank PM Press for donating 35 copies of the Mohawk Warrior Society for our incarcerated reading group (in partnership with Prisons Kill and Massive Bookshop). Thanks to their donation and contributions from listeners last month we do have enough to cover that book and the postage to send it in this month. And if you like what we do bringing you conversations like this every week then please become a patron of the show. Our show is 100% funded by our patrons and you can become one for as little as $1 a month and find out about things like our Wretched of the Earth study group which is going to start later this month. Some of our other conversations on Venezuela and Chávez: "Venezuela The Present As Struggle" with Gilbert & Marquina "Chávez Has A Present In Venezuela" with Gilbert & Marquina Geo Maher On Revolutionary Solidarity with Venezuela "Commune or Nothing" with Chris Gilbert  

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Round 2 of the NRL Season, the appearance of Albo on the world stage and an impending NSW Election finds our hosts waxing lyrical about the geopolitical implications of the NRL and code expansion, infrastructure issues, Stadiums, catering and the all round Game Day Experience! Biden, Modi, Mao Tse Tung and the Australian Defence Force all get a look in, as do David Bowie, Stevie Nicks, Chris Rock and Weird Al. In other issues, obviously Blake Ferguson's nasal issues require a thorough going over, as do the Wellness Gurus, the Red Mist and The Sheens/Marshall Initiative/Experiment. And much, more more.... Please tune in, listen, subscribe, share and review!    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Seguimos avanzando por la historia de China. En este segundo episodio abarcamos toda la época comprendida entre la caída de la última dinastía imperial china hasta el surgimiento del Partido Comunista Chino y la consolidación de su poder bajo el liderazgo de Mao Tse Tung.Analizamos los diversos factores políticos, económicos y sociales que contribuyeron al declive del imperio y al auge del nacionalismo y la lucha por la independencia. Exploraremos el surgimiento del movimiento comunista en China y las diversas figuras y eventos que llevaron al Partido Comunista Chino a tomar el poder en 1949.

Would you like to share your thoughts with Ralph?  Please email your comments to hello@idahospeaks.com or post your comments on @IdahoSpeaks on Twitter.Idaho Speaks is a listener supported production.  Please visit idahospeaks.com/support to learn more.Do you have something so say?  Interested in learning more about publishing on the Idaho Speaks Network?  Our nation was built on ideas and your idea could be the next political advancement for Idaho.  Call Ed at (208) 209-7170 or email hello@idahospeaks.com to start the conversation.Transcript:"You are yourself, plus your circumstances."  The early 20th Century Spanish philosopher, Jose Ortega y Gasset, was correct when he described an individual's identity as being a fusion of internal qualities and external context.Each of us is awash in a sea of circumstances which define who we are, what we do, and how we think about the world.  Our lives are lived within a precise moment in history and culture.Everything extrinsic to us, from our language to our expectations about life, derives from whether we were born in 1962 or in 1992, in New York City or in Rathdrum, Idaho, in the USA or in Zimbabwe.   We are shaped by whether we were raised by a gentle soul or by a martinet, by a Doctor or by a Day Laborer, by a Christian or by a Communist, by a married father and mother or by a single parent.Taken in isolation, we are each vulnerable.  Alone in a treacherous world, we are hard-pressed just to survive.  Very few of us can thrive without others.  In fact, a stark and unremitting solitude will drive many of us mad.Fortunately, the circumstances of everyday life provide many opportunities for isolated individuals to connect meaningfully with others.  The birth family, neighborhoods, churches, schools, military service, jobs, clubs, teams, romantic partners and chosen families that we experience all offer us opportunities for meaningful relationships.  Such connections make life worth living.We can find purpose and satisfaction by associating with others of similar faith, ideals, ethnic heritage & culture, life experiences, vocations, avocations, and nationality.  Or, we can enjoy discussing our differing notions with those of divergent views.With functional linkages to other human beings, our stark solitary existence is energized by the vitality and enthusiasm of others.  With the involvement and help of family, friends, associates, colleagues, and other companions, our efforts reshape our world.In short, we human beings are social animals.  One of our most fundamental needs is companionship.  With it we thrive, and without it we wither.Given our social nature, the inescapable consequences of certain "woke" progressive ideas on human relationships is nothing less than appalling.  In their unremitting eagerness to destroy the imperfections of the past and build an entirely new utopia of justice, these zealots are prepared to wreck our established connections to the wider world.Woke progressives advocate that every human tradition, religion, philosophy, ideology, business, workplace, symphony, opera, song, poem, book, play, movie, video game, comic book, art object, sport, contract, or social custom be reevaluated.  Nothing, not even the unstructured play of preadolescent children, must be allowed to flow naturally.  Every work of human hands and the human mind must be scrutinized to determine how power is distributed.Who has power, and who lacks it?  Which parties have been privileged by traditions and which have been systematically disenfranchised?A stark equality of result, the touchstone of all variant Communisms, is becoming the new universal standard of value and virtue.  Perceived past wrongs must be righted, and all must conform to the strictures of reward and punishment necessary to redistribute power and bring about a new order of righteous equity.This type of unrelenting fanaticism is well-known throughout history.  "The Cause" varies from epoch to epoch, but the totalitarian methods are always consistent: an uncompromising and doctrinaire pursuit of ideological purity at all costs.The impure receive terror, pogroms, purges, Holy Inquisitions, and Star Chamber Courts.  The pure receive the power to sit in judgment over everything and everyone; to play god and decide who lives and who dies.This violent winnowing of human society from anything discordant from their woke ideal is not truly about justice.  It is designed to detach the individual from all healthy relationships, making the solitary person isolated, vulnerable, and more easily subjugated.This pattern is ubiquitous in abusive relationships.  The abuser always attempts to detach their victim from their family, friends, and other worldly contacts.  Alone, the victim is at the mercy of the abuser.  Despite their talk of social justice, the woke among us mean to abuse us.  As Robespierre said during the French Revolution, virtue without terror is useless.We each must insist that our naturally evolved human relationships, personal associations, faiths, and traditions not be reduced to the raw calculus of a dogmatic understanding of power and justice.In China during the Cultural Revolution, adolescents were given Mao's "Little Red Book", a summary of the expressed insights of the greatest mass murderer in human history.  These Middle Schoolers were organized into Red Guard cadres, given AK-47 assault rifles, and entrusted with the power of judgment over everyone and everything in the People's Republic.  30-50 million Chinese were murdered in 10 years, and every survivor was brutalized; left carrying scars to this day.  The fictional "Lord of the Flies" had nothing on this hellscape reality!This is the dystopia we are abetting if we continue to abide woke progressives savaging everything that is not of them as being indecently racist or obscenely oppressive.  This extremist cult has already spread from college campuses into corporate boardrooms.  How long until armed thugs fill our streets, holding "People's Courts" where "Enemies of the People" are identified, tried, punished, and even executed; all in one afternoon?We must stand by plain friendship and free play, straightforward associations and time-honored traditions.  We must insist that most of the relationships in which we engage have nothing to do with power politics.We must defend the sublime complexity of real human societies, and the needs of most every man, woman, and child to be free to fully engage without permission from would-be Political Commissars.  We must do these things and more, because if we don't then we risk the extermination of everything spontaneous in this world that makes life worth living.

Mao Tse-Tung fue un líder político y militar chino que lideró la Revolución China y se convirtió en el primer presidente de la República Popular China. Nacido en 1893 en una familia de campesinos, Mao se unió al Partido Comunista Chino en 1921 y lideró la lucha contra el gobierno nacionalista durante la Guerra Civil China. Después de derrotar al gobierno nacionalista en 1949, Mao se convirtió en el líder supremo de China y llevó a cabo una serie de reformas radicales durante su mandato, incluyendo la Revolución Cultural y la Gran Marcha del Norte. Aunque sus reformas tuvieron algunos éxitos, también fueron responsables de millones de muertes por hambre y violencia. Mao murió en 1976 y es considerado tanto un héroe nacional como un dictador sanguinario en China.

