research from the Committee for the Study of
HISTORY AND THE CURRENT CONTEXT
[HistoryAndCurrentContext.blogspot.com]* "How U.S. imperialism’s drive for nuclear weapon dominance poisoned St. Louis forever" (2023-07-14, peoplesworld.org/article/how-u-s-imperialisms-drive-for-nuclear-weapon-dominance-poisoned-st-louis-forever/) [archive.is/XH7IF]
* "Is Hollywood Still Afraid of the Truth About the Atomic Bomb?: Greg Mitchell on 'Oppenheimer' " (2023-07-24, democracynow.org/2023/7/24/oppenheimer_greg_mitchell) [archive.is/hp5QJ]
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* "Hillary Clinton ‘guest edits’ the latest issue of Teen Vogue" (2017-11-08, washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2017/11/08/hillary-clinton-guest-edits-the-latest-issue-of-teen-vogue/) [archive.is/8sCSF]
* "Teen Vogue’s final print issues celebrate readers, not celebrities" (2017-12-18, qz.com/these-are-the-worlds-most-expensive-cities-in-2023-1850556595) [archive.is/67eNC]
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Communist International History
"Most Russians regret USSR collapse, dream of its return, poll shows" (2016-04-19, rt.com) [archive.is/qQzl8]
* "WCP: Why You Should Be Getting Your Labor News from Teen Vogue" (lwp.georgetown.edu/news/wcp-why-you-should-be-getting-your-labor-news-from-teen-vogue/) [archive.is/1TVJ9]
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* "John Carpenter’s ‘They Live’ Was Supposed to Be a Warning. We Didn’t Heed It. We Didn’t Even Understand It. The horror master’s most prescient movie has nothing to do with serial killers or vampires—it’s about greed and propaganda. And it’s truer than ever" (2018-10-04, theringer.com/movies/2018/10/4/17933020/they-live-john-carpenter-america-donald-trump) [archive.is/503cC]
* "The untold truth of They Live" (looper.com/108962/untold-truth-live/) [archive.is/xlIFe]
* "Book vs. Comic vs. Film: 'Eight O'Clock in the Morning' vs. 'Nada' vs. 'They Live' " (2017-04-17, litreactor.com/columns/book-vs-comic-vs-film-eight-oclock-in-the-morning-vs-nada-vs-they-live) [archive.is/GP38v]
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* "These three public figures share something that less than 1% of humans have, and it has nothing to do with fame or notoriety" (steemit.com/fun/@roused/some-freaky-factoids) [archive.is/UqDG5] [begin excerpt]: Imagine this strange factoid, eight of the last 13 presidents were Rh-Neg! [end excerpt]
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* "English America" (2013-10-28, midafternoonmap.com/2013/10/english-america.html) [archive.is/6wbYx]
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* "Summer in the City" (released 1966-07-04, by The Lovin' Spoonful pop-music band, USA; via youtube.com/watch?v=QT9_CJOw7E4) [archive.is/mLs0l]
* "Did The Lovin’ Spoonful Get Their Name From a Slang Term for Heroin?" (2012-10-25, legendsrevealed.com/entertainment/2012/10/25/did-lovin-spoonful-get-their-name-from-a-slang-term-for-heroin/) [archive.is/tuppA]
* "Did The Lovin’ Spoonful Get Their Name From a Sexual Slang Term?" (2012-10-25, legendsrevealed.com/entertainment/2012/10/25/did-the-lovin-spoonful-get-their-name-from-a-sexual-slang-term/) [archive.is/5kWSU]
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* "The Hippie Trail" (2013-10-10, midafternoonmap.com/2013/10/the-hippie-trail.html) [archive.is/gWN5t]
- (http://www.midafternoonmap.com/2013/) [archive.is/ooc2a]
