politics – SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR)

Laos Buddhist-Socialist Republic: Youth Seminar Explores Buddhism’s Role in Addressing Modern Social Issues! (13.11.2026)

13/11/2026 Adrian (釋大道)

The seminar was held as part of the 11th Nanhai Buddhism Shenzhen Forum in Vientiane. Participants included Most Venerable Yin Shun, President of the Shenzhen Buddhist Association and Abbot of Hongfa Temple in China; Most Venerable Damlong Phimmachack, Vice President of the Central Committee of the Lao Buddhist Fellowship Organization (LBFO) and Head of its International Monks Affairs Committee; Sonsamai Vorasane, Director General of the Department of Ethnic and Religious Affairs under the Prime Minister’s Office; Buddhist monks from 30 countries; and representatives of the Lao Front for National Development.

Vincent Wong - 1979 - Long, Short Tall BBC

UK: The Long and the Short and the Tall [1976] TV Movie! (12.11.2026)

12/11/2026 Adrian (釋大道)

This was part of our “English Literature” Studies (English Language was a separate subject). As I have said elsewhere many times – the UK was more left-wing than most people realise – including younger British people who now have to pay for their University education (usually the price of an average mortgage for a basic degree). Thatcher abolished free education in 1988. What is interesting is that this play was written in the late 1950s following the disastrous (anti-Socialist) “Malaya Emergency” and “Korean War” – during the height of the US-derived “Cold War”. Many in the UK, particularly WWII Veterans, were uncomfortable being made by the US to “hate” their former allies of the Soviet Union (whose Red Army stood with them when no one else would). Private Bamforth was presented (to us) as a “barrack room lawyer” or someone who caused trouble for no reason – but this is obviously not the case. He seems to embody the rebellious spirit of the working-class – and its advanced proletariat morality. Bamforth is the only one with the guts to protect the unarmed Japanese POW – and would have been the only one not charged with “War Crimes”. Surely, if we are better than Japanese fascists – why would we behave like Japanese fascists? Some say that this play is subversive and “anti-war” – perhaps it is (the enemy is just like us). During the late 1970s the UK had the last far-left Labour government.

Eire: Irish Language Origins – New DNA Study Traces Celtic Roots to Central Europe! (12.11.2026)

12/11/2026 Adrian (釋大道)

His research seeks to establish when and where a common ancestor of all Celtic languages emerged by examining connections and differences in the words people used and how they constructed sentences.

The latest genetic research provides “a very strong argument” that early Celtic languages moved westwards from around 1200 BC with people associated with the Bronze Age Urnfield culture of central Europe, followed by the Iron Age Hallstatt and La Tène cultures. The languages spread into France and Great Britain, eventually reaching north-eastern Spain.

This closely matches the model developed by historical linguists for the spread of Celtic from central Europe. However, Mr Kroonen and his colleagues note that an earlier migration from south-western Europe to Britain means the process was “potentially more complex”.

British Cannons - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District

North American Colonies: Superier [1700s] British Army & Royal Navy Tactics on Display at Savannah River Find! (9.11.2026)

09/11/2026 Adrian (釋大道)

Eventually, the English Parliament extended this banning of Slavery throughout the British Empire in 1807 (as the American Colonies were thriving threw it) – ending all remaining outposts of this vile trade by 1833. Now, I recognise that between the 1600s-1800s that my country of England did participate in Slavery and did enrich our country from the suffering of African men, women, and children. This was taught to me at school as the “Golden Triangle” – which described how Sheffield’s Steel Industry was built entirely upon this disgusting trade in human flesh. We are not innocent – but I am glad we saw sense before the American rebels did – they thought Slavery was a “right” and that they possessed every right to do it. For this, I am grateful for English Christians who led the way in this great moral battle. The same Christians also fought to build a Socialist “Labour Party” to assist the working-class. No impoverished English workers, who lived in abject poverty themselves, ever owned a slave in England. Whilst the English Authorities were freeing slaves in North America if they joined the British Army – the American Rebels were busy enslaving and subjugating Black people from Africa! Today, the fascist Americans have re-discovered our English cannons and I believe we should petition to get them back. Bring these cannons back to England under full military honours! Thank you to the British men who fought and died protecting our freedoms!

PFLP: Ahmed Murad – Anniversary of the Balfour Declaration – “Our People Will Own Our Land – Will Not be the Victims of History – & Will Make Our Own Future”! (4.11.2026)

04/11/2026 Adrian (釋大道)

He pointed out that the British Mandate authorities provided all forms of political, military, security and intelligence support to the Zionist gangs, and facilitated their emigration, arming and empowering them, leading up to the Nakba of 1948 and the accompanying massacres, displacement and uprooting of the Palestinian people from their land, and the establishment of the Zionist entity on the ruins of the Palestinian homeland, and the subsequent occupation, aggression and continuous wars.

He stressed that the historical, political and moral responsibility for the continuation of the Palestinian tragedy is not limited to Britain, but includes Western powers that continue to provide political, diplomatic and military support to the Zionist entity, and provide cover for its crimes and violations, leading to the ongoing war of annihilation, destruction and ethnic cleansing against the Palestinian people.

PFLP: Anniversary of Ill-Fated “Balfour Declaration” – Britain Perpetual “Partner in Crime”! (2.11.2026)

02/11/2026 Adrian (釋大道)

Today marks the 109th anniversary of the ill-fated Balfour Declaration, as our people are facing one of the most difficult phases in their history, under the ongoing war of extermination in the Gaza Strip, where they are subjected to siege, starvation and systematic destruction of infrastructure and the elements of life, in parallel with the war of uprooting, displacement, Judaization and settlement that is escalating in the West Bank and Jerusalem. This bloody moment reminds us of the roots of the Palestinian tragedy and the historical responsibility of British colonialism, which granted the land of Palestine to the Zionist movement, opening the way for a settler-colonial, fascist and racist project based on uprooting our people from their land and confiscating their rights. It is a crime that we will not forgive or forget, and Britain’s responsibility for it will remain as our people continue to struggle to regain their rights.

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