Would you like to share your thoughts with Ralph?  Please email your comments to hello@idahospeaks.com or post your comments on @IdahoSpeaks on Facebook.Idaho Speaks is a listener supported production.  Please visit idahospeaks.com/support to learn more.Do you have something so say?  Interested in learning more about publishing on the Idaho Speaks Network?  Our nation was built on ideas and your idea could be the next political advancement for Idaho.  Call Ed at (208) 209-7170 or email hello@idahospeaks.com to start the conversation.

Elaine Hudson is an actor/director/producer/teacher. She trained at NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Art) and has worked in theatre, film and television. Directing credits include Endgame (Lookout Theatre); The Lady from Dubuque (Downstairs Belvoir); Poles Apart (Stables Theatre); The Death of Peter Pan; After the Fall (Associate Director), Relative Comfort, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Gross Indecency/The Importance of Being Earnest and Seven Little Australians (new theatre); The Man Who Came to Dinner (Genesian Theatre), A Touch of Paradise (Downstairs Belvoir) and Young Dramatists – Page to Stage (Co-Artistic Director 1999 – 2013 ), Heir Raising for Mardi Gras 2009 and Associate Director on Trapped in Mykonos, Downstairs Seymour 2013. Acting credits include roles for Sydney Theatre Company, including a celebrated Elizabeth Proctor in Richard Wherret's often mentioned The Crucible; new theatre; Company B; Griffin Theatre ; Queensize Productions (Dacia Maraini's Mary Stuart –Excellence Award from International New York Fringe Festival); Cumulus Productions (Mother Teresa is Dead, The Women of Lockerbie, Box and Quotations from Mao Tse-Tung). In 2009 Elaine performed in A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Liv Ullmann, for the Sydney Theatre Company, touring to Washington and New York. In 2010, at Teatro Cortile in Bolzano, Italy, Elaine premiered a group devised solo performance inspired by life and work of Emily Dickinson. A residency at Bundanon was followed by a second performance of this work at the Adelaide Fringe in 2012. In 2012, Elaine took part in a performance of poems of Miyazama Kenji at Theatre X (Cai) in Ryogoku, Tokyo, directed by Roger Pulvers. Film and Television work as an actor includes Cross-Life (Sydney Film Festival), Dying Breed (Tribeca), The Disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain, Joh's Jury (AFI Best Actress Nomination), All Saints, White Collar Blue, Grassroots, Heartbreak High, Chandon Pictures and Rake. It is indeed a rich tapestry which Elaine has woven in her pursuit of artistic endeavour. She is passionate about all forms and her academic investigation of each equips her with extensive knowledge and a broad experience of theatre-making. I adore any encounter with Elaine, so I cannot wait to share this STAGES conversation with you, so you can see exactly what I mean. The STAGES podcast is available to access and subscribe from Spotify and Apple podcasts. Or from wherever you access your favourite podcasts. A conversation with creatives about craft and career. Recipient of Best New Podcast at 2019 Australian Podcast Awards. Follow socials on instagram (stagespodcast) and facebook (Stages). www.stagespodcast.com.au

In October 1950, Mao Tse Tung decides to invade Tibet.In 1953, India finds out that China has built a road in India's Aksai Chin region to connect Mainland China to Tibet. India protests and China suggests that it will withdraw claim on any territory south of the McMahon line in exchange for retaining Aksai Chin. This is rejected and India implements the Forward Policy to push back China. On October 20, 1962, China make 2 simultaneous attacks on the Indian border, 1000 kilometers apart. The India China War of 1962 starts. As China keeps making inroads, Nehru appeals to President Kennedy for help.

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Xi Jinping sta per diventare l'uomo più potente ad aver mai guidato la Cina dopo Mao Tse Tung. Breve riassunto delle sfide che attendono la Cina (e il suo leader) nei prossimi 5 anni. Ascolta Actually, il podcast di Will che parla del cambiamento Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

El presidente de la Junta Central Electoral recorre el país y visita comunidades en el exterior en un intento de presionar por la aprobación de una reforma electoral que es apoyada por todas las instancias de la sociedad civil pero menospreciada por el congreso que es quien puede hacerla realidad. Ayer un senador dijo que eso se toma su tiempo. Ayer también, supimos que un grupo de riferos está organizando una protesta, que pueden financiar sin problemas, porque en la noche Alicia Ortega contó que solo un grupito de diputados había “legalizado” unas tres mil bancas de apuestas y que solo un consorcio de bancas habría evadido 24 millones de pesos en impuestos en un año. Yo no sé si hay otro país en el mundo donde un grupo de personas que reconocen están violando la ley son quienes hacen las leyes que debemos respetar el resto de los ciudadanos. Los riferos son la cuarta fuerza electoral en el Congreso dominicano y sin duda el sector económico que primero se dio cuenta de la importancia de tener representación política directa, no importa en las siglas de que partido se llegue, porque al final están en el congreso para defender sus intereses. En nuestro país casi el 40% de los ingresos tributarios que son a su vez el 96 por ciento de los ingresos públicos se corresponden con impuestos indirectos como el itebis. El más pobre que compra una caja de fosforo paga itebis. La clase media es golpeada por los impuestos al consumo y la renta. Sin embargo los riferos no pagan impuestos y tienen un congreso que actúa a su favor, El entuerto de las leyes de partidos y de régimen electoral aprobada por un congreso que quería cuidarse a si mismo, tal cual era en ese momento, nos ha heredado este tollo que actúa en contra de los ciudadanos y sus intereses, y en sobre todo en contra de la democracia. Un ciudadano decente que paga sus impuestos no puede competir frente a un rifero que tiene ingresos millonarios para pagar un esquema clientelar y además evade impuestos con todo el desparpajo del mundo. Y cuando una cree que lo ha visto y escuchado todo, el líder, maestro y guía se destapa en NY diciendo que lo están copiando en un intento de hacer un gobierno tan bueno como los suyos. El ego de LF es de referencia, ustedes recordarán cuando rechazó ir a un debate en el 2008 y dijo textualmente “Para que haya un debate, mis contrincantes tendrían que saber conceptualizar, y si usted observa, hay un déficit de conceptualización; entonces, frente a eso, ir a un debate carecería de sentido, es una ridiculez” Después de salir corriendo del PLD a Fernández le entregaron un partido que se llamaba de los Trabajadores Dominicanos. Un partido de izquierda marxista.maoista defensor a ultranza de la nueva china de Mao Tse Tung y Deng Xiao Ping. La entrega incluyó la casa nacional y los colores pero no la ideología que pasó del maoísmo al neovinchismo. Si algo está claro es que con tal de estar en el poder LF se acomoda en el rango ideológico que fuera porque lo importante es terciarse la ñoña. Ojalá no le copien el Peme y el Prodaba de sus primeros cuatro años. Luis Inchausti fue el único que pagó por eso. Que no le copien el extravío de 130 millones de dólares de la Sun Land. Que no copien los tucanos ni los 37 mil millones del caso del senador Felix Bautista. Cuando el poeta nacional escribió que este país estaba colocado “en un inverosímil archipiélago de azúcar y de alcohol” seguro no pensó que existirían los legisladores riferos ni el discurso de Leonel Fernández.