* "Trail Blazers; From the late 1950s to the mid-1970s, hundreds of thousands of hippies traveled to the Far East in search of adventure, enlightenment and the world’s best hashish, along what was known as the Hashish or Hippie Trail" (2023-07, by BOBBY BLACK @CANNTHROPOLOGY for LEAF NATION, Leaf Magazine, leafmagazines.com, Northeast edition, nwleaf.com) (https://web.archive.org/web/20230727074431/https://s3.amazonaws.com/document.issuu.com/230701184209-dd8821766279e7df84122ebdf6290b66/original.file?AWSAccessKeyId=ASIATDDRE5J7YZA3OROL&Signature=%2FfVj7cm8jaYmpUNJi1bc3zL9Wjs%3D&x-amz-security-token=FwoGZXIvYXdzENH%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaDKXIYRkWVq6IZSKcyiLZAt6zyhhav1W2AnOx3jFhffCqULqfFZz%2FStycY3uAsdoBRrmcZ1xefjn6RifhF%2BsOg1X42HBwW989L9MJdp7ykntc2Owfz3ZyKntyCpl1yYIHyRFU6eCru6hktnjVzrsOpTcMOV3Dx1qyERT2r1GtsxsycMaRr3Dq2uwqWp3LLpl7Pi9if4APn7Yqtd0FTuLI2goehxm83XMfOQAwpOn5XJZ1WsBqc0236Plkk4gVw%2BZNLh5PpCr4SNk652K0W2ZzVYCTrWjvndpA7kYG3esu1A8z6pgRzxb5w8i4HoX0BeR6%2FkgH0X%2FmPM9JCw6ZQTMlqYwnkPhs7g28eoArIBYhJRCY52EkjrFBZacVa6t27kPIElH%2BdnjCmeIWe1q4zNPfX8Po%2Bk4oNEuHyuuwXUqMsQyzO3bJn%2FFMzF1Ci56gvdz1Og1qCmT9nXiA5Pdskx8foQ0gUCO601I47yiJr4imBjIpIQNlerANaZi94p2xeRDMK5Wh%2BP%2BC0a8SGmyVsPUJfY2O4PrICOV%2BrUg%3D&Expires=1690447327):
BEAT IT
After World War II, the U.S. experienced an economic and cultural boom – leading many well-to-do Westerners to begin vacationing along the old Silk Road (also known as the “overland route”) and later publishing accounts of their adventures. These tales, along with beatnik author Jack Kerouac’s groundbreaking novel “On the Road” – which glorified a Zen, vagabond lifestyle – incited a wanderlust in America’s youth. In 1957 (the same year that “On the Road” was published), Kerouac himself visited Tangiers, Morocco – meeting up with fellow beat writer William Burroughs, who lived there for a few years.
As the ‘50s ended and the Beats evolved into Hippies, more counterculture icons began heading East: Beat poet Allen Ginsberg moved to India in the early ‘60s, and in 1967 the Beatles also headed there for a meditation retreat at an ashram. As a result of these cultural influences, hundreds of thousands of young Americans disillusioned with capitalist consumerism and Cold War paranoia began a decade-long exodus to the East – seeking a freer, simpler life and the ultimate mystical high. Though they didn’t actually call themselves “hippies” – reportedly preferring the terms “intrepids” or “freaks” – this pot-smoking pilgrimage to the hashish capitals of the Old World became widely known as the “Hippie Trail” or “Hashish Trail.”
ON THE ROAD
Following in the footsteps of such legendary explorers as Alexander the Great and Marco Polo, countless counterculture vagabonds undertook some or all of the nearly 6,000-mile overland journey across Eurasia. Typically starting off from a European city such as London or Amsterdam, these “intrepids” would often travel by train, car, motorcycle or “Kombi” (often garishly painted Volkswagen minivans). But the cheapest, most common modes of transportation along the Trail were either hitchhiking or via the several bargain bus lines that emerged to serve the ever-growing influx of hippie hash seekers, such as the Indiaman Bus Company (who offered rides from London to Bombay for around $45), Amsterdam’s Magic Bus, Budget Bus and Swagman Tours (a.k.a. the “Asian Greyhound”). These companies marketed inexpensive fares to the hippie crowd via underground publications and bulletin boards at various Hippie Trail hotspots
While there was no formal or definitive trail, these journeys typically followed one of two main paths: a Northern route, passing through Tehran, Kandahar, Kabul and Lahore en route to India and Nepal, and a Southern route, through Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Pakistan. Regardless of the specific route, however, almost all of these pilgrimages (which would take several weeks or even months to complete) passed through certain hubs that offered travelers access to rest, restaurants, resources, connection with fellow Cannabis-loving compatriots and of course, killer hand-made hashish.
