Every utility and business in China is ‘nationalised’ and owned by the Communist Chinese State. In other words, the Communist Party of China (CPC) – as the organised representative of the working class – having ceased full control of the means of production in 1949, now administers the entire business and service economy to benefit the people.
ZSL – London Zoo (23.9.2017)
ZSL London Zoo We travelled up the Northern Line Tube and alighted at Camden Town. We walked about 20 minutes down Camden High Street and
Zero-Hours – Labour’s Failure – and Modern Slavery
Labour Party Socialism is not Marxist-Leninism, or the insistence upon a ‘Socialist’ Revolution – far from it – the Labour Party simply seeks to make things appear ‘fairer’ within a society that remains ‘capitalist’.
London Zoo: How ‘Ming’ (明) the Giant Panda Resisted Nazi Germany!
‘She could die happy in the knowledge that she gladdened the universal heart and, even in the stress of war, her death should not go unnoticed.’
Buddhism: Karma, Dukkha and Dependent Origination Contextualised
The Buddha defined the tiniest specks of matter (paramanu) [synonymous with ‘atoms’] to be occupying (and moving about within) time and space, whilst flickering in and out of existence. This is how the Buddha redefines matter (rupa) as being both ‘existant’, and ‘insubstantial’ (or non-existant).
Begging, Dignity and Respect
Chinese beggars respectfully ask for food, water and soap, whilst high-profile Western beggars use their intelligence not to ‘work’ – but rather to ‘entertain’ their way to generating income. In the meantime, starving Westerners die of hunger quietly in their homes or behind dumpsters, or of medical neglect.
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 