John Zmirak Article- Donald Trump is the MLK of the Working Class and Christians. No Wonder the FBI is Persecuting Him, Too. Tom Woods- Mao's Mass Murder.   Donald Trump is the MLK of the Working Class and Christians. No Wonder the FBI is Persecuting Him, Too. By John Zmirak. Tom Woods - Mao's Mass Murder   John Zmirak The Eric Metaxas Show   Aug 16 2022   Donald Trump is the MLK of the Working Class and Christians. No Wonder the FBI is Persecuting Him, Too. By John Zmirak. Read the article at: https://stream.org/donald-trump-is-the-mlk-of-the-working-class-and-christians-no-wonder-the-fbi-is-persecuting-him-too/   John Zmirak https://stream.org/author/johnzmirak/   The Eric Metaxas Show- https://metaxastalk.com/podcasts/   Mao's Mass Murder The Tom Woods Show  Aug 11 2022   You can still find people to this day who try to claim Mao Tse-Tung was an agrarian reformer and that the deaths were caused by bad weather, but in this episode my guest Jason Jewell gives us the truth, while also spending some time on communism in eastern Europe.   Learn more about Tom Woods at: https://tomwoods.com/ Learn more about Michael Malice at: https://michaelmalice.com/ Watch more films from Dangerous Documentaries at: https://www.dangerousdocumentaries.com/   Watch all 10 videos in this series at- The Politically Incorrect Guide 10 videos Starring Tom Woods & Michael Malice, and based on the Regnery Publishing book series of the same name, "The Politically Incorrect Guide" covers the undiscussed facts and stories about history, culture, and social movements, purged from today's mainstream education system. Tom Woods penned the very first book in the series, "The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History", which was a New York Times bestseller. Capital Research Center   1The Politically Incorrect Guide to Modern Capitalism (Starring Tom Woods & Michael Malice!) 2The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Industrial Revolution (Starring Tom Woods & Michael Malice!) 3The Politically Incorrect Guide to Public Education (Starring Tom Woods & Michael Malice!) 4The Politically Incorrect Guide to Journalism (Starring Tom Woods & Michael Malice!) 5The Politically Incorrect Guide to Real American Heroes (Starring Tom Woods & Michael Malice!) 6The Politically Incorrect Guide to Woodrow Wilson & the Origins of Progressivism 7The Politically Incorrect Guide to Communism (Starring Tom Woods & Michael Malice!) 8The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Supreme Court (Starring Tom Woods & Michael Malice!) 9The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression & the New Deal 10The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution (Starring Tom Woods & Michael Malice!)

Cześć! W tym odcinku serii Powojnie ponownie nawiązałem do historii Azji. W kontekście obecnych napięć między Chińską Republiką Ludową a Tajwanem warto przypomnieć jak wyglądał komunistyczny podbój Tybetu. Wówczas przywódca chińskich komunistów Mao Tse Tung stosując przede wszystkim argument siły doprowadził do przejęcia kontroli nad himalajskim państwem. Jak konkretnie do tego doszło? Tego dowiecie się oglądając najnowszy odcinek serii Powojnie. Moim zdaniem o historii Chin w Polsce wciąż mówi się zbyt mało. Mam nadzieję, że takimi filmami choć trochę łatam tę lukę. Podbój Tybetu jest doskonałym przykładem chińskiego podboju, gdzie cel uświęca środki. Zajęcie Tybetu podobnie jak współcześnie Tajwanu było po 1949 roku jednym z najważniejszych celów nowej komunistycznej władzy.

You can still find people to this day who try to claim Mao Tse-Tung was an agrarian reformer and that the deaths were caused by bad weather, but in this episode my guest Jason Jewell gives us the truth, while also spending some time on communism in eastern Europe.

This episode is a reflection on "On Correcting Mistaken Ideas in the Party" by Mao Tse-tung.Mentioned: Constructive Criticism: A Handbook, by Gracie Lyons.Access additional, free resources or support the show: https://www.patreon.com/massstruggleFollow Mass Struggle on instagram: @MassStrugglePodFollow Mass Struggle on twitter: @MassStrugglePod Email: massstrugglepod@gmail.comSupport the show

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“El gran salto adelante” que ideó el dictador comunista chino Mao Tse Tung para convertir el país en la mayor potencia industrial, aun careciendo de tejido industrial, provocó uno de los mayores desastres humanitarios y ecológicos que se recuerdan. Por Nieves Concostrina.

“El gran salto adelante” que ideó el dictador comunista chino Mao Tse Tung para convertir el país en la mayor potencia industrial, aun careciendo de tejido industrial, provocó uno de los mayores desastres humanitarios y ecológicos que se recuerdan. Por Nieves Concostrina.

“El gran salto adelante” que ideó el dictador comunista chino Mao Tse Tung para convertir el país en la mayor potencia industrial, aun careciendo de tejido industrial, provocó uno de los mayores desastres humanitarios y ecológicos que se recuerdan. Por Nieves Concostrina.

Greg Fitzsimmons, a stand-up comedy veteran who's known as "the comedian's comedian" stops by to talk comedy and, oddly enough, Mao Tse Tung. After discussing 20th century Chinese politics, Zane and Greg jump into comedy and hecklers, as Zane tries to convince Greg to cash in and start directing stand-up comedy specials. Oh, and Steve's back -- for better or worse. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/zanelamprey/support

Mao Tse-Tung, Kuomintang, ONU, Império Japonês, Segunda Guerra Mundial e até John Cena! Tudo isso está nesse episódio que vai te ajudar a entender de forma geral esse conflito de décadas. Separe trinta minutos do seu dia e aprenda com o professor Vítor Soares (@profvitorsoares) sobre a história da guerra entre China e Taiwan. Se você quiser ter acesso a episódios exclusivos e quiser ajudar o História em Meia Hora a continuar de pé, clique no link: www.apoia.se/historiaemmeiahora PIX: historiaemmeiahora@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historiaemmeiahora/support

FREE AGENCY, Chapter 6 of Kingdom of God Volume 1 Pages 70 to 74 https://youtu.be/53dkioUeDKA The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time. I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. (Wisdom of Thomas Jefferson, pp. 22 & 182) What was the war in heaven all about? It wasn't about smoking nor drinking; nor which day was the true Sabbath; nor the kind of job or salary we would like. The dispute was not over where we would live, nor who our friends would be. The battle was over freedom and free agency–the same thing over which nearly all wars are fought. Wars usually begin with someone wanting to rule over someone else. That means one person must give up certain rights, privileges, and freedoms to the other. This may be necessary during employment, as we usually don't have a choice about hours, salary, location, conditions, etc. But we do have the freedom to change jobs, or be self-employed–or even unemployed. Throughout the world we have seen men rise in power, such as Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Tojo, and Mao Tse Tung, who have enforced their evil powers on their own nation and others, as well. These men created rebellion, war and dictator-ships after the manner of Lucifer. Read this Chapter: https://fundamentallymormon.tumblr.com/post/677203139299033088/free-agency-chapter-6-of-kingdom-of-god-volume-1 Read this Book: http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=137 Read other books on Restoration Theology: http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=137

Después de un siglo de anarquía y humillación en China, finalmente los comunistas se hacen con el poder en 1949. Mao iniciará en 1958 el Gran Salto Adelante, política que causaría que decenas de millones de chinos murieran de hambre. Más adelante con la Revolución Cultural inicia una purga en la sociedad y en su partido para perseguir a los susceptibles de ser disidentes. En 1972 llegó a negociar en Richard Nixon. Finalmente muere en 1976.

Trauma can be treated in many ways, including acupuncture. Join us this time on the Behavioral Corner as we hear from Dr. Carla Cassler from Acupuncturists Without Borders. Acupuncture. Everything old is new again.The Behavioral Corner Podcast is made possible by Retreat Behavioral Health. Learn more - https://www.retreatbehavioralhealth.com