- image caption: route maps from the Swagman and Indiaman bus companies.
- image caption: Swagman bus tour makes a stop in Kabul (1970).
THE PUDDING SHOP
As the only metropolitan city to
straddle Europe and Asia, Istanbul, Turkey (a.k.a. the “Gateway
to the East”) was where all
routes converged. And for any
freaks passing through Istanbul,
there was one essential stop:
The Pudding Shop.
Opened in 1957, the Lale Pastahesi (Turkish for “Tulip Pastry Shop”) was a small restaurant/dessert shop on the city’s imperial avenue (Divan Yolu) that was nicknamed “The Pudding Shop” by Western visitors who frequented it due to its variety of cheap and delicious Turkish puddings.
The Pudding Shop became the hub for all hippie activity in the city – a phenomenon the owners encouraged. To capitalize on the increased patronage and publicity, they actually had new signs made with the nickname to hang in front of the shop. They also installed a bulletin board where travelers could leave messages, post travel tips, and solicit or offer rides. Remarkably, this message board became the only place in the city where information about inexpensive transportation to Asia was available to Western tourists.
KABUL & THE HINDU KUSH
Long before the U.S. or Soviet invasions, or the Islamic Revolution, Afghanistan was actually a pretty progressive place that was warm and welcoming to Westerners. Various accounts from that time – including those of future travel gurus like Rick Steves and Lonely Planet founders Maureen and Tony Wheeler – tell of bus drivers, hotel managers, and even customs agents smoking hookahs with travelers and offering them gifts of free hashish. According to the Wheelers, by the early 1970s, Kabul was actually “in danger of becoming a tourist trap” – with an average of around 5,000 hippies in the city at any given time.
Like in Istanbul, there was a specific part of town that catered to the influx of hippie tourists. In Kabul, that place was called Chicken Street – a narrow, two-block-long marketplace crammed with eateries, hotels and various shops selling clothing, rugs and trinkets. Oh … and you could buy hashish and opium there, too.
Leaving Kabul, the route continues along the southern edge of the Himalayan Mountains in a region known as the Hindu Kush (or, as the Greeks called it, Caucasus Indicus), where the potent, portly “indica” variety of Cannabis first originated. It was Hippie Trail travelers who first brought seeds of these strains (such as Afghani and Kush) back with them to Europe and North America – and it was those genetics that then laid the foundation for most of the popular cultivars we enjoy today
GROOVY GOA
Next, the Trail traverses the infamous Khyber Pass into Pakistan and India. At that point, travelers had a choice: either turn south into India, or continue southeast along the Himalayan foothills and up into Nepal.
In the winter, many would head down to the state of Goa on India’s west coast for its warm weather and water. Originally a Portuguese colony before being annexed by India in 1961, Goa retained many of its European sensibilities and famously welcomed foreigners. In fact, Goans have a trademark term for their indolent, indulgent lifestyle: susegad, from the Portuguese word sossegado, meaning “quiet.” That philosophy, along with its beautiful beaches, lack of police presence and accessibility to drugs (particularly hashish and LSD), made Goa what has been described as “a counterculture Nirvana.” Indeed, Anjuna Beach’s legendary full moon parties have attracted many hash icons over the years, including Mila Jansen and Frenchy Cannoli.
K-K-K-K-K-KKATHMANDU
During the warmer months, however, the most popular terminus of the Trail was Nepal’s fabled capital of Kathmandu.
