Book Review: The ‘Time’ Machine or the ‘Space’ Machine? Christopher Priest Takes the Easy Road!

One is left with the distinct impression that Priest truly believes that if his version HG Wells classics were published in the 1880s – well-bred young men would be masturbating everytime there is mention of Amelia’s exposed ankles- to the back drop of a Martian invasion of Earth and nutty Professors who have convinced themselves that their ‘Time’ machine (which is only secondarily a ‘Space’ machine) is ‘not quite there’ whilst it l supposedly lays shimmering in and out of material existence whilst inhabiting a study in Richmond! Those motoring goggles may well come in handy yet – and not necessarily for motor driving! As Priest penned this tome in 1976 – he was probably influenced by the highly successful British science fiction series of ‘Dr Who’ (that also possessed an advanced machine – the ‘TARDIS’ – which funnily enough could also travel in both ‘time’ and ‘space’) and was reaching its creative peak with the actor – Tom Baker – at the helm! More to the point, the ‘love’ scenes, if we can call them that, seem as if the author quickly threw the two Wells novels together, and then realised his caper was up if he did not attempt to go back and at certain random points in the story literally ‘insert’ obviously ‘out of place’ amorous interactions to act as a type Pythonesque ‘camouflage’ – in the hope that the distraction will draw the attention of the audience away from the fact that the book contains ‘zero’ originality and no genuine labour on his part! If anyone does happen to invent a genuine time machine, perhaps the top of any list might be the necessity to go back to 1976 and hide all the pens in the Priest household – and thus save humanity from a genuine catastrophe!

Lenin: Conversation with Clara Zetkin (1920) – Her Recollections! (31.12.2022)

Clara Zetkin was sent by Rosa Luxemburg to set Lenin straight over issues of the rights of women – and the direction and tone of the Revolution in general! Rosa Luxemburg – like many adherents of the failed Second International – disagreed with Lenin and his ‘Third International and suggested the Revolutionary Movement should cooperate with the existing Bourgeois status quo to a greater extent, and back away from the idea of ‘overthrowing’ the capitalist system! In this regard, and when taking these attitudes into account, Rosa Luxemburg sailed very close to the Trotskyite position of collaboration with reaction. Indeed, she would eventually be murdered by one of her former students – a tragic end that reveals the limitations of her attitudes. Below is an English translation of a text originally written in the German language by Clara Zetkin recalling her memories of a number of discussions, she had with Lenin during late 1920 in Moscow as the Russian Civil War was still raging and Lenin (and the Communist Party) were planning the forming of large federal Socialist State as a means to generating the conditions for a better form of military self-defence from attack by the capitalist world. During early 1918, Revolutionary Russia had been invaded by Imperial Germany and six of her Allies, and by the UK, US and twelve of their Allies! This war would last from 1918-1921 and cost the Russian people 10.5 million casualties! Imperial Japan would only abandon Vladivostok during October 1922 – just before the forming of the ‘Union of Soviet Socialist Republics’ (USSR) on December 30th, 1922! Meanwhile, far from telling Lenin what to do or think, Clara Zetkin found herself converted by his intelligence and insight and returned to Germany informing all and sundry that Lenin was right, and that Rosa Luxemburg should listen and learn from Lenin! Marxist-Leninist ‘Feminism’ is the only truly ‘Revolutionary’ path for women and is very different to the ‘Bourgeois’ mock-feminism that abounds today! For women to be truly ‘free’ – predatory capitalism must be overthrown completely and there can be no compromise whatsoever on this point! Anyone woman that compromises with capitalism is a traitor to the Revolutionary cause!