In Episode 7 of Series 6 Todd is in conversation with Tom Parker, a prominent counterterrorism practitioner who has consulted for the EU, the UN, Amnesty International and MI5 on post-conflict justice, security sector reform, and counter-terrorism. He is author of a new book, Avoiding the Terrorist Trap: Why Respect for Human Rights is the Key to Defeating Terrorism and in this episode he and Todd are reflecting on the complex interplay between counter-terrorism and human rights in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. NB By using the link above and the following codes, you can enjoy a substantial discount on Tom's book  55% discount on the Hardback version using the code: P995PARKERHC 30% discount on the eBook version using the code: P995PARKEREB 0.00-03.43 Todd asks Tom about a view expressed in his book that there is no set profile of a terrorist. Tom says there have been many attempts to profile the type of individual who becomes a terrorist but that this does not work. Terrorists come from all backgrounds and walks of life, they are male/female and young/old. He mentions Mohamed Merah who shot and killed seven people in Toulouse and his brother who although from the same background and influences went on to marry a Jewish woman and get involved in inter-faith dialogue. Tom says there are a host of pressures from different sources that push people towards terrorism and that there are certain behaviours that can influence whether terrorism emerges in a particular society such as the marginalisation or abuse of people.  03.43-15.20 Todd asks Tom why he believes a human rights framework is so key to tackling terrorism.  Tom explains that while researching his book he looked closely at materials in which terrorists over 150 years and across continents shared information about their ‘cause' or activities. He outlines six core principles that emerge: Asymmetrical warfare Attrition Propaganda by deed Revolutionary prototype Provoking a reaction in the existing Government Undermine legitimacy of existing Government In the latter two, Tom believes a human rights framework is particularly key as it stops Governments falling into a trap of over-reaction. He mentions the activities of Baader Meinhoff in the late 60s through to the 1980s.   Todd asks Tom to say more about the idea that open societies are more vulnerable to terrorism and feel more pressure to create restrictive measures to prevent it. Tom says terrorism tends to happen in democracies rather than authoritarian societies. Terrorists are using violence often to open a political dialogue. Human rights law does not prevent states from taking action to protect themselves. Rather, Tom says, it is quite permissive with a range of options within a framework and he sees no reason to step outside that framework. He talks briefly about his own experiences in the 1990s as a security officer in the UK working within this framework. He sees no tension between effective counter-terrorism and human rights observance.  Todd presses Tom on the claim from some quarters that the perceived existential threat of terrorism leads states to curb freedoms and violate human rights. Tom references Mao Tse Tung's analogy of the War of the Flea and explains that it's the reaction to a perceived threat that is the actual threat. He talks about Al Qaeda and how in his view it never posed a real existential threat to the United States compared with other threats including COVID-19. He goes on to say that despite this, many of the laws passed as a result of 9/11 are still in force today. He says he is in favour of the system used in the UK during the Troubles in Northern Ireland when all anti-terrorism legislation was temporary and designed to restore the status quo and therefore reviewed, renewed where necessary and updated or changed regularly. This has been lost since 9/11 in the US, UK and Europe he adds. He also adds that this has been done in the context of new technical and highly intrusive advancements that did not exist 20 years ago and may be hard to dismantle.  15.20-23.30 The conversation moves to COVID-19 and whether it can be perceived as an existential threat and whether responses to it can be perceived as curbing human rights. Tom talks about ‘privilege' and how the threat seems larger in the West compared with Nigeria where he is currently based and where there are other as if not more serious public health threats such as malaria. International human rights law anticipates the curbing of public freedoms to protect public health so he says there isn't a threat per se to human rights from it as long as the curbs are lawful/ proportionate etc.  Todd presses Tom on public concerns around the measures used to tackle COVID-19 and how long they will continue to be left in place. Tom references the Iron Law of Bureaucracy, a concept in political science that an established democracy and its supportive state institutions have a tendency to enlarge and enhance themselves. He says we don't think enough about the length of time we may have to live with measures after a threat has passed. He mentions the shoe bomber Richard Reid and how we still take our shoes off at airports because one person tried unsuccessfully to smuggle a bomb onto a plane in his shoe. He points out that when something fails, terrorists tend to move onto different things. He points to the length of time it took for the so-called Ring of Steel around London established as a response to the threat posed by the IRA took many years to gradually dwindle because these things are hard to change back once they are in place. Tom talks briefly about the development of new technologies such as number plate and facial recognition and smart cities and the potential implications of that with free public space shrinking and the potential for these technologies to be exploited for nefarious purposes. 23.30-end Todd wonders if our attention will return to terrorism post COVID and if there are any learnings from the experience to help in tackling terrorism. Tom says public focus may have left terrorism but it hasn't gone away especially right-wing and Islamist extremism. He agrees that the pandemic has had a ‘slightly depressing' effect on terrorism and that the threats are likely to emerge as significant as they were pre-pandemic. Todd brings Tom back to the focus of his book to reflect once again on the central premise of the book that a human rights based approach to tackling terrorism is key. Tom agrees that counter-terrorism and public health are hard and that there will always be contention and disagreement. A human rights approach helps resist the goals that terrorist organisations are seeking to achieve. It is a more measured and careful way of tackling the problem. Further links and references A reminder that by using the link above and the following codes, you can enjoy a substantial discount on Tom's book:  55% discount on the Hardback version using the code: P995PARKERHC 30% discount on the eBook version using the code: P995PARKEREB Other links Martha Crenshaw (political scientist and prominent terrorism researcher)  

As the last Emperor of China abdicates, the democrat Sun Yat-Sen has an opportunity to build democratic institutions in the nation. However, it's the military General Chiang Kai-Shek who leads China through WWII. He ultimately loses to the Red Army of Mao Tse-Tung and China's very brief tryst with democracy is over.

In 1949 as a result of the Chinese Civil War, Chiang Kai Shek (蔣介石) and his Nationalist government had retreated to the Island of Taiwan, and Mao Tse Tung and his Chinese Communist Party funded the new People's Republic of China.Normally the story ends there, however in reality, Chiang Kai Shek and his Nationalists never considered the civil war to be over.Using one of the largest navies in Asia, US technology, and bitter determination, they almost brought the new nation of China to its knees, and the rest of the world into nuclear warfare. Special thanks to the book: "Taiwan Straits" for giving me the idea for this topic.https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780810888906/Taiwan-Straits-Crisis-in-Asia-and-the-Role-of-the-U-S-Navy

Only ten days to go and about 1/3 of the ballots have already been cast. Can Donald Trump come from behind? Can the Republicans hold the Senate? Polling expert Karlyn Bowman and election analyst Jacob Rabushkin help us answer these questions. And a special guest appearance by the late Mao Tse Tung on the Ad of the Week – only on the Horse Race with Henry Olsen! Source