Boasting one of the oldest hashish-making traditions in the world, Nepal is renowned for its hand-collected, hand-pressed hash known as “charas.” Charas is typically rolled into what is called Temple Balls, which were sold legally at cafes and hashish shops all around the country. And just like Chicken Street in Kabul and The Pudding Shop in Istanbul, there was one particular section of town that the hippies all gravitated to: in this case, Jochen Tole Street in Kathmandu Durbar Square, better known by the nickname Freak Street.
Freak Street became the epicenter of the counterculture in Nepal thanks to its concentration of hotels, eateries, tattoo parlors and most importantly, its three dozen government-licensed hash shops – the most famous of which was the legendary Eden Hashish Centre. Opened in around 1970 by owner Devi Dhatta Sharma (nicknamed the “Ganja Raja”), Eden was a five-story Cannabis dispensary catering exclusively to tourists that featured a warehouse floor, a showroom floor, and a consumption lounge floor loaded with comfy couches and beds.
Sharma brilliantly marketed the shop to Westerners with a series of calendar posters featuring images of Hindu gods and goddesses and English writing that served as perfect souvenirs – and later, as sought-after collectors’ items. The business became so successful that in 1973, Sharma opened the Eden Hotel: a nine-story luxury hotel one block south of Freak Street, whose “Heavenly Pleasure Room” served a selection of hash-infused foods and drinks.
Unfortunately for him, the flow of tourists was about to dry up.
- image caption: Hash shop in Kathmandu.
END OF THE TRAIL
Sadly, during the mid to late ’70s, several wars erupted that would spell doom for the Hippie Trail –
including America’s War on Drugs. In 1973, the Nixon Administration reportedly paid a $47-million bribe to King Zahir Shah to have him declare Cannabis and hashish illegal in Afghanistan. Three years later, bowing to U.S. pressure, Nepal also banned Cannabis products. Then, a series of military conflicts across the Middle East and Asia – including the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979 – quickly made many nations along the Trail inhospitable and dangerous to Western travelers, effectively ending tourism in the region.
Today, few remnants remain of the old Hippie Trail. The Pudding Shop is still open, but other than some old photos and clippings on the wall, it’s essentially just a tourist trap. The hash shops on Freak Street were long ago replaced by conventional businesses, and tragically much of the neighborhood was destroyed or heavily damaged by an earthquake in 2015. But hey – I hear Goa is still pretty chill, at least… Nepal is renowned for its hand-pressed hashish known as “charas,” which was sold legally at cafes and hash shops all around the country.
- image caption: Daily Mirror article on hash in Kabul (1971).
To hear one hippie’s tales from the Hashish Trail, listen to Episode 23 of our Cannthropology podcast at worldofcannabis.com/cannthropology or wherever you get your podcasts.
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* (2021-07, California Leaf magazine) (https://issuu.com/nwleaf/docs/californialeaf_july2021) [archive.is/yYCGo]:
The LEGACY of the pioneers of cannabis culture of the past half century has been deeply rooted in the hills and valleys of Northern California, and particularly Southern Humboldt — America's Cannabis Heartland. The original back to the !ander, anti-establishment, ganja warriors moved to the vortex of Humboldt county to get away from society and create a simple life — living off the land, raising their families, while cultivating the sense of community we all cherish to this day.
The old timers would lean on each other, helping build their neighbors' homes, small rural schools, community centers, radio stations, and a plethora of non-profit organizations still operating today.
A life in cannabis hasn't been all peaches and cream, with SOULJAHs of jah army having spent time in prison as a tragedy of the failed war on drugs. Along with the sacrifices of many there have been countless tragedies and lives lost too young as a result.
After spending half of a century in the shadows of clandestine operations and running from a sky full of helicopters, the original herb farmers and their families are able to come out of the dark to celebrate their life dedicated to bringing the kindest herb to families around the world.
That spirit of community the elders instilled in their children holds true to this day, while some of them have passed, the next generation continues to build upon the cannabis and community LEGACY, left by our parents, grandparents, and folks that raised us as their own. A life dedicated to their community, their families, the herb, and farming the highest quality medicine that is legend across the globe.