Industrial Action Sweeping UK – A Decade Too Late? (10.11.2022)

Of course, who can forget how thousands of NHS Staff gave their lives for the British Nation during the Covid-19 Crisis simply because the Tory government refused to provide basic PPE free of charge (on the basis such a charitable act would be construed as being ‘bad for business’)! And then there was the obsence sight of the odeous Priti Patel, Rishi Sunak, Ian Duncom-Smith, David Cameron, Teresa May, Liz Truss (and a host of other despicable Right-Wingers) all cheering gleefully and stamping their feet in approval – as the British Parliament ‘Voted Down’ a meagre 1% payrise requested by those beleaguered NHS Staff who had managed to survive their Frontline Duty! I suspect if they had been soldiers returning victorious after committing a blatant act of imperialist aggression on some far-off flung rock (such as the Argentinian ‘Malvinas’) – riches galore would have been poured upon them! As the government withdraws funding and resources from the NHS – patients die from medical neglect and Staff die from bad pay and poor working conditions (which includes a higher than average suicide rate)! It is a false crisis deliberately generated by an endless stream of Right-Wing British governments set upon turning the UK into a piss-pour replica of a poverty-striken US State!

A Lib-Dems Government is Lurking in the Wings! (5.11.2022) 

The British Electorate is more or less ‘racist’ and the selection of a British Indian as Tory ‘Prime Minister’ has sent an energising jolt through the centre, right and far-right ground of British politics! The internet is abuzz with a general trend amongst White Britain’s who feel affronted and betrayed by a Tory Party that can usually be trusted with applying the British sense of White dominance, privilege and superiority – but which has BETRAYED this sense of racial belonging! The talk on the mainstream and extreme political forums is that the Tories must be punished, and the British (White) status quo must be a) firmly re-established and b) defended – just as Neo-Nazi Ukraine (supported by the US, UK and EU) is staunchly supporting White (Anglo-Saxon) dominance against barbaric Slavic incursions on the borders of civilisation! Token and boutique multiculturalism can be tolerated – just as long as the Black, Brown and Yellow are kept away from any genuine or true positions of political power! When the Lib-Dems WIN the next election – the UK will then be re-joining the EU – proving that no single country can truly escape the post-1945 US hegemony if its population is prevented from electing a generally left-wing (Marxist-Leninist) government!  

When the 14th Dalai Lama Supported Keith Raniere and NXIVM! (16.10.2022)

The 14th Dalai Lama will go anywhere if there is ‘money’ and ‘celebrities’ at the end! Indeed, this was exactly why he got involved with Keith Raniere – the Co-Founder (alongside ‘Nancy Salzman’) of the Self-Help Cult – ‘NXIVM’! Basically, this was a bourgeois, predatory capitalist cult which targeted women under the false premise that Raniere’s anti-intellectualism (and inverted thinking) was in fact an expression of a highly advanced (and progressively ‘evolved’) human-being! In reality, Keith Raniere had a sexual preference for young (and under-age) women, and operated a misogynist agenda to enslave, torture and rape numerous women (this abuse even involved the use of ‘branding’ the initials ‘K’ and ‘R’ just above the left front groinal area of each woman)! When the Dalai Lama met Keith Raniere, he described him as a ‘Living Buddha’! Again, after receiving a sentence of hundreds of years – there has been no investigation regarding the association of the 14th Dalai Lama and Keith Raniere!

Neo-Nazi Ukraine – ‘TORNADO’ [ТОРНАДО] Battalion (7.10.2022)

Six months later, the truth about the monstrous activities of the Neo-Nazi Tornado Battalion reached the Minister of Internal Affairs – Arsen Avakov (Арсена Авакова) – and he signed an order to disband the Battalion! However, its participants did not like it, and they did not want to give up: they took up all-round defensive positions – creating a real fortress from their base! Ukrainian Special Forces infiltrated the Neo-Nazi Base without bloodshed and an investigation was held following mass arrests.  

The trial went on for two years: in 2017, the participants received from 11 to 5 years in prison for ‘War Crimes’ and ‘Crimes Against Humanity’. However, after the start of the Special Military Operation of the Russian Armed Forces, Zelensky (Зеленский) ordered the release of these prisoners who had experience in military operations – and among the amnestied were the Neo-Nazi Tornado soldiers! Although to fight, they again do not do as they are told. According to the latest information, they occupied a settlement near Kyiv, took away weapons from a Unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine located nearby and are planned to escape from the country (to avoid fighting the Russians). 

During the liberation of the LPR by the Lugansk People’s Militia in March 2022 – another torture facility operated by the Neo-Nazi Tornado Battalion was discovered in the village of Kondrashovka. The Ministry of State Security is still investigating.

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