Audio Transcript: Good morning. Welcome to Mosaic church Brookline. My name is Jan. I'm one of the pastors here at Mosaic. Hopefully you've got a nice mask like I do. I got this from my dad. My only problem with this thing is, fogs up my glasses so can't see a thing. Happy Mother's Day, everyone. Here in the beginning, just a quick announcement. Could you do me a favor? If you're watching on Facebook right now, could you please hit the share button? I hate to ask. Feels like self-promotion, but it's basically the easiest way to share the gospel ever. Just press that button. Or if you're watching on YouTube, hit the subscribe button, and like, and comments and all that. It helps us get the word out. Also, if you are visiting, welcome. If you're not part of the Mosaic Brookline community, we'd love to connect with you and we do that through the connection guide. The link will be down in the comments on the Facebook Live premiere. And then also, we have another connection card either on our website or in our app, which you can get in the app store or Google Play. Just search for Mosaic Boston.We're so glad you here. Happy Mother's Day. We're so thankful for our moms. We love our moms and we're praying for them. We're thinking and honoring all the mothers in our community. And this day and age, mothers are clearly, clearly essential workers. More work than ever. Salary has not increased. I see this with my own wife, Tanya. She's an incredible mother to our four daughters, working harder than ever. So we're praying for you. I'm praying for the fruit of the spirit in your life, in particular, patience. As we pray for our mothers, we also pray and honor those who are pregnant today in this crazy season to be pregnant. You are already mothers and we're praying for you, for the Lord to strengthen you and comfort you and sustain you and bless you and the child.We're also thinking of those who would like to be mothers and are not. Jesus didn't have children. St. Paul didn't have children. There's many great, godly people in scripture who didn't have children. And from God's perspective, spiritual children are as important, if not more important, than physical children. I know many strong, powerful young women in our church who have seen people come to faith through their ministry. Those are your children, and we are to be fathers and mothers to them. Also for anyone who's lost a child, we pray for you, and God the Father knows what you're going through, what you've gone through. He too has lost a child. So here in beginning, I would just like to pray for all the moms and bless them in the name of Jesus Christ, by the power of the spirit. Would you pray with me?Heavenly father, we're so thankful for the gift of life and we're so thankful for the gift of new life. Lord, we're so thankful for our parents, our fathers and mothers, they're alive. Lord, we pray for them. We pray that you bless them today, in particular the mothers. You told us to honor our fathers and mothers, so we honor our moms today and the moms in the community, moms of physical and spiritual children. I pray that you give them wisdom and knowledge and discernment to raise up these children in the knowledge of the Lord, love for the Lord. Holy Spirit, I pray, fill them with your power, with your fullness, with your love and comfort and wisdom. And I pray that through their ministry at home, what an important ministry that is, what a calling that is. Lord, I pray that you through the spirit bear much spiritual fruit in their lives. Lord, and help us be great children to our parents, to our moms, to honor them well as you've commanded us. And Lord, bless our time in this tremendous book, brilliant book of Ruth. We thank you for the time that you've given us in it, and I pray that you bless the preaching of holy scripture and we pray all this in Christ's holy name. Amen.If you are tuning in today, if you're new, we've been going through the book of Ruth, all three sermons. The previous ones are online, and we'd love for you to listen to those. They've been a blessing to our community. Next week we are starting a new series through the book of Philippians, so definitely come back. Philippians is a timely book. The title of the series is inner peace in utter chaos, and St. Paul is writing this book about joy and peace that transcends all understanding and he's writing it from prison, from quarantine. Today we're finishing Ruth. We're in Ruth chapter four. The title of the sermon is The Heart of the Deal, not the art of the deal, but The Heart of the Deal, and at the center of the chapter is a transaction between Boaz and another gentlemen and Boaz is motivated by his heart. He's motivated by love.The story of Ruth, it is a love story, but more importantly it's a story of redemption. Redemption and love are inextricably intertwined because at the heart of redemption is sacrifice. At the heart of love is sacrifice as well, and that's where they meet together. It's not just a love story of hormonal surging love like rom-coms. It's a love story of sacrifice and of redemption. It's a story of costly sacrificial love. And the story of Boaz and Ruth and the whole book of Ruth, it's a prequel to Jesus. Both Ruth and Boaz, they point to Jesus Christ and his redemptive love and that's what we'll talk about today. One of the reasons why we love the story of Ruth, it's such a great story because it points to a greater story. Jesus Christ takes the stories of our lives and when we give him our lives, he takes the tragedies and triumphs and he weaves it into the ultimate tragedy; the death of Jesus Christ, and then the ultimate triumph, which is his resurrection.Every true story, every powerful story has the same arc; creation, fall and redemption. Think of the greatest stories that you've ever heard, the greatest books you've ever read, the greatest movies that have a lasting impact on your life. If there's no redemption, if the story just ends with loss, fall. If the story is just a descent into lossness, like Camus' The Stranger, Beckett's waiting for Godot, you're left with emptiness. You're left with a pit in your stomach, a bitter taste that you can't get out of your mouth. We long for an ending that's happy, that's full of joy and enduring Christianity is the universal explanation of reality, therefore if we take this our creation fall, redemption and we through it look at the stories that have had a lasting impact, shown endurance and popularity, they all use the same pattern and this can be statistically proven. Of all the books that have ever written, the most popular books of all time, number one is The Bible. Over five billion copies published and so many more now with apps, et cetera. Number two is the writings of Mao Tse-Tung, more than five billion copies as well.The Bible has been valued for its blessing to the largest religious group on earth and the history of the earth, and Chairman Mao's book has been popular because it's been printed as governmental propagation within the largest nation. Then come the Quran, the Book of Mormon, the Chinese Dictionary, Boy Scout Handbook, all around a hundred million, but if you look at pure literary works of fiction, Charles Dickens' Tale of Two Cities, 200 million. The Little Prince, 200 million. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, 150 million. The Alchemist, 150 million. Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None, a hundred million. Tolkien's The Hobbit, 100 million. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, 80 million. All of them creation, fall, redemption, and they try to give a glimmer of restoration. Uncle Tom's Cabin, Gone With the Wind, Ben-Hur, all the stories that have endured and were massively popular, same exact arc.And that's why we love the book of Ruth. Same exact arc. The heart of the book is a story of redemption. What is redemption? Just to define our terms, redemption is a pattern of debt and repayment. A debt was owed and it was repaid by someone who paid it at a personal cost to themselves. It's loss and reclamation, it's deliverance upon payment. It's rescue from bondage or enslavement or destitution. And most popular enduring works, more or less, they have a Christ-like Redeemer at the heart of it. Dostoevsky and Brothers Karamazov through Father Zosima, this is what he say;, men are always saved after the death of the deliverer. This is the heart of Christianity; that we are lost, that we are spiritually destitute, in poverty, ostracized from the presence of God. And a Redeemer comes in, a kinsman Redeemer, someone just like us to represent us and pay a debt that we owed.The context of Ruth chapter four where we find ourselves is chapter three. Interesting chapter. As we learned last week, Ruth proposes that Boaz propose. Boaz goes asleep, he wakes up and the first thing that he does is he wants to handle the situation so that he can marry Ruth, but there's an obstacle. He's not the first person legally in line to marry her. We'll talk about that. There's another guy who's got the right to marry her. So, the text is actually a legal transaction before court, so to speak, and Boaz has to handle some business before going on the honeymoon. So would you look at Ruth chapter four with me? I'll read verses one through 12 now and the rest later. Now Boaz had gone up to the gate and sat down there. And behold, the redeemer, of whom Boaz had spoken, came by. So Boaz said, "Turn aside, friend; sit down here." And he turned aside and sat down. And he took ten men of the elders of the city and said, "Sit down here." And they sat down.And he said to the redeemer, "Naomi, who has come back from the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land that belonged to our relative Elimelech. So I thought I would tell you of it and say, 'Buy it in the presence of those sitting here and in the presence of the elders of my people.' If you will redeem it, redeem it. But if you will not, tell me, that I may know, for there is no one besides you to redeem it, and I come after you." And he said, "I will redeem it." Then Boaz said, "The day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you also acquire Ruth the Moabite, the widow of the dead, in order to perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance." Then the redeemer said, "I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I impair my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption yourself, for I cannot redeem it."Now, this was the custom in former times in Israel concerning redeeming and exchanging. To confirm a transaction, the one drew off his sandal and gave it to the other, and this was the manner of attesting in Israel. So when the redeemer said to Boaz, "Buy it for yourself," he drew off his sandal. Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, "You are witnesses this day that I have bought from the hand of Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion and to Mahlon. Also Ruth the Moabite, the widow of Mahlon, I have bought to be my wife, to perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brothers and from the gate of his native place. You are witnesses this day." Then all the people who were at the gate and the elders said, "We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman, who is coming into your house, like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you act worthily in Ephrathah and be renowned in Bethlehem, and may your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring that the Lord will give you by this young woman."This is the reading of God's Holy and infallible authoritative word. May he write these eternal truths upon our hearts. Three points. To frame up our time, first Boaz the Redeemer. Then we'll look at Ruth the Redeemer, and both point to Jesus Christ; Jesus the Redeemer. First, Boaz the Redeemer. In verse one, Boaz had gone up to the gate and sat down there. Boaz wants to marry Ruth, but he wants to do it in the right way. He wants to do it honorably. He wants to do it righteously. He wants to do it biblically. And there's an obstacle in the way, but he's motivated by love. And when you love, obstacles are turned into opportunities and whatever the cost, whatever the sacrifice, whatever needs to get done, you will do everything you can. You have to biblically, morally, righteously, legally to be with the beloved.One of the things that we're dealing with at the church is lot of young couples had wedding plans for this season and things have had to change. Wrenches have been thrown into plans. My brother, Vlad the drummer, who's usually behind me during worship band, shout out, Vladdy, and Sarah were supposed to get married at the end of May. The banquet hall that they had scheduled they said, "We can't do any meetings." So they've had to adapt. They've had to overcome and they're having a ceremony. It's going to be smaller ceremony. I can't wait to preach at it, do the homily. And I'm also the best man. Can't wait to do the best man speech. I know so many stories, oh so many. But this is one of the things that we see is that love is willing to sacrifice. Love is willing to adapt and overcome. The other thing that we see here is in this relationship, as Boaz wants to marry Ruth, who sacrifices more? Is it Boaz or is it Ruth? It's Boaz. Boaz has to make the greater sacrifice financially and personally and emotionally and socially.And actually, we see this pattern throughout scripture. And no matter how much our culture fights this, it's still true that the man leads with sacrifice. Who pays for the engagement ring? The man does. That's always been true, no matter what our culture says, because it's written on our hearts. So but Boaz goes to the gate. Towns were on hilltop, so he went up to the gate. The gate was a combined town hall and a courthouse and archeological studies show us that along the walls next to the gate were benches and whenever anyone came to the gate and sat down, that meant this person had to do, wanted to do some official business. Boaz spent the previous night at the threshing floor and the text insinuates that he didn't even go home. First thing that he does as he wakes up, as he goes and handles some legal business.So he sees the gentlemen, this Redeemer friend gentlemen. He says, "Turn aside, friend. Sit down here." Great move. Good start. Disarm the guy. Proverbs says, "A soft tongue will break a bone." He says, "Friend, sit down. Let's chat." Verse two and he took 10 men of the elders of the city and said, "Sit down here." So they sat down. He gets a quorum of witnesses in order to officiate or in order to confirm the decision, the contract that will be made. It says, "And behold the Redeemer," or friend, and he calls him the Redeemer. This gentlemen, according to Leviticus 25, it was his obligation to redeem Naomi, to redeem Ruth, to redeem the land. He was spiritually obligated as the closest living male relative to Naomi and Ruth to take care of them. Did he know that Naomi and Ruth were there? Of course he knew. We see this in chapter one that as soon as Naomi comes back to Bethlehem, the whole town knew. In a small town, everyone knows your business as well, maybe even better than you do. He had known that they were there.Why didn't he do anything? Well, that's really the problem here. He didn't do anything. Scripture gives us different categories of sin. There are sins of commission where we do the wrong thing, and then there are sins of omission where we don't do the right thing. Scripture says, "He who knows what is good to do and doesn't do it is in sin." This man knew his obligation according to the law was to take care of Naomi and take care of Ruth, but he doesn't. And we see that he commits the same sin that Adam committed in chapter three of Genesis; the sin of cowardice or the sin of not doing his duty, not fulfilling the job that God had for him. There's weakness and there's cowardice and there's a lack of leading, a lack of intention.Ruth chapter four verse three and then Boaz said to the Redeemer, "Naomi, who has come back from the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land that belonged to our relative Elimelech." The backstory is Joshua, when he comes into the promised land, one of the things that he did was divide the promised land amongst all the families. And God knew that there would be ups and downs in life. And because of the vicissitudes in life and because of the variations in ability and variations in diligence of work ethics, some families would lose their land and enter into poverty and end up selling their land or leasing it out. So God made two, and these are very interesting laws, to offer these families a second chance. The first was the year of Jubilee. God said every 50th year, whoever has bought the land, whoever has leased the land, has to give it back to its original owners. It was after the seventh segment of seven years. After 49 years, the 50th year, that's the year of Sabbath. That's when land goes back. But before the 50 years were up, land could be bought back, but only by a kinsmen or someone related to the family.The reason why God gave these laws, and I love the theology here and how practical it is, because in God's vision, he didn't want society to be characterized by incredible divergences of the richest and the poorest. He didn't want the top, top, top, top 1% and the bottom, bottom, bottom 1%. He wanted people to give, if you're wealthy, to give generously, to provide meaningful work for those at the bottom to help them rise up. These laws are meant to keep families together so the land stays in the family. Now, scripture says that Naomi was selling her parcel of land. She was selling that little piece of portion of the promised land. And by the way, this piece of land was never meant to permanently leave the family.So, something happened. When Elimelech and Naomi, when they left the promised land, most likely that they leased the land out to someone else. They gave someone else the ability to use the land while they were gone, probably for some on the front end and made some kind of deal that when we come back we would like to purchase the land back from it. Now, this whole leasing, there's a word for it. It's usufruct. I'm sure you know this word. It's an SAT word, if you studied it. Here is the challenge of the day. Chicken wing, usufruct. Who can spell it quickly right now? You get a chicken wing, and I am good on my promises. So usufruct is from the Latin, you get to use the fruit of the land. So, what Naomi is doing now is she isn't giving the land away to someone forever. She wants someone to buy back the land that she had leased before she left, and she wants that person to be a kinsmen Redeemer, whoever buys this land. So, this kinsmen Redeemer gentlemen would take a lump sum of money, pay the current users of the land, and this gentleman would come in and use the land in order to sustain himself, but also Naomi and Ruth, and raise an heir so that by the time the heir gets to legal age, that land goes to the heir.So that's what's going on. Ruth 4:4, Boaz says, "So I thought I would tell you of it and say, 'Buy it in the presence of those sitting here and the presence of the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, redeem it. But if you will not, tell me that I may know, for there is no one besides you to redeem it, and I come after you.' And he said, 'I will redeem it.'" Now, this is fascinating. It's fascinating because Boaz is so committed to God's law. Despite the fact that he loves Ruth, he is willing to give her, he's willing to sacrifice his own desires so that she is cared for. He loves her enough to sacrifice the possibility of marrying her. And what's fascinating is this gentlemen, he's thinking about making a great deal. He's thinking with a deal. Boaz is thinking heart of the deal. For him, this gentleman thinks, "Oh my, I buy this land and I can use it. This is a tremendous investment. I'm so glad. I'm redeeming. I'm buying it." And Boaz is so shrewd that he didn't lead with what he says in verse five. He led with, "You get the land," and then brings in a stipulation. This is verse five."Then Boaz said, 'The day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you also acquire Ruth the Moabite, the widow of the dead, in order to perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance.' Then the Redeemer said, 'I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I impair my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption yourself, for I cannot redeem it.'" So you can imagine the scene. You can imagine Boaz handing a contract to this gentleman, this Redeemer friend, and he says, "Great, let's make a deal. Sign here. Sign here. Initial here." Pages flipping, pages flipping, pages flipping. "Oh yeah. By the way, last page. Along with the land, you have to marry Ruth and you have to start a family with her. And if a son is born to you, that son will not carry your last name. He will carry the last name of Ruth's previous husband." So with the land, you have to care for Naomi, Ruth's mother-in-law. What's her name? Mara. Bitter. She used to be sweetheart, turn a little sour, so you get her thrown in with Ruth. You have to have a child. Three mouths to feed and when the child gets to legal age, you have to give everything up to him, and that child also gets to split the inheritance of your other children and everything there.As soon as this guy hears all this, he says, "Oh, no. No thank you. I don't need to do this." When he thought the deal would benefit him, he was all for it. As