We are the LEGACY of a time passed, and are eternally grateful for the life given to us. Corporate cannabis farms that don't share in this legacy and our values are a growing threat to our farms, our culture and our communities.
With an energized dedication to land stewardship, the environment, evolution of the medicine of the herb, and techniques passed down for generations, the LEGACY farmers we work for are at the top of their craft and deserve to be recognized across the globe for the 10's of thousands of years of collective love for the plant and the people that have shared their artisanal herb for generations.
SUPPORT LEGACY FARMERS, SUPPORT FAMILY FARMS, SUPPORT THE CULTURE AND KNOW YOUR FARMER. SAY NO TO CORPORATE CANNABIS & SMOKE WITH US!!!
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* "Rebellious Tribes of Eastern Anatolia" (2013-10-30, midafternoonmap.com/2013/10/rebellious-tribes-of-eastern-anatolia.html) [archive.is/fac8r]
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* "Meeting with permanent members of the Security Council; Vladimir Putin held, via videoconference, a meeting on current issues with permanent members of the Security Council" (2023-07-21, en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/71714) [archive.vn/ThKNe] [begin excerpt]: And we will actually see nothing new. Just to remind you, following WWI, after the defeat of Germany and its allies, Polish units occupied Lvov and adjacent territories that had been part of Austria-Hungary.
With its actions incited by the West, Poland took advantage of the tragedy of the Civil War in Russia and annexed certain historical Russian provinces. In dire straits, our country had to sign the Treaty of Riga in 1921 and recognise the annexation of its territories.
Even earlier, back in 1920, Poland captured part of Lithuania – the Vilnius region, a territory surrounding the present-day Vilnius. So they claimed that they fought together with the Lithuanians against so-called Russian imperialism, but then immediately snatched a piece of land from their neighbour as soon as the opportunity presented itself.
As is well known, Poland also took part in the partition of Czechoslovakia following the Munich Agreement with Adolf Hitler in 1938, by fully occupying Cieszyn Silesia.
In the 1920-1930s, Poland’s Eastern Borderlands (Kresy) – a territory that comprises present-day Western Ukraine, Western Belarus and part of Lithuania – witnessed a tough policy of Polonisation and assimilation of local residents, with efforts to suppress local culture and Orthodoxy.
I would also like to remind you what Poland’s aggressive policy led to. It led to the national tragedy of 1939, when Poland’s Western allies threw it to the German wolf, the German miliary machine. Poland actually lost its independence and statehood, which were only restored thanks in a large measure to the Soviet Union. It was also thanks to the Soviet Union and thanks to Stalin’s position that Poland acquired substantial territory in the west, German territory. It is a fact that Poland’s western lands are a gift from Stalin.
Have our Warsaw friends forgotten this? We will remind them.
Today we see that the regime in Kiev is ready to go to any length to save its treacherous hide and to prolong its existence. They do not care for the people of Ukraine or Ukrainian sovereignty or national interests.
They are ready to sell anything, including people and land, just like their ideological forefathers led by Petlyura, who signed the so-called secret conventions with Poland in 1920 under which they ceded Galicia and Western Volhynia to Poland in return for military support. Traitors like them are ready now to open the gate to their foreign handlers and to sell Ukraine again. [end excerpt]
Communist International History
"Most Russians regret USSR collapse, dream of its return, poll shows" (2016-04-19, rt.com) [archive.is/qQzl8]
"Visit the USSR", tourism poster, 1961
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* "How today’s Russia-Ukraine conflict has its roots in the policies of Lenin’s Bolsheviks 100 years ago; This week marks a sad anniversary which is significant, instructive, and unfortunately, topical" (2023-08-02, rt.com/russia/580730-todays-conflict-bolshevik-roots/) [archive.is/kGkzs]
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* "The Dissolution of the Communist International Answer to Reuter’s Correspondent" (1943-05-28, J. V. Stalin, Leader, USSR; via marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1943/05/28.htm) [archive.is/k0i2o]:
Mr. Harold King, Moscow correspondent of Reuter’s Agency, addressed a letter to J. V. Stalin, Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars of the U.S.S.R., in which he requested an answer to a question of interest to the British public. Marshal Stalin replied with the following letter:
DEAR MR. KING,—I have received your request to answer a question referring to the dissolution of the Communist International. I am sending you my answer.
