1940 – Page 2 – SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR)

Imperial War Museum: How a WWII British Anderson Shelter Saved the Lives of My Family! (26.10.2023)

02/11/2023 Adrian (釋大道)

There were different types of government-provided air-raid shelters issued during WWII. However, the version depicted here – is very close to that issued to my mother’s family (surnamed ‘Gibson’) who lived in Lewisham, South London. During September, 1940, the Nazi Germany ‘Luftwaffe’ blanket-bombed East London and killed and wound thousands of British people. During the entire 18-months of the ‘Blitz’ – the Luftwaffe inflicted 40,000 casualties in London and 70,000 all across the UK! My family lived in a three-storied house in Fordyce Road – with a generation living on each floor.

Kent: Chislehurst Caves! (7.10.2023)

08/10/2023 Adrian (釋大道)

As something of a hobby that its becoming ever more prominent and important as I get older – I have penned an article about the local Home Guard Unit (the 54th Kent Battalion) which operated in the area – that will be published shortly on a dedicated historical website. This Home Guard Unit had the unexpected duty of ‘Policing’ the exterior of the caves and ensuring that law and order was maintained by the thousands of evacuees who turned-up. There was also the issue of ensuring that there was no trouble between the locals and the newly arrived – as Britain is rife with regional conflicts! A positive gained from this influx meant that there was plenty of men and women available to join and assist the Home Guard – making this area one of the best manned of the Civil Defence Authorities! Remember – the Home Guard was premised upon Socialist principles!

WWII: My Tribute to the Excellent British ‘Home Guard’ (LDVF) and Some of My Published Work! (6.10.2023)

06/10/2023 Adrian (釋大道)

My maternal (‘Gibson’) family used to live in Lewisham, East London – until they were bombed-out by Hitler during the Blitz of September 1940 (the Blitz would go on to kill 70,000 British people between 1940-1941 – with 40,000 deaths in London alone). The Gibson family were then evacuated to the ‘Forest Hill’ area of Oxfordshire – due to them having a ‘nephew’ living in the area. In 1983, a book focusing on local history was commissioned entitled ‘Forest Hill with Shotover – A Portrait (1983)’. This was published by the ‘Forest Hill Women’s Association’. The Story of my grandfather – Arthur Gibson – and his family arriving in the area is recorded on Pages 28-29

St Nicholas Church: Dame Brownlowe’s Tomb – Erected in Sutton Parish Church 1699-1700! (9.9.2023)

09/09/2023 Adrian (釋大道)

Obviously, ‘water’ is a very special and divine substance for the Christian religion as it washes away sins and through its purifying agency – allows the ‘Holy Spirit’ to enter the minds, hearts and bodies of those being baptised! This is why our family was very grateful for the care and attention we received – as we were the proverbial ‘weary traveller’ in need of sustenance! As our children habitually took to drawing a colouring in pictures (in the wonderfully equipped children’s section) – myself and Gee traversed the structure – recording in photograph and video all the data we could find!

1939-1940: When England Supported “Fascist” Finland! (20.8.2023)

20/08/2023 Adrian (釋大道)

The idea of the British Bourgeois Establishment fervently opposing Russia and offering limitless accommodation and resources to fascist degenerates is nothing new! Even after the UK had declared war on Nazi German during late 1939 – the UK media soon forgot about Hitler and turned its maniacal guns upon the USSR! Today, I wrote about the ‘revisionism’ expressed in the bourgeois literature issued by the ‘International Brigades Memorial Trust’ (IBMT) whose propagandists are always agitating against the ‘Socialist’ nature of these military units through their work which continuously plays-down the importance of the USSR in the fight against fascism in Spain. Richard Baxell, for example, without offering ANY historical background or context – seems to think that the British Veterans of the International Brigades should have supported the various post-1945 Neo-Nazi Uprisings across Eastern Europe whilst opposing the USSR – as perverse as that sounds! This is what Alexander Werth recalls from those times:

Professional Revolutionaries! (29.5.2023)

29/05/2023 Adrian (釋大道)

This is how the capitalists are using Trotsky to keep the workers ‘stupid’ and always fighting amongst ‘themselves’! If we are distracted by internecine conflict – then we cannot UNITE and turn our collective strength against the filthy Bourgeoisie! Never forget that in 1938 (when he declared his so-called ‘Fourth International’), Trotsky called for his followers to support the anti-Soviet policies of the Catholic Church and any fascist attack upon the USSR! Trotsky also demanded that individual citizens of the USSR should carry out ‘terrorist’ attacks against the Soviet infrastructure! Trotsky was clearly angling for an assassination attempt upon Stalin’s life – and this reality might explain why Trotsky himself was eventually ‘eliminated’ in 1940 (via a pickaxe)! It was simply the dialectical nature of the political game at the time. Of course, Trotsky’s demise would be dramatically eclipsed by the 41 million Soviet losses eventually suffered between 1941-1945!

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