soon as he counted the cost and realized what kind of loss it would bring him, he backs out of the deal. Boaz here is incredibly shrewd and one of the things that we see with Boaz, scripture says he's a worthy man. He knows God, he knows the law, but he also knows people. There's a godly wisdom that he's developed by applying God's word in his life over the long haul, over decades. He's built himself up spiritually, emotionally, theologically, financially. He was ready when God presents him with the situation. He strategically invested his time in the previous seasons so when the new season of opportunity presents itself, he is more than ready.When you're a single man or a single woman, it's not an opportunity to extend adolescence until marriage. And too many men, especially young men, they think, "Okay, marriage is going to turn me into a man." No, no. What turns you into a man is submission to God, to his word. What turns you into a man is fighting the good fight of faith on a daily basis, fighting your sinful desires, fighting sins of omission and commission. What makes you a man of God is time with God. It's walking with God. Boaz was ready when God said, "I'm giving you my daughter." I did this little thing last week where I said, "Here's all of my standards. Here's all of my tests that I'm going to make any potential suitors for my daughters to go through. Here are my standards." Some of them are superficial for comedic effect. Homiletical effect, you know that. Okay, you get that, but the most important ones? They're true. Are you a Christian? Do you love God? Do you fight your sin? Have you led yourself well? Have you protected yourself from sin? Have you provided for yourself? Have you pastored yourself? Well, if not, how are you going to do those things with my daughter?God does the same thing with his daughters. If you want to marry one of God's daughters, you need to meet the standards that God has for a man of God, and Boaz was working on that. He was working on that for decades. He was becoming the man that God wanted him to be, so that when God brought him into the situation and when he introduced him to Ruth, he was ready. He was ready to pastor her, to provide and to protect because he's done that with himself. That's my just pastoral and brotherly encouragement to the brothers in the church, to the sisters in the church. Don't waste the season. Use the season to build yourself up in the Lord, build yourself up for whatever the next season is, marriage or not. And God definitely does bless that.Ruth 4, 7 through 10. Now, this was the custom of the former times in Israel concerning redeeming and exchanging. To confirm a transaction, one drew off his sandal and gave it to the other, and this was the manner of attesting in Israel. So when the redeemer said to Boaz, "Buy it for yourself," he drew off his sandal. Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, "You are witnesses this day that I have bought from the hand of Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion and to Mahlon. Also Ruth the Moabite, the widow of Mahlon, I have bought to be my wife, to perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brothers and from the gate of his native place. You are witnesses this day." He signs a contract with the gentleman. That's what's going on with the sandals. Kind of weird, but what he's doing, signing a contract. He's signing a contract with another believer.Now, this is just biblical wisdom in terms of doing business with people. If you're doing business with an unbeliever, you sign a contract. If you're doing business with the believer, you've got to sign at least two. It's important. Why? Because the world is fallen. Things take longer than anticipated, cost more. Things tend to go bad. I've seen this practically that when deals go bad or business goes bad, in the church community, the right hand of fellowship quickly devolves into the left fist of disfellowship. So don't do that, sign contracts if you're doing business with one another. Ruth 4, 11 through 12. Then all the people who were at the gate and the elders said, "We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman, who is coming into your house, like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you act worthily in Ephrathah and be renowned in Bethlehem, and may your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring that the Lord will give you by this young woman."What's fascinating here is they welcome Ruth into the community. They welcome her into the house of God, into the people of Israel. She was an immigrant. Wrong race, wrong faith, wrong language, wrong everything, and she trusts in the Lord and they welcome her into the community. So to speak, they're naturalizing her. If you're an immigrant and you've gone through naturalization process of becoming a U.S. citizen, you know how meaningful that is. I know how meaningful it is. I've gone through it. My wife has gone through it. Basically saying, "You're one of us. You were an outsider. Now you're one of us." And they bless her and they invoke the names of Rachel and Leah. This is important because Rachel and Leah were barren just as Ruth was up to this point, and Leah was the mother of Judah, the ancestor of the tribe of Boaz and Naomi.Why is Perez mentioned here? First of all, Perez is the ancestor of Boaz, but he's also a product of one of these Leviticus 25 Levirate marriages between Tamar and Judah. The problem was, Judah did not fulfill his obligation. He backed out of his obligation. He was passive and not fulfilling the obligation in the same way that this Redeemer friend was passive. And Tamar pretends to be a prostitute, seduces her father-in-law, kind of a story, and Perez is an ancestor of Boaz, and Boaz did not. He did not follow in his ancestor's sinful patterns, sinful decisions. He broke the generational sin by following God. This is important, because if you did not come from a family of believers, if you were not raised in the faith, if you have seen pattern of generational sin in your own life, if there is a legacy of sin, you don't have to follow in those footsteps. By grace through faith, God can redeem you from that. That's what we see here. So Boaz, he makes the decision to marry Ruth. All of her liabilities, all of her debts now belonged to Boaz, and all of Boaz' money, all of his finance, all of his wealth now belong to Ruth. All she has is his. All he has is hers. There's a transfer of debt and a transfer of inheritance. Praise God.Boaz is a Redeemer, but we also see that Ruth as a Redeemer. Look at verses 13 through 17. So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And he went in to her, and the Lord gave her conception, and she bore a son. Then the women said to Naomi, "Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without a redeemer, and may his name be renowned in Israel. He shall be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age, for your daughter-in-law who loves you, who is more to you than seven sons, has given birth to him." Then Naomi took the child and laid him on her lap and became his nurse. And the women of the neighborhood gave him a name, saying, "A son has been born to Naomi." They named him Obed and he was the father of Jesse, the father of David. Ruth does for Naomi what she could not do for herself. That's what a Redeemer does. Boaz does for Ruth and Naomi what they could not do for themselves. That's what a Redeemer does.Naomi had nothing. She couldn't work the fields, was too elderly, can't have kids, so no family. Economically, spiritually, emotionally without hope. No family, no land, no name. And Ruth says, "I will do everything I possibly can. I will sacrifice everything I need to sacrifice to redeem you from this situation." She practices chesed, which is kindness. It's sacrificial love and she also redeems Naomi and everyone in the community realizes this and they said, "Naomi, do you not see what a treasure your daughter-in-law is? She is better than seven sons." Why is this important? Because in ancient Jewish customs, ancient Israelites, for them, seven sons constituted an ideal family. This is one of the most shocking texts in this ancient scripture, where they're saying, "Your daughter-in-law is better than ideal family." The original audience would have had goosebumps at this point.Orpah left Naomi. She was left destitute. Ruth stayed and what Ruth said was, "Your people will be my people and your God will be my God. Wherever you go, I am going to go. I'm going to immigrate with you." Here's the thing about immigrants. I come from a family of immigrants. You immigrate from one place to another. My family went from the former Soviet Union to the United States. You go from one place to another in the hope of a better life, in the hope of more freedom, in the hope of more prosperity. And Ruth is saying, "I know I'm going to a land where I will always be looked at as an outsider. I will be ostracized. I don't look the same as everyone. I'll always have an accent. No one will welcome me into the community." She was willing to immigrate for a worse life and she expected that eyes wide open. She said, "I'm becoming a follower of God because God is true. She's basically becoming a Christian because she believes in this as true, not because there's a promise of better life here on earth. She would rather live worse materially, socially, economically. She would rather live worse than live better in a lie. She says, "I'd rather go where I have access to God's people."Ruth knows that if she leaves Naomi by herself, Naomi was likely to perish. So if Naomi is going to have a life, Ruth has to lose her own. If Naomi's going to have a name, Ruth has to lose her own name. If Naomi's going to have to get land and we'll have a family, Ruth has to give up everything; her family wealth, everything. She impoverishes herself so Naomi can eventually prosper. She suffers outside the gate. She becomes an alien and a stranger. She leaves the familiar to go into unchartered territory. As a result, Naomi is redeemed. Ruth also along with redeeming Naomi, redeems Boaz, and Boaz says as such. Ruth 3:10. And he said, "May you be blessed by the Lord, my daughter. You have made this last kindness greater than the first in that you have not gone after young men, whether poor or rich."The key, the secret to a loving marriage, an enduring marriage, a marriage that gets better with time like fine wine, the secret is recognizing the other person's sacrifice for you. Recognize it, name it, call it out. Talk about it. Thank you. I'm so thankful. As soon as you start feeling entitled, that is the first step to being pulled apart from one another. Sacrifice and recognize the sacrifice of the other. Ruth sacrifices to redeem. Boaz sacrifices to redeem. The Lord blesses them, gives them a baby son. In the previous marriage, Ruth didn't have children, and God here in their honeymoon gives them a baby.Point three, Jesus the Redeemer. Both of them point to Jesus Christ. Where do I get that? Verse 14, "Then the women said to Naomi, 'Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without a Redeemer.'" Who are they talking about? Are they talking about Boaz? That's what it sounds like. Let's keep reading. Without a Redeemer. "May his name be renowned in Israel." Whose name? Boaz' name is already renowned in Israel. 