QUESTION: British comment on the decision to dissolve the Comintern has been very favourable. What is the Soviet view of this matter and of its bearing on future international relations?
ANSWER: The dissolution of the Communist International is proper and timely because it facilitates the organization of the common onslaught of all freedom-loving nations against the common enemy—Hitlerism.
The dissolution of the Communist International is proper because:
(a) It exposes the lie of the Hitlerites to the effect that “Moscow” allegedly intends to intervene in the life of other nations and to “Bolshevize” them. From now on an end is put to this lie.
(b) It exposes the calumny of the adversaries of Communism within the Labour movement to the effect that Communist Parties in various countries are allegedly acting not in the interests of their people but on orders from outside. From now on an end is also put to this calumny.
(c) It facilitates the work of patriots of all countries for uniting the progressive forces of their respective countries, regardless of party or religious faith, into a single camp of national liberation—for unfolding the struggle against fascism.
(d) It facilitates the work of patriots of all countries for uniting all freedom-loving peoples into a single international camp for the fight against the menace of world domination by Hitlerism, thus clearing the way for the future organization of a companionship of nations based upon their equality.
I think that all these circumstances taken together will result in a further strengthening of the United Front of the Allies and other united nations in their fight for victory over Hitlerite tyranny.
I feel that the dissolution of the Communist International is perfectly timely—because it is exactly now, when the fascist beast is exerting its last strength, that it is necessary to organize the common onslaught of freedom-loving countries to finish off this beast and to deliver the people from fascist oppression.
With respect,
(Signed) J. Stalin
May 28, 1943
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An african student at the Lenin Museum in Moscow, 1962
(photo by Dmitry Baltermants)
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Writer Maxim Gorky at the radio lab in Nizhny Novgorod, 1928
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Left-wing Libertarianism (Anti-capitalist ideological masturbation)
[Noam Chomsky]
vs
Right-wing Libertarianism (Pro-capitalist ideological masturbation)
[Murray Rothbard]
vs
Marxism-Leninism (Actually existing Socialism)
[Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin, and Joseph Stalin]
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"Corn and Wheat Flakes", soviet advertisement, 1956
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* "Towards Mars", painting by science fiction artist Andrei Sokolov, 1966
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* "General Governorship of the Steppe, 1882-1917" (zum.de/whkmla/region/centrasia/ggsteppe18821917.html) [archive.is/phdYo]:
The General Governorship of the Steppe was formed in 1882 and at first included the Governorates of Akmolisk, Semipalatinsk and Semirechye; the Governorates of Uralsk and Turgay remained direcly under the Ministry of the Interior in St. Petersburg. The General Governor was Governor of Omsk and resided there.
In 1897, the Governorate of Semirechye was placed under the General Governor of Turkestan, while the Governorates of Uralsk and Turgay were placed under the General Governor of Omsk. The population of the General Governorship in 1897, prior to the territorial changes, was 2,362,603 (Brockhaus), in 1897, following the territorial changes of that year, was 2,472,931 (EB).
The Semirechye Cossack Host, created in 1867 by separation from the Siberian Cossack Host, was placed under the General Governorship of the Steppe in 1882, under the General Governorship of Turkestan in 1899.
During the Russian Civil War the General Governorate of the Steppe long was held by the Whites. Within her territory, Alash Orda (i.e. eastern Kazakhstan) was run by an autonomous government. Admiral Kolchak temporarily declared Omsk capital of Russia (1918).
* "The Soviet National Delimitation in Central Asia" (2013-11-03, midafternoonmap.com/2013/11/ocassional-paper-1-soviet-national.html) [archive.is/gm7pR] [begin excerpt]: Today we are publishing the first in a new series of short articles designed to highlight work that because of its focus, style or reliance on visual sources are unsuitable for standard academic journals. We welcome contributions, map related or otherwise, and hope that we can serve as an outlet for exciting compelling work that wouldn't get seen otherwise. The first of these papers offers a brief look at how the Soviet Union went about creating the states that constitute Central Asia today. It's a subject of both controversy and confusion, as well as a source of curiosity for anyone who has ever looked at a map of the region (left). I hope this paper can offer the clearest possible overview of the complicated transformations that occurred in the region between Czarist conquest in the 19th century and the official political reorganization that occurred under Stalin's direction in the 1920s. You can download the essay as a PDF or view it after the break. But first, in addition to the remarkable propaganda poster above, the second of our two maps, showing Central Asia before the Soviet national delimitation. [end excerpt]
General Government of The Steppes
Khiva
Bokhara
General Government of Turkistan
Chinese Empire - Chinese Turkistan
Could Afghanistan have sent military expeditions against the onslaught of Russia?
Taboo & Errony
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* "Mapping Europe’s Linguistic Diversity via the Lord’s Prayer; Praise the Lord and pass the dictionary!" (2010-07-23, bigthink.com/strange-maps/231-praise-the-lord-and-pass-the-dictionary/) [archive.is/DPPox]
* "Ya Gokteki Babamiz" (2013-12-01, midafternoonmap.com/2013/12/ya-gokteki-babamiz.html) [archive.is/x6mBE] [begin extract]: Today's map was drawn in 1730 by someone named Gottfried Hensel, and features the opening of the Lord's Prayer written in all the languages and scripts used throughout Europe (for more check out the entry at Strange Maps). Particularly interesting - aside from the utter incomprehensibility of the version of old english the mapmakers chose to use - is the Ottoman and Tatar renderings of the prayer. As seen below, both are written out in Arabic script using all capital letters, and the Tatar has a questionable transliteration under it. The Ottoman seems to read "Bizim Atamız ki Göktesin" and the Tatar "Ya Babimiz ki yüksek Göktesin." It's not clear where the mapmaker got these translations, although the language isn't that different from several versions of the prayer in modern Turkish. Below are translations in two different registers of Turkish, one which borrows more heavily from Arabic religious terminology. Finally, Google Translate's attempt, impressive at moments and somewhat silly at others. [end excerpt]
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- [note]: And what was Illiri co-Slavonica? Tartaria to the south.
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* (2023-07-28, twitter.com/caitoz/status/1684720988901216257) [archive.is/d6gBu]: I'm not one of those people who thinks everything is a government psyop, but if any single topic was going to be involved in a psyop, it would be UFOs and aliens. Especially since the US government has a known history of using the subject of UFOs and aliens in psyops.
* (2023-07-31, twitter.com/BoltzmannBooty/status/1684324789161189377) [archive.is/bJwtH]:
In 1954 while the CIA was engineering the banana coup, Guatemala's government announced it had learned of the plot. Coup headquarters in FL sent a telegram to CIA's station in Guatemala w/ advice on suppressing the info; one strategy was to seed flying saucer stories in the press.
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* "Isis Theater: Freemasons & Occult Theater / Mental Programming / Alt Film History & Isis Unveiled" (2023-07-16, Mind Unveiled; via vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=J_LhFFVG9Sk) [archive.is/A5lbk]:
Today we are discussing Alternative Film History and Occult Revival Theaters, which strangely can be found in the history of many cities.
Today we are discussing Alternative Film History and Occult Revival Theaters, which strangely can be found in the history of many cities.
- [comment]: Indoctrination throughout the United States through programming in movies shown in theaters in the late 1800s to early 1900s owned by the freemasons.
Today we are discussing Alternative Film History and Occult Revival Theaters (from the early 1900’s belonging to the Freemasons), which strangely can be found in the history of many cities.
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