15, "He shall be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age." Is that Boaz? Boaz has already done the restoring. He's already done the nourishing with the grain and with his love. Let's keep going. Restorer of life and nourisher of your old age. "For your daughter in law who loves you, who is more to you than seven sons, has given birth to him." Who are we talking about? You see what's going on in the text? Who's the him? You were just talking about a Redeemer. You were talking about restore, a nourisher. We thought it was Boaz and then it says, "You have given birth." She, Ruth, has given birth to him. What is going on?What's going on is this baby is pointing to the ultimate Redeemer. This baby is a child born in Bethlehem, pointing to another child born in Bethlehem. Ruth 4:17, "The women in that neighborhood gave him a name, saying, 'A son has been born to Naomi,' and they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David." Obed means servant of the Lord. There's another one who's called servant of the Lord. This is talking about Jesus Christ. It's a prophetic passage. Naomi is redeemed by Ruth. Ruth is redeemed by Boaz. Boaz and Ruth have a child who is the ancestor of a king who will redeem all of Israel. That's King David, and King David, he was promised by God, on your throne, King David will sit my son for all of eternity. Who is that talking about? It's talking about Jesus Christ and that's why we have a genealogy at the end of the book. That's why the happy ending of this book points to not just redemption. It points to restoration.Verse 18, "Now these are the generations of Perez. Perez fathered Hezron. Hezron fathered Ram. Ram fathered Amminadab. Amminadab fathered Nahshon. Nahshon fathered Salmon. Salmon fathered Boaz. Boaz fathered Obed. Obed, fathered Jesse, and Jesse fathered David." The book isn't about Ruth primarily. It's not about Boaz primarily. It's not about Obed primary. It's not even about David primarily. It's about Jesus Christ and it's about us. Ruth and Boaz lived their lives in view of eternity. They lived for the long term. They lived to leave a legacy, not have a good time. The choices that we make by the prompting of the Holy Spirit have ramifications far beyond our greatest, wildest dreams. God graciously provides Boaz to redeem Ruth. God graciously provides David to set Israel free, and God graciously provides Jesus Christ to set the world free, set us free.The way that you become a Christian isn't to say, "I want to be more like Boaz," or, "I want to be more like Ruth." Those are all great aspirations, but that's not where it starts. Where it starts is we say, "You know what? I can't be like them by myself because they weren't themselves. They weren't what they turn out to be by themselves. All by the power of the Holy Spirit, and was all by grace through faith." The way you become a Christian is to truly believe in the one who went outside the gate, as Hebrew says. To the one who was truly ostracized, to the one who truly suffered, to the greatest alien and the poorest person spiritually speaking; Jesus Christ on the cross. He was cosmically homeless, cosmically alone, cosmically spiritually destitute. As he cried out, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Jesus Christ was forsaken by God the Father so that we would never have to be.The gospel we see from Ruth is that Boaz sacrificed everything to get Ruth, just like Jesus sacrificed everything to get us. And Jesus doesn't just redeem us from physical debt or from the debt of sin. He doesn't just save us from the captivity to Satan. He saves us from death. One way or another, everyone searches for a way to make themselves right, to justify themselves. And even in a sense, pay a ransom for what they've done, and to pay a ransom to find a rescue from death. In some societies, that payment comes through ancestor worship. That's how you try to overcome death or pay that ransom. Other societies like ancient Egypt, immortality came through elaborate burials or mummification. We live in a culture where we try to pretend death isn't a thing. We try to extend life as long as possible, remain as youthfully looking as possible, but death is coming and we need to think about it.Deep down in our souls, we understand there's got to be some kind of payment for our sins, some kind of payment to overcome death. Be it through works, and it's always ... This is what it boils down to in any other religions. Always works. Hinduism is devotion to the gods and living according to one's dharma. Buddhism, control of passions to attain nirvana. Either Jewish theology, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Shintoist, Taoist, Confucians, atheist. It's all work-based righteousness. Here's how I justify that I am a good person, that I am worthy, that if there is a God, he definitely needs to let me in to heaven. He needs to give me eternal life. That's what he owes me.And someone could push back and say, "Isn't Christianity about works?" Not in its foundation, not in its essence. The rules that God gives us about how we are to live, one of the primary goals of those laws is to expose our sin, expose our brokenness, expose our need for redemption. Galatians says, "The law was our tutor bring us to Christ." The way that we are redeemed by Jesus Christ is by grace through faith, believing and repenting, and Christ's sacrifice is accounted to us. Our debt is paid, and not only does he pay our debt, he offers us his inheritance. I love the word inheritance. I love the idea of inheritance; that you just get this surplus of cash, of whatever, this windfall financially. That's what inheritance is. But there's also a tinge of sadness to inheritance, because for you to get an inheritance, someone else had to pay for it and someone else had to die. And Jesus Christ to cover our debt and offer us an eternal inheritance, he had to die as a sinless substitute.As sinners, there's nothing we can do to redeem ourselves, and for someone to cover our sins, they had to be sinless, a sinless substitute. Not only that, to cover the sins of all of humanity who would turn from their sins and believe in Christ, that Redeemer had to be divine. So Jesus, the sinless human being, our kinsmen Redeemer, was also divine and he alone can save us. As C.S. Lewis said, "The central Christian belief is that Christ's death has somehow put us right with God and given us a fresh start." Everything we read in the old Testament, it all points to Jesus Christ. The greatest redeemer doesn't save himself. He save others. The greatest redeemer doesn't just pay money to save. He gives the greatest thing he has himself, which is his life. Jesus is greater than Boaz. Jesus Christ is our kinsmen redeemer through the incarnation because he became one of us. Jesus paid with a sinless life to redeem our sinful life. Jesus isn't forced or obligated to do it. He willingly laid down his life out of love just like Boaz out of love redeems Ruth.Ruth says and does nothing in this redemption process. Redemption to her was a gift and she lovingly, willingly accepted it. Would you today accept the gift of grace, the gift of redemption? You do that with a quick prayer or a long prayer. Just pray. Just talk to God. God, I am a sinner. I've fallen short of your standards. I've committed sins of omission and commission. God, I haven't loved you with my whole heart, soul, strength and mind. I haven't loved neighbor as my self. Lord, forgive me. Lord, redeem me, and Lord, I want to be in a loving relationship with you. Romans 3:24. "And are justified by his grace as a gift through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus." Redemption is only in him. It's a gift. Receive that gift today. And if you do, would you let us know? Would you follow up via the connection card? We'd love to connect with you. We'd love to help you take the next steps of following Christ as Lord and savior.Last, Bible trivia. Question for the chicken wing. We see Boaz, we see Ruth, we see the elders. What was the first ... the guy who was first in line to redeem Ruth and Naomi. What was his name? Type in the comments section. He doesn't have a name. He's called friend and he's called redeemer. His only lines are verse four, "I will redeem it." Verse six, "I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I impair my own inheritance." And verse eight, "Buy it for yourself." The guy who is so focused on himself, the guy who was so focused on his life now, the guy who was so focused on the short-term loses eternal impact, misses out on the blessing of becoming an ancestor of Jesus Christ. He wanted to keep his name, keep his line, keep his legacy, and his name isn't even mentioned in the book.But you know whose name is mentioned? Ruth, because Ruth was willing to give up her name, give up her legacy, give everything up, deny herself and follow Christ, follow God, and she becomes an ancestor to the one who has a name above all names; Jesus Christ. Do you want your name to be remembered? Connect your name to his. Become a Christian and live for him. Weave your story in with his and he'll make your story as good, if not better, as the story of Ruth. What a story this was. We're so thankful for it. I can't wait to be in heaven. I can't wait to meet Ruth. I can't wait to meet Boaz. What a couple. What a story, pointing to the greatest story. Ruth in this story celebrates Mother's Day with the birth of a baby. Naomi celebrates Mother's Day by becoming a grandmother, so happy Mother's Day, everyone. God bless you, praying for you, love you. Let's pray.Heavenly father, we're so thankful for this book. What a rich book it is. What a blessing it's been to our souls, to our community. I pray, Lord, help us follow Christ our redeemer with more vigor, with more passion, with more zeal, knowing that the decisions we make to follow Christ have an impact not just in our lives, not just in the lives of our families, not just in the lives of our community, but they have an eternal impact. Make us godly people who follow Christ who are saved by grace through faith, make us men like Boaz and women like Ruth. Make us more like Christ, the ultimate Redeemer, in whose name we